I finally got all of the upcycled boho tops listed in the shop. I've been calling them poncho tops, but they're really more kaftan-like. So Kaftan tops? Anyway. I also finished another upcycle that I've been working on for over a year now. If you follow me on the socials, you've seen a little teaser| SubEarthan Cottage
If you happen to be traveling to or from Los Angeles (LAX) on American, JetBlue or Spirit in the near future, get ready for something different. LAX will be shutting down Terminal 5 to knock it down and rebuild the thing, and that means temporary relocations are required. The fact that LAX can actually shut...| Cranky Flier
It has been a remarkably busy week in Spirit’s bankruptcy case, and the headline really is that Spirit is making big changes that could, possibly, result in an airline that could find its way out of bankruptcy protection. Until this week, I thought the chances were slim to none, but now Spirit will get rid of more than half of its airplanes. And more changes are happening.| Cranky Flier
At the turn of the 21st century, there were just a few dozen active whiskey distilleries in the U.S. (For reference, there were around 75 distilleries total in 2006.) Today, there are thousands. In bourbon-soaked Kentucky alone, whiskey production climbed 566 percent between 2000 and 2023; relative growth in many other states was even greater, in large part due to the proliferation of craft producers. Despite a recent downturn in sales and consumption, compared to the 1990s, today’s America...| VinePair
At its core, gin is a simple neutral grain spirit. The liquid’s complexity and unique character come from the addition of botanicals, which impart various flavors into the spirit during production. While juniper berries are the most famous — and only mandatory — botanical used, distillers implement a melange of other berries, seeds, fruits, herbs, spices, and roots to round out a gin’s flavors. The supporting ingredients and their influence vary from gin to gin, leading to a broad spe...| VinePair
Typically, when a craft distiller attempts to make every spirit, none of them turn out especially well. It’s the classic jack of all trades, master of none. And the logic is simple: Try to appease every demographic — bourbon taters, vodka fans, tequila connoisseurs, rum nerds — and no one ends up truly satisfied. Then there’s Matchbook Distilling, with its dazzling array of spirits and more — all created by Leslie Merinoff Kwasnieski. The article Next Wave Awards Distiller of the Ye...| VinePair
After years of working with wine in New York City restaurants, Chris Leon set out to open his own wine bar. Instead, he serendipitously stumbled upon a small space on Brooklyn’s Fulton Street — just across the way from his apartment — with the bones of a retail store and pivoted to a wine shop instead. Now, a decade after it first opened, Leon & Son is a pillar of Brooklyn’s wine community, and has expanded into so much more than just a neighborhood wine store. The article Next Wave A...| VinePair
How do you launch a new tequila brand today and actually get any attention? There seem to be only a few options: Partner with a celebrity, put your liquid in a flashy bottle that pops on the backbar, or charge an arm and a leg. LALO Tequila chose a different path, earning acclaim the old-fashioned way by making tequila the old-fashioned way. “It was important to me to showcase a really good product that actually tasted like tequila,” says Eduardo “Lalo” González. The article Next Wav...| VinePair
Fans of interesting drinks at 35,000 feet got good news last year when German airline Lufthansa announced the arrival of Avionic, a custom in-flight aperitif. Developed with help from award-winning bartender Sven Riebel of Frankfurt’s Seven Swans & the Tiny Cup in partnership with the historic Ziegler distillery, the new 18 percent ABV spirit was described in press releases as “your new favorite drink on board” — at least for those with tickets in business class. According to Ziegler ...| VinePair
For the second year in a row, Cognac is experiencing a significant downturn in sales, perhaps as much as some 13 percent overall. Insiders chalk this up to China — Cognac’s biggest market by value — levying duties of up to 34.9 percent on European brandy, something widely viewed as retaliatory for the EU’s decision to impose huge import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Similar tariff problems abound in the U.S. — Cognac’s biggest market by volume — and consumers seem t...| VinePair
Cheap bourbons are the category’s unsung heroes. These cost-effective labels consistently deliver on flavor and are often some of the most versatile bourbons on the market — enjoyable on their own or mixed into cocktails for a casual, unfussy evening. The same can’t really be said for the luxury bottles liquor stores and bottle shops keep locked behind glass. Bartenders love these affordable bourbons, which makes sense. After all, they tend to eschew the fancy stuff when they order a po...| VinePair
Bartenders, you know fruit forms the heart of so many great cocktails — but keeping it fresh and consistent year-round? That’s a challenge — but not when you have Les vergers Boiron on hand. For decades, they’ve been the gold standard in the culinary and pastry worlds — in fact, back when I was a chef we used them all the time in sorbets, sauces, and mousses. And you have to check out Boiron’s line of fruit purees crafted specifically for beverages: Ambient purees. We’re talking...| VinePair
In the world of cocktails, sometimes swapping just one ingredient in a recipe can lead to an entirely different drink. Though this facet of drink-making is part of what makes the practice so fascinating, the many similarities between cocktail specs can also be a bit confusing. One pair of drinks that demonstrates this phenomenon is the Gimlet and the Daiquiri. Both simple, three-ingredient cocktails feature lime and sugar, are shaken, and served up. But although they only differ in base spiri...| VinePair
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13). In the middle of this famous chapter on spiritual gifts, Paul makes it clear that partaking of the Spirit of God is something that every Christian exper| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
A traditional spirit of Mexico, mezcal is known for its centuries of rich history and distinct set of artisanal techniques that have been passed down for generations. But recently, the once-local spirit has seen an astronomic boom in popularity in the U.S., going from a niche pursuit to a widely used cocktail ingredient. The spirit even found its way into beloved modern classics like the Naked and Famous, Division Bell, and Oaxaca Old Fashioned. Though mezcal’s newfound fame is great for fa...| VinePair
Broward-based Spirit Airlines plans major cost cuts amid second bankruptcy in a year – CBS News MiamiThe local CBS station in South Florida reached out to me to come and talk about what is happening with Spirit. The airline’s president put a memo out saying that capacity would be down 25 percent year-over-year in November....| Cranky Flier
Spirit was born in Detroit, but it earned its ultra low-cost carrier wings in Florida. The West wasn’t a part of the Spirit story in a meaningful way until fairly recently, and as I mentioned yesterday, it is quickly fading away from Spirit’s network. In Spirit’s first sweeping network change since it filed for Chapter...| Cranky Flier
Spirit is bankrupt, and it has told us that it will redesign its network. The airline is not wasting much time. Last week it announced it would be exiting 12 airports. Ok, it’s exiting 11 it already flew and one that it will never start. Most of these exits were recent experiments that clearly have...| Cranky Flier
It seems like every generation to come of drinking age has their high octane, pre-packaged beverage. You know the kind — the brands that these younger drinkers can’t seem to get enough of, often to the amazement of their older counterparts. For Gen X, it was Boone’s Farm and MD 20/20. For millennials, it was pre-reformulation Four Loko. And for Gen Z, it’s BuzzBallz. First launched in 2010 by Texas-based high school teacher Merrilee Kick, BuzzBallz was practically an instant hit.| VinePair
If you wander into your local watering hole and ask the barkeep for a pour of whiskey — without adding any specifics — you’re almost guaranteed to get something that was brought to bottle in either Scotland, the U.S., Ireland, or Canada. These are the top-producing nations of the spirit, in order. And for centuries, they have accounted for the overwhelming majority of whiskey consumed across the planet. But in recent years, that stronghold has shown signs of slippage. Beginning in earne...| VinePair
Nobody should be surprised to hear that Spirit has once again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — unless the surprise was that it wasn’t a Chapter 7 liquidation. The fact that it happened just a few months after exiting Chapter 11 protection under a completely impossible plan is absolutely damning of the team that...| Cranky Flier
In a bold pronouncement, Frontier has come out saying that it “commits to being the #1 low fare carrier in the Top 20 U.S. metros.” This is highly unlikely to ever happen, but let’s be honest here. That is not Frontier’s goal. It just wants to kill Spirit — or at least squeeze it enough...| Cranky Flier
Spirit Airlines is on shakier ground after avoiding hard decisions in bankruptcy – CNBCSpirit continues to teeter, most recently agreeing to extend its credit card processor agreement but only after giving up millions to make it happen. The struggle continues.| Cranky Flier
In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant …| breezes at dawn
For anyone interested in the sacred dimension of reading, I’ve created a week of free online meetings to introduce a contemplative way of engaging with texts–not necessarily “religious” in the conventional sense. I’m very excited to share this practice with you all, as it’s been transformative in my own life. Each meeting will be independent, … Continue reading A week of sacred reading starts tomorrow| Entering the Enchanted Castle
Spirit Airlines has emerged from bankruptcy only to again warn it may not survive a year, which carriers will buy Spirit Airlines fleet if it goes under?| Live and Let's Fly
The roller coaster ride that has defined Spirit over the last five years appears to be coming to an end. After pioneering the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) model in the US, the airline rose quickly and then fell hard. It was never able to turn a profit after the pandemic, and it filed for...| Cranky Flier
Spirit Airlines has warned investors that its very existence is in jeopardy and that there is “substantial doubt” that the company can continue as a going concern within the next 12 months. The warning comes just months after the Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier successfully exited a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was meant to secure Spirit’s…| PYOK
“As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
United and JetBlue carefully crafted their Blue Sky partnership to avoid any regulatory concerns. The airlines aren’t codesharing, there is no pricing or schedule coordination, and in general, they’ve followed the guidance that the judge who shot down the Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue gave on how to construct a legal partnership. But that doesn’t mean that everyone is happy just letting this happen without a fight. Nobody should be surprised to hear that Spiri...| Cranky Flier
Paul wrote "whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Rom.14:23). He also penned in Romans 6:11, "consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God". So to enjoy all that God is and all that He has, we must simply exercise faith - i.e., believe! - that we are already dead to self, the senses, and all that is of the old sin nature. We ARE alive to God! And we live and live by His faith, our minds and affections set on things Above, and thus we enjoy Him and what we cannot see or experience by our sen...| GGWO Church Baltimore
Entrepreneurs Nick Janicki of the float tank company True REST and Robin Arnott of the “digital psychedelic” company SoundSelf are teaming up to create centers that they say will offer clinical ketamine treatment together with prep and integration services including float tanks, music, and light technologies.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
Does your Smart Phone appear to be outsmarting your brain cells? Are you allowing yourself to believe that the road to salvation could be built of digital nano-pixels? Are you increasingly uncertain of what’s real and what’s unreal in this globalized game of deception? Could you use a friendly hand to help guide you onto| Julian Rose
Paul Ryder returns to his ancestral homelands in the British Isles to connect with the spirits of the land and his warrior heritage.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
It we keep putting it off. We always find some reason for not engaging that solution. For explaining to ourselves why ‘it can’t be done’. In many cases burning hours... Read more » The post There is a Solution for this World – and We All Know What It Is first appeared on Julian Rose.| Julian Rose
Back to Beond, to Excavate the Sub-Basement of My Subconscious| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
The Beginning. It matters. It matters a lot. Our origins are important. We have to talk about how things started. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Genesis was a message to the people of Israel communicated through Moses. It was book of stories that showed us how the Lord got things […] The post For Starters, Substance Matters appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
I obviously do not believe Biblical prophecies have a divine source in any sense. At the same time, I am fascinated by the power coherent images and attitudes have to influence people’s perceptions and experiences, especially when shared by many … Read more| Gus diZerega
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13). In the middle of this famous chapter on spiritual gifts, Paul makes it clear that partaking of the Spirit of God is something that every Christian exper| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
There is much to be written on what has happened to the ultra low-cost carriers in a post-pandemic world. We will probably see some not-so-great results when Frontier and Spirit report Q2 numbers soon. While we all know that United CEO Scott Kirby has said their days are numbered, it is far more nuanced than that. We are working on an episode of The Air Show which will go deeper into this, but today, I just want to focus on one issue: route overlap.| Cranky Flier
Unusually, I’ve struggled the last couple of weeks to find something I wanted to write about for this post. At times I feel so heavily weighted with grief, fear, and despair about our world (and I mean our to include all people, all species, all life on this lovely, feverish planet suspended in the cool Which gods do we follow? What do they demand? Are they taking us home?| Harvesting Stones
Spiritual Awakenings & Veganism as a Spiritual Path “In the midst of darkness, light persists.” – Mahatma Gandhi I think most of us can agree that 2020 has been a challenging year on many fronts. But yet, it’s also a time of awakening for many, a time of clearing away old patterns and stale beliefs…| Green Veganista
"When a lady complained to Whistler that she did not see the world he painted, he is said to have replied: 'No, ma'am, but don't you wish you could?'"Owen Barfield, Saving the Appearances| Save The Phenomena
Your Spirit Irritates Their Demons. Someone else's reaction has nothing to do with you. Your genuine energy is going to disturb the dark nature of others.| Mazzastick
The subject matter has woven its way into our collective consciousness, but it has perhaps never been so beautifully described as in this poem by the current poet laureate (and the first woman to h…| Poetic Beauty
On Rumi and writing and those transformations we might not at first welcome| Priscilla Stuckey
