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Mumm’s the Word

On a recent wine tour in Napa, Linda and I had an opportunity to not only taste some of Mumm + more

I’m sorry. You were saying…?

I spent much of the holiday weekend reading Neal Stephenson’s science fiction epic Seveneves. There’s a lot to love about the + more

New Music

Somehow I missed last year’s Taming the Dragon by Brad Mehldau and Mark Giulana. Thankfully, my son came to the rescue. I’m just gonna + more

32 Years Ago…

Long before helveticka began working with Bouten Construction, I had a minor connection to them. My home town of Chewelah was + more

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman, RIP

“For me,” said Ornette Coleman, “composing is a way of keeping up with not repeating.” Coleman, the innovative saxophonist who “liberated jazz + more

Digging in the Dirt

One of helveticka’s longest client relationships is with Hecla Mining Company. Its founding in 1891 makes Hecla the oldest precious metals company in + more

For Sale: Nazi Panties

Eva Braun’s unmentionables are “first rate: the fabric, embroidery and monogramming, the sewing of the button,” says Ernie Scarango. And they + more

“I got the ha hamburger midnight blues”

Over at Helveticahaus, intern/apprentice/go-to gal Morgan Lynch has a great post on the true meaning of National Hamburger Day. What? + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

It seems a lot of people are confused about the difference between singular and plural possessives—and wonder where the heck the apostrophe + more

SFCC

Last Friday we had the privilege of of giving a tour to around 30 first-year design students from Spokane Falls Community College—who unknowingly gave away their + more

Swiss Style in the Underworld

A couple of months ago, I lost a T-shirt in Rapid City, South Dakota. It’s not nearly as salacious as it sounds. + more

Quote of the Day

In a 1958 letter to his friend Hume Logan, 20-year-old Hunter S. Thompson proves to be wise beyond his years: A man + more

Amy, must I jujitsu my ma?

Starting yesterday and extending through next Tuesday, every date is a palindrome: 5/10/15, 5/11/15, 5/12/15, etc. So if your yin + more

Recommendation

If you’ve got a couple of minutes to kill online but dread the prospect of yet another misspelled meme on Facebook, Drexel University’s + more

“Listen to the river sing sweet songs…”

Fifty years ago today, the Warlocks plugged in their borrowed instruments at Magoo’s Pizza in Menlo Park, California. But it wasn’t + more

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