Culture Appreciator Pillows

French and British sportsmen shooting

'It's like a piece of music, like Mozart or Beethoven.'

"The big difference between Halloween and Day of the Dead...is we look at the afterlife as a reason to celebrate...not to scare anyone."

Meanwhile...in Albania

At the age of 39, Sidney Sussman became undeniable aware of his Jewishness

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples

"Selfie"? What's a "selfie"?

Fancy popping out for some Mexican a bit later?

Finnish Sauna - Twigs to swat bathers.

'Modern art is the price we pay for living in a democracy.'

'Chief Big Carbon Footprint says bring more firewood.'

'If beets juice and cheese brine work, why shouldn't a bit of schmaltz?'

Great Chinese Dynasties

Omara Portuondo

Fabrique en Francais (Made in France).

World Tour.

"Will you have a Sphinx?"

'Great news, Dear! I've been traded to a think tank in California for a PhD Specializing in the Baltics!'

Nothing like traveling hundreds of miles to immerse yourself in art for the sole purpose of killing time between meals.

"Biff's old money, Angelo is new money and Boris is funny money."

'Now that we've learned to talk, maybe we should establish some speech codes.'

Dynasties - Ping, Ching, Ming.

Introducing Piza Island.

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

'Our goal is to stress di-versity while remaining a uni-versity.'

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

"Then what happened?"

How did you get your parents to send you to Costa Rica this summer, Ingrid? By almost flunking Spanish. That's dire. Hardly! I'll party and practice my accent. Next year�remind me to bring my French grade down. Si!

'Pepperoni: Muse of Pizza'

Zora Neale Hurston

"It's really quite simple: Shave off the soul patch and the car is yours."

Museum. Hours. You're donating your collection of pre-Columbian art? Yes! What's Mayan is yours!

A couple looks at posters of Rio, Paris and Tokyo, all of which feature skyscrapers.

'Some of these traditions don't half linger on.'

Gone Fishing