I thought jelly shoes were safely retired with slap bracelets, inflatable furniture, and the memory of scorching my feet on a metal playground slide. Fashion had other plans.
S&P Lunch in Manhattan, a century-old sandwich shop across from the Flatiron Building, has survived the Depression, a pandemic closure, and a name change.
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Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto delivers a sweeping, emotionally heavy love story about identity, sacrifice, and the secrets families carry across generations. Find out why I gave the book 3.75/5 stars.
Tia Carrere could always sing, but her breakout performance in Wayne's World (Ballroom Blitz, anyone?) put her on the map. Does she still have the chops? Check out her performance with the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.
Tim Curry somehow spent fifty years becoming one of the most recognizable actors alive while also remaining a complete mystery. Kind of impressive. Read my review of Vagabond.
Ryan Reynolds teams up with Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling to mix a Father’s Day cocktail with a name that says it all—The Reverse Vasectomy. Cheers to chaos, nostalgia, and questionable choices.
The true story behind Netflix’s Toxic Town: how a group of Corby mothers took on a negligent council and won a landmark case for environmental justice. I just binged the entire four-episode run of Toxic Town on Netflix...
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Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari is a tale of immigration, identity, and family spanning 1950s Israel and 1990s New York. Read my review. Ayelet Tsabari’s Songs for the Brokenhearted follows the lives...
Jazz drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. brings his unique improvisational skills to The Offspring’s classic, “The Kids Aren’t Alright.” (And he’s never heard it before!) If you’ve ever watched...
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