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I Do: A Sweet Tale Of The Perfect Marriage Proposal

Lisa Bridge
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I Do: A Sweet Tale Of The Perfect Marriage Proposal

I am in the jewelry business and have been honored to help countless friends get engaged, but my marriage proposal was even better than I had imagined.  I am still in shock that we are getting married, that it all really happened, and that I have a beautiful ring on my finger!

I was sitting at my desk one Saturday and my brother, Marc, walked in to my office (its a family business).  He asked how the day was going and then handed me a card.  I opened it and it was a pair of matchsticks hugging and read “A perfect match.” We were supposed to babysit for our nephew Asa that afternoon, so the card read:

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

“Hey Babe, Change of plans for today. Please Uber to the Fairmont Hotel’s Georgian Room for a surprise. We will see Asa later on. Enjoy! Love, G. Please arrive at 2pm – Fairmont Hotel.”

I looked up, stunned.  I knew what it meant, but still asked, “What do I do now?”  to which Marc replied, “You should probably put something on for tea”!

I dashed out of the office and hopped in an Uber. They asked how my day was going and I replied “I think I’m getting engaged!”

I flew through my house trying to decide what to wear. I Facetimed a friend in Boston to help make the selection. Being a jeweler, I carefully selected jewelry that had special meaning on this day – a watch from my parents that is engraved “Lisa, you are our pride and joy,” a ring I purchased for myself, earrings that have one diamond from my grandmother’s engagement ring and one from my great grandmother’s wedding ring, and one of the first necklaces I designed.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

I made it to the Fairmont, shaking slightly, walked in expecting to see Gilad. I didn’t see him, but his two closest girlfriends (and now good friends of mine) waved me enthusiastically over.  I sat down, excited to see them and have tea, but a bit confused about what was happening. They said, “We’re having tea!” We ordered tea and then I asked if I should ask them any questions. They said that I could ask, but they wouldn’t tell me anything.  After about 40 minutes, they told me that I would have to eat a little faster and eventually gave me my next card.

The card had a fluffy white cat in between chocolate and graham crackers and read “I want s’more of you!”  Inside it said “Hi Babe, I hope you enjoyed the tea and stories. I can’t wait for our next tea adventure! Your next surprise awaits you at 1427 5th Avenue. You’ll know it when you see it.  Love, G”

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

I walked (or maybe skipped) down the street to Julep, my favorite nail salon.  Does he know me or what?!  I thought. I walked in and I saw my friends Miranda and Ellen who had flown in from Dallas! I couldn’t contain myself, it was all happening!  The three of us chatted and got our nails done. Part way through, another friend, Allie, Facetimed to share a memory with me, that started the tears. They handed me the next card.

The next card read, “Congratulations for being sexy and intelligent at the same time.” It told me that my 30th birthday was one of his favorite nights (we had gone champagne tasting) and that he wanted to recreate a small part of it. I walked around the block to that restaurant only to find not only a bottle of pink champagne, but my friends Lauren and Laura who had flown in from Los Angeles!

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

The three of us giggled through our glasses of champagne and tried to contain our excitement for what was happening. They handed me my final card that read, “You are my bucket list.” It told me to go to where we went on our first date, to walk up the stairs and I’d see him. He couldn’t wait. Neither could I at that point, I had literally been shaking for hours.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

I arrived at the bar, walked up the stairs, and in a perfect movie moment, the bartender asked, “Is that her?” and Gilad turned around with two glasses of champagne. He walked me into a room that had romantic music playing (you can’t beat a little Frank Sinatra and Boys2Men).  He had red roses waiting as we sat down by the window. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, got down on a knee and pulled out the most beautiful wooden jewelry box.

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Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

He asked if I recognized the box, I didn’t. He explained that it is the new special occasion jewelry box for Ben Bridge and I was the very first to have it. Then told me how much he loved me and how he wanted to spend his life with me, and presented my perfect engagement ring.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

We celebrated, hugged, cried, toasted the moment and then hopped in a car to tell my parents.  We got to my parents house and opened the door to find my whole family, Gilad’s family who came in from Spokane, and all of our friends who were a part of the proposal and their significant others.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

My parents had planned a beautiful celebration for us (a glittering sign that read “Mazel Tov Lisa and Gilad,” straws with engagement rings adorning them, and of course delicious food) and we soaked in the moment as best we could.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

It’s still hard to believe that it happened.  I look down at my ring and get lost in not only the beauty, but also the symbolism and the promise of spending our lives together, as a loving, happy team.

Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge
Photo courtesy of Lisa Bridge

Jhené Aiko Goes Maniac & The Weeknd Reunites With Robots

Brendan Bures
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Jhené Aiko Goes Maniac & The Weeknd Reunites With Robots

With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the Internet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not! Each week The Fresh Toast will deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that have recently dropped. Landed. Crashed. And also: soared. Enjoy.

Jhené Aiko—“Maniac”

https://soundcloud.com/jhene-aiko-1/maniac-1

This year Jhené Aiko and Big Sean dropped a collaborative EP Twenty88 seemingly out of nowhere. While Sean and Aiko had appeared on tracks together before (Aiko featured on Big Sean’s previous three efforts), nothing indicated the two producing a joint project. But with seeming confirmation the two are dating, the reasons behind fleshing out their musical chemistry came into view. No wonder Big Sean also stated there will be a full-length Twenty88 project dropping 2017.

But that doesn’t mean Aiko hasn’t been working on any solo material. Her latest offering “Maniac” displays a rawer, aggressive Aiko, sing-rapping over a bouncy trap beat. It’s reminiscent of rapping alter ego J Henny, and makes her still-controversial line “Eat the booty like groceries” approaching something tame. Just kidding. That line will forever be deliciously bonkers.

“Maniac” seems to be the first single of Aiko’s possible new solo project. More importantly, it marks a possible departure from her chill bedroom vibes that trademarked her first solo offerings.

The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk—“I Feel It Coming”

What happened? Has The Weeknd finally mellowed out? He has enough for “I Feel It Coming,” another Daft Punk-featured single from his upcoming album Starboy. Over the tropical pop beat, The Weeknd croons out for intimate, romantic love, a complete reversal from the Abel we know. It’s yet another step in The Weeknd’s transparent quest to become the millennial Michael Jackson, though this record is more transformation than tribute. It seems genuine this time.

For those House of Balloons fans, don’t worry: The powder-fueled sadomasochistic fiend The Weeknd initially portrayed still lurks as we hear in the other Starboy track debuted this week “Party Monster.” As much as things change, they stay the same.

John Legend ft. Chance the Rapper—“Penthouse Floor”

John Legend and Chance the Rapper would not be a collaboration expected a couple years back. But with Coloring Book, Chance captured a love for gospel, funk, and rap, blending it together into a genre-less dance hymn. So though Legend and Chance appeal to far different audiences, “Penthouse Floor” shows they share similar DNA structures. Kudos to Chance for the non-corny knock-knock joke.

Childish Gambino—“Redbone”

Everything that once defined Childish Gambino’s sounds has been abandoned. This latest single—just as addictive and evocative as “Me and Your Momma”—steers more in the direction of Sign O’ The Times era Prince than Funkadelic. Here’s a very telling reveal how new project Awaken, My Love! will sound compared to the rapper’s older work, courtesy of a recent Billboard profile: “Whereas previous Childish Gambino albums featured verbal acrobatics and a constant deluge of similes—‘very written,’ as he puts it — he approached Awaken as ‘an exercise in just feeling and tone.’ ” Guess what: It’s working.

Russ—“Psycho Pt. 2”

The sheer work Russ puts into one song—he sings, writes, produces, and engineers all on his own—is enough to impress. But that’s discount how damn catchy these syrupy, simple hits are. While it dips into the same formula in structure as smash record “What They Want,” it’s enough variation to dismiss any complaints.

Nicki Minaj—“Black Barbies”

https://soundcloud.com/nickiminaj/nicki-minaj-black-barbie-v4

The Mannequin Challenge made Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles” the No. 1 record in the country. You would think the song would be untouchable, at least so soon. But Nicki kills this remix, showcasing her vocal dexterity and reminding she still has the bars to back it up.

 

The Week in Hot Messes: Naked Pizza Crime, IHOP Stabbings, And A Bear-Punching Grandmother

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The Week in Hot Messes: Naked Pizza Crime, IHOP Stabbings, And A Bear-Punching Grandmother

Another Hot Mess-filled week is in the books: Over the past seven days we’ve learned about jet boat-lovers Down Under, nude pizza bandits, Axe-chugging drunkards, irate IHOP customers armed with knives, and more. Let’s review the weirdest and most surprising stories below.

The week began with a deep dive into this history of insane lawsuits and complaints from McDonald’s customers, including a woman who called 911 after reportedly being denied the Chicken McNuggets she’d ordered, another woman who claims she suffered extensive oral injuries after biting into a glass-filled Chicken McSandwich, and a man who sued for $1.5 million after receiving only napkin with his meal.

Moving on to another popular chain restaurant, a man enjoyed a nice breakfast at a Miami IHOP last week. But sometime later, the meal apparently made him feel unwell, so he did what one does and returned to the restaurant to stab the waiter, who escaped with relatively minor injuries.

And in yet another restaurant story—food really brought out the worst in people this week—a man in Towson, Maryland broke into a pizza parlor in the early morning, stripped off all of his clothes on camera, and then robbed the cash registers. As of this writing, the nude pizza bandit remains at large.

In South Carolina, a man was pulled over after police officers repeatedly observed him swerving. When the officers approached his car, they spotted him doing something slightly suspicious…chugging AXE Body Spray straight from the can. Unsurprisingly, the man failed multiple sobriety tests and was arrested for suspicion of DUI.

The sole animal story this week took place in Maryland, where a 63-year-old grandmother was attacked by a bear while walking her daughter’s dog. The woman, who her husband described as a “tough babe,” said she punched the bear in the face several times before playing dead. Her quick thinking probably saved her life, though she still ended up with a broken arm and 60 stitches.

Finally, in New Zealand a father of two made the most of flooding his city and took to the water-covered streets in his homemade jet boat. “I was just going for a burn,” he said. “It had to be done.”

‘Arrival’ and ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Showcase Amy Adams As One Of Our Best Actors

Brendan Bures
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‘Arrival’ and ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Showcase Amy Adams As One Of Our Best Actors

About halfway through Tom Ford’s creative process, interrogation thriller Nocturnal Animals, one character describes another’s eyes. “You both have the same sadness in your eyes, you and your mother,” Jake Gyllenhall’s Edward says. Normally this would be corny and cheap,—a writing shortcut covering up acting deficiencies—but when Edwards says this to Susan, played by Amy Adams, it serves as confirmation to something only flickering underneath Susan’s veneer up until this point.

We encounter this scene as a flashback; we know Susan and Edward are ex-husband and wife, and that Susan enacted some grief on Edward to fuel his writing a novel investigating that pain. The novel’s plot involves Texas good ol’ boy Tony Hastings and his family suffering a seemingly random act of road rage that ends in rape and murder. Tony teams up with the local sheriff to seek justice, which fails, then vengeance.

Since we experience this novel through Susan’s eyes, who knows it’s some metaphor for their past relationship, Gyllenhall plays both Edward and Tony, purposefully blurring the fictional and real versions of the character. (Hilariously so, Isla Fisher plays Laura Hastings, the novel stand-in for Adams’ Susan. They really are the same person!) As the matroyshka doll movie progresses, you wonder what suffering Susan inflicted on Edward to stir the raw, perverse violence seen in the novel.

Let’s Talk About Those Eyes

So when Edward suggests the sadness in Susan’s eyes, it’s the first time we see their characters interact. We’re watching them fall for one another, learning why their future demolition might be worth it in the first place. Just as Edward pinpoints Susan’s “sadness,” Adams deftly reveals it, that sadness surfacing to those glacier blue circles. But almost as quickly as the vulnerability shows, Adams swallows it up, almost like a mask slipping before she hurriedly resumes the position.

Whereas other actors would utilize facial tics or their voice to convey the emotion, Adams focuses all the action in her eyes. The results are both ravishing and devastating. Adams tells us everything and nothing about Susan within that one moment: she’s empty inside. The heavy makeup the future Susan wears is, and always has been, a cover-up.

The greatest actors also possess the most emotional eyes—Marlon Brando had wells for eyes—and Amy Adams is no different. Other great actresses of her generation like Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett own such optics, but neither are as mutable and expressive as Adams’. She can go from enchanting optimist (Big Eyes, Her) to ferocious powerhouse (The Master, The Fighter, American Hustle) all with a look. If you haven’t yet realized, Amy Adams is one of the best, most versatile actors currently alive.

But she hasn’t been quite as vulnerable, quite so exposed as she’s been in Nocturnal Animals and Arrival, two movies released within a week or so of one another. You wouldn’t be out of line mistaking them as one giant showcase for Amy Adams instead of two distinctive, very different films.

‘Arrival,’ Different But Still Staggering

Arrival and its director Denis Villeneuve asks something much different from Adams. She plays a linguist tasked with deciphering and translating an alien race, who have just landed on Earth. No one knows what they’re saying; fear and cynicism of anything other infect humans around the world. Talks of blowing the bastards out of the sky circulate on news channel and wartime backrooms. Kill or be killed, goes the thinking.

But in typical sci-fi protagonist fashion, Adams’ Dr. Louise Banks, along with Jeremy Renner’s Ian Donnelly, are the lone souls reaching out, attempting to understand. Louise gets the aliens to write their language on a glass wall. Complete sentences and thoughts are represented by circular-looking symbols with various details to express meaning.

This isn’t the only puzzle the film presents. When we first meet Louise, she seems a lonely professor, rocked by the death of her child, and divorce from her husband. As Louise decodes the alien language, she suffers from what seems like flashbacks, painful memories bubbling up. You believe the cause is the aliens, her interactions with the creatures and the pressure she’s under almost instituting a mental breakdown on Louise’s part.

The big twist is that this isn’t the case. Throughout the film, Adams’ emotions seem scattered, yet resilient and hopeful. If only she tries harder, sacrifices more of herself, she can save the day. But when she learns the truth, why the aliens are here, why memories of her deceased daughter won’t leave her alone, it’s enough to understand her character going insane. Louise responds with grace, giving into the giant mystery of it all. Again Adams communicates this almost solely through her eyes, a peacefulness mixing into her blue spheres. That she doesn’t cry is enough to make you want to.

Dogs Boning In The Back Of A Car Is The Video America Needs Now

Taylor Berman
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Dogs Boning In The Back Of A Car Is The Video America Needs Now

With the United States as divided as its been since the Civil War, Americans need something to bring them together. Something that reminds us of what’s possible if we strive to accomplish something truly daring. Something that can encourage us all to do better and to really go for it, no matter what the haters might say. In other words, we need the below video of two dogs boning in the back of a trailer hitched to a car driving down a busy street.

https://twitter.com/TophWhite/status/798160016016478208

We don’t know much about the clip, other than that it’s wonderful and that it was likely shot in another country, judging from the car’s license plate. That these bold doggos are probably foreign is an important reminder that we can look beyond our borders for inspiration and hope.

We sincerely hope that all American dogs are paying attention.

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What Jeff Sessions As Attorney General Means For Legal Marijuana

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What Jeff Sessions As Attorney General Means For Legal Marijuana

Alabama Sen. Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III — who claimed that “good people don’t smoke marijuana” — is Donald Trump’s choice to be the Attorney General.

Sessions, who has served Alabama as a senator for two decades, is one of the most ardent anti-marijuana voices in the nation and his nomination could throw national cannabis laws into chaos.

It has been just 10 days since eight states approved pro-marijuana initiatives on the ballot. There are now 28 states that have medical marijuana programs and eight states (plus Washington D.C.) that have legalized recreational cannabis for adult use.

What Session’s appointment would mean to these state laws is not clear, but marijuana advocates are alarmed.

From Tom Angell, from Marijuana Majority:

“While the choice certainly isn’t good news for marijuana reform, I’m still hopeful the new administration will realize that any crackdown against broadly popular laws in a growing number of states would create huge political problems they don’t need and will use lots of political capital they’d be better off spending on issues the new president cares a lot more about.

“A clear majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana and super-majorities across party lines believe that states should be able to implement their own cannabis laws without federal interference. The truth is, marijuana reform is much more popular with voters than most politicians are, and officials in the new administration would do well to take a careful look at the polling data on this issue before deciding what to do.

“During the campaign the president-elect clearly pledged to respect state marijuana laws, and he should keep his word — both because it’s the right thing to do and because a reversal would be a huge political misstep.”

From the Drug Policy Alliance:

This was our worst nightmare. Donald Trump has picked Jeff Sessions to be the next Attorney General. It really couldn’t get any worse.

Over these last four years we’ve made great gains across the political spectrum toward treating drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one. Jeff Sessions will try to dismantle all that.

Get ready for raids on marijuana businesses. Get ready for militarized, Reagan-era drug war tactics. We can’t let this stand.

From the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML):

Senator Sessions is clearly off the reservation on this one and is diametrically opposed to the overwhelming public opinion which stands in favor of the legalization and regulation of marijuana. This could foreshadow some very bad things for the eight states that have legalized marijuana for adult use and the more than half of the country that has operating medical marijuana programs.

With the authority the position of Attorney General provides, Sessions could immediately get to work attempting to block the implementation of the recent ballot initiatives, start dismantling a legal industry in Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska, and begin conducting massive raids on existing medical and recreational retail stores.

The attorney general oversees the Justice Department which enforces all national laws. Since marijuana is still federally illegal, the state laws hang in a tenuous balance. And Sessions has made it clear where he stands on the issue.

Sessions On Marijuana Policy

  • During a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control in April, Sessions said: Marijuana is “dangerous, you cannot play with it, it’s not something to laugh about and trying to send that message with clarity, that good people don’t smoke marijuana.”
  • During a Senate hearing in 2014, Sessions told Attorney General Eric Holder: “Lady Gaga says she’s addicted to (marijuana) and it is not harmless.”
  • After President Obama made a statement on marijuana policy, Sessions fired back: “You can’t have the President of the United States of America talking about marijuana … you are sending a message to young people that there is no danger in this process. It is false that marijuana use doesn’t lead people to more drug use. It is already causing a disturbance in the States that have made it legal.”
  • In 1986, Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was “okay until I found out they smoked pot.” He later apologized for the comment.

“Tough Babe” Grandmother Punches Bear in Face During Attack

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“Tough Babe” Grandmother Punches Bear in Face During Attack

For all the good things about bears, like their ability to dance and ride on top of garbage trucks for five miles, it’s important to remember that they are wild, unpredictable animals that you should steer clear of if at all possible. But if you do happen upon one in the wild and it attacks you, you should try to be like 63-year-old Karen Osborne, who repeatedly punched the bear in the face.

NBC Washington reports that Osborne was walking her daughter’s dog Wednesday night when, because of how dark it was, she inadvertently walked between a bear and her cubs. The bear attacked, causing Osborne to instinctively fight back.

“She said she punched him in the face a couple times,” her husband, Ronald Osborne, said. “She’s a tough babe.”

Osborne then decided, smartly, that she was better off lying still and pretending to be dead.

“She went into a fetal position and called 911 laying there,” Paul Peditto with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources told NBC Washington. “At that point, the bear probably realized the threat to her cubs had subsided.”

The bear eventually left Osborne alone and returned to the woods. But unfortunately, she was tracked and euthanized, as is standard DNR protocol for a bear that has attacked a human.

“She’s been in the area forever. We all kind of love her,” Osborne’s daughter, Tara Snuffin, said. “We’re all very sad that this had to happen this way.”

As for Osborne, she suffered a broken arm and received 60 stitches for a cut to her head. She’s currently listed as in good condition.

If this story is too sad for you, please remember that Otis, a 1,000 pound Grizzly better known as the “Fat Bear Champion of Alaska,” is chilling somewhere up north right now, waiting lazily by a river for his dinner to swim past.

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5 Uncommon Thanksgiving Traditions To Try This Year

Brendan Bures
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5 Uncommon Thanksgiving Traditions To Try This Year

Thanksgiving is the simplest of fall holidays. Unlike Halloween, you don’t have to create some elaborate, creative costume that references pop culture in a sly way. You don’t have to worry about your celebration will reflect on social media. Here’s five uncommon Thanksgiving traditions to celebrate this year because, well, why not?

Regardless of your culture and background, December also invokes pressure: the pressure to stay for long periods of time together, the pressure to give stellar gifts, the pressure of capitalistic importance.

Thanksgiving is short and sweet. No one (really) expects you to stay through the weekend. A three-day visit is usually good enough. All that is required is you show up, drink, and eat. Perhaps you throw and/or watch football. Or you play card games. It’s all so simple.

That being said, what’s wonderful about our country is that we are so different. No one celebrates a holiday in the exact same way, and that includes Thanksgiving. Dig deep enough and you realize these outliers are what should be rejoiced. So we’re doing exactly that with some of the most uncommon, out-there traditions you’ll find on Thanksgiving.

Pie Night

So your eyes were bigger than your stomach and you packed your plate with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, mac and cheese, and everything wonderful in between. This being Thanksgiving, you returned to your savage ways, and ate it all anyways.

But his presents a quandary of sorts: You’re too stuffed for dessert. Most push through the pain anyways, but what if you could enjoy the delicious desserts and pies in peace?

Meet Pie Night, celebrated on the Monday night before Thanksgiving. This tradition comes courtesy of The Single Dad Laughing blog. Here’s how it works: The extended family, i.e. most of the guest you’d see on Thanksgiving, comes over with all the pies they’d cook anyways and everyone chows down. Enjoy your sweets in peace.

Leftover Calzone

Sick of turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving? Understandable. So why not get creative like this dad did, throwing it all together in a calzone and baking it. Forget the marinara. Drizzle gravy all over this creation.

Go Fancy, Like Joan Rivers

That’s what the late, great Joan Rivers did anyways. Instead of the more typical fare you’d eat during Thanksgiving, Rivers catered a 23-course meal full of treats and delicacies alike.

Here’s some of the dishes as described by Redbook: “five appetizers (such as caramelized-onion-and-goat-cheese tarts), first-course pasta (pumpkin tortellini), pumpkin soup (served in a carved-out pumpkin), roast turkey, smoked ham, six sides, and six desserts.”

Turducken

Is one bird not good enough for you? What about a bird inside of a bird inside of a bird? That’s how you get a turducken. A deboned chicken inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey.

And if you really want to get crazy, you stuff all that inside a pig.

Get Multicultural

Why subjugate ourselves to the same dishes year after year? Why not experiment, try something different?

Mashable has a great guide on how to incorporate dishes from around the world into your typical Thanksgiving fare. Add some kimchi mac and cheese or an antipasto dish to change up your Thanksgiving this year.

 

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Watch This Guy Chug A Gallon Of Pumpkin Spice Latte In Under Two Minutes

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Watch This Guy Chug A Gallon Of Pumpkin Spice Latte In Under Two Minutes

Do you love pumpkin spice lattes as much as Matt Stonie?

Probably not.

The 24-year old competitive eater from San Jose just showed us all up by drinking seven Venit-sized Starbucks PSLs. That’s more than a gallon of liquid. Oh, and he topped it all off with an entire can of whipped cream.

Stonie admits the whopping caffeine content makes this one of his most dangerous eating challenges. And this is a guy who tackled an 11,000 calorie ice cream sundae.

Let’s do the math.

There are 89 mg of caffeine per Starbucks espresso shot. There are three shots of espresso per Venti-sized Starbucks latte. That’s a total of 267 mg per drink for a grand total of 1,869 mg in Stonie’s giant pumpkin spice latte. For comparison, the Mayo Clinic pegs 400 mg of caffeine per day as “safe”.

Here’s Mr. Stonie assembling the World’s Largest Pumpkin Spice Latte. And drinking it.

 

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Cool Cats: 10 Kitties That Are Over It And Ready For Winter

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Cool Cats: 10 Kitties That Are Over It And Ready For Winter

As we’re entering the fall and getting ready for the holidays and festivities, you can start acclimating yourself with this adorable list of happy (mostly unhappy, actually) cats that are wearing the coziest sweaters known to catkind. You’re welcome.

The Over It Cat

Cleo in Cat Sweater

This cat doesn’t look like a sweater lover but that doesn’t make this picture any less cute. In fact, it makes it cuter.

Santa’s Little Helper

Krammer's Christmas Sweater

Conversely, this cat seems to be more comfortable with the holidays., and is rocking that red sweater.

The Cool Cat

Charlie Gentlecat

This cat looks right at home, like he could set the table for the Thanksgiving meal and make the toast before dinner.

Grouchy Green Cat

the christmas sweater is back.

Is that the Grinch?

Super-Grouchy Green Cat

No, this is the Grinch.

The Kitty Thinker


This thoughtful cat is the picture of fall. We can almost hear the leaves crackling.

Sweet Kitty Meow Meow


This is a present we’d all love to unwrap.

Twinsie Cats!


What’s better than a cat wearing a sweater? Two cats wearing sweaters!

The Furbaby Cat

Don’t. Ask. ? #sphynxcat #sphynxlair #sphynxswag #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #catsweater #funny

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Killing it with that onesie.

Professor SkinMeow II

The Lord of Cat Town #sphynx #catsweater #americanapparel #Lordsofgastown @lordsofgastown @cats_of_instagram

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Creed II, anyone?

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