A "new" Dracula, Gloria Dea, a planet parade and miserable habits
Welcome to Friday morning!
Today’s list isn’t terribly long but it’s packed with some good stuff. As always, I hope you find at least one piece you enjoy!
I hope that your weekend is fun, restful, and packed with whatever it is that you enjoy!
Eugénie Brazier: The legendary 'mother of French cuisine' - BBC Travel, “Uneducated, a single mother and the first person ever to receive six Michelin stars, Eugénie Brazier was a tour de force.”
Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? - BBC Culture, “We're stepping back from this desire to unwrap," says Price, adding that they hope to "flip the narrative" by refocusing the attention "from the inside – what we expect we have the right to see – on to the outside – what the Ancient Egyptians expected people to see.”
Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time in decades - BBC News, “Music lovers clearly can't get enough of the high-quality sound and tangible connection to artists vinyl delivers," Glazier said, "and labels have squarely met that demand with a steady stream of exclusives, special reissues, and beautifully crafted packages and discs.”
6 Habits That Are Secretly Making You Miserable (nirandfar.com), “Uncover the real sources behind six habits secretly causing misery and learn simple ways to break them for a happier life.”
Planet parade: When you'll be able to see 5 planets at once | wthr.com, “A large evening alignment of Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be visible in the nighttime sky.” March 28th!
If SEVEN NATION ARMY was Delta Blues.... WHITE STRIPES Slide Guitar Cover - YouTube
Iconic ‘Great Wave’ Print Sells for $2.8 Million at Christie’s - WSJ, “The piece was only expected the work to sell for between $500,000 and $700,000, but six bidders pushed it higher in a battle that lasted 13 minutes. Hokusai is the Japanese equivalent of Rembrandt,” he said, “and this is his icon.”
(subscription may be required)Gloria Dea, Las Vegas magician who vanished into obscurity, dies at 100 - The Washington Post, “In 1941, Ms. Dea was 19 when she appeared onstage at El Rancho Vegas, the first Las Vegas hotel and casino on a mostly desolate stretch of road now lined with towering spectacles of gambling and entertainment, including Caesars Palace and the Bellagio.”
The Dracula parrot is intimidating - Australian Geographic, “With the body of a parrot and the head of a vulture, the Dracula parrot is unnerving and beautiful all at once.”
I’ve included some photos of one of current obssessions…plants!
