The decade of the Fifties signaled the rise of consumerism in the United States – the Diners Club credit card was introduced, the first commercial color TV program was …
MAXIMUS ENTERTAINS!
“Are you not entertained?” bellows Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russel Crowe in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator) at the spectators after handily dispatching one of fight promoter Proximo’s gladiators. Today, we were, although …
OASIS FOR THE URBAN COWBOY
Urbanidad – it’s Spanish for “urbanity,” which could mean any number of things. The word connotes civility and all its attributes, like polished courteousness, a suave disposition, and a …
Percolator Has Fallen: The Rise of the Macchiatos
Percolate – from Latin percolo (“I filter”), from the verb percolare, from per (“through)+ colare (“to strain”); to cause a solvent (i.e., water) to pass through a permeable substance (i.e., coffee grounds) especially for extracting a soluble constituent. …