How to Make Clear Ice

...don’t miss what passed for cocktails in my youth. Here’s how mixology math used to work in the dark ages: Maguerita=tequila+sweet and sour mix. Old fashion=whisky+sweet and sour mix. Mai Tai=rum+sweet and sour mix. What the cocktail sages of Brooklyn and Silver Lake have taught us is that ingredients matter. Take, for instance, the ice. What if you could make ice as glorious as a pristine iceberg spotted on a bright and sunny arctic summer day? Is...

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Putting Your Civic House in Order: How the Young Members of the Family Help

...fort to cover unsightly places with a growth of some sort. With interest roused the leaders had little difficulty in furthering the movement for beauty, though it took an enormous amount of energy and enthusiasm to keep the contest going for a whole year. It is estimated that at least two hundred thousand dollars were expended on small improvements. Seedsmen say they never had such a volume of business and that in the city alone two hundred and el...

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Saturday Tweets: OMG This is Everything

...(@rootsimple) October 14, 2017 Are you using social media or are you being used by it? https://t.co/LusZNJ2imT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 14, 2017 Master the soul and science of sourdough: https://t.co/YSvWy9SLRy — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 14, 2017 The Famous 2nd Street Tunnel! #MyCicLAvia pic.twitter.com/wx030tEbbA — CicLAvia (@CicLAvia) October 8, 2017 How to treat your terrarium | James Wong https://t.co/2Sfd6jJJoa pic.twitter...

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