Steven Hansen
Choose a Forest, Sit Back and Listen
The physical and mental benefits of “forest bathing” are well known. This ancient Japanese therapy, known as shinrin-yoku, is the...
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Steven Hansen
Nov 5, 202211 min read
Our 2022 Holiday Happiness Gift Guide!
It’s here! Our 2022 Happiness Holiday Gift Guide! Have fun shopping some of our very favorite things that we’ve discovered this year in...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 23, 20221 min read
One Martini Movie: "Projections in the Forest"
You can mix a double gin martini, in 3.5 minutes, including chilling the cocktail glass and preparing the olive or lemon garnish. So, you...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 17, 20221 min read
Take a Spin Around the World
…from 240 miles above the Earth! Enjoy the views of our “big blue marble” from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Live Stream cams...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Listen to Met Operas LIVE from Lincoln Center
New York City’s Metropolitan Opera provides free live audio streaming of performances on its website once every week during the opera...
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Steven Hansen
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Watch 'Real Life' TV
Bored? Can’t sleep? Well, there’s a new TV genre streaming online that may pique your interest and while away the time: LIVE, 24-hour...
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Steven Hansen
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Take This Mind-Blowing Fantasy Vacation
French artist Lucas Vaskange says that he creates universes and stories with his illustrations, comics, and videos. And after you start...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 29, 20221 min read
Guitarist Shreds Vivaldi Concerto
Musician Mark Klett currently directs jazz improv and Great American Songbook standards in workshop settings at Music Makers studios in...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 17, 20221 min read
One Martini Movie: "Jitaku"
You can mix a double gin martini in 3-4 minutes, including chilling the cocktail glass and preparing the olive and lemon garnish. So, you...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Those Ice Cream Truck Tunes
You can hear it from blocks away – the endless loop of an ice cream truck’s catchy tune plinked out on what sounds like an amplified...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 17, 20221 min read
One Martini Movie: “Heatwave”
It takes 7 minutes or so to mix a classic vodka martini, including chilling the cocktail glass and preparing an olive and lemon garnish....
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Steven Hansen
Jul 11, 20222 min read
America's Musical Highways
The road trip is an American tradition – that rolling, days-long adventure highlighted with snacks and trinkets at Stuckey’s stops...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Dolce Far Niente
Every now and then, you simply have to stop. Sit down. Relax…and do nothing. Yes nothing. Italians have mastered this gentle art of...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 5, 20221 min read
One Martini Movie: “Standby”
It takes 5 minutes to mix a classic gin martini (provided the cocktail glass is already chilled). So you can either make a martini or you...
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Steven Hansen
May 21, 20221 min read
It's Time to Get Fresh Again
It's finally here! Fresh local asparagus is back at NYC’s Greenmarkets along with the first crop of radishes, leeks and field greens –...
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Steven Hansen
May 18, 20221 min read
Listen! Arts & Culture Radio Live and On-demand
It’s easier than ever to listen to our subscribers’ favorite arts and culture radio stations, AudioBook Radio and JasonCharles.net. Both...
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Steven Hansen
May 10, 20221 min read
The Secret Key to NYC’s Beacon of Light
When red, white, and blue lights were turned on atop the Empire State Building to commemorate the country’s 1976 bicentennial, they lit...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Gardeners: Lettuce Be Joyful and Plant!
Spring is here! It’s time to stop dreaming and start planning your garden, whether it’s a window box, a raised bed, a neighborhood garden...
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HA Staff
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Yummy Origin Stories: Jiffy Pop
We love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
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Steven Hansen
Dec 28, 20212 min read
Ear Bliss #4
Relax and take a well-deserved aural vacation listening to these four specially chosen selections that will help you escape a dreary or...
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