The article extensively discusses this iconic Art Deco skyscraper as the world's most famous example of the style, with a reader creating multiple 'Reimagined' images placing it in different contexts. Understanding its architectural significance and history would enrich appreciation of the Art Deco discussion.
The article includes a detailed tangent about turducken's origins in Cajun Louisiana cooking, Chef Paul Prudhomme's role in popularizing it, and the French term 'dinde gigogne'. This culinary curiosity has fascinating food history worth exploring.
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Some highlights from this week’s write-up:
A font of fountains — second only to Rome.
The country’s longest rail-trail.
The only person to win Grammy awards in 10 different categories.
Wow, that’s amazing! I’m so pleased, what a thrill!
I’d love the book — but I’m in the UK, so postage will probably be expensive. If this is the case, I’m genuinely happy to have the subscription. I don’t want to create unnecessary costs for independent journalism! But then again, I need a subscription to even read the whole VFYW report, so I’ll take the two free years.
Another sleuth is kicking himself:
I knew I should have guessed Henderson. Living in Pioche, NV (thanks for the mention of that contest), I’ve been there many times, and it seemed like Vegas — but alas, I didn’t submit a guess. Oh well, I loved reading all the stuff about my state.
So did our super-sleuth in Alexandria:
I really enjoyed the write-up of Brandon Flowers’ life in contest #482 this past week. I was unfamiliar with his background and he seems like a wonderful person. So thank you to the “notable person” sleuth!
Oh, and the sidewinder rattlesnake ... awesome. Thank you, Milwaukee biologist!
Speaking of the Killers’ lead singer, another followup comes from the Indy super-sleuth, who usually profiles a band each week:
I guess it was good I didn’t have time to submit my music report last week. I think that’s happened before: where I was going to write about a band and ended up not having time — but someone else did. I always wondered what you would do if more than one person did the same person/people. I actually saw The Killers a few years ago with my youngest daughter, when she was in high school. We had an adventure, and it’s still one of the best shows I’ve been to.
She picks a jazz guitarist for this week’s report. But first, our super-sleuth in Yakima shares a “technical tip I just learned that might help others”:
After I had spent a lot of time deciphering the “E...S” in last
