Short winter days depress some individuals and bad weather gives most of us cabin fever. Yet, the weather has little to do with happiness overall. The well-known pattern of summertime riots may have little to do with heat-related irritability. Like everyone else, rioters just like to be outdoors on fine days. read more
I was up at the cabin all weekend, attending to more important matters. So I didn’t hear about Scott Reid’s attack on Jean Chretien in the Ottawa Citizen until I got back. I won’t link to it. It’s a piece of shit, and what you’d expect. Here, however, is just a little of what you [...]
B/E Aerospace Announces Lavatory Oxygen Awards Company Expects up to Approximately $100 Million in Revenue WELLINGTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- B/E Aerospace, Inc. ( NAS: BEAV ), the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior...Show More Summary
Parts of the plane in which former US president Theodore Roosevelt's pilot son Quentin was shot down in July 1918 will be auctioned off on June 29 in this northwest French town, organisers said Friday. The fragments of cabin were handed...Show More Summary
The squeeze continues.
Cathay Pacific has my all-around first class, though it certainly isn’t the newest product. Their food is good enough, though not fantastic. I always choose the Chinese entree, I do love having dim sum for breakfast, and the smoked salmon and caviar is good. Singapore probably does a better job with main meals, and they [...]Show More Summary
Architect Renzo Piano unveiled Diogene, a tiny cabin built on the Vitra campus in Germany. The 42 square-foot micro home is named after the Greek goddess who rejected luxury and lived in a barrel. The small residence includes green features like solar panels, a rainwater collection system, and a biological toilet. Show More Summary
Although the structural frame is made with concrete, the rest of the interior and exterior of the cabin was constructed with 60 trees felled sustainably nearby. This contrasting timber was used for walls, floors, doors and even some of the home's furniture,
If a wedding blogger falls in the woods from happiness with no one is around to hear it, does she make a sound? She sure does! A big fainting, swooning sound for the stunningly simple and natural elegance in every last homespun detail of Casey and John’s intimate cabin wedding. Show More Summary
Enphase Energy Supports Team West Virginia in 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Students of sustainability develop Enphase-powered log cabin in the heart of Appalachian coal mining PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enphase Energy, Inc. Show More Summary
Watch out for splinters, 'cause here comes a knotty-pine bonanza. This adorable 1950s cabin is found not in the mountains of Idylwilld, but in the Hills of Hollywood. Accessed by a wooden...
That’s Norwegian (duh!!) for “There are still cabins available.” But the folks from Stavanger (or the Google Translator) would add, “men bare et fåtall” — but only a few. A few? Available for what? For the National Review 2013 Norwegian Fjords Cruise, scheduled for August 1–8 on Holland America Line's luxurious Eurodam. Show More Summary
Photo via Dezeen Ski nuts, nomadic couples, Portlandia fans, and shopping-mall developers have all tried their hand at making micro homes, so it was only a matter of time before a starchitect jumped on the "house truck gypsy wagon" and...
From big-city living to cabins tucked in the mountains, these unique Airbnb finds are some of the cheapest and coolest rentals in the USA. Some are luxurious, a few are off the grid, but all are less than $100 per night, making them budget-friendly destinations for Summer travel. Click through to find a fun place to stay during your next vacation.
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The Kickstarter for The Cabin Girls video fell $29, 217 of its $32,000 goal
Late last month, Zosia Mamet and her sister quietly launched a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising $32,000 to make one music video for their band, The Cabin Sisters. It was a glimpse into how the other half's brains work—why...Show More Summary
How amazing would it be to find the perfect vacation spot and simply plop a pre-fabricated home down on it? That’s the aim of the folks behind PODhouse, a small prefab cabin that can be delivered, electrical wiring and all, to a destination of your choosing. Available in three sizes, PODhouses are able to accommodate [...]
Evil never takes a holiday; in fact, it capitalizes on them. Evil sees a busload of tourists as a piñata it would like to see burst. Evil has no picnics planned, no three-day weekends fishing at the cabin, no trips to the shore with drunken alums. Show More Summary
Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Smithsonian Institution has received a unique donation - an intact slave cabin from a plantation in South Carolina. The cabin, which was on the grounds of theShow More Summary
"Girls" star Zosia Mamet and "The Neighbors" star Clara Mamet failed to raise money via Kickstarter to fund a music video for their band The Cabin Sisters.