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An Illustrated Guide To Cocktails: 50 Classic Cocktail Recipes, Tips, and Tales
In 2011 we featured a self-published book titled An Illustrated Guide To Cocktails by illustrator Elizabeth Graeber and Washington City Paper columnist Orr Shtuhl. Since then Penguin…
Girl Stumbles Through Series of Film Genres in PIXEL Film Festival Intro Film
In this clever intro film for the 2013 PIXEL Film Festival, a girl stumbles through a slew of different movie genres, from a zombie thriller…
Composite Aerial Photo Map of San Francisco in 1938
The David Rumsey Map Collection created this fascinating interactive map of San Francisco based on 164 aerial photographs of the city taken in 1938. The…
How To Live an Unremarkably Average Life
“You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.” “11 Ways to be Unremarkably Average” by Chris Guillebeau of Zen…
The Steel Gray Fog, An Exquisite Corpse Noir by the San Francisco Cacophony Society
The San Francisco Cacophony Society recently hosted “The Steel Gray Fog,” an evening of “Exquisite Corpse Theatrics in the Film Noir Genre” at Stage Werx…
Couple Wears Matching Outfits For the Past 35 Years
Donald Featherstone and his wife Nancy have been wearing matching outfits for the past 35 years. Each matching pair of outfits is handmade by Nancy,…
Detailed Crocheted Versions of ‘Plants Vs. Zombies’ Characters
Komang Darmiani has created an amazing collection of amigurimi — or stuffed crochet — characters from Plants vs. Zombies. Various types of plant and zombie…
Twenty-Two Date Palm Way, A Short Film Directed by Tamar Levine
Twenty-Two Date Palm Way is a beautifully shot short film directed by photographer Tamar Levine and produced by cyberia media
Laugh It Up, Supercut Remix of People Laughing in Films & TV Shows by Eclectic Method
Eclectic Method has released “Laugh It Up,” a supercut remix of people laughing in films and television shows. The song is available to download in…
A Guide to Good, Bad, and Great Nature-Inspired Baby Names
Rosemary Mosco of bird and moon has created an amusing infographic guide to good, bad, and great nature-inspired baby names. image via bird and moon