Venturing Out to Alma Café

Like many sane people across the globe, John and I cloistered ourselves in our apartment when the pandemic “officially” took hold back in March last year. We were, and still are, afraid of not only catching Covid-19 (and any arising strains), but also of unknowingly spreading it to someone in […]

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Thinking Inside the Box

Like other service-oriented businesses, the restaurant industry has been slammed pretty hard due to the pandemic and resulting shut-downs. Though we inch ever closer to Phase 3, new breakouts and bad actors have business-owners struggling daily with the decision to offer dine-in, only takeout and delivery, or closing their doors […]

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Something to Beef About

Since the early 1900s, the meat packing industry has been fraught with problems. Plants’ exploitation of workers and highly unsanitary and unsafe practices – brought to light in The Jungle, a novel portraying the harsh conditions and exploitation of immigrants by Upton Sinclair — led to legislation to ensure improved […]

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