Things to do for August 15, 2013

The Weekender

S’mores, Sid Mashburn and the Planet Mars

The weekend may be monitored for quality assurance.

Mars. You’re Going.
MARS ATTRACTS

Mars. You’re Going.

We found a great new vacation spot. Stunning landscapes. Killer sunsets. Minus 225 degrees in the winter. Anyway, it’s Mars. We’re talking about Mars. And some enterprising Dutchmen are now accepting applications for the first human expedition there in 2023. Hopefully you’re not busy...

Adult S’mores, Now a Thing
GIMME S’MORE

Adult S’mores, Now a Thing

S’mores. They’re perfect. Almost too perfect, you might say. Maybe someone should just do the unthinkable and turn them into a vodka-spiked beverage that doesn’t require refrigeration and tastes kind of like Lucky Charms marshmallows and cereal milk. Okay.

Watch What This Does to Wine...
THE BIG CHILL

Watch What This Does to Wine...

Typically, when you drink wine, you do it from a glass. And typically, that glass doesn’t contain a built-in self-cooling pack that can keep your reds at standard cellar temperatures and chill your whites in a matter of seconds. So get this. And stop behaving like a barbarian.

Lamps. Get Yer Lamps Here.
SHINE A LIGHT

Lamps. Get Yer Lamps Here.

Great lighting-fixture-related story for you. The main character: a lamp-making mastermind named Ryden Rizzo. The central conflict: a tragic lack of ridiculously good-looking floor lamps and hanging industrial bulbs in your living room. The resolution: you, checking out his website and feverishly buying a bunch of lamps. Fin.

Sid Mashburn’s Doing You a Solid
SID YOU KNOW

Sid Mashburn’s Doing You a Solid

Sid Mashburn. Real Southern gent, that guy. Reason #1: he’s currently giving you up to 50% off the lion’s share of his chambray button-downs, sports jackets and other pieces of finely hewn dapperness. Reason #2: he’s from Atlanta. Which, last we checked, is in the South.

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