New York’s a great place to live when summer rolls around. While the city is indubitably alive all the year around, it truly swings into motion when the weather warms up. All we need is half an excuse to get outside and create exciting things to do! You won’t find a much better example of…
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A quick glance through some of our favorite things says we like French stuff pretty well. What do you order with a good, American hamburger? French fries. (Which don’t actually have a darned thing to do with France.) Looking for a hearty breakfast? Have some French toast! (Again, not even close to French.) All right,…
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Scientists call some human societies “hunter-gatherers”. This means these people get most of their food from foraging the area around them. Hunter-gatherer societies tend toward nomadic, moving around to find the best plants and animals to get sustenance from. (Point anyone who says you don’t learn anything on the internet over here to prove them…
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Throughout the world, you’ll find traditions by which you can prove your strength and fortitude. Caber tossing, for example. You have to possess power and coordination to fling long, heavy poles without damaging yourself (or someone else). Everyone knows, however, that true strength is shown through intestinal fortitude. Anyone can pick up a big stick,…
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Summer’s not as far away as it seemed a month ago. Even though the weather’s gotten better, it still might seem like the lazy days of warm summer sun are a long time off. However, now’s the best time to start planning what you want to do when vacation days appear on your doorstep. Have…
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We’re all pretty attached to our favorite regional foods. Let’s take cheesesteaks for an example. For anyone who hasn’t visited Philadelphia, you slap some meat and cheese on a roll, and you have a cheesesteak. Tell that to a true Philadelphian, however, and you’ll see a first-hand demonstration of “wailing and gnashing of teeth”. Same…
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A thousand songs, stories, and television programs base themselves in the intricacies of the negotiations surrounding relationships. Which is to say, any time you put two human beings together and throw in high emotions, life might get complicated. This was especially true in the past, when inheritances and previous marriages got in the way. See…
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Mothers see us through the best and worst times of our lives. They put bandages on our skinned knees, they listened to us rant about the person who’d broken our hearts, and they gave us advice when we asked for it (and when we didn’t, but needed it anyway). Even if it wasn’t your biological…
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If you want to impress your friends and coworkers, there’s a few guaranteed ways to do it. Tell them you spent the weekend in your Swiss chalet. (This only works if you actually have a Swiss chalet. Showing pictures you got off the internet lacks cool factor.) Explain how you went for a sail on…
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Broadway musicals usually come from a few sources. You might see a movie end up adapted for the stage, which seems like a natural step. Spoken-word plays might accumulate a few songs and evolve, like melodic butterflies, into musicals. What you don’t usually expect to see is a graphic novel turned into a musical. (Take…
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