Shade of the global zeitgeist. When experts and trendsetters select a ‘color of the year’, they try to capture the mood and emotional climate of the culture. Here are shades of the global zeitgeist from the experts. See if you…
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“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” —Sam Keen Keep your summer beverages cold with this ICEMULE Classic. This is a soft cooler that will keep its contents cool for up to 24 hours. It is designed to…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. Only Murders in the Building Season Two is dropping June 28th on Hulu with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. It took me an episode or two…
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Homer’s Atlantic World with themes of challenge, struggle and rescue. Sharon Lorenzo reviews the Winslow Homer show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Metropolitan Museum staff of American art curators, Stephanie Herdrich and Sylvia…
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Hot Pot (huǒ guō (火锅) in Chinese) is an emerging communal culinary obsession. Hot Pot is a shared cooking and eating experience, thought to have originated in Mongolia 800-900 years ago. It then spread through East and Southeast Asia. There…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. The new Netflix series, First Kill, is dropping June 10th. It is about teenagers Juliette, a vampire, and Calliope, a vampire hunter, each seeking to make their first…
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Gather your favorite vinofiles – sip and choose your wine. ASE subscribers have lamented that some of their favorite imported wines (especially from Australia and New Zealand) are difficult to find and they are looking for alternatives. Many have suggested…
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No one puts just plain salt on the rim of their cocktail glasses anymore. Spice and salt companies are coming up with new and imaginative ways of using their products. How about embellishing the rim of your cocktail glass by…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. It’s BBQ season! There are three primary condiments people reach for during BBQ season – mayonnaise, mustard, and hot sauce/ketchup. How to choose which brands to buy? Here…
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