Rumor has it that if you nab one they’ll lead you to their gold.
"Big Martha Is Watching" And Other Things We Learned At Martha Stewart's New Cafe
The fonts are amazing; the coffee, not so much.
Atmosphere:
Natalie Brown: Well it was obviously an office lobby with a coffee bar nestled in one corner (kind of a like a Martha-fied version of that thing that Dwight Schrute opens in The Office). I would have been much happier if it was somewhere with chairs.
Jessica Probus: It was hard not to be critical of the atmosphere knowing it was Martha because the bar was so high. I was confused by the mix of French ("thè") and British (bin labeled "rubbish" instead of trash, British barista), and the name is Martha Stewart Café, which is just French for coffee. Is it Martha Stewart Coffee or Martha Stewart Cafe? Where even are we?
Rachel Wilkerson Miller: The design of the coffee cups is actually quite lovely. Instead of having a thick sleeve that slides on and off, it comes attached to the cup and feels like a much higher quality than a Starbucks sleeve. Also, all of us were obsessed with the font choices. They were so in point.
Alanna Okun: I want a tattoo in that font. Actually maybe I will just get a tattoo of the Martha Stewart Café™ logo.
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RWM: The three GoPro cameras that were taped to the walls and pointed directly at the cafe were a little unsettling; I’d like to know their exact purpose. And the visible painter’s tape that was used to rigged them to the wall was the least Martha thing about the whole experience.
JP: I actually enjoyed the GoPros in every corner because I imagine that Martha is viewing the multiple feeds from her office/penthouse several stories above us. Big Martha Is Watching.
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(Hi, Martha!)
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25 Quotes About Animals That Will Make You A Better Human
“For the animal shall not be measured by man.”
1. "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."―James Herriot
2. "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ― Anatole France
3. "You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us." ― Robert Louis Stevenson
4. "We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they are more finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other Nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." ― Henry Beston
5. "The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." ― Alice Walker
6. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ― Mahatma Gandhi
7. "An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ― Martin Buber
8. "I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained;
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition;
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;
Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago;
Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth." ― Walt Whitman
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23 Irrational Fears All Book Lovers Have
OK, they’re totally rational to us.
Craving a title that you can't find, and being positive you'll probably die before getting your hands on it.
Thinking about trying to survive in-between the releases of books in a series and wondering if anything in life is promised.
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Spending sacred reading hours on what will end up being the WORST book you’ve ever read. WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT SHIT?
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Being so afraid of someone spoiling the ending of the book you're reading that you won't even tell anyone you're reading it.
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26 Contemporary Books That Should Be Taught In High School
“I was born with a reading list I will never finish.” —Maud Casey
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The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
This book is cleverly narrated by Death during Nazi Germany and quite poetically tells the story of a young girl named Liesel who steals banned books and houses a Jewish man with the help of her foster family.
—Submitted by Lisa Peterson, Facebook
Picador, Australia; Knopf, US
Looking for Alaska by John Green
This is by the same author as The Fault in Our Stars, and deals with the universal topic of unrequited love when Miles "Pudge" Halter falls in love with the mysterious and elusive Alaska Young at his boarding school.
—Submitted by annakopsky
Dutton Juvenile
18 Reasons 19th Century Men Have Ruined You For 21st Century Dudes
Fine eyes on the ready.
Because of Fitzwilliam Darcy.
*Blushes behind silk hand fan*
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And this Darcy, too.
*Gasps and gently laughs while twirling lace parasol*
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Mr. Bingley.
*Gushes in diary about having two whole dances with him at the ball*
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And especially this Mr. Bingley.
*Writes poetry*
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London Underground Stations Have Made Beautiful Tributes To Sir Terry Pratchett
The messages were created at tube stations after the author’s death was announced yesterday.
Tributes have poured in after the death of acclaimed author Sir Terry Pratchett was announced on Thursday.
Politicians, writers, comedians, and fans all praised the 66-year-old and his work yesterday.
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LINK: The Way Sir Terry Pratchett’s Death Was Announced Was Beautiful And Perfect
