Lemonade stand prices should be a campaign issue
Savouring the sweet taste of the American swindle.
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My key takeaway from week 10 in America is that the humble lemonade stand is actually a cash grab!! Pure and simple. Inflation may still be eating into our shopping baskets, but when two girls display impeccable customer service while building their beverage empire on Labor Day, you quickly find out that you’re willing to pay $10 for two lemonades! And you will drain your account with a smile. (It was lovely and this is all a laugh!)
Anyway, welcome to Quality Sheet. I hope you’re enjoying your week so far. Let’s jump in.
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As we settle into Autumn, let
’s latest newsletter guide you through what to see, listen to and read in the art world across the next couple of months, from James Baldwin’s lost archives, to must-see exhibitions in London and New York.Related: Between Monet at the Courtauld to Van Gogh at the National Gallery, Time Out London has the 10 best art showings you should add to your calendar this month.
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“The Williams sisters and Tiger Woods broke out at basically the same time in the late 1990s. Some 25 years later, Woods remains essentially a one-off. The Williams sisters most certainly are not. Since their careers caught light, the star power of American tennis has been shifting from White to Black.” As the U.S. Open heats up, Matthew Futterman looks at the history of Black participation in tennis, the impact of groundbreaking representation like Venus and Serena on the court—and the barriers to entry that persist.
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Koji, a mould popular in Japan and used to turn “soy beans and wheat into soy sauce and rice into sake,” is being infused into meats, sweet treats and cocktails, the New York Times reports.
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The last bastion of a Black supremacist cult in Brooklyn could be sold soon, the Bushwick Daily reports. The building, called the “Santuary of the Sabeans,” is home to the Nuwabian Nation cult and looks out of place with its motifs and statues of Egyptian Pharaohs jutting out. As for the cult, it dwindled after founder and convicted paedophile Dwight York was sentenced to 135 years in prison in 2004.
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Think about the last souvenir you bought home from your travels. Do you remember where any why you bought it? Nori Jemil in Adventure offers some thoughtful reasons behind why we feel compelled to buy trinkets on our trips—and asks whether we’re hardwired to do so.
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Isabel :)
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