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Travel: Sequoia National Park
Ever been somewhere, looked up, and thought, That’s a really big tree. Well, unless you were standing in Sequoia National Park, or...
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Theater: Jersey Boys
Were the Four Seasons really that interesting? Maybe. In the hands of writers Marshall Brickman (who co-wrote Annie Hall with Woody Allen)...
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Sports: Satchel Paige
How many baseball games did pitcher Satchel Paige win? A lot. But it’s impossible to know just how many. Paige would pitch for a team...
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Singer: Dion
Dion came along during that awkward period between the explosion of rock and roll in the mid 1950s and the British Invasion. He took a...
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Architecture: The Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Jefferson admired neoclassical architecture, bringing its formal style to both his Monticello home and his design for the University...
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Music: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Take the blues quality of African music. Play it on instruments mostly invented in Europe. Filter it through the African-American...
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History: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American flag on the worthless island of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II, and the image...
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Food: Boston Cream Pie
I know this isn’t a highbrow dessert. It doesn’t have accents going every which way like crème brûlée. There’s no...
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Film: Annie Hall
Roger Ebert calls Annie Hall “just about everyone’s favorite Woody Allen movie.” Well, it’s not mine. (Manhattan.)...
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Americana: Radio City Music Hall
Imagine every man, woman, and child in America inside the art deco palace called Radio City Music Hall. Wait! Not all at once! My latent...
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