“The Internet has transformed reading, yes. But there will always be people who want to touch a book,” assures Esther Shaver, who has indulged bibliophiles from near and far for the past 38 years from her cozy shop on Madison Square. “Books are not going to go away.”
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In defense of the Liberal Arts
True, a degree in English won’t teach you to build a bridge, treat leukemia or bring down a Dementor. But the idea is that you could go on to pursue such things in an effective and compassionate way with a foundation based in the Big Ideas and a well-crafted set of directions.
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Honoring Brighter Day’s foodie elders
When Janie and Peter Brodhead opened up Brighter Day in 1978, eating organic was downright revolutionary. Enlightening people about the ethical origins of food was a challenge, especially when culinary choice wasn’t much more than sprinkling wheat germ on salad.
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Desegregation at 50
Those first brave iconoclasts who crossed the color line were less welcomed than quietly ignored, and those who weren’t thrilled about their presence didn’t feel the need to stir up the kind of drama that warranted a LIFE magazine cover.
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Long gone dog days of summer
August readied young minds for life’s inevitable grind with its sheer boring blankness. August built freaking character.
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Yet another shaggy dog story
I posted a blurry photo of Pretty and was amazed to see it shared dozens of times in less than 10 minutes by friends and strangers — for a minute, Pretty even deposed Grumpy Cat memes and the Rolling Stone bomber cover as top trending topics.
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13 Bricks: Not your average T-shirt
“The shirts are just the surface layer. It’s the medium we’ve chosen to get our message out.” That message is one of tolerance, environmental sustainability, valuing local resources and other hallmarks of a growing underground movement for cultural change.
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Drowning in the details
Lately, every time I look at water, something akin to terror begins to creep along my spine. You might think my fears stem from the bigass bull shark my husband […]
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Kool-Aid is sweeter than BS
There are a few things that a certain faction of Savannah holds sacred: Wild–caught shrimp, St. Patrick’s Day and the absolute faith that the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is […]