“Always be skeptical of simplicity.” — David Byrne
When our vast and varied American speech needed scribes, the Word Wagons hit the road.
From Sears to Monkey Ward’s, mail order catalogs abounded. But only one sold Whoopee Cushions. (And Dribble Glasses.)
Fifty years ago, California wine went sip-for-sip against France’s best. No contest, the wine world thought, but Sacre bleu!