Whoa – we can now upload *previously* recorded video onto Instagram! So, here’s my first IG video: A six-second #neonporn clip from my brief visit to Seattle in June 2013. (Because nothing says “doughnuts” like a neon cowboy riding a neon horse, right?!) 🍩🐎
I Know What You Did Last Errand
Here are some of the things that stores — physical, street-side stores — might know about you from your recent visit to them:
• your age
• your gender
• your mood as you travel through the store
• how long you spend in each section of the store
• which items you spend time looking at during your visit
• how long you looked at an item before purchasing it
• which of the store’s products you previously looked up on the store’s website
• your purchase history with the store
• the number of times you recently visited the store
• the average time elapsed between your visits to the storeRead more. [Image: Shutterstock/Kzenon]
A haiku from the article: Sunday Dialogue: What Is That Art Worth?
Mar 27, 1912: The First Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees Are Planted in the U.S.
On this day in 1912, the first two Japanese cherry blossom trees were successfully planted by First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Japanese Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gave the U.S. over 3000 trees to demonstrate the growing relationship between the U.S. and Japan.
Every spring, Washington D.C. commemorates the initial planting through the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
As we wait for this year’s blooming period, treat yourself to this delicious spring recipe!
Image: Cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. 2013 (Diana Alvarenga)
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Texas Monthly Hires Full-Time Barbecue Editor - NYTimes.com
Most important, he [Daniel Vaughn, who has eaten at more than 600 barbecue places since 2007] had just decided to take a sizable pay cut and quit his job as an architect a…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a74557e4b0b80ded0421f1/1437979110580-A38N7U6BL5Q120IFH3K6/image-asset.jpeg)
Good food news:
Texas Monthly Hires Full-Time Barbecue Editor - NYTimes.com
Most important, he [Daniel Vaughn, who has eaten at more than 600 barbecue places since 2007] had just decided to take a sizable pay cut and quit his job as an architect at a respected Dallas firm to devote all of his time and gastrological energy to writing about Texas barbecue.