“Billions of cicadas that have spent 17 years underground are set to emerge across large areas of the eastern US,…bursting into the open as adults in mass synchronized events.” — The Guardian
Ahhh good morning! I can’t believe it’s here! After 17 years underground, it’s finally time for all of us to emerge. Together. Like a family. Or better yet, like a fraternity of my...
The Vegas strip glitters in the distance. I’m sitting alone in a hot tub, a New Yorker suddenly thrust into an arid, alien land. All I can see is endless desert and track homes; all I can think about are my plants.
In August, after calling Brooklyn home for nine years, I left for good. I miss my close-knit group of friends, my daily walks...
I was in an uber on my way to my fifth chemo session in Mexico City. I didn’t want to go. I dug my heels into the car floor, as if I might brake, Flintstones style.
The driver, not getting any conversation from me, turned the radio to a station that plays pop from the ’80s, in English. Bohemian Rhapsody came on. My favorite, Freddie...
Fie upon you, day-rats. You don’t fool me with your bushy tails and twitchy noses: I have seen what treachery you have wrought with your tiny hands and I aim to put a stop to it. Your reign of terror ends here. A pox upon your burrows. Or nests. Or whatever your houses are called!
Squirrels are destroying my garden and I have had enough....
Even as Harvard warned of a second straight year of falling revenue, the medical school embraced a more hopeful future, naming the kiwi its fruit of the month. Who are we to disagree, although if someone put us in charge we’d probably nominate the medlar. This fanny facsimile fruit has been turning up during archaeological digs of latrines from the Middle Ages, when the...
The undisputed heavyweight champ of #Brickswap TikTok (four and a half pounds at a time) is TapeDeckVintage.
That’s a lot to unpack, but let’s try. Yes, there are indeed people who collect bricks as a hobby, and a brick swap is exactly what it sounds like: a meet-up where they can trade and chat. Videos of brick swaps have found a cultish audience on video-sharing...
This week the E.U. announced that U.S. travelers who are vaccinated and feeling bullish about air travel will soon be cleared for takeoff, should you say, want to spend a few weeks ambling around Europe’s epic gardens. But if, for the time being, you’re more comfortable sticking close to home, don’t despair: with a little planning, it’s possible to get your grand garden...
Herbs and hard drink have been bound up together for centuries, stretching back into the Middle Ages when monks throughout France, Italy, and Central Europe began crafting beers, brandies, and other distilled spirits infused with special blends of herbs, barks, and flowers. Some of the most famous—like Chartreuse (whose secret recipe is rumored to contain more than 130 components) and Benedictine—are still popular today.
But,...
May! Where are all those flowers quenched by April showers? At the airport getting ready for YOUR MOM (Mother’s Day is Sunday lest you look like negligent spawn). Here’s a peek into the facility that stores 90% of all flowers entering the United States.
While we associate moms with home, the flowers we gift them come from all over. If you want the mom in...
