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Lessons Learned from Grandma

Lessons Learned from Grandma

Shirley Curry, an 84-year-old gamer and YouTube celebrity with more than 900,000 subscribers, shows us how to conquer the unknown in life — and how to stay sweet in the process.It’s back to school time, kids!Of course, we never actually left. The Scho…

When Wheeled-Fortune Smiles

When Wheeled-Fortune Smiles

A miracle of biblical proportions lands a 12-year-old kid the coolest bike ever — a Huffy Dragster III, decked out in all its muscle-bike splendor.My dad always had a big car. It made sense: there were seven of us to haul around.So my childhood was fi…

The Vanderbilt Ball of 1883

The Vanderbilt Ball of 1883

Alva Vanderbilt’s extravagant costume party rocked the world of New York’s upper crust and socially elite.Alva Vanderbilt at her official opening of the chateau in March 1883, in her costume of a “Venetian Renaissance Lady.” The photographer apparently…

A Poolside View of Summer

A Poolside View of Summer

Life is good when covert swims under the cover of night keep the Dog Days of Summer at bay.The key and whistle are on a hook in my sister’s home, by her front door. Or maybe in the kitchen. She’s not sure. This news staggers me. The most powerful key a…

Victorian Bathing Machines

Victorian Bathing Machines

Beachside etiquette once soaked in virtue, especially for women.”Mermaids at Brighton” swim behind their bathing machines in this engraving by William Heath, circa 1829.For female beachgoers in Georgian and Victorian times, a day at the seaside wasn’t …

Unleash Your Inner Indiana Jones

Unleash Your Inner Indiana Jones

Explore the digs of Ramesses VI without leaving your couch.A screenshot of the corridor of the tomb tour.Want to feel like you’re Indiana Jones exploring an ancient Egyptian tomb, but don’t want to leave your couch to do it? Egypt’s Ministries of Touri…

Well Worth the Drive

Well Worth the Drive

They’re mostly all gone now, those quirky roadside attractions that captured the imagination of photographer John Margolies. But if you look hard enough, and let your memory squint long enough into the fading sun, well, they just might be down the road…

The Long and The Short of It

The Long and The Short of It

No matter how different we may seem, the need to connect remains universal. And in so doing, we discover our similarities. And our humanity.Willie Shoemaker was always tiny. He weighed 38 ounces when he was born. He was so small at birth he was put in …

The Long and The Short of It

The Long and The Short of It

No matter how different we may seem, the need to connect remains universal. And in so doing, we discover our similarities. And our humanity.Willie Shoemaker was always tiny. He weighed 38 ounces when he was born. He was so small at birth he was put in …

I Heart Milton Glaser

I Heart Milton Glaser

Renowned New York graphic designer Milton Glaser embraced the world around him and left us with a message of love — and Dylan’s psychedelic hair. An artist remembered.Here’s a love story for you. It takes place in New York during the ’70s, a time when…

Finding the Wonder At Hand

Finding the Wonder At Hand

Who knows the influence of a moment in time, one as fleeting as a snowflake and just as magical? Take Mark Bellomo. In 1978, he received a Star Wars Millennium Falcon as a Christmas present. A gift of unfathomable joy. Maybe it’s no wonder Bellomo is n…