Do you ever wonder what would happen if you got stranded in an elevator? I usually think that I would need to pee so badly that I wouldn’t be able to think of anything else. Well, if you ever get stranded in an elevator, traffic jam or a helicopter crash and you have nothing to [...]

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Chiara Atik
New York, New York

Where do race, history, and trans-fat all come together in the most happy of marriages?  Ben’s Chili Bowl, located right off the U Street/Cardozo in Washington D.C.
Ben’s Chili Bowl has been around for 50 eventful, fraught years. It was opened in 1958, when the (relatively Southern) capitol was still (relatively) [...]

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Chewing Gum Wall in Seattle – Flickr

If you know me at all you know I loves me a good glass of wine. I’ll even take a mediocre glass of wine or a bad glass of wine. I mean, there’s only been one glass of wine I have refused so far, and that’s because it kind of tasted like blood…anyway…
At Wine Steals, [...]

Everyone loves graveyards! Right? Probably not, unless you’re the The Addams Family. But if you put aside some of the preconceptions associated with it like death and loss, you would see beautiful gardens where time stands still, a portal to a whole new world. Poetic! What I’m trying to get at is that Western culture [...]

Arlington National Cemetery
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Jessica Goebel
Denver, Colorado

Though San Diego is more often noted for its world-class zoo and scenic beaches, the city also plays host to one of pop culture’s weirdest, wildest events: Comic-Con. What started in the 70s with a modest gathering of comic book fans has ballooned into a colossal affair attracting proud geeks from [...]

The City of Del Mar
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Ay ay ay ay. As any Southern Californian who moves away from home will tell you, the hardest thing about being abroad or even in another state, is not homesickness or missing family or friends…it’s the lack of decent Mexican food! I have resorted to making it myself at home here in Belgium, but my [...]