by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured
Nature, From Scratch Joe Smith has a common name but a not-too-common job: forester, slash artist. By day, he’s working out in the woods, putting in hours of hard labor off the beaten track. But wherever he goes, he carries his sketchbook with him. “I find a sense of...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News, Newsletter
Every morning at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II’s first order of business is to meet with her hairdresser. She drinks from bone china, eats breakfast served by footmen in tailcoats, wanders the grounds, and reads fan mail. Throughout the day, people bow. People...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter, Stage
Dress to Impress Writer and director Nora Ephron passed away in 2012 at the age of 71, leaving behind a legacy of enchanting romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally… and Sleepless in Seattle. But even such a famous woman in Hollywood is not without her sleeper...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Arts
Happy New Yesteryear Waxing nostalgic lately? Your occasional bouts of wistful remembrance have nothing on those of the Society of the 17th Century, a group of re-enactors who see our past as a thing of the present. This weekend, they bring the Hall Tavern building at...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Leisure, Newsletter
The Cat, Back Out of the Bag How did huge inflatable balloons become such a cherished part of Thanksgiving week? Don’t wait on us for a clear answer — we’re still trying to suss out what bunnies and plastic grass have to do with the resurrection of Jesus — but...