This weekend, Lawrence Ferlinghetti celebrated a birthday that not everyone pulls off. The former poet laureate of San Francisco and founder of City Lights Bookstore turned 99 on Saturday. Although he’s moving somewhat slower than he did during North Beach’s Beatnik heyday , Ferlinghetti’s voice is as vital as ever, says the San Francisco Chronicle
If you think that everyone who’s been summoned by Buckingham Palace to become a Sir or a Dame was thrilled about the idea, do think again. In fact, there are a number of notables who have politely, or not so politely, declined an invitation to knighthood by Her Majesty. Some said no due to personal
In the 1960s, Richard “Ringo” Starkey won the hearts of millions, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that he won the right to be called “Sir Ringo.” Now 77-years-old, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, in a formal investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. How To Become A
If you have a hankering to hold a Styrofoam cup brimming with sweetly salty, semi-frozen pickle juice, 2018 is bound to be your year. This summer, the Sonic drive-in fast food chain will start selling a brand-new pickle juice slush flavor at more than 3,000 restaurants coast to coast. Reviewers from Southern Living magazine who