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The BGS Life Weekly Roundup: Thanksgiving Feasts, Custom Holiday Gifts, Icelandic Rescuers and More

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Editor

We're not just into music here at the BGS. We want to paint an entire picture for you, knitting together the lifestyles, talents, and culture of this Americana quilt we love so dearly. That's why we've taken the time to scour the web and collect the best food, style, travel, and lifestyle pieces that are affecting hearts and minds in a positive way. Here are some of our favorite stories of the week below. Do you have any recommendations? Let us know in the comments!

Culture

Photo c/o New Yorker

• Spend some time with ICE-SAR, search and rescue workers in Iceland.

Food

Photo c/o Saveur

• Thanksgiving is around the corner. Get the complete guide to Thanksgiving food at Saveur.

• One of the world's most important collections of shoes is in an unlikely place.

Style

Photo c/o Cool Hunting

• Cool Hunting has your 2015 guide for custom holiday gifts.

Nature

Photo c/o National Geographic

• 10 great pleasure hikes in the good ole U.S. of A.

• How one writer learned to yield to Mother Nature.

The BGS Life Weekly Roundup: Caffeinated Bees, Redecorating, Ed Hardy Tattoos and More

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Editor

Culture

Photo c/o Gothamist

• Would you get an Ed Hardy tattoo?

• Hilton Als considers Sam Shepard in the New Yorker.

Food

Photo c/o Oxford American

• The connection between meals and memories at Oxford American.

Style

Photo c/o Garden & Gun

• Garden & Gun throws a bayou barn party.

• Let the internet help you make your home look awesome.

Nature

Photo c/o National Geographic

• A caffeinated bee isn't necessarily a productive one.

The BGS Life Weekly Roundup: Perfect Eggs, Chef Paul, Love Letters and More

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Editor

Culture

Photo c/o National Geographic

• There's some science behind why you want to squeeze that kitten.

• An anonymous French artist is leaving love notes all over the world.

Food

Photo c/o NPR

• You'll never eat eggs another way again.

• Looking at the legacy of Chef Paul Prudhomme, who passed away last week.

Style

Photo c/o Garden & Gun

• Reese Witherspoon talks Draper James.

Nature

Photo c/o Narratively

• What's life like in an American town that rarely sees daylight?

The BGS Life Weekly Roundup: Kentucky Green Grass, Black Rice, the “Modern Man” and More

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Editor

Culture

Photo c/o T Magazine

• An unlikely state is getting ahead in the hemp race: Kentucky.

• Why can't we stop talking about 1970s New York?

• The Paris Review asks: "How are we to regard the artist who writes or the writer who makes art?"

Food

Photo c/o NPR

• Learn about black rice, or the "forbidden" rice.

Style

Illustration c/o New York Times

• If you'd like to read 27 very, very strange ways to be a "Modern Man," the New York Times has got the hook up. (Also, if you'd like to help us determine whether or not this is satire, your comments are welcomed and encouraged.)

Nature