Lifestyle News
Now is the time to take up sewing
Dust off the sewing machine. Heather Ross wants to get America sewing again. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM )
Design Notes
Star treatment (Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM )
Social Notes
The women’s golf division of Park Country Club of Buffalo will hold its annual Rally for the Cure tournament Tuesday at the club, followed by lunch on the terrace. There also will be a silent auction. Proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:00 AM )
Best Bets
1. Get your game on this summer at the Central Wharf. (Updated: 07/02/09 7:24 AM )
The Buzz
The people’s opera (Updated: 07/02/09 7:00 AM )
Gushers and trickles
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Many of the world’s great rivers are becoming less so. Yet in the Midwest, the wet is getting wetter. (Updated: 06/28/09 7:20 AM )
Gerry Rising: Natural history books make great summer reading
There are many excellent new natural history books I recommend for summer reading. (Updated: 06/28/09 1:23 PM )
Science Notes / Medicine and archaeology
Losing sleep over late-night television (Updated: 06/28/09 7:20 AM )
Emily Hope Odachowski
Eric & Allyson Odachowski are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Hope. Emily was born on May 25, 2009 at 7:20 p. m., weighing 8 lbs 5 oz. and measuring 21 inches long. The family is enjoying time together at home. (Updated: 06/28/09 7:20 AM )
People Talk: Linda G. Ray is taking a stand for the abused
As executive director of the Family Justice Center, Linda G. Ray has a real passion for issues of women and children— particularly when it comes to domestic violence. (Updated: 06/29/09 8:45 AM )
Style Points: Fresh for the Fourth
After a painful wait this year, summer’s finally here. And with the holiday weekend already right around the corner, you’re suddenly in need of a fun, fresh Fourth of July ensemble. (Updated: 06/29/09 8:45 AM )
Moxie soft drink ads used ‘horsemobile’
Moxie, the soft drink that was introduced as a medicine in a Massachusetts drugstore in 1876, used some very early automobiles in advertising campaigns. In 1915 or ’16 Frank Archer, the Moxie adman who started as a clerk at the Moxie Nerve Food Co., designed the first Moxie Horsemobile. It was an eye-catching full-sized car with a live horse mounted on the back. The first Horsemobile was top-heavy and dangerous to drive, so it was redesigned with a horse made of papier-mache. In later years the horse was molded from aluminum. The first car was a Dort Speedster, but in later years the car was a Buick, a LaSalle or a Rolls Royce. Horsemobiles were driven in parades by daring drivers who rode the horse while controlling the vehicle’s speed and steering with specially designed pedals and extensions. Moxie sold a lithographed tin toy replica of the full-sized Horesmobile. Today there are groups of collectors who search for Moxie-related items. In March a rare version of the toy Horsemobile with a blue car sold at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, (Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM )
Pick strategy to suit your online option
If you play poker online, you find many different games and tables, each of which emphasizes different skill sets. Cash games are different than tournaments, and nine-player tables generally call for strategies that might not work as well in heads-up matches. (Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM )
Use that new serger to sew ruffles
Dear Vicki: You had a question some time ago about which is the best serger. I have always wondered if I wanted one, so I went to a dealer and looked, and I got excited by the store, just like you said, and bought one. Now I wonder if you have any ideas for fun ways to use my new machine. (Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM )
Chess
The recent batting slump by designated hitter David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox has been a topic of much press coverage. Normally “tranquilo” or calm, Ortiz has admitted “my body is resting every night, but my mind is spinning.” (Updated: 06/27/09 7:00 AM )
