December 2010
11 posts
'What It Takes': The Book that Defined Modern... →
longreads:
Richard Ben Cramer’s “What It Takes” is now widely considered the greatest modern presidential campaign book. But the judgments of Washington’s elite come late to Maryland’s remote Eastern Shore, and the book’s place in political writing has dawned only very late on its author. When it came out in the heat of the 1992 campaign, the tome dropped with a heavy thud. It was viewed as...
2 tags
Pastry Chef Natalie Zarzour Doesn't Tolerate... →
longreads:
To understand why customers disappeared, why she entered a self-described period of rage, why the cannoli now costs $9, why the Zarzours will close the shop when their lease runs out in September and how Natalie Zarzour became Chicago’s most provocative pastry chef in a profession with little provocation, just ask her about the “Lobster Tail.”
By Kevin Pang, Chicago Tribune
...
If I wrote lyrics for Bruno Mars.
bendoeslife:
I really like you.
I enjoy hanging out with you and watching movies and stuff. But, come on, a grenade? It’s unreasonable to think I would catch a grenade for you. I mean, hypothetically, if a grenade was thrown our way, I would try to grab you and pull you out of the way, definitely. But seriously… catch it? No. And don’t even get me started about stepping in front of a train....
Petfinder is my go-to on nights I'm feeling blue....
grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs...
loveyourcrookedneighbor:
-lemony snicket
