Category Archives: Civic Pride
March of the Nobles
So you remember that air-guitar cover band I saw rocking out across from Tunnel City a year and a half ago? They were back today, except with real instruments making some kind of transcendent noise outside of St. Pierre’s Barber … Continue reading
Paging Dr. Spooner
Two weeks after my Hawaiian adventure, I was finally ready to indulge in some sushi again. Erin visiting up for the weekend was another good excuse, to be sure, as was the fact that I’d just finished marching in the … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Summer, The Future, Williams
Did you know…
…there is a planetoid named after William I of Orange?
Filed under Civic Pride, History, Memorials, Netherlands, Space
Ik heb de T-FACTOR!
When I was waiting at the gate for my flight from Gatwick to Fiumicino this January, I watched as each passenger came up to the agent and flashed his or her passport. I was the only American on the flight, … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Food, Friends, International Relations, musems, Netherlands, travel
Distilled spirits are a bonanza from a tax standpoint
Awesome article in the Times on microdisilleries, cousin to the recent boom in local microbreweries across the country. Money quote: On a farm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jeff Quint is similarly enthusiastic about his spirits. “I’ll put our gin up … Continue reading
Filed under A Cappella, angst, Civic Pride, New York Times, Ridiculous quotes, Williams
The Pope Moves to Wichita
From this weekend’s Times Magazine article on the breakup of the Christian evangelical voting block: Later, as a choir in stars-and-stripes neckties and scarves belted out “Stars and Stripes Forever,” a cluster of men in olive military fatigues took the … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Memorials, New York Times, The church of "I Hate You"
You’re never going to burn again
I know I keep posting these. Let’s just say that the morning paper is often the best part of my day: Hello Ralpho residents. It’s Monday, 10:30 at night and it’s pouring down rain. Those of us who like to … Continue reading
Filed under Bloomsburg, Civic Pride, Press Enterprise, Ridiculous quotes
Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor, New York’s First Lady of Philanthropy, Dies at 105 …a woman who had defined high society and made philanthropy her career for almost four decades. She took up that vocation after her third husband, Vincent Astor, heir to … Continue reading
Filed under Civic Pride, New York Times
NASM, with malice towards none
The family is down for the weekend! They met me in the city this afternoon and we sauntered over to the National Air and Space Museum. Now, I thought I had so gotten over NASM by my fifth trip there … Continue reading
Filed under Civic Pride, Family, Memorials, musems
Eating lunch
I brought lunch today so that I could go and eat at the sculpture garden at the National Gallery. The garden isn’t too big, but it’s surprisingly isolated from street noise given that it’s in between the DoJ and the … Continue reading
Filed under Civic Pride, Food, Internships
