Category Archives: Dinner Party Talk
American Icons – Statue of Liberty’s crown to close next year
Book your tickets to climb through Lady Liberty’s skull now, because next year, the statue’s crown will be closed once again. The 354 stairs (that’s about 15 flights of stairs) in the crown reopened after 9/11 on July 4, 2009. … Continue reading
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Dinner Party Talk – Perseid meteor shower
Clear out your schedule for midnight tonight and tomorrow, because it’s time for the famously visible Perseid meteor shower. To see the meteors, find a dark sky and look toward the northeast. It’s “famously visible” because no binoculars or telescopes … Continue reading
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American Fun – Times Square Pop-Tarts store
As if Times Square wasn’t already teeming with enough mind-shattering excitement, the area’s newest store is particularly fantastic. Joining the Hershey’s and M&M’s store this week is Pop-Tart’s flagship store and cafe. Inside the cafe you’ll find Pop Tart sushi, … Continue reading
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What I’m Doing – Empire of the Sun
I had the thrill the other night to witness the musical magic that is Empire of the Sun. All summer, while working on my new book, I’ve been listening to their music. And to see them bring it to life … Continue reading
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American Fun – Shark Tank
Congrats to Barbara Corcoran and the rest of the Sharks! ABC has announced a new season of Shark Tank. Barb will be heading out west in the fall to tape new episodes and I just might swim out there with … Continue reading
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Animal Fun – Sloths!
I’m in love. Check out the Aviarios Del Caribe sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world’s only sloth orphanage and bedroom of over a hundred very sleepy cuties whose lives have been saved by sloth whisperer Judy Arroyo. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged #americana, #brucelittlefield, #sloth, #thecuteshow
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Dinner Party Talk – Triceratops never existed
According to scientists, the triceratops never existed. The three-horned dinosaur immortalized in countless kids’ cartoons (I researched it, and Baby Bop was a triceratops) was actually a young Torosaurus, a dinosaur with a different skull shape. Yes, apparently dinosaurs’ skulls … Continue reading
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Tagged #americana, #brucelittlefield, #triceratops
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Gossip! – Wyclef Jean for President (of Haiti)
Hip hop star Wyclef Jean announced on Tuesday that he plans to run for president of Haiti on November 28. He’s never held political office, but he is a three-time Grammy Award winner, and he also paired up with Shakira … Continue reading
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Gossip! – SYTYCD Semi-Final
I’ll secretly be glad to see this season of So You Think You Can Dance come to an end next week. The new format of the show (competitors dance with so-called All-Stars, kind of Dancing with The Stars-esq) didn’t add … Continue reading
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Giveaways – My tomato crime spree!
Just got back from the post office, where I was overnighting another box of veggies to my octogenarian grandparents in South Carolina. When the postal clerk asked me: “Does your package contain anything liquid, perishable, fragile or potentially hazardous?” I … Continue reading
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