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Apple: A Household Name

Chances are you have one of their products in your pocket, your house or in your car. You can’t...

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Hamilton: An American Musical

Have you ever thought, “I’m going to sit down at the old piano and compose a musical. I’ll...

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Trader Joe’s

You don’t have to be a nonconformist or a geek to like Trader Joe’s. But it probably...

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Betty White

If Betty White’s life were a TV show, it would be titled “Everybody Loves Betty”....

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Christopher Walken

You either love Christopher Walken or you like him. Nobody really dislikes the man; how could you,...

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Pinterest

Yes, Pinterest is the Lifetime Network of the Internet. I don’t know if there are studies to...

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Asheville, www.greatamericanthings.net

Asheville

Asheville is a little out there, sure. It surfs the waves of a rapidly changing culture, and...

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8 Best Song Intros Ever

These are the songs you wanted the disk jockey to shut up so you could hear from the start: 8....

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Food: Boston Cream Pie

Posted by Robin on Oct 10, 2011 in Featured, Food | 1 comment

I know this isn’t a highbrow dessert. It doesn’t have accents going...

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Film: Annie Hall

Posted by Robin on Oct 9, 2011 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Film: Annie Hall

Roger Ebert calls Annie Hall “just about everyone’s favorite Woody...

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Americana: Radio City Music Hall

Posted by Robin on Oct 7, 2011 in Americana, Featured | Comments Off on Americana: Radio City Music Hall

Imagine every man, woman, and child in America inside the art deco palace...

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Director: Billy Wilder

Posted by Robin on Oct 4, 2011 in Director, Featured | Comments Off on Director: Billy Wilder

If you’re an actor, you love it when you get to work with a director who...

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TV Show: The Flintstones

Posted by Robin on Oct 3, 2011 in Featured, TV Show | 2 comments

I bet you can probably sing at least part of the theme song. Although The...

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Sports: Joe Montana

Posted by Robin on Oct 2, 2011 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Sports: Joe Montana

He wasn’t the most talented quarterback ever to play the game. But he won...

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Music: Duke Ellington

Posted by Robin on Sep 30, 2011 in Featured, General, Music | Comments Off on Music: Duke Ellington

Jazz entered the popular consciousness in the 1920s, an untamed and spontaneous...

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Americana: 1959 Cadillac

Posted by Robin on Sep 29, 2011 in Americana, Featured | Comments Off on Americana: 1959 Cadillac

Ah, the fin. The fins on cars in the late fifties came in three sizes: Big,...

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Food: Best Hot Dog (1)

Posted by Robin on Sep 28, 2011 in Featured, Food | Comments Off on Food: Best Hot Dog (1)

First, let’s acknowledge this: The best hot dog in America is somewhere...

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Singer: Billy Joel

Posted by Robin on Sep 27, 2011 in Featured, Music, Singer | 2 comments

First, let me get something out of the way that’s always bothered me....

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