Columbus, OH

Remember the glory days? When we all had skinny jeans and immaculate beards and wore beanie hats, even in summer? When going for a pint meant nine percent porters, pink rhubarb sours and whatever a ‘saison’ is. It meant tasting each and every beer on tap to make sure they weren’t ‘too hoppy’. It meant, perhaps more than anything, bright, graphic labels and deeply silly names.

RIP IPA: who killed craft beer?

The Spirits Business recently published its annual Brand Champions report, which provides a multitude of data and statistics that help to understand the current climate of the alcohol space. American whiskey is a red-hot category that’s been growing year after year. While that growth slowed in 2023, 9-liter case sales...

New Data Shows 10 Best Selling American Whiskey Brands of 2023

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Tasseography, or the divining of one’s fortune from a cup of coffee or tea or wine even, has been practiced all over the world for centuries. Fortune telling from coffee specifically traces its lineage back at least to the 1500s and the Ottoman Empire. Also known as tasseomancy—“tasse” meaning cup and “-mancy” meaning to divine—the practice is most common in Arab nations and Asia Minor, particularly Turkey, where the namesake coffee style produces a thick bed of sediment most conducive to readings.

Coffee Fortune Telling Goes 21st Century

Georgia State

Honolulu, HI

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The Japanese soufflé pancake has become more popular as a dessert café that specializes in the dish has made its way to the United States, but a chef in Hawaii says it's been around since 2008.

Japanese soufflé pancake gaining popularity in US, yet origin story begins in Hawaii 15 years ago

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

A nice, crisp, refreshing beer may seem ideal on a hot summer day – or any day – and many people would agree that this brew is delicious. The most popular alcoholic beverage in the world is beer – believed to be the oldest too – and ranks third to water and tea as the most consumed beverage. It also takes the top spot in the United States, and even though Americans’ beer consumption has declined over the past 20 years as wine and cocktails have gained popularity, beer remains the top alcoholic drink in the U.S. where over 6.5 billion gallons was consumed in 2023.

America’s 40 Best-Tasting Beers, Ranked

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Do you find it difficult to find what you are looking for? Is it difficult to find ways to organize your house, your office, and your life? Who are those managers of organization? I know I see them all of the time, I'm sure you do too. Those people who seem to always have it all together. Those people with planners, calendars, organized shelves and closets, nice neat cars. Who are they? Let's find out.

Top 3 Most Organized Zodiac Signs

Biocomposite Furniture Collection | Philipp Aduatz. Austrian product designer Philipp Aduatz launched a new eco-friendly furniture collection using an amalgamation of wood, flax fibers and a bio-based epoxy resin. The resulting composite material is rendered in his capsule collection of a chair, side table, coffee table and lamp. Aduatz’s approach maximizes the use of renewable materials to minimize his carbon footprint. For the chair and tables, he sourced branches from the forest near his studio, carefully wrapping the wood in flax fibers and infusing it with dyed resin. This process ensures that each piece is a unique sculpture reflecting Aduatz’s dedication to pushing the boundaries of experimental design.

Natural Materials Are The Basis For These 9 Editor’s Picks

Virginia State

Virginia Wendy Williams fans, this is your July 2024 update on the former talk show host. Her best friend of 44 years, Regina Schell, has shared recent concerns with TV Show Aces and says she has not seen or talked to Wendy in more than a year.

Wendy Williams fans are worried after her best friend claims not to have heard from her in a year

Denver, CO

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Aurora, CO

Aurora’s pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness, which only allow a maximum 30-day stay, have been cycling the same individuals in and out, city staff told council members Thursday. Many return to street encampments when their time in the pallet shelter runs out, Jessica Prosser, homeless services director for the city, said. Then, the city sweeps the encampment again, and they get to come back to the shelter for another 30 days, Prosser explained. This process can repeat multiple times.

Aurora pallet shelters a revolving door for homeless

Portland, OR

Specialty coffee has grown up, in that the people are growing up. Many of the early adopters to the third wave are in their 30s and 40s (even 50s), with families and kids and phantom back aches. For those of that ilk with children, you’ve probably heard of Laika, or at least seen some of their work. The stop-motion animation studio is responsible for such films as Missing Link, the supremely under-appreciated Kubo and the Two Strings, ParaNorman, and of course, Coraline.

Stumptown & Laika Team Up For A Coraline Cold Brew

The end of the 2010s was a strange time in the cocktail world, as everyone tried to make their mark either through esoteric techniques — or blatant gimmicks. This was an era of ubiquity for fat-washed cocktails and milk punches, rotovaps, centrifuges, and liquid nitrogen. A time when, if you ordered many bars’ house Old Fashioned, all of a sudden a glass cloche and smoking gun would appear out of nowhere and suddenly the entire room would start to stink of burning wood chips.

Is the ‘Flavour Blaster’ a Serious Bartending Tool or an Instagram Gimmick?

Pennsylvania State

Bucks County Beacon

“Who sits there and thinks, with all the needs we have in America, of criminalizing the homeless?” wonders Pastor Robert Brown of Bristol’s Bible Evangelical Methodist Church after learning that the United States Supreme Court approved punishing those experiencing homelessness who have nowhere to sleep.

After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused

Scituate, MA

Dianna Carney

The Scituate Animal Shelter of Massachusetts has announced a heartwarming and adorable event that will both raise money for the local animal shelter while also socializing a few of their tiniest furry friends. The local animal shelter explains, "We need help socializing 12 adorable kittens! Your job would be to hang out with them, play with them and pet them!"

Local Animal Shelter Announces Adorable "Play With Kittens" Event

Mama Maggie's Kitchen

Cool down this summer with these yummy drinks that are both refreshing and delicious. These beverages are perfect for sipping on a warm afternoons when the sun is shining and the kids are splashing in the pool. Easy to prepare and universally loved, these Mexican drinks provide a sweet escape from the heat.

10 Mexican Drinks Made For Summer

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	Roica—a stretch fiber combining contemporary concepts with high-tech performance produced by Japanese fabric firm Asahi Kasei—took its partnership with Tencel by Lenzing to new heights at Milano Unica this week.At Milano Unica, Chargeurs Showcases Alpine Excellence




	“Combining Tencel and Roica, we are moving together toward a more sustainable textile industry which definitely has to tend to circular approach solutions,” Lenzing’s Carlo Covini, development manager of textiles business for Italy and Switzerland, said. “We are proud of this partnership and keep on finding new collaborations and partners to give our fibers the opportunity to express themselves in innovative and planet conscious collections...

Milano Unica: Intimates Textile Maker Maglificio Ripa Stretches Into Sustainability with Tencel, Roica

In recent years, the craft beer industry, once hailed as a beacon of innovation and growth in the beverage sector, has encountered significant challenges and a notable decline. What was once a more vital landscape teeming with small, independent breweries pushing the boundaries of taste and tradition, is now facing...

5 Reasons For Craft Beer’s Decline

Massachusetts State

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, recently introduced a six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie who is looking for her forever home. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet Joannie: The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Looking For Love

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A New Roster Of Coffees Now Available From Our Roasters Village

We get asked by friends and family where to buy coffee a lot. It’s a tough question! It’s easy to lose track of just how many...

A New Roster Of Coffees Now Available From Our Roasters Village

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