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06/03/2026

Our TACK TRIANGLE bag folds and clips into a more compact version while still being a convertible tote backpack.

05/23/2026

New summer new adventures require new bags.

05/21/2026

was once home to many factories and bakeries, some of which are finding new uses. The former Silvercup bakery is now home to Silvercup Studios, which has produced notable works such as NBC’s 30 Rock and HBO’s S*x and the City and The Sopranos.

Long Island City was incorporated as a city on May 4, 1870, from the merging of the village of Astoria and the hamlets of Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Blissville, Sunnyside, Dutch Kills, Steinway, Bowery Bay and Middleton in the Town of Newtown. At the time of its incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents.

05/08/2026

The was proposed in 1898 and was originally called “Bridge No. 3” before being renamed the Manhattan Bridge in 1902. Foundations for the bridge’s suspension towers were completed in 1904, followed by the anchorages in 1907 and the towers in 1908. The Manhattan Bridge opened to traffic on December 31, 1909, and began carrying streetcars in 1912 and New York City Subway trains in 1915. The eastern upper-deck roadway was installed in 1922. After streetcars stopped running in 1929, the western upper roadway was finished two years later. The uneven weight of subway trains crossing the Manhattan Bridge caused it to tilt to one side, necessitating an extensive reconstruction between 1982 and 2004.

05/03/2026

The is a in the rain shadow of the southern mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named after the indigenous people, it is located primarily in southeastern California and southwestern , with small portions extending into and .

During the Paleozoic era, the area that is now the Mojave was again likely submerged under a greater sea. The passive margin switched to active margin in the early-to-mid Mesozoic when the Farallon Plate under the Pacific Ocean started to dive below the North American Plate, initiating a subduction zone; volcanoes and uplifting mountains were produced as a result. Erosion over many millions of years formed a relatively featureless plain.

The oldest rocks in the area that now includes National Park are extensively metamorphosed by intense heat and pressure and are at least 1700 million years old. These rocks were intruded by a mass of granite 1400 Ma (million years ago) and later uplifted and exposed to nearly 500 million years of erosion.

04/19/2026

The desk of . Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer. Saarinen’s work includes the General Motors Technical Center; the Dulles International Airport Main Terminal; the at John F. Kennedy International Airport; the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center; the Gateway Arch; and the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. During his career, Saarinen was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and served on the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

Eero Saarinen was born in Hvitträsk, Finland (then an autonomous state in the Russian Empire), on August 20, 1910, to Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen and his second wife, Louise, on his father’s 37th birthday. They migrated to the United States in 1923, when Eero was thirteen. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where his father taught and was dean of the Academy of Art, and he took courses in sculpture and furniture design there. He had a close relationship with fellow students, designers Charles and Ray , and became good friends with architect Florence (née Schust).
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04/14/2026

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04/09/2026

The 3.5 mile walkway Newport Cliff Walk in Rhode Island dates back to 1663, when the charter granted by King Charles II promised Rhode Island colonists the right to fish along the shoreline. This right of public access to the shore was later guaranteed in the Rhode Island state constitution.

The coastline remained undeveloped until around 1880, when owners of the Gilded Age mansions started building a simple path along the coast, in sections. Over the decades, many disputes have erupted between landowners and the public about access to the walk, with wealthy owners sometimes erecting fences, boulders, or walls along the route.

The provides views of The Breakers, Marble House, Rough Point, and other prominent mansions from the Gilded Age as well as views into the Bay.

04/02/2026

03/29/2026

Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of . It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaelic monasticism for three centuries and is today known for its relative tranquility and natural environment. It is a tourist destination and a place for spiritual retreats. Its modern Scottish Gaelic name means “Iona of (Saint) Columba” (formerly anglicised as “Icolmkill”).

Iona’s resident population is about 180. In March 1980, the Hugh Fraser Foundation donated much of the main island (and its off-lying islands) to the current owner, the National Trust for Scotland. The abbey and some church buildings are owned by the Iona Cathedral Trust.
One publication, describing the religious significance of the island, says that the island is “known as the birthplace of Celtic Christianity in Scotland,” and notes that “St Columba came here in the year 563 to establish the Abbey, which still stands”.