As the parents of Lulu and Leo, we want to honor our children through carrying on their love of arts and sciences education. Our children have loved the many art and science programs in the cities in which we have lived, such as Lulu’s beloved “Art Afternoons” class at the Metropolitan Museum…
Ermahgerd Brindrs full of Wormern!
This is a series in which you help me learn about America.
Barry is a 50 year-old African-American man who was born Jackson, Tennessee and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Today he lives in Brighton, Michigan (about 40 miles west of Detroit), and works at Ford Motor Company as an Engineer with his wife of 21 years and 13 year-old daughter. He was kind enough to tell me about his take on race relations in the US, and I hope you find his stories as interesting as I did!
I snerkled.
Well hello.
I’m melting.
With the present success of the British television series Downton Abbey, St. Martin’s Press has re-released the classic memoir, Below Stairs. In Below Stairs, Margaret Powell recounts her career in domestic service and vividly recreates the world in which she lived.
As a child, Margaret…
the amount of times that there was a shot of Mary that Matthew sidled into or a scene with Mary in it that Matthew stormed into in the Downton Abbey Christmas special was actually hilarious. somebody more talented than me needs to make a gif of him just sliding into frame or popping up in some…
Perfect. Even Edith.
