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When it comes to matters of love, it’s often platonic devotion...

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:13:40 -0400

When it comes to matters of love, it’s often platonic devotion that proves the most intimate and carries the most weight in one’s life. It’s the love stories of friendship, the decades-spanning, unbreakable connection to someone that stays around as lovers come and go. Yes, romantic love is an all-encompassing illness of the heart, but without a best friend to guide you, life becomes less tolerable. Cinema has long been awash in tales of romantic love, of course, but it’s rare to see a tale of love between two female best friends, especially one that genuinely shows what it is like to have that kind of soul mate, without whom everything else would be askew. But with Noah Baumbach’s latest film, Frances Ha, we see one woman’s journey of self-discovery, ignited by a fractured friendship.

Greta Gerwig & Mickey Sumner on Exploring Female Friendship in Noah Baumbach’s ‘Frances Ha’

wellthatsodd90: In November of 1970, forty people were...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:48:48 -0400

wellthatsodd90:

In November of 1970, forty people were photographed at the exact instant after the photographer said, “You have a beautiful face.”

"‎Travel is little beds and cramped bathrooms. It’s old television sets and slow Internet..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:47:55 -0400

“‎Travel is little beds and cramped bathrooms. It’s old television sets and slow Internet connections. Travel is extraordinary conversations with ordinary people. It’s waiters, gas station attendants, and housekeepers becoming the most interesting people in the world. It’s churches that are compelling enough to enter. It’s McDonald’s being a luxury. It’s the realization that you may have been born in the wrong country. Travel is a smile that leads to a conversation in broken English. It’s the epiphany that pretty girls smile the same way all over the world. Travel is tipping 10% and being embraced for it. Travel is the same white T-shirt again tomorrow. Travel is accented sex after good wine and too many unfiltered cigarettes. Travel is flowing in the back of a bus with giggly strangers. It’s a street full of bearded backpackers looking down at maps. Travel is wishing for one more bite of whatever that just was. It’s the rediscovery of walking somewhere. It’s sharing a bottle of liquor on an overnight train with a new friend. Travel is ‘Maybe I don’t have to do it that way when I get back home.’”

- Nick Miller (via blameitonwanderlust)

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Sun, 19 May 2013 23:55:46 -0400

susiedrinksdallas: In honor of the recently-realease “The...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:54:49 -0400

susiedrinksdallas:

In honor of the recently-realease “The Great Gatsby”, Tanqueray is featuring these five prohibition-style cocktails. Even if you can’t enjoy them in West Egg, they’re still some of the classic cocktails every drink enthusiast should know how to make.

Cheers, sport!

Gin Rickey
Said to be the preferred pour of F. Scott Fitzgerald, this simple serve is best imbibed on a hot summer day. Don’t forget the chunky ice cubes.

1.25 oz Tanqueray London Dry gin

1 oz lime juice

5 parts soda water

Build in a highball glass, stir, top with soda water. Drag to mix and garnish with a lime wedge.

French 75
This snappy little champagne cocktail’s claim to fame is that it’s the only drink in the classic canon created during Prohibition.

1.25 oz Tanqueray Ten

0.5 oz simple

0.5 oz lemon juice

Top with champagne

Shake and strain into a rocks glass and top with champagne.

White Lady
Introduced in the late 20’s, The White Lady was born from the drink the “Delilah,” which included crème de menthe. The Savoy’s Harry Craddock replaced it with orange liqueur and it became an instant classic.

1.5oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin

.75oz orange liqueur

.75oz lemon juice

Pour all of the ingredients into a shaker, fill with ice, shake and strain into a chilled coupe glass.

The Southside
The Southside is the signature cocktail at the legendary former speakeasy the 21 Club. It’s also said to be the favorite drink of notorious Prohibition-era bootlegger Al Capone and his gang.

1.25 oz Tanqueray Ten

0.5 oz lime juice

0.5 oz simple

2 sprigs of mint

Soda

Muddle one mint sprig with lime & simple. Add Tanqueray and shake well. Pour into glass over crushed ice and stir until the outside of the glass frosts. Top with soda and garnish with sprig of mint.

The Franklin
Let’s not forget Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously celebrated the end of Prohibition with a dirty gin martini. Whether it was with Tanqueray – one of the few gins today that was in production in the 30s – or not is lost to history, but this classic cocktail ushered in a new era of American drinking.

1.5oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin

1tbsp dry vermouth

2tbsp olive juice

2 olives

Fill a mixer with all ingredients including the olives. Cover and shake hard 3 – 4 times. Strain contents of the mixer into the cocktail glass. Garnish with an olive.

Beyoncé & André 3000 - Back to Black At first I found...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:49:36 -0400

Beyoncé & André 3000 - Back to Black

At first I found this song odd, but now I can’t stop listening to it.

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:40:11 -0400

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

- Kahlil Gibran (via thatkindofwoman)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:42 -0400

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:56 -0400

““The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.””

- Robert Frost (via pulph)

It’s like you knew me And all the things I couldn’t say

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:24 -0400

It’s like you knew me
And all the things I couldn’t say

Well, I don’t care, he gives large parties and I like large...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:29 -0400

Well, I don’t care, he gives large parties and I like large parties.

They’re so intimate…

In small parties there isn’t any privacy!

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Wed, 15 May 2013 13:19:51 -0400

William Shakespeare

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:11:42 -0400

William Shakespeare

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"Don’t save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:40 -0400

“Don’t save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.”

- Thomas S. Monson (via thatkindofwoman)

My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:58:21 -0400

My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what really matters. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything. We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world.