What does the word “aloha” mean to you? Aloha “Hello”? Aloha “Goodbye”? What else? As a visitor, when you arrive in Hawaii, you are often greeted with “aloha,” a word that almost every person with access to reruns of Hawaii Five-O knows, at least loosely. But it’s so much more than a mere greeting, much like [...]
There’s a blue-and-white sticker on the door of Room 513 in the dormitory at Union Theological Seminary, an imposing institution of Gothic design. “Life Is Better When You Surf,” it says. Mary Setterholm moved from Hermosa Beach to New York six weeks ago to begin a new life in her mid 50s, but there are things [...]
“Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. Based on this morning’s reading, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.” – Egon, Ghostbusters “Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. [...]
In 1896 Tootsie Rolls debuted, introduced by Leo Hirshfield of New York who named them after his daughter’s nickname, ‘Tootsie’. Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in the United States.
The first macaroni factory in the United States was established in 1848. It was started by Antoine Zegera in Brooklyn, New York. While Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner was introduced in the U.S. and Canada during the late 1930s, it was during World War 2 that it became really popular, as people were looking for [...]
