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In the summer of 2019, Jacqueline Lobel, a 33-year-old TV producer, was scrolling through Craigslist, optimistically hoping to buy a dining room table that would fit into a slightly dark space in the large studio apartment she had just moved into in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.When I saw how this apartment was staged before I rented it, I was inspired to do the same layout, so I knew what kind of table I needed, she said.

Standing in the back parking lot of Station 4, a sprawling LGBTQ dance club in Dallas, I realize this is the first time I've been here while the sun is still out, despite countless visits starting in my late teens.At 8:45 p.m., tucked behind the club, the parking lot is full but weirdly quiet, though I can still hear the bustling throng of people on the Strip, a section of Cedar Springs Road in the city's Oak Lawn neighborhood that's served as the heart of Dallas's LGBTQ nightlife scene for more than four decades.

This post originally appeared in the May 27, 2023, edition of Eater Travel, a biweekly dispatch from Eater's staff about navigating places where food is the main attraction.Subscribe now.There are many reasons why we travel - to visit friends; to help a loved one in need; to conquer a fear; to have an Eat, Pray, Love moment; to expand our palettes and our minds; or to simply scratch an itch, get out of our homes, and experience something new.

It's back: Aaron Franklin's fifth food and music party with tailgating vibes, Hot Luck Festival, kicks off next week with a stellar chef lineup and great concerts.To help navigate the multi-part event, Eater put together this useful guide to everything you need to know about Hot Luck, from tips to a breakdown of the events to must-eat dishes to concert suggestions, taking place over Memorial Day weekend from Thursday, May 25 through Sunday, May 28.

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Shoreline Village, a popular Long Beach tourist and shopping destination near the Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific, would be renovated with new retail developments and parking as part of a proposal under consideration by city and state officials.The city's Planning Commission, which will vote on the plan Thursday, hopes that the remodeling would enhance connectivity by improving pedestrian access, bike ramp access, additional parking, dock access, bike parking and storage, according to planning documents.

The party started early.Like, 10:30 a.m., still-drinking-lousy-hotel-coffee early.It was late March, a warm and overcast coastal morning, and all I knew of the day's schedule was that Danny McBride, the creator and star of the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones, planned to swing by with a driver who would take us to an oyster farm, located somewhere among the islands and salt marshes of South Carolina Lowcountry.

Larry Desgaines sat on a piece of cardboard atop a damp rock near the mouth of a large sewer drain in Queens on a recent Friday evening.It's a privilege to be here, he said, without irony.It was just before sunset, and he was among a concert audience of about 50 people who were also perched on rocks, facing the waters of New York City Combined Sewer Outfall #BB 029, where the buried Sunswick Creek flows into the East River.

A black bear was spotted near the Gurnee Mills mall Wednesday morning.The Gurnee Police Department confirmed to the Tribune that a report regarding the bear was filed about 8:45 a.m.A video on social media showed the bear running through a parking lot.According to Wildlife Illinois, housed under the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, "to date there have been five bears confirmed in Illinois in the past few years."

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CloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks allowed two runs on three hits and a walk to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, his first outing since recovering from non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

The Loomis Food Mart in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood was bustling on a Wednesday night eight years ago when Krystal Jackson and her friends pulled into the parking lot to pick up a few items.As their car idled outside the store, a gunman in a dark hooded sweatshirt suddenly sprinted across the parking lot in the 6800 block of South Loomis Street and fired at the driver's side window, the muzzle flashes captured on store security video played in a federal courtroom Monday.

The last day of the Tinley Park carnival was canceled Sunday after some 400 teenagers gathered at the site Saturday night for a flash mob, the village of Tinley Park said in a statement.The Armed Forces Weekend Carnival was set to take place 1-8 p.m. Sunday at the 80th Avenue train station as the final day of festivities, but organizers said police made the decision to cancel after learning that another flash mob was being planned on social media for Sunday.

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Several wild horse carcasses have been discovered this spring on the southwestern shores of Mono Lake, after California endured a cold and snowy winter.As multiple feet of snow finally melted around one of Mono County's greatest attractions, U.S. Forest Service officials and volunteers found remnants of a large presence of wild horses - ones that typically range much farther east - that wintered around Mono Lake and left behind massive amounts of manure, ecological damage and in some cases, decaying skeletons.

A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon in a gas station parking lot in Chatham, Chicago police said.The boy was shot by an unknown offender while in the parking lot on the 8000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue around 4:10 p.m., police said.He was hit in the right foot and taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition, police said.

A fire has scorched a nearly 100-year-old church in Watts for the second time in less than two years, prompting an arson investigation, authorities said.The blaze erupted in the sanctuary of St. John's United Methodist Church around 6:50 p.m. and extended into the balcony, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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The trial of the Austin police officer accused of murder in the 2020 shooting of Mike Ramos ended in a mistrial on Friday.Travis County Judge Dana Blazey is working with prosecutors and the defense team to determine the date for a new trial, which is expected to be announced this week.

Police in York Region are looking for three men after two people were assaulted outside a Vaughan liquor store on the weekend in a suspected hate-motivated attack in which the assailants allegedly used homophobic slurs.The men were last seen in a black Nissan Rogue with the Ontario licence plate CLHL733, police say.

Dan Stulgis said he was "in utter shock" after receiving news about the fire early Saturday that destroyed the Oak Forest Bowling Center.Not only a longtime bowler there, he was looking forward to June 1, the start of his 18th season in a Thursday night bean bag league."All of the memories and all of the friends I've made over the years there came back" after learning of the fire, Stulgis said.

Businesses owners and a councillor in Oshawa are calling on the city to pump the brakes on an electric scooter pilot project, citing concerns over safety and a lack of proper infrastructure.In April, the City of Oshawa chose e-scooter companies Bird Canada and Neuron Mobility to deliver a two year ride-sharing pilot program at no cost to the city, after opting into the Ministry of Transportation's program that permits e-scooters on roads.

I don't need an alarm.Instead, I wake to the sound of a tiny body smashing into various pieces of furniture.Snoots is a hunter, a howler and the craziest cat I've ever known.He's a dog chaser, a wall scaler, and not a moment goes by when he doesn't have something to say.We all have our routines, and our animals weave themselves into them.

A member of the Love & Deliverance International Ministries was shot Sunday after leaving a worship service at the South Holland Community Center.Pastor Pirsia Allen said Love & Deliverance International Ministries members were visiting another parish service held at the South Holland Community Center, 501 E. 170th St., and the shooting occurred after services ended around 12:30 p.m. and people were in the parking lot talking.

Pop your popcorn, grab your sodas, and cruise up to the Union Market drive-in for (possibly) the last time.The drive-in has quickly become a summertime staple in the Union Market neighborhood since its opening in 2012.However, its founder Jon Gann warns that after this summer, the drive-in's parking lot could be no more.

The 22 women mostly met violent deaths.Their bodies, some dismembered, were found in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands over a span of 43 years the most recent in 2019.Police say some showed signs of abuse or starvation.But who they were is unknown, frustrating detectives' hunts for their killers.

Portland's third and largest Safe Rest Village is slated to open soon-the first to be managed by controversial California-based homeless services provider, Urban Alchemy.The new alternative shelter site will come online as the city of Portland continues to clamp down on camping in visible, public spaces, despite Multnomah County's homeless population jumping 21% since 2022.

The final stretch of our climb to the top of California's historic snowpack was so steep only the front points of our crampons were in contact with the mountain.Beneath our heels was nothing but air.A fall from there, just below the 14,505-foot summit of Mt.Whitney, could have been fatal.A quick glance over my shoulder showed a tiny patch of baby blue - the first sign of melting - on an icy lake 2,000 feet below.

But anyone, regardless of their housing status, may use free Wi-Fi at libraries, even after hours.A common example, McPeak said, is when students without enough bandwidth at home study from cars in library parking lots."Throughout the pandemic, library parking lot Wi-Fi has provided a critical baseline connectivity.

Burbank police shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Saturday afternoon.At an evening news conference, Burbank Police spokesman Sgt.Brent Fekety said the man had called 911 shortly before 4 p.m. and told a dispatcher he was sitting outside a Home Depot on the 1200 block of South Flower Street.

A 17-year-old boy died after he was shot and struck by a car early Wednesday at a Canoga Park gas station, Los Angeles police officials said.The teen, who has not been identified by police, was standing in the parking lot of the gas station near Vanowen Street and Independence Avenue with a group of people around 1 a.m.

I yelled at the children to get into the car.Allie, 6, was taking her time, dragging her book bag.Jordan, 4, was whining for me to carry him.I had to yank Jax, 9, who had paused to write ballz on the dewy car with his index finger.My grandchildren are my world.But at 62, I can't believe I'm raising them alone.

First-time visitors to Ducks won't know exactly what they're getting into.With an inconspicuous name that doesn't automatically conjure up a restaurant and a quiet location in a sleepy San Gabriel strip mall, Ducks can feel a bit like a mystery.But look through the glass door to find a cozy, 10-table dining room filled with the aromas of bubbling curry and fried tempura that have beckoned diners for over 25 years.

Seafood star Broad Street Oyster Company is on the expansion path once again, opening up inside one of the Southern California coastline's most coveted restaurant locations.The pandemic-famous Malibu hotspot is taking over the closed former Ruby's Diner at the very tip of the Huntington Beach Pier, with an opening slated for mid-summer.

The goal of All aTwitter is to give readers a handy spot to check the Washington Commanders beat writers & bloggers, national sports journalists, and football fans in order to keep up on the latest news and opinions about Washington, the NFL, and sports in general, along with a smattering of other things.

The taquito!It's a tiny dream in a tortilla simplicity incarnate, endlessly amenable.Hardly as ubiquitous as its sibling the taco, and slightly less elaborate than the sauced enchilada, it can come smothered in queso fresco and lettuce, if that's how you'd prefer it, or unadorned in a paper wrap, or spread atop smoking pastel plates.

People are used to waiting in lines behind velvet ropes to squeeze into the hottest bars and clubs in Miami.But when the Miami Heat are playing for an N.B.A. title, the trendiest place to be is a fishing-themed bar and grill.Nearly two hours before Game 1 of the finals began on Thursday night, most of the wood-paneled booths and bar stools at the Flanigan's in Kendall were filled with Heat fans, many of them wearing the No. 22 jersey of the team's star forward Jimmy Butler.

Evening Star Cafe, the Alexandria eatery that kickstarted Neighborhood Restaurant Group, will get a boisterous new Texan sibling in its backyard.Hi/Fi Tex-Mex BBQ, opening Wednesday, June 7 for dinner in the Del Ray neighborhood, transforms the 26-year-old bistro's former parking lot into a shaded beer garden where you can order up trays of smoked brisket and ribs, snack on American-style tacos, and knock back craft lager or ice-cold wine.

Four weeks sharing a room in San Francisco, four weeks since I decided not to go back to England.Gabe wasn't sleeping.A quarter tab of acid for his breakfast.Spliffs throughout the day, booze and blue raspberry C4 preworkout all through the night.He was recording an album, working on his set, making a website, building a 24-7 open-source radio live-stream at a free hackers' space, and not finishing anything.

Neighbors of the Webster Street location of Safeway in San Francisco are apparently losing sleep over the local grocer.It seems that the grocery store megachain has taken to bumping classical music in its parking lot for 24 hours a day, for at least a week, to "deter loitering," SFGATE reports.

As the calendar slips off into June, as the one-third point of the season moves us closer and closer to a fully lost year, we get visitors from Anaheim to the South Side.Or Los Angeles.Or whichever.Some soulless monstrosity sucking up the Colorado River.The Angels, the third-most popular team in Southern California, have perfected a special blend of Notable Anonymity.

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You won't be able to see the world's largest tree this Memorial Day weekend - one of a number of California tourist draws, roads, campgrounds and trails that remain off-limits because of heavy winter storm damage.Recovery efforts are still underway months after the worst of the weather departed, with access to park facilities in the hardest-hit areas limited potentially through the summer.

There is always something growing inside the gated courtyard of the L.A. Catholic Worker Hospitality Kitchen, the Skid Row food distribution center better known as the "Hippie Kitchen."But this spring has super-charged the courtyard's trees and lush greenery, which offer shade and sanctuary to the hundreds of neighborhood residents who come for the kitchen's thrice-weekly meals.

On the main drag in Roseland, Santa Rosa's predominantly Latinx neighborhood, sits a vast parking lot that for years was dominated by a Dollar Tree.The lot served as a gathering place for the annual May Day march, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and other political rallies.Then in 2013, after 13-year-old Andy Lopez was killed by a police officer, a corner of the lot became a devotional to him that remains to this day.

We did this in April, and now we're going to do it in May.The Braves had an okay month, and with the Mets sweeping the Phillies, they no longer have the biggest division lead in baseball.Still, it's 3.5 games, so we shan't fret too much.Instead, let's check in on what's been going on around the league.

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The city of Austin will shell out $88 million to Lonestar Airport Holdings, the company running the South Terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.The move paves the way for the terminal's demolition and construction of a new concourse capable of accommodating 10 to 40 gates.

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday escalated their ongoing feud at dueling campaign events in Iowa and New Hampshire amid DeSantis' first campaign swing as a declared 2024 candidate.Trump pushed back on DeSantis' claim that it would require two presidential terms to carry out an effective and lasting conservative agenda as the Florida governor tried to seize on the potential vulnerability that Trump could only serve one term if reelected.

What does it mean?roughly pronounced ay-lass is an interjection that you are likely to see if you are reading a French novel, or hear, if someone is telling a particularly dramatic story.is used in a manner very similar to the English term 'alas' - as an interjection in the middle of a sentence or thought, though typically before describing something unfortunate or upsetting.

Horst Geisler never imagined he'd one day bury his only son.But on Sunday, that's exactly what the 70-year-old and family members are gathering to do after Andrew Geisler died after being shot by a Toronto police officer earlier this month."It's been rough for the last two weeks and it's really hard on our family," said Geisler.

On Friday afternoon, a seemingly endless parade of Taylor Swift fans wearing flowery dresses, sparkly cowboy boots, sequined T-shirts and handmade friendship bracelets made their way to East Rutherford, N.J., turning the vast asphalt parking lot at MetLife Stadium into a pop-up performance space, a fashion runway and a meeting ground for friends, old and new.

Will Zhang's curiosity for design and incredible interiors was established at an early age, eventually leading him to his current position as Director of Design and Product Innovation at Emtek.There he establishes industrial design as a key part of the brand, maximizing the aesthetic and design value of products while continuously searching for new inspiration and ideas.

In this summer's most anticipated new work, the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's rollercoaster romance gets a creative treatment by Boonville-based composer Gabriela Lena Frank and librettist Nilo Cruz.Set three years after Kahlo's death, and weeks before Rivera's own, the opera imagines Rivera (Alfredo Daza) pining to see his wife Frida (Daniela Mack) one last time.

James Wood has all five tools - power, contact ability, speed, a strong arm and glove.(John McDonnell/The Washington Post) At some point in their retelling, the memories start to sound like myths.There was a travel baseball game in Frederick, Md.The kid in the batter's box, no older than 10, crushed a homer that soared way past the fence and into the top of a tree.

Last spring, Liar's Saloon, one of the last no-frills watering holes left in Montauk, the rapidly developing beach town at the tip of Long Island's East End, looked like it was gone for good.The family-owned business had just closed, its longtime owners ready for a change.When it was closed, locals saw it almost as a lost way of life, said Jennifer Fowkes, the executive director of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce.

There are few life experiences that evoke a feeling of total leisure more than a picnic.The deliberate choice to dine in nature, away from work and chores and worldly responsibilities.The smell of the grass, the sounds of the birds.The possibility of a Frisbee toss before dessert.To help you find the perfect picnic spot, we asked the experts: rangers from 10 public parks around Washington.

In this entirely made up scenario, Aaron Judge is feeling good.It's the spring of 2023, and he's having a good game in the midst of a good season to follow up his record-setting 2022.Who's to say where exactly his mind was when he stepped to bat for the second time in the second game of an eight-game road trip for the New York Yankees?

I found Soph on an app.I met her at a red-lit wine bar in the West Village.She was exactly as pictured, except warmer, more aglow.Sheepish and charming, with a full laugh that I wanted to swallow for myself, she went in for a hug when I approached her.I already knew she was Australian.Over text, I made her swear to explain in-person how she'd ended up here.

Back in 1999, Julian Van Winkle III posted on the Straightbourbon.commessage boards that he was looking to sell barrels of 10-year-old Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon, equaling about 60 bottles, for $1,200.That's $20 a bottle.Back then, few were interested in the proposal.Nearly 25 years later, however, a new bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle sells for about $800 eachif you can even find it.

This file photo shows a sign for a Sonic Drive-In.Matt Rourke/AP A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee in Texas last weekend, according to police.Matthew Davis, 32, admonished Angel Gomez, 20, for being disorderly in the parking lot of the Keene, Texas, restaurant at about 9:40 p.m. last Saturday.

Jaleel Stallings said he fired at officers in self-defense and after he surrendered, he was badly beaten.A former officer pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the case on Wednesday.Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP In 2020, Jaleel Stallings was charged with attempted murder after shooting at police officers in Minneapolis during protests over George Floyd's death.

Class is in session, and the topic is the beloved LeBron James."LeBron is all about LeBron, he always has been, he's absolutely not a Laker," says Les Steier, 75.Several desks down, Jerry Spike, 89, chimes in."I love LeBron the player," he says."I just don't like LeBron the G.M."
From the other side of the sterile room, the roasting continues.

The Toronto Raptors will likely go above and beyond to make sure Fred VanVleet returns to the team on a long contract that compensates him well, but they will not be the only team that will try to break the bank as they try to add a standout performer at the point guard spot.The Phoenix Suns could be in the market for a third star next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

A judge in Virginia has struck down federal laws blocking handgun sales to buyers over 18 and under 21, in a ruling that might augur the rollback of regulation prompted by the Supreme Court's sweeping expansion of gun rights last year.Judge Robert E. Payne of Federal District Court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Wednesday that statutes and regulations put in place over the past few decades to enforce age requirements on sales of handguns, like the semiautomatic Glock-style pistols, by federally licensed weapons dealers were not consistent with our nation's history and tradition and therefore could not stand.

California is set to pay $24 million after reaching a settlement with the family of Edward Bronstein, who died in police custody three years ago after repeatedly yelling, I can't breathe, while an officer knelt on his back, lawyers said on Tuesday.California Highway Patrol officers pulled over Mr. Bronstein, who was 38, on March 31, 2020, believing that he was driving under the influence of a drug, and they then tried to draw his blood.

Multiple people have been injured after gunfire erupted at a mall north of Dallas on Saturday, an elected official said, in a shooting that sent shoppers running from stores and to find shelter.Keith Self, a member of Congress who represents the area north of Dallas that includes the mall, said on Twitter that a shooter is down and there are multiple casualties after a shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas.

When my daughter was a newborn, I read an essay about a toddler who died after a loose brick fell from a building onto her head.Devastatingly random, impossible to parse for meaning.I added loose brick to the litany of ways my baby could die.The list was ever-expanding.When I sat with her in the bathtub at night as she fed from my breast, I imagined falling asleep, both of us sliding down into the warmth.

Thank you for the front-page story about the Jackson Park cherry trees ( "Failure to bloom," May 1).Our family has been the landlord for the purple martin towers there for nearly 20 years, and we have enjoyed watching the trees' progress and the pleasure they bring to visitors.The Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge, which connects the banks of the Columbia Basin where the trees are planted, has been fenced off for 10 years now.