May 14, 2026
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Harriet Quimby
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As a person always looking for new life challenges, she was the first woman to cross the English Channel by air. In March 1912, she sailed for England to meet Louis Blériot, a French flyer with a then international reputation. Quimby managed to convince Blériot to lend her a 50-horsepower monoplane for an attempt to…
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January 9, 2024 2 Comments
The marriage of uniforms and menus creates a truly odd-fellow relationship. Even when observed, it is hard to imagine how prison garb has one commonality with an entrée on a French restaurant menu. It’s all in the art. And, it works.