The flower girl threw a fit instead of rose petals. It was 110 degrees in the shade, and drunk Uncle Ted decided to wade into the duck pond during photos. Got a wedding calamity? We want to hear from you! Staff Writer Lindsay Tice is working on a story about wedding-day woes, marriage-planning mishaps and […]
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Your cat is a lot deeper than you think
What’s better than an online personality test? An online cat personality test. Researchers in Australia are now administering them, and they’ve found something interesting: Cats are not too different from us. Many psychologists subscribe to the theory that all people have five broad personality traits, known as the “Big Five”: extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, […]
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How has Twitter has changed your brain?
Every new technology comes with accompanying fears about how its use will “change” (read: harm) our brains. But no social network has been as widely derided, demonized or scaremongered as Twitter, the short-form messaging service that turned 10 on Monday. Time dubbed it “the crack” of Internet addiction a mere year after it launched in […]
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What you shouldn’t store over the stove
Recent online special guests included local caterer Vered Guttman. Here are edited excerpts from that chat. Recipes whose names are capitalized can be found in our Recipe Finder at washingtonpost.com/recipes. Q. What foods can be stored without harm in the cupboard over the stove? The lower cupboard shelf is 30 inches above the stove top […]
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Eats: It’s easy eating greens
As we spring ahead into these milder months in Maine, it’s a good time to think about all the fresh greens that will soon be poking out of the sun-warmed soil. This is also an excellent time to shift our eating habits from the comfort foods of winter to lighter meals that give us the […]
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Face Time: Jane Ackermann, star of the new Maine movie ‘Neptune’
Jane Ackermann was cast as the lead in “Neptune” by Maine director Derek Kimball when she was 13 and filmed the movie for the next three years. About a girl raised by a priest on Maine island whose world is rocked by a classmate’s sudden disappearance, “Neptune” is now on the festival circuit. It scored great […]
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‘Music on a huge scale in a majestic venue’
After years of planning and months of rehearsals, 200 voices and 65 instruments will bring Beethoven’s most demanding choral piece to life in the basilica. On Sunday, April 3, the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul will be filled with a 65-piece orchestra and close to 200 voices. The audience will assemble to listen to […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Put a spork in it.
Before this week, Bag Lady could not have told you where to buy a Swedish-made spork in the Twin Cities. Had you asked, there would have been much hand-wringing, maybe the suggestion to try a Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-through, though undoubtedly those are not Swedish-born. Then I walked into Sports Authority’s soon-to-be closing Auburn store. […]
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Tweeting Pope adds Instagram to his toolbox
Three years ago, the newly elected Pope Francis unveiled his papal agenda for all the world to see – at least for those who knew where to look. Francis turned to Twitter, of all places, for the first time on March 19, 2013, the very day he was formally installed as pope. He sent two […]
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A GRAND rebirth for St. Patrick’s Church
When Andrew Knight first purchased the former St. Patrick’s Church and rectory in 2014, he intended it to be just another property in his extensive real estate project portfolio and nothing more. As he pondered its ideal use, however, he became drawn in by the Twin Cities community and people — so much so that […]