as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.
as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.
Have a drink at: The White House Egg Roll Mr. President, can we play in your yard? Ask Rutherford B. Hayes about: Inviting 600 kids over for Easter It was 1876. Congress was debating expenditures, and they were in a pickle over the Capitol grounds – every year at Easter, the place was swamped with…
Have a drink with: Vinegar Valentines You’re awful; I love you Ask them about: Negging in the Victorian era Is Valentine’s Day not for you? Are you sick to death of hearts and teddy bears? Can Starbucks shove its molten chocolate latte up its molten mermaid tail? Are you looking for something that more befits…
Have a drink with: Yankee Whalers Amazon Wish List: a dead whale or a stove boat. Ask them about: holiday shopping Ron Howard’s new movie In the Heart of the Sea, a film adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick’s excellent book of the same name, tells the story of the Essex, a Nantucket whaler rammed and sunk…
Have a drink with: The Thanksgiving Turkey Our dinner, who art in oven… Ask it about: Patriotism, Christology, stuffing. On October 28, 1909, the Boston-based Journal of Education – the nation’s oldest continuously published educational journal – prepared its readers for Thanksgiving by printing a suggested script for a holiday-themed school play. This seems harmless…
