Once upon a time in a land far, far away I once wrote a post about The World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum. On a somewhat related note, the goal of Teako’s Giants of Hatch in New Mexico...
Even though I grew up in a sweet tooth household, the confectionery known as nougat has never really done anything for me. Made of sugar, honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg whites and chopped candied fruit, nougat reminds me a lot of fruit cake, probably because it sounds gross and I...
I vaguely remember the Pokémon craze, but I think I was too old for that shit. Besides the fact it took off in the 90s and anything associated with that time period is buried in the back of my brain next to some mixed tapes, flannel shirts and the beeper...
My cousin’s daughter turned 21 today so I’ve been bombarded with endless selfies, “21″ balloons, and girly drinks like pink moscato (just serve over ice…WHAT???). When I haven’t been rolling my eyes, I’ve been thinking how I wish I could take her out for some real booze, like say vodka....
On this date in 1939 The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. In Chicago’s Oz Park there are statues of Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. Why? Because this is where the author L. Frank Baum lived in the 1890s when he wrote...
Think you’re in need of a nose job? Wonder how many noses it takes to build a nose museum? Well, hundreds of schnozzes live on in Sweden. Housed in the Museum of Student Life at Lund University, the Nose Academy (could there be any other name?), managed by a Nasal...
One of thirty permanent exhibits found at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles is called “Tell the Bees: Belief, Knowledge, and Hypersymbolic Cognition: An exhibit of pre-scientific cures and remedies”. Supposedly eating a mice sandwich helped cure bedwetting and just about anything else you might be suffering from....
A few years ago, I told you guys about Salvation Mountain, an art installation piece created by Leonard Knight of nearby Slab City, California, which is located not far from the Salton Sea. Knight was forced to leave his mountain due to failing health, but it lives on as “a...
I’ve never been to Ireland, but my friend visited once during St. Patrick’s Day and to her surprise it was a very quiet day. The only other people celebrating the holiday appeared to be Americans (we’re annoying wherever we go). I should have warned her. When I was living in...
HAPPY 4-20! I dedicate this post to my high school stoner pals who used to smoke up in Shabbona Park and various other places on Chicago’s NW Side. Something tells me they’re still hanging out there. Or at least their spawn are. Crazy to think my best friend during my...
