Steven Hansen
Secret NYC: Discover the City’s Most Lavish Loo
When you’re in New York City and you really need to find a toilet, you don’t have many reliable options. You could sashay into a busy...
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Steven Hansen
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Burn Your Worries, Woes, and Morbid Thoughts to Ashes!
It’s that time once again to banish your gloomy thoughts and troublesome worries by having them burned to ashes along with the veritable...
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Steven Hansen
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Beware: Don’t Get Catty with Us
TomTom Cats and their human companions have been in the spotlight lately, recipients of some ill-advised scorn on the current political...
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Steven Hansen
- Jul 16
- 2 min
Sandcastle Building? Frantic Fun but Forget the Moat!
You would think that building a sandcastle on the beach would be a supremely futile task. You only have a short window of time to finish...
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Steven Hansen
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Just Need to Hit the Road and Chill?
During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown months, when a nervous trip to the grocery store or a walk around the block were our only...
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Steven Hansen
- Jun 10
- 2 min
The Evocative ‘Morse Code’ of Trains
The sound of a distant train's whistle echoing across the stillness of a lonely night is perhaps the most haunting of sounds. Those...
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Steven Hansen
- May 30
- 6 min
Not-So-Public Art Delights by Surprise
Steve Hansen Public art pieces like murals, sculptures, and performances enliven community gathering spaces, civic centers, and parks....
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Steven Hansen
- May 6
- 1 min
Farmers Markets Get Fresh Again
It’s that time of year! Springtime is in full bloom across the country now and seasonal farmers markets and farm stands are popping up...
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Steven Hansen
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Track Birds, Bees, Babies as an Online Citizen Scientist
Playing online games and puzzles like Wordle and Sudoku are great ways to zone out while on a commuter train, say, or in the waiting room...
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Steven Hansen
- Mar 21
- 6 min
Vacation in an Energy Vortex this Summer!
Spring is a great time to start planning your summer vacation. This year, instead of the non-stop craziness of a “Best-of-Europe-in-a...
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Steven Hansen
- Feb 12
- 6 min
10 Incredible Hotel Views
A hotel stay might be the one comfort at the end of an exhausting day of business meetings, or maybe it’s lodgings in an exotic locale on...
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Steven Hansen
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Classic '50s Cars: A Mini Love Story
When big time New York ad exec, filmmaker, and artist Lou Carvell was a boy, he was fascinated with cars. He’d sneak down to the dealer’s...
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Steven Hansen
- Jan 7
- 10 min
The World’s Most Extreme Bars and Lounges 2024
The annual list of the World’s 50 Best Bars was announced recently. The award winners include lush lounges and hotel bars from Mexico...
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Steven Hansen
- Dec 24, 2023
- 2 min
Launch Your Dreams Sky High on New Year's Eve!
You can hold your wishes for a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2024 deep in your heart, OR you can have them released high above Times...
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Steven Hansen
- Dec 4, 2023
- 1 min
Feel Young Again with Cato’s TV Time Machine
Watching TV these days is boring. With hundreds of channels to choose from and thousands of programs and movies available, you can view...
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Steven Hansen
- Oct 29, 2023
- 5 min
No Yakking. No Music. Just Gorgeous, Immersive Videos.
David Shaw is not your typical videographer. He does not use fancy editing, or distracting music or narration when he records his videos....
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Steven Hansen
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
When Halloween Was Truly Frightening
Museum of Curiosities/X.com Most of this season’s popular Halloween getups – Princess Peach, Spider-man, Taylor Swift, bunny, fairy,...
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Steven Hansen
- Oct 3, 2023
- 1 min
Here’s One Virus that Gets You Lit
As the days shorten and turn cooler here, we look forward to cozier times spent indoors -- long holiday breaks, lazy weekends, and...
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Steven Hansen
- Aug 30, 2023
- 2 min
End-of-Summer Harvest of Charming Realities
August is the month of abundance. Farm stands are heaped with tender sweet corn and peaches so gloriously fragrant you can smell them...
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Steven Hansen
- Aug 22, 2023
- 2 min
The Sweetest Chocolate Sipping Room in America
There are any number of famous chocolate shops around the country. Many appear as destinations on organized chocolate tours and even...
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