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Losing the bid is a win for Chicagoans
As I was reading the comments in a post in a BBC blog titled Mark Mardell's America, I came across a comment that explains so well why the 2016 Olympic bid would not have been beneficial to Chicagoans. As someone who lives in the city, I can tell you that there was no grassroots support for the Games. Any type of support amounted to several ( Read more... ) -
Summer Reading List
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
- On the Road - Jack Kerouac
- The Sun also Rises - Ernest Hemingway (currently reading)
- Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
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Making Coffee without a Machine
A simple, easy way to brew coffee without a coffee maker.
Edna Lewis' coffee:
Edna Lewis, the iconic southern cooking writer who grew up in a town founded by freed slaves (her grandparents were founders), is infallible. I started making her kind of coffee when my French Press broke, and it's not only delicious, but super-useful for those rare ( Read more... ) -
A History of Halloween
Halloween as we know it today is a mixture of customs and other holidays. The costumes, makeup, jack-o'lanterns, all of it were derived from Celtic (pr. KEL-tik) customs from Ireland. In fact, the Irish immigrants brought the holiday to America. During each era in America, Halloween has been reinterpreted and changed. During the Victorian era ( Read more... ) -
Halloween: Candle Superstitions
- A lit candle in a jack-o-lantern is done to keep evil spirits away.
- For good luck, burn black and orange candles on Halloween.
- Those who practice the black arts believe that carving the name(s) of their enemy or enemies on a skull shaped candle and burning it during the witching hour (midnight) on Halloween will bring them harm or even death.
- If a ( Read more... )
