A Sex-Shaming Rant About Margaritas Accidentally Became the Song of the Summer
Credit...Tetra Images/Alamy By Madison Malone Kircher The early contender for the song of summer is a TikTok-fueled remix of a sexually explicit Evangelical sermon about margaritas.Allow me to explain.Earlier this spring, a 65-year-old Evangelical Christian named Cindy Smock better known as Sister Cindy gave a sermon on the campus of Louisiana State University.
Burlington signs lease for big San Jose store site in retail expansion
SAN JOSE Burlington Coat Factory has signed a lease to occupy a big store site in San Jose, taking space in a building that would also accommodate a Sprouts Farmers Market, according to public documents.The two retailers would each occupy big chunks of a San Jose building at 375 North Capitol Avenue that totals 99,500 square feet, public records and a marketing brochure show.
Learn About Edible Plants of the Caribbean at the New York Botanical Garden
The African American Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx has inspired a program on June 17, during the weekend before Juneteenth, to highlight the plants and foods of the Caribbean.From 10 a.m. until noon, there will be a conversation between the scholar Jessica B. Harris and the writer Jamaica Kincaid about the edible plants of the Caribbean, followed by a panel discussion about sugar moderated by the food historian Scott Alves Barton.
Portland Beer Week Returns to Celebrate the City's Craft Beer Culture With 10 Days of Events
Portland Beer Week, a celebration of the city's craft beer culture and "all of its tangents, from food to artwork and design, film and science," returns this month.The festival encompasses dozens of events happening city-wide, which showcase local beers and their makers through tastings, food pairings, collaborations, and educational opportunities.
Two of L.A.'s most anticipated new restaurants open this week
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Yess Restaurant The highly anticipated Japanese restaurant from the team that brought a colorful line-caught-seafood truck to the Arts District is now open.Yess Restaurant is the fully realized follow-up to the ambitious and pandemic-spurred Yess Aquatic truck headed by chef Junya Yamasaki (formerly of London's Koya).