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2 days ago14 Once-Popular Restaurant Chains Down To Just A Single Location - Tasting Table
Nostalgic chain restaurants are dwindling, with many reduced to a single location, though some may have potential for revival.
I kind of daydreamed what it would be like to have a modern Dan Dare. That resulted in me emailing the Dan Dare Corporation asking if I could pitch a new Dan Dare graphic novel series. They said yes.
The Milestone Mo-Tel, an elegant, whitewashed structure modeled on an old Spanish mission, marked the beginning of a new form of accommodation and an entire travel movement.
The show curtain, emblazoned with a stylized, vaudevillian flair, evokes not just the Jazz Age world of the musical but the idea of performance itself—a party that is also a show, populated by people who are always acting, even when they're unraveling.
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