Category: Urban Life

The Georgetown ‘Exorcist Steps’ It’s October, which means only two things: Halloween, and horror films. Within the genre of horror, cities play an active role as settings, characters, and themes. In William Friedkin’s ‘The Exorcist’ (1973), Georgetown, Washington (DC) is the setting of a demonic possession. But the city takes on a greater role, as…

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When I was working on my book, Grow Curious, I decided that I would include a pressed leaf or flower from my garden in random copies of the book. If you bought a print copy, please turn to page 87 to see if you got one. Pressed hosta leaf from my garden. I’ve pressed many…

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827: Farmer Karl Ebeling on The Declaration of Common Ground. Teaching self-sufficiency while strengthening community bonds through farming. In This Podcast: Farmer Karl, with 33 years of corporate experience, transitioned to farming to uplift communities by founding Eden Streets in 2020. He worked with women facing homelessness in Salt Lake City and now runs Grow…

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There’s no better way of exploring the Catalan capital than on two wheels. We talk to the local guides at Steel Donkeys about the benefits of bike tourism, before running down our top 6 tours in the city… “Riding a bike always provides a great feeling of freedom and joy — especially when you ride…

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Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Recipes for pickled eggs have shown up across cultures for centuries. It was one of many methods used to preserve extra eggs, although other methods like water-glassing and dehydrating actually offer a safer alternative for long-term storage.  However, pickling eggs can extend their shelf-life significantly, especially if they are kept…

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I started this series of Downtown Oakland Rail scenarios for a very explicit reason. Find out if and how any other cocktail of rail alignments for a Second Transbay Crossing and HSR to and through Oakland might equal or show a strong alternative to ConnectOAKLAND’s plan of running a new trainline down the I-980 corridor….

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Via Unsplash. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transient nature of life, a reflection of the Buddhist concept known as “mono no aware,” which recognizes that there is both beauty and mortality in life. For most of Japan, including Tokyo, the season begins in mid-March and runs through early to late April; however, in the…

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Eggplant, aubergine or brinjal – however you call it, this vegetable is known around the world and each continent boasts of its own culinary version of this colorful “fruit”.  In the Philippines, eggplant comes in different shapes and colors – but the most common is purple. While it is generally a tropical crop, eggplant has been grown…

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img { border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; } Chuffed to see our new paper online. Tomasiello, D. B., Santos, D. H. M., Oliveira, J. L. A., Braga, C. K. V., & Pereira, R. H. M. (2022). A time interval metric for cumulative opportunity accessibility. Applied Geography, 157, 103007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103007 You can check the ungated PDF and…

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Trade fair for Next Level Farming and New Food Systems brings together leading experts At VertiFarm, the international trade fair for Next Level Farming and New Food Systems, leading players from the field of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) will be presenting their solutions for the agriculture of the future at Messe Dortmund from 8 to…

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