Drinks & Drabs

Tea: Jasmine Oolong

by Rachel Fox on August 20, 2007

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Best Tea for . . . Playing Chess by Rachel Deveau Deciding whether to move your pawn or bishop can be vital to the game of Chess, not only because it will determine whether you become the victor, but also because it reflects something about the player. You choose the piece. You move the piece. […]

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We’re on a Bridge, Charlie! by Titus Gee Charlie the Unicorn is not funny. That is to say, no particular part of it is funny. Silly, maybe. And yet as I joined the more than 12 million viewers who have traveled with the surly Brooklyn unicorn and his annoyingly cheerful uni-friends on their Flash-animated adventure, […]

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What you really want is your very own online junk drawer. A place to store all of the cumulative digital detritus you have collected from your electronic journeys. Your wait is over.

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Best Beer for . . . Family Vacation by James Roland From the moment I spat my first mouthful of Budweiser into the kitchen sink, I swore I’d never drink another lager or ale that fell anywhere between the dark oatmeal thickness of Guinness and the smooth, pale sweetness of a honey blonde. But then […]

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Best Tea for . . . Fixing Everything by Christine Shultz Tea – black tea, you understand, and simple, none of this venti-green-tea-blackberry-frappuccino business, just an ordinary cup of good black tea – is the secret to fixing everything. Or so it seems when one lives in Scotland, which is where I learned the art […]

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Tea: Ancient Trees

by Rachel Fox on February 25, 2007

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Best Tea for . . . Reading Russian Novels by Rachel Deveau “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way…” so begins the famous novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. It is a beginning that promises unhappiness, not only for most families involved in the story, but also for […]

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Best Wine for . . . Girls Who Hate Wine by Rebecca S. Rea I am not a lush. My version of getting sloshed involves one martini glass of fruity-flavored liquor drowned by Sierra Mist or Coke. This said, wine and I are not usually on speaking terms. One fine April evening, however, I was […]

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Tea: Loose Leaf Hibiscus

by John Fox on February 25, 2007

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Best Tea for . . . Breaking Up by John Fox The first step after snapping ties from a former lover is, often, to quaff as much alcohol as possible. (Try Benedictine!) But the second stage requires more delicacy, as the romantically bereaved moves from stage 1 – Denial – to stage 2 – Quiet […]

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I’ve chosen to interpret that bombardment as gratitude for exposing intense web awesomeness.

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Art Tech: OLED

by Benjamin Ross on July 11, 2006

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The Magic of Now by Benjamin Ross Motion. Light. Magic. You may think this is a great description for cinema, but what about your ceiling? The enchanted ceiling that mimics the sky, and the newspapers with moving pictures from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels may soon be a reality. Welcome to the world of OLED. […]

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