By Denise V If your entire body craves this delicious, creamy, and healthy treat, chocolate, you might want to pursue a career as a professional chocolate taster. Just as professional wine tasters have a specific procedure to follow to judge the quality of a fine wine, there is a specific procedure for judging the […]
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Land of the Golden Gate Bridge, the giant redwoods, and Hollywood Boulevard, California also plays host to a much more elusive icon. Known by many monikers, the Bigfoot, also called the Sasquatch, yeti, and ape-man, is said to inhabit the vast expanses of Californian wilderness. In this edition of The StickerTalk, saddle up for a […]
The world runs on rails and has since the 1800s. The first successful steam locomotive was developed in Great Britain. Today in countries all over the world, people and materials are transported quickly within and between countries. The train, not airplanes, brought about the world-wide need for standardized time zones. The fascination with trains quickly […]
A celebration that makes other holidays turn green with envy, St. Patrick’s Day offers a heaping helping of Irish culture and folklore to revelers around the globe. This holiday was designed as an observance to honor Ireland’s patron saint; however, St. Patrick’s Day’s domain now reaches far beyond religion and into the secular celebratory sphere. […]
The second Saturday in March ushers in the annual pomp of the Redbud Festival for StickerTalk’s hometown of Buna, Texas. This spring celebration began with the establishment of the Miss Buna Pageant in 1957, an effort by the Buna Volunteer Fire Department to raise money for their fledgling organization. A truly down-home event, the first […]
What Is Your Favorite Color? When someone asks you what your favorite color is, think before you answer. The color you name tells a lot about you, at least about your mood on that day. The color of the vehicle you drive, the colors of the rooms in your home, the color of the fabrics […]
An annual tradition beginning on the first Saturday of March, the Iditarod represents a culmination of Alaskan history and tradition. The first Iditarod race occurred in 1973 as a way to preserve the sport of dog sled racing while simultaneously commemorating the critical role mushing played in a diphtheria epidemic in 1925. When children in […]