News From the Craft + Style Blogosphere: 6/22/12

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Story by Alison Feldmann

Published on June 22, 2012 in Read

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We may be on the verge of a meltdown here in Brooklyn, but that’s why ice cream exists. (Sorry I don’t have any to offer you!) Meanwhile, here are some beautiful things to ogle.

 

Game of Thrones pie!

The photography of Linda Forsell.

An incredibly detailed scale model of a 1930s theater.

The modern mythology of Sarah Burwash.

Wedding playlists and inspiration for the musical among us.

Until industrialization, lunch was called dinner and typically was consumed at home. The proliferation of blue-collar and white-collar workers transformed that institution into the lunch hour (or half-hour). Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart borrowed the Automat concept from Europe, where it had been developed in the 1880s. John Fritsche, the company’s chief engineer, perfected the machines.

At its peak, Horn & Hardart, through its Automats, the waiter-less cafeterias that often accompanied them and its retail shops, was feeding as many as 750,000 people a day.

— Revisiting the Automat

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Alison is Editor in Chief of the Etsy Blog. When she's not trawling Etsy for pottery, folk art, and vintage oddities, she enjoys exploring New York, historical nonfiction and thrifting. She loves a good cat video.

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