Haunting Holden

Editor's note -- Apparently, beyond J.D. Salinger's love of bologna sandwiches was an affection for old black and white photographs. Slate remembered the first anniversary of his death with a Holden Caulfield slide show. 

Salinger's New York

NEW YORK CITY—Third Avenue, 1954.

© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos

Slate Slate 

 by KarenAGardner

Yesterday marked the 1st anniversary of Salinger's death. Some great @magnumphotos of Holden Caulfield's NYC haunts.http://slate.me/fChlrE


Jan. 27, 2010


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A bologna sandwich

Editor's note -- This has nothing to do with the State of

 Florida, but it is altered news via twitter.

 I followed J.D. Salinger and he followed me.

 Whether or not 

he was the REAL J.D. Salinger doesn't matter

 

because this is one of the best tweets the Editor 

has ever read.  

A baloney sandwich

MrJDSalinger J.D. Salinger 

If you don't want to be on twitter, 

get off twitter. 

Make yourself a bologna sandwich 

and whine into the rain. 

Quietly.

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The World Famous 5th Street Gym

Editor's note --  The best part of the 34th Annual Miami Beach Art Deco Weekend was soaking in the ambiance of the 5th Street Gym. 

"A street festival on Ocean Drive is exciting," said Art Deco Weekend executive director Amy Tancig.

"Other highlights of Art Deco Weekend include a new Fifth Street Gymnasium Tour, where guests can soak in the ambiance of the place at which boxing great Muhammad Ali trained; a Gay and Lesbian Walking Tour; a dog parade, and the return of the popular “Cocktails with a Twist,” a guided tour that will hit three landmark drinking spots in South Beach: Club Deuce, which is the Beach’s oldest bar, The Tides and Park Central. Participants get three free drinks. That means one drink per establishment."

ArtCultureWorld Art&Culture World by KarenAGardner Everything old is new again during Art Deco Weekend - MiamiHerald.com http://bit.ly/hrN5iM

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Lusciously Loathsome Lionfish

Editor's note -- The Gazette wraps up 2010 by acknowledging Florida's worst disaster of the year -- the Lionfish invasion.  In fact, the NOAA Ocean Service Education website describes them as graceful and beautiful as a butterfly but as ferocious as the most dangerous predator as it delivers a painful sting with its venomous spines. In an effort to rid coastal waters from this odious sea creature ...

Reuters – A lionfish is pictured in the waters near Miami Florida

MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them.


"It's absolutely good eating -- a delicacy. It's delicately flavored white meat, very buttery," Lad Akins, director of special projects for Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), told Reuters. He authored the cookbook along with a professional chef, Tricia Ferguson.

KarenAGardner k. a. gardner 

"Eat'em" strategem for lionfish invasion in #Florida - Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/grrX6Z -- "The Caribbean's New Delicacy" Cookbook!

Editor's note -- The Gazette wishes all (except Lionfish) an auspicious 2011!

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 Please peruse these lionfish recipes at your leisure!

Pineapple Lionfish Kabob

Skewer Lionfish filets with pineapple, onion, bell pepper, tomato wedges, and shrimp. Rub a mixture of honey and teriyaki on the skewer as it is over the grill.

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You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

Editor's note --  The Gazette does not endorse a BB gun which is not an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! 

And of course, pop culture has given us 

an indelible impression of the desirability of 

children’s guns during that period. 

“You’ll shoot your eye out!”

ebertchicago Roger Ebert

 by KarenAGardner

Twas the season for sexism, smoking Santas, and deadly weapons. Vintage holiday advertising. web urbanist

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Editor's note -- (Update) The Gazette (presumptuously) assumes readers are aware that the featured quote is from the 1983 film classic A Christmas Story -- 
a traditional 24-hour block of Christmas programming on Turner Broadcasting Network (TBN).

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Holiday Adornments

Editor's note -- Fabulous Boing Boing Bargains just in time for Christmas!

Wonder Woman Cuff Bracelet

Brass-Plated  with Cubic Zirconia Star

$185.00 each

(Allow 3 - 4 weeks for delivery)

Gotham City Ring  

Molded plastic with inset rhinestones. 

Only $225 while supplies last

(One size fits all)

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BoingBoing Boing Boing 

 by KarenAGardner

DC Comics jewelry and the Gotham City Ring http://bit.ly/fcEqOr 

The Gazette wishes a Merry Christmas to one and all!

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