August 17, 2015
Bolivian Flag Day
BIRTHDAYS
Mae West 1893
Robert DeNiro 1943
Martha Coolidge 1946
NEW MAGAZINES
All titles below are new to the store but those with a * are also newly published.
*07/29/15 Amuseum: The playful magazine that sees things differently. UK.
*07/28/15 The Collective Quarterly: From the Mad River Valley.
*07/28/15 Air International Special F-16 Fighting Falcon: Still in the fight at 40.
07/28/15 99U: Insights on making ideas happen.
*07/25/15 The New Yorker 90th Anniversary Book of Cartoons: From the best magazine, the best cartoons by the best cartoonists.
*07/25/15 Food & Wine Special Easy Weeknight Dishes: 100 recipes from star chefs.
THINGS WE LEARNED FROM READING MAGAZINES TODAY
The Atlas moth can have a one-foot wingspan.
— Discovery Ultimate Book of Bugs
Some clouds are more than 10 miles tall.
— September National Geographic KiDS
City Newsstand’s HEADLINE WORLD
As always, 100% T.R.U.E.! (Trumped-up, Reliably Unreliable & Ersatz)
GODZILLA REALLY INTO THE WHOLE ADULT COLORING BOOK THING
OHIO BAKERY MAKES WORLD’S LARGEST CROISSANT – OVER TWO FEET LONG!
“DEAD SHARK IN A JAR” NAMED #1 GIFT ITEM BY NAT’L ASSOC. OF SOUVENIR SHOPS
WISCONSIN TOWN NOW HAS BOTH A PIZZA RANCH AND A KFC BUFFET!
“SLENDER MAN” STARTING TO SHOW SOME MIDDLE-AGE SPREAD, SAYS VICTIM
Weekly Words of Wisdom
You can lead a horse to water but he’s still gonna stink.
Fictitious Customer of the Week
Ono Grinds