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Thousand Islands Is So Much More Than a Salad Dressing

If there’s a reason why I’ve been deprived of the real Thousand Islands all my life, I’m going to blame it on the salad dressing. Because lo and behold, this European has just discovered that it’s a real (and quite magical) place, not just an orange sauce for dipping my crudités, and that I need to…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXCVIII)

1. How hermits live in the Russian wilderness Escape is a series about individuals who have disassociated from society and live as hermits in the wilderness of Russia and Ukraine. By Danila Tkachenko, is a Russian visual artist, specializing in the field of documentary photography. Discover more, found here. 2. Desert Glass from an asteroid impact View this post on Instagram…

Wild Card Destination Du Jour: The Unsung Secrets of Sarajevo

Sarajevo might be quite unlike any other city in Europe. Nestled in a valley surrounded by the beautiful Dinaric Alps, it is a beguiling mix of old world cultures, where centuries of Ottoman Empire rule meet the grandeur and elegance of the Austro-Hungarian Hapsburgs. Wander through the maze of cobbled winding streets in the Old…

And Now, a Brief History of Poisoning

Never was there a weapon of more romance than poison. From the tragic double-suicide of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, back to the death of Socrates and even the more recent murky business surrounding the death of several Russian defectors under Putin’s reign, poison has fascinated everyone who has ever encountered it. For those mystified by…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXCVII)

1. Japan’s Tiny Police Boxes ‘Koban’ are small, architecturally diverse police stations (or ‘boxes’) scattered around Japan. Found on this Instagram account via Present & Correct. 2. The Heyday of Escolta Street, the oldest street in Manila One of Manila’s famous streets, the Escolta, could also be the oldest. For the most part, it has…

Secret Summer Cabins in the Sky for the Great American Trip

Jack Kerouac spent 63 days during the summer of 1956 as a fire lookout on Washington’s Desolation Peak. It would be the writer’s last truth-seeking adventure before he found fame with On the Road and began his demise into alcoholism and mental instability. He had been assigned to record aircraft sightings, but used the Air Force forms to…

She Put Bohemianism on New York’s Front Page

No magazine has a cover style as distinctive, enduring and charming as that of The New Yorker. With its unmistakably unique title font and with almost a century’s commitment to using original artwork on its front cover in every weekly edition since 1925, it’s arguably the most influential magazine ever when it comes to culture,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DXCVI)

1. Croatian “Licitar” ornaments (biscuits made of sweet honey dough) From ‘Le Mode du Pain’, 1984, found on Print SF. More about Licitar on Wikipedia. 2. A Love letter from 1913 that opens up into an art gallery Alfred Joseph Frueh to Giuliette Fanciulli, found in the Smithsonian Archives. 3. The work of Marguerite Zorach,…

The Suffragette Who Turned British Society Ladies Into Greek Goddesses

Before Polaroids and Kodak colour, before we could snap a selfie and pass it through a colour filter with a click of a button, there was Vivex. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. The Vivex colour process was produced in just one British factory that shut down at the start of World…

Her Comics were Everything Jim Crow America Never Wanted Black Women to Be

In the comic strip Torchy Brown from Dixie to Harlem, a spunky Black teenager leaves her Mississippi home for the bright lights of Harlem. She’s glamorous, ambitious, clever, and so self-assured that when she sees a sign pointing one way for COLORED and another way for WHITE, her response is, “I’ll just pretend I can’t…

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