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Get Ready for Your Glow Up NYC!
The Big Apple’s most stunning lightshow is set for a limited run between May 28 and July 12, 2025. It’s called Manhattanhenge. If you’re...
Steven Hansen
2 days ago2 min read
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Dogs Help Us Live Longer, Happier Lives
Domesticated pets – dogs and cats, rabbits, budgies and even goldfish -- rely on us for their food, shelter, care, and emotional...
Steven Hansen
7 days ago2 min read
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What About Our Bucket Lists Now?
Is it realistic to keep a personal bucket list during times of fear and uncertainty in the world around us? Most people these days feel...
Steven Hansen
Mar 135 min read
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Stress Overpowering? Take a 20-Minute ‘Brain Wash’
For many hardworking Americans right now, just getting through each day is a stressful challenge. We each have jobs we must do to keep...
Steven Hansen
Mar 12 min read
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Meet Sally Winey: Teddy Bear Surgeon
“Dear Sally,” the handwritten note begins, “I have enclosed Stripy. Stripy is my daughter’s most beloved toy since she was two. Ava is...
Steven Hansen
Feb 182 min read
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Plan A, Plan B
Right now, the precious things that make us feel happy, secure, and hopeful in the U.S. are being sideswiped by other things that have...
Steven Hansen
Feb 75 min read
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When Life Gives You Maple Syrup, Make Taffy
Maple sugaring season is nearly upon us. Workers at sugar maple farms in Northeast and Canada will begin tapping their maple trees for...
Steven Hansen
Feb 72 min read
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Effective Ways to Improve Sleep Naturally
There’s a lot going on these days. We’re hounded by media of every description demanding our attention 24/7 whether we want to give it or...
Steven Hansen
Jan 183 min read
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The Bounciest Subway Song of Them All!
A whole carload of songs have been written about New York City’s subway system since folks first started riding around “in a hole in the...
Steven Hansen
Jan 83 min read
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New Year Reflection: Pale Blue Dot
American astronomer Carl Sagan wrote “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space” in 1994. The book was inspired by this now...
Steven Hansen
Dec 311 min read
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Launch a Wish in the Times Square NYE Confetti Blast!
This New Year’s Eve, you can hold your wishes for a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025 deep in your heart, OR you can have them released...
Steven Hansen
Dec 25, 20242 min read
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Like Geppetto, His Wooden Toys Come to Life
It’s gift-giving season and if you happened to land on the StoccaFisso Design page on Etsy, you may think one of Santa’s workshop elves...
Steven Hansen
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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Weaving Stray Wool into Precious Lifelines
A ball of bright orange yarn rolls across the screen, finding its way to two winsome stuffed mice who begin to gather up tangled bunches...
Steven Hansen
Dec 13, 20244 min read
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Jobs They Love: Chocolatiers
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays – or their next gig -- with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are...
Steven Hansen
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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Childhood Heroes? Best Day Ever? Record those Family Stories
Unlike weddings and funerals, Thanksgiving is the one occasion each year solely designed to bring family and friends together for the...
Steven Hansen
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Sidewalk Sorcery: The Chalk Magic of David Zinn
If you happen to be strolling down the street one morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and notice a weird green gremlin staring up at you...
Steven Hansen
Nov 9, 20242 min read
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The Most Unique Bookstores in the World
Don’t get us wrong. We love Powell’s, The Strand, Rizzoli, Shakespeare & Company, and all the other great bookstores of the world. And...
Steven Hansen
Oct 15, 20247 min read
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700+ Neighbors Nosh, Connect at City’s Longest Table
A potluck lunch was held in Chelsea last Sunday and 700 or so neighbors showed up! It was the third annual “Longest Table” party in New...
Steven Hansen
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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Yummy Origin Stories: Circus Peanuts
And the number 1 worst candy treat ever foisted upon unlucky trick-or-treaters? Circus peanuts.
Steven Hansen
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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Eager to Appear Younger Than You Are?
We all know there is no secret elixir for looking youthful and vibrant. It’s simply a matter of keeping fit, both mentally and...
Steven Hansen
Sep 15, 20243 min read
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