In New York's  Hudson Valley, you needn’t look too hard to find record-setting accomplishments of all types, from the Bronck Museum’s 13-sided barn (oldest of its kind in the state) to the Walkway Over the Hudson (longest pedestrian bridge in the world).  But would you be surprised to learn that, for nearly 50 years, the highest and fastest roller coaster anywhere was located in Poughkeepsie?  Sadly, this golden age of midway magic was relatively short-lived.  “In the late 1920s,” says Gottlock, “the country was entering the Depression.  People had less expendable income—and going to an amusement park was a frill they couldn’t afford.  By the ’30s, steamships were beginning to decline because people now had cars.  They didn’t need to be taken to a destination by a train or a day liner—they could go anywhere.”  Many of the parks closed around this time, although several stayed in business into the 1940s and ’50s.   The Electric Park at Kinderhook Lake in Columbia County opened in 1901; it was one of dozens that opened around the country between the late 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century.  The term “electric park” referred to amusement parks that were developed, owned, and usually operated by railroad and power companies.  The rails provided the means for the massive movement of people during the work week, but weekend business was weak; in an effort to maximize profits, company owners developed destinations for families during the time when people were not at work.  The parks were constructed at an electric trolley stop, and were often illuminated by colorful lights.  It should be noted that Kinderhook’s Electric Park debuted some two years before the historic Luna Park at Coney Island in 1903.  The Woodcliff Pleasure Park in Poughkeepsie occupied a 27-acre site on what is now the northernmost portion of the Marist College campus.  It was a premier park whose heyday spanned the years from 1927-1941.  Its quick rise and sudden demise were nothing short of startling.  Read more and see pictures at http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/May-2014/Lost-Amusement-Parks-of-the-Hudson-Valley/

A color wheel is an illustrative model of color hues around a circle.  It shows the relationships between the primary, secondary, and intermediate/ tertiary colors and helps demonstrate color temperature.  Digital teams communicate exact colors through the use of hex codes.  Many color wheels are shown using 12 colors.  Three Primary Colors:  Red, Yellow, Blue; Three Secondary Colors:  Orange, Green, Violet; Six Tertiary Colors:  Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet--which are formed by mixing a primary with a secondary.  It’s important to note that some people add more intermediates, for 24 total named colors.  Neutral colors include black, white, gray, tans, and browns.  See color wheel at https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/color-basics.html  See also Primary, Secondary and Complementary Colours by V. Ryan © 2002-2017 at

http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/pricol1.htm and Complementary Colors at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors

6 Women You Didn’t Know Were Members of the Algonquin Round Table by Kevin Fitzpatrick  The Algonquin Hotel, 59 W. Forty-fourth Street, sits in the middle of “Club Row” a block west of Times Square.  In June 1919, not long after he returned from serving in the army, Alexander Woollcott was treated to a free lunch here.  Woollcott was the acerbic theater critic on the Times, and his hosts were two Broadway publicists, Murdock Pemberton and John Peter Toohey.  The men invited a colorful cast of characters from newspaper city rooms, magazine offices, and the Broadway milieu.  As the legends hold, Dorothy Parker, at the time a Vanity Fair staffer and freelance poet, and Edna Ferber, novelist and short fiction dynamo, were popular members.  But among the famous men—columnists Franklin P. Adams and Heywood Broun, composer Deems Taylor, playwrights Marc Connelly, George S. Kaufman, and Robert E. Sherwood, and humorist Robert Benchley—women were always in the midst.  Read stories and see pictures of actress Margalo Gillmore, reporter Jane Grant, editor Beatrice Kaufman, double Pulitzer-winner Margaret Leech, actress Peggy Wood, and feminist Ruth Hale.  (Ruth Hale sued the U.S. State Department because she wanted a passport issued in her own name, not as the wife of her husband, Heywood Broun.  She lost that fight.)  http://www.algonquinroundtable.org/6-women-you-didnt-know-were-members-of-the-algonquin-round-table/

What Is the Difference Between Waffles and Belgian Waffles? by Caitlin M. O'Shaughnessy   Belgian waffles originated at The Brussels World Fair Expo ’58 and were introduced in North America in 1962 at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle.  Authentic Belgian waffles, also known as liege waffles, typically have a yeasted batter which makes them light and fluffy yet crisp outside, but sometimes baking powder and/or baking soda are used instead.  Other versions rely on whipped egg whites (like this recipe for “True Belgian Waffles” that beats the egg yolks into the milk and butter, then whips up the whites and gently folds them in) for that airy texture.  Regular waffles (or American waffles) are made in a smaller waffle iron that doesn’t make pockets as deep as the Belgian waffle maker and heats up even faster because of its size.  https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/176608/what-is-the-difference-between-waffles-and-belgian-waffles/

Galettes (French Waffles)  Find recipe at http://www.whatmegansmaking.com/2009/12/galettes-french-waffles.html

Pizzelle means “small, flat, and round” and that’s exactly what these waffle/cookies are.   Find recipe at https://www.culinaryhill.com/pizzelle-italian-cookies/

waffle  verb  to talk or write a lot without giving any useful information or any clear answers.  dither to be unable to make a decision.  https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/waffle

Sewah Studios creates between 1,200 and 1,300 markers annually at its plant in Marietta, Ohio, and has created markers in all 50 states and around the world.  The company currently makes the official markers for more than 30 states and also supplies customers in England, France, Mexico, and Jamaica, and a few other countries as well.  Made of cast aluminum, the markers are handcrafted by some 20 employees—who do everything from gluing text onto the templates to pouring molten aluminum into molds to painting letters and logos to shipping them in custom-built crates.  Bradford Smith is president of Sewah Studios, the world’s leading historical marker manufacturer.  “We’ve always produced our signs by hand,” Smith says.  “That’s why they’re works of art.”  It’s certainly fitting that history-laden Marietta, the first permanent settlement in Ohio, dating to 1788, is the company’s home.  Local salesman, cartographer, and history buff E.M. Hawes founded it in an old organ factory in 1927 (“Sewah” is “Hawes” spelled backward).  Automobile tourism was gaining popularity, and Hawes saw an opportunity to build a roadside marker business.  “Hawes was a visionary,” Smith says.  “He saw a niche he could fill, and he did it with aluminum alloys.”  Ohio currently has more than 1,600 historical markers, and Sewah Studios has made every one since 1957.  Its relationship with some states, however, is even longer.  Sewah Studios, for example, has made Mississippi’s magnolia-adorned markers since 1949.  “It has proven to be a wonderful partnership for us,” says Jim Woodrick of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, “because Sewah Studios does a great job with its products and goes out of its way to help.”  In an online age where messaging is instantaneous, the markers are like permanent Post-It notes from the past.  They lend the nation’s landscape a sense of place, invite contemplation and conversation, and chronicle often unknown but always authentic stories that both educate and amaze.  They also cover every conceivable subject from actors (such as Steubenville’s Dean Martin marker) to zoos (such as the Toledo Zoo’s marker about its New Deal buildings).  “At Sewah Studios,” observes Smith, “we’re America’s storytellers.”  posted by Damaine Vonada  https://ohioec.org/ohio-cooperative-living/marking-history-mariettas-sewah-studios/

The longtime eatery Zahav in Philadelphia is focused on Israeli cuisine.  And on May 6, 2019, it won the James Beard Award for outstanding restaurant.  See list of winners at https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/us/james-beard-winners-2019-trnd/index.html

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY  The buck stops here. - Harry Truman, 33rd US president (8 May 1884-1972)

WORD OF THE DAY  megapolitan  adjective  

 (comparative more megapolitan, superlative most megapolitan)

Of or pertaining to a megapolis (“a very large city or urban complex”). quotations ▼

noun  megapolitan (plural megapolitans)

Synonym of megapolis quotations ▼

An inhabitant of a megapolis.  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megapolitan#English

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