Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Plymouth, 1621. Pilgrims, who had arrived on the Mayflower one year earlier, and a handful of Native Americans from nearby tribes gather to celebrate a successful harvest with an extravagant feast. Three days long, the event includes many of the traditional Thanksgiving foods Americans enjoy today: pies, mashed potatoes, cranberry […]
The White House, early 1860s. The sixteenth president of the United States, his wife, Mary, and a few honored guests dine from luxurious china in the Presidential dining room. Midway through the formal dinner, an unaccounted-for guest enters: one of Abraham Lincoln’s two cats, Tabby. With a few meows, Tabby […]
“Dress up begins at age five and never truly ends.” – Kate Spade All of us at one point or another have dressed up. Whether for an event, holiday, or just to play cowboys and indians, or princesses and knights. This idea of dress up is one that is ingrained […]
Rome. Early 1500s. Imagine standing on a flimsy platform held up by scaffolding, around 40 feet above the floor, craning your neck up at a ceiling whilst painting lifelike frescoes on wet plaster. Imagine wet plaster and paint dripping onto your face for hours a day. Imagine doing this work […]