Swirling is not just about releasing the aromas but an opportunity to perceive viscosity: wines that have slower-moving “legs” (the streaks down the inside of your glass) might indicate high alcohol or residual sugar levels.
Tucked into an industrial area of Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, is this gem of a museum offers a glimpse into the history of New York told through one of its favorite drinks.
But the real gem is just behind the wall: an old silver screen set in an authentically retro hall, which once had a capacity of 800 people.
The efforts are an echo of the "strategic minerals programs" that lasted into the 1960s, where the U.S. government subsidized the production of materials deemed vital to national security.
Longyearbyen is home to several cozy hotels, scrumptious restaurants, lively bars, and museums that showcase the fascinating culture of an Arctic town that is alternately steeped in constant darkness and perpetual sunlight.
The museum also incorporates a curious array of other elements: ancient olive trees, salvaged doors, and architectural artifacts from around the world are integrated into the sand scenes.
Salad bread, the bakery's flagship item, consists of a long, soft white bun that is split and smeared with kewpie mayonnaise and pickled radish, and sold for ÂĄ180.
Years later, local druggist and animal lover Wade Meloan marked Norma Jean’s grave with a picket fence and hand-painted sign.
Centered in the circular driveway and surrounded by tropical palm trees, the four-tiered marble fountain, produced in Italy and featuring dolphins, griffins, and peacocks, creates a grand sense of arrival that is amplified once you enter and see the show-stopping mosaic on the lobby floor.
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Sometimes run like Secret Santas, other times as free-for-alls where anyone can fulfill anyone else’s request, they might be hyper-specific or genre-wide, but often they involve things that are already popular in the fandom world—think pop-culture juggernauts like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or the manga My Hero Academia, or CW’s Supernatural.
In 1810, the daimyo lord finally got permission to reconstruct a watchtower—the government agreed as the Russian presence grew in the Tsugaru Strait—and had a new keep built instead, which could have been a capital offense were it not for the project being cleverly undertaken.
