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I shouldn’t have peeked at the blueprints.
When you buy a used house, you inherit items the previous owners left behind—either intentionally (a pond full of koi) or accidentally (brand-new oven mitts, price tags still attached, that had slipped behind a kitchen drawer). Our excitement over the latter discovery was way out of proportion; we high-fived each other like we’d just won…
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No offense to Henry and Heidi.
A few months ago, I wrote about how much I love giving a fake name when placing a food order. Yesterday, this backfired on me. I was back at Casetta Kitchen, just like in August. Ordered the same sandwich. Gave the cashier the same fake name: Dexter. Everything was going smoothly until he flipped the…
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I’m a “When in Rome” guy.
Occasionally, Tara or I will have a song stuck in our heads. Often without rhyme or reason. When this happens, we’ll have Alexa play it. Last Thursday is a great example. As we were getting ready for work, Tara said, “Alexa, play ‘Suffer in Silence’ by The Frames.” This was a very out-of-left-field pick; we…
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Wisco Wednesday: Culver’s
When you think of fast-food restaurants, what colors come to mind? Probably red and yellow. Thank you, McDonald’s and your “Golden Arches.” But they’re hardly alone; Burger King, Chipotle, Wendy’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Chick-fil-A, and others all incorporate one or both colors into their corporate logos. There’s a psychology behind this: red grabs your attention…
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Or am I a page in your history book?
And just like that, it’s winter! (Temporarily, anyway. It’s going to be 60° next weekend.) Hard to believe, huh? It feels like just yesterday we were dressed in shorts and t-shirts, buying gigantic bags of cheese puffs, as one does. (Not really, but those bags were so ridiculously huge, we couldn’t resist posing for a…
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Cracked Rear View x2
We were in Cambridge a few weeks ago, because our favorite record store was celebrating their one-year anniversary and everything was marked down 20%. Vinyl lovers that we are, this was too tempting to pass up! Imagine my surprise when I actually walked out of there with more CDs than records. A few years ago,…
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