Why I Stopped Idealizing Thanksgivings Past
Too many people with too little to be thankful for, need to be fed and wished a happy Thanksgiving.
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Real Food Rehab: Save The Deli
Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style
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Frankly, I'd just be devastated if I couldn't get a bowl of matzo ball soup or a great corned beef sandwich with chopped liver on a whim. Luckily, author David Sax knows how to save the deli.
Generation Y Turns To Nostalgia For Comfort In Bad Economy
New York Times | David Browne | Posted 08.23.2009 | Style
Even though nostalgia hits every generation, it seems awfully early for 28-year-olds to be looking back. One possible explanation, say authors who foc...
A Wistful Champagne Toast to William Powell
John Farr | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment
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One of the finest actors and leading men from Hollywood's Golden Age, William Powell was born towards the end of this month way back in 1892. It's unlikely most people under 30 would even recognize his name, which is sad, but also easily remedied.
Bus Pull-Cords Are Back
David Finkle | Posted 08.04.2009 | New York
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I, for one, was so annoyed by the placement of the yellow strips on city buses that I got in the habit of changing seats until I had a yellow strip just inches in front of me--if I was lucky enough to get a seat, that is.
Channelling Proust: Naturally Nostalgic People Are Happier
psychologytoday.com | Marina Krakovsky | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living
For Proust it was a bite of a buttery madeleine; for some, it's the taste of a gooey Mallomar. And for you, it might be a few notes of "Yellow Submari...
"Star Trek" Reminds Me Why I Liked Winona Ryder
Mark Blankenship | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment
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I haven't seen a Winona Ryder film in an actual movie theater since The Crucible was released in 1996. I had forgotten she could exist in those dimensions.
The Times Are, and Always Will Be, Changing
Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living
Nostalgia often affects our attitudes about change. The notion that "life was nicer when I was growing up" has been circulating in this country for generations.
Ask Dr. Recession!
John Marshall | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy
One day there will even be nostalgia for the disaster we're in right now. Someone will sell credit default swap lunch boxes and make a movie about the fall of AIG starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
A Trip Down Memory Lane Littered with Letters
Isobel White | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style
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No, who am I kidding -- I am old school, but trying my best to keep up. I vow to actively use LinkedIn and Facebook this year.
Getting Over a Friendship Drought
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living
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The more lonely people are, the more nostalgic they tend to become as a way of increasing their self-perceived feeling of social support.
Let's Bring Back... Traditional Anniversary Gifts
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 10.25.2008 | Style
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I'm a very modern woman. After all, modernity is so terribly convenient. My blackberry connects me with my best friend in Dubai as I sail up 5th Ave...
Extra! Extra! People Want To Use Cell Phones for Talking
Candy Spelling | Posted 10.17.2008 | Style
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More people say they'd rather have a smaller phone with less features than a larger phone with more capabilities. Can it be that we're actually ready to simplify? Is multi-tasking on its way out?
Let's Bring Back ... 10 Things That Are Ready For A Comeback
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 08.05.2008 | Style
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Ladies and Gentlemen: To honor the launch of Huffington Post's new Style section, I present the seventh installment of my Let's Bring Back series. A...
"I'm Going to Disneyland!"
Ken Levine | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment
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I have always loved Disneyland. I'm not ashamed to say it. Even as a five year-old curmudgeon I marveled at the imagination, scope, and vision of this wondrous (albeit highly profitable) world.
Let's Bring Back...Part VI
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 06.13.2008 | Living
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Ladies and Gentlemen: With great pleasure, I present the sixth installment of my Let's Bring Back series. A quiet homage to Vogue legend Diana Vreel...
Senator Sam's Challenge to Presidential Power
Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce Schulman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
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We seem to be back to the summer of 1973, although in some respects Bush's extension of executive power has been much more dramatic than anything in that period.
Time For The Political Pre-Nup!
Matt Miller | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics
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There's no downside to a pre-nup. "Of course I trust you," Elizabeth Dole or George W. Bush can say lovingly into their aides' eyes, "but look what happened with George."
The Five Year -- Oh Forget It Already
Richard Laermer | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living
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Once upon a time, everyone -- not just irate Soviet dictators and worried undergraduates -- had a Five Year Plan. So what the hell happened?
Chic Nostalgia: Let's Bring Back ...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Back by popular demand, my third 'Let's Bring Back ... " column.
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