Steven Hansen
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
Aug 4, 20223 min read
The Remotest Island in the World
Next time you feel like really getting away from it all, why not sail on down to Tristan da Cunha? It’s the remotest inhabited island on...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Jump Up and Down!
Let me be the 11th person this week to rag at you that you need to get more exercise. Or the 12th, including your conscience. You’ll look...
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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
Jul 2, 20227 min read
Jobs They Love: Pie Entrepreneur
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Go Through Your Old Photos
Remember that one candid snapshot someone took of your grandma (or dad, or sister, or you) laughing like crazy at some fool thing...
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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 12, 20222 min read
Sing In a Choir
Everyone knows you feel better when you sing. Whether it’s a few rounds of “99 Bottles of Beer” revving up the night at the local dive,...
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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 29, 20228 min read
“Recalculating… Enjoy Your Trip!”
Thank ye tech gods for inventing GPS, and the Google Maps lady whose calm and confident navigation gets us where we need to go!...
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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 16, 20221 min read
Pet a Dog
By now, we are all familiar with the growing popularity of emotional support animals, and therapy dogs in particular. You see them...
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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
May 6, 20225 min read
Jobs They Love: Love Letter Writer
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 28, 20228 min read
Great Passageways
We are always moving. Crossing passageways from point A to point B, beginning to end, winter to spring, border to border, good to bad,...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Live Near a Park or Forest
Wouldn’t you rather look at trees than other buildings? It just makes sense that people who live near parks and greenspaces are healthier...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 15, 20224 min read
Jobs They Love: Wine Librarian
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
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