COLLEGE PARK, MD. — It was one of the most celebrated acts of resistance by a Jewish woman at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp: an actress stripped naked and about to be gassed pulled a gun from a notoriously brutal guard and shot him dead.
A 33-year-old Polish timber merchant…
(via HijiNKS ENSUE – A Geek Comic - The Fringe Candidates)
Yes. I’d totally watch this Republican debate.
via Jay Garmon
(via LEGO Teams Up With Moleskine To Produce Limited Edition Notebooks - DesignTAXI.com)
Want. Want. Want. Want.
The penguin … just defecated on the floor.”
“Actually, senator, I believe that’s your desk.
(via kayni)
Someone recently mentioned that she hopes a restaurant called Chuy’s will be included in Menu and Hours and she was a little unhappy when I said it won’t be because it’s a chain. There is only one Chuy’s in Louisville so perhaps it doesn’t seem like a chain to some folks but in my mind it is…
If you want a symbol of how deeply the liquor trade has mattered to American Jews, take note that the original library at Hebrew Union College, which trains Reform rabbis, was paid for by one of the prominent whiskey distillers of Louisville, Ky.
Five Books: Film, Booze, Ben Marcus, Tony Judt, and More – Tablet Magazine
My people, in more ways than one.
CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM Cora is the beautiful daughter of Isidore Levinson, a dry goods multi millionaire from Cincinnati. She arrived in England with her mother in 1888 at the age of 20, and was engaged to Robert by the end of her first season. (via Masterpiece | Downton Abbey | PBS)
Levinson from Cincinnati! Is Lady Grantham an MOT?
Since the Kickstarter project ended successfully a week and a half ago I have finalized arrangements with the designer David Yeiser and the developer Jeff Jackson. I’ve also drafted brilliant local artist Matt Dobson to design the Menu and Hours t-shirts for Kickstarter backers who chose that…
Decided to do the Menu and Hours blog on Tumblr.
What’s satisfying about Apple’s current success is that it’s proof that you can succeed wildly by focusing first and foremost on making great products. That design does matter.
See how serious @menuandhours is? Printed folder labels! (Taken with instagram)
