Stuff I Liked this Week

I love this work by photographer Freddy Fabris. He replicated Renaissance paintings in an auto shop in the Midwest. Forgive the Bored Panda link, it’s is the easiest place to view the photos because the photographer’s site is kinda tricky to use. Never mind — the work is gorgeous and funny and hey, never underestimate the value …


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Existential Halloween Costume Ideas

For Halloween I’m going as… A person who is hiding in the house with all the lights off because she has eaten all the Halloween candy the week before. A sexy costume rack full of sexy costumes. Someone with very poor retirement planning. A grown woman who doesn’t know how to act or dress her …


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Stuff I Liked This Week

Whoa. Via TravelWild, those people who sent me to Antarctica (What? Did that really happen?), there’s a new series of photos from the Shackleton expedition. Whoa. § I’m not even going to excerpt this piece because I want you to go read the whole thing right now. Marika Malaea is possibly the most under-appreciated writer …


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A Playlist for Graceland

I went to see the King, or what’s left of him, and music played in my head the whole time.

Stuff I (Mostly) Liked This Week

It’s not my way to respond to a rant about coleslaw; I’m just not that passionate about cabbage salad. But I read this piece shortly after I’d eaten a mind altering BBQ chicken sandwich on a butter horn — “You want slaw on that?” Yes, yes I did want slaw and good lord, that was …


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Not Without Misgivings

I traveled in Mississippi as a guest of Visit the Delta. Nearly all my travel expenses were paid for. When I arrived at the Shack Up Inn outside Clarksdale, Rust, the onsite bar and restaurant, held a circle of guitar and bass players deep in lessons. I watched for a while before checking in. I …


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