Opening Up

A Sympawny for Chubby Cat

Take a good look at the musical notation before you play the video. In ten measures scored for ten instruments, you see a cat curled up in a ball. How does it sound? Surprisingly good! How does that happen?Noam Oxman wrote this music as a memorial tribute for his beloved Chubby Cat, who he describes as "a sprinkle of playful piccolo, a touch of warm strings, and a sweet harmony progression." He is describing both the cat and the music. We can be impressed with the skill that went into this, although it's not Oxman's first such musical illustration. His YouTube channel of "Sympawnies" has a lot more, and some of them are for sale as art prints as well. Proceeds are used to feed and give medical treatment to stray cats.
When you've got the talent to do something as odd as this, you have to share it with the world.  

A Sympawny for Chubby Cat

29 years ago, one pivotal sci-fi series got a second chance

One year after its slightly inauspicious pilot, Babylon 5 was back. And this time, things were different. While the 1993 pilot movie “The Gathering” set the tone for the series, the real first episode of the series — “Midnight on the Firing Line” — aired on January 26, 1994. This episode gave Babylon 5 the second chance it needed and, 29 years later, still holds up as a fine hour of sci-fi television.

29 years ago, one pivotal sci-fi series got a second chance

Dweebs

It looks like something from another planet ...

Because it is:

"... Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost..."

The Pretty Patterns of Crystallization

It's so cool when people who have access to hi-tech equipment share the stuff they see with the rest of us. Photographer Jens Braun dissolved some vitamin C and then let it recrystallize under a microscope fitted with a camera, using polarized light and everything. We get to see the action in various speeds and colors. Even if you don't understand what's going on (and few truly do), the process is beautiful. It's the conjunction of art and science. Or you might say that the natural world is a work of art, but we aren't able to see all of it without the help of an artist.

The Pretty Patterns of Crystallization

To the Point ...

Traits Men Think Women Find Attractive, But They're Actually Turn Offs

Complimenting her looks only.
A woman does not need to hear how she looks hot all the time. Instead, men should learn to compliment women on their brains, skills, small things they have learned over time. If a man only compliments her looks, it makes him shallow, and even worse, it makes a woman feel like an object.
Traits Men Think Women Find Attractive, But They're Actually Turn Offs

Unsexy Behaviors Women Are Extremely Attracted To

Many of my male clients are completely stumped by what women want from men. They seem to stab around in the dark, not knowing what they can do to show their girlfriends and wives that they love them.
One of my clients told me about how he was going to give his girlfriend a vacuum cleaner for her birthday.
Instead, I directed him to the local jewelry and greeting card stores. What she wanted, I told him, was not the practical, but the emotional.
"Emotional" can be tough for guys. But what women want from men isn’t really that complicated.
6 Unsexy Behaviors Women Are Extremely Attracted To

Oh, My

Aversion to holes driven by disgust, not fear

Trypophobia, commonly known as “fear of holes,” is linked to a physiological response more associated with disgust than fear, finds a new study published in PeerJ.
Trypophobia is not officially recognized in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM). Many people, however, report feeling an aversion to clusters of holes — such as those of a honeycomb, a lotus seed pod or even aerated chocolate.
“Some people are so intensely bothered by the sight of these objects that they can’t stand to be around them,” says Stella Lourenco, a psychologist at Emory University whose lab conducted the study. “The phenomenon, which likely has an evolutionary basis, may be more common than we realize.”
Previous research linked trypophobic reactions to some of the same visual spectral properties shared by images of evolutionarily threatening animals, such as snakes and spiders. The repeating pattern of high contrast seen in clusters of holes, for example, is similar to the pattern on the skin of many snakes and the pattern made by a spider’s dark legs against a lighter background.
“We’re an incredibly visual species,” says Vladislav Ayzenberg, a graduate student in the Lourenco lab and lead author of the PeerJ study. “Low-level visual properties can convey a lot of meaningful information. These visual cues allow us to make immediate inferences — whether we see part of a snake in the grass or a whole snake — and react quickly to potential danger.”
It is well-established that viewing images of threatening animals generally elicits a fear reaction in viewers, associated with the sympathetic nervous system. The heart and breathing rate goes up and the pupils dilate. This hyperarousal to potential danger is known as the fight-or-flight response.
The researchers wanted to test whether this same physiological response was associated with seemingly innocuous images of holes.
They used eye-tracking technology that measured changes in pupil size to differentiate the responses of study subjects to images of clusters of holes, images of threatening animals and neutral images.
Unlike images of snakes and spiders, images of holes elicited greater constriction of the pupils — a response associated with the parasympathetic nervous system and feelings of disgust.
“On the surface, images of threatening animals and clusters of holes both elicit an aversive reaction,” Ayzenberg says. “Our findings, however, suggest that the physiological underpinnings for these reactions are different, even though the general aversion may be rooted in shared visual-spectral properties.”
In contrast to a fight-or-flight response, gearing the body up for action, a parasympathetic response slows heart rate and breathing and constricts the pupils. “These visual cues signal the body to be cautious, while also closing off the body, as if to limit its exposure to something that could be harmful,” Ayzenberg says.
The authors theorize that clusters of holes may be evolutionarily indicative of contamination and disease — visual cues for rotten or moldy food or skin marred by an infection.
The subjects involved in the experiments were college students who did not report having trypophobia. “The fact that we found effects in this population suggests a quite primitive and pervasive visual mechanism underlying an aversion to holes,” Lourenco says.
Since the time of Darwin, scientists have debated the relation between fear and disgust. The current paper adds to the growing evidence that — while the two emotions are on continuums and occasionally overlap — they have distinct neural and physiological underpinnings.
“Our findings not only enhance our understanding of the visual system but also how visual processing may contribute to a range of other phobic reactions,” Ayzenberg says.

'Nuff Said ...

Hats On - Let's Start

The "Arm Vagina"

Just in case you were curious what an "arm vagina" is ...
From an op-ed in The Guardian:
It’s hard for women to keep track of which specific body part is currently being shamed to death, when it seems to be open season on all of them. 

But even by the demented standards of female self-flagellation, the emergence of “arm vagina” – aka the slight fold of flesh created where the average arm meets the average body – is a low point. 

If you’re reading this in a public place and unable immediately to check whether you have arm vagina, then let me help; you almost certainly do. 

Everyone does. 

It’s basically a normal human armpit, which tends to involve some spare capacity in the flesh department, what with it being difficult to raise your arm otherwise. 

But in Hollywood, having a freakishly fat-free underarm, as taut and smooth as a plastic Barbie doll’s, is apparently the new goal... 

From size zero to the “thigh gap”, or having legs so stick thin they don’t touch in the middle, today’s freaky A-list neurosis so easily becomes tomorrow’s fitness blogger’s goal, and next week’s impossible aspiration for your daughter. 

This stuff is infectious, and it stops being a frivolous issue when over half of British teenage girls say they’re unhappy with their looks, and when a smaller but still heartbreaking number feel driven to starve and punish the flesh that they have begun to see as repulsive. 

Somehow, we need to get across to girls that this is bonkers, unreal, insane: twisted norms that have nothing to do with their own lives or with the boys they will encounter...

Vaginal Dryness: What to Do When Natural Lubrication Isn't Enough

Vaginal dryness is not the end of the world and it doesn't mean anything is "wrong" with you. And luckily, there are products and practices that can help make sex more enjoyable regardless of your level of natural lubrication.
Winter always makes my skin so dry. My lips get chapped, and everything from my ankles to my elbows feels rough and dehydrated.
But, like many of you, I take care of my skin and stick to a daily regimen of oils, lotions, and SPF. Skincare is an investment -- if you want to look and feel your best. Will it look like it did in your teens and 20s? Definitely not. But with consistent care along the way, you can keep your skin at peak radiance.
But what about our most delicate and sensitive tissues: the vaginal wall?
Vaginal Dryness: What to Do When Natural Lubrication Isn't Enough

I Tried Orgasmic Yoga And I Swear Rainbows Shot Out Of Me

I never thought it would happen to me, but I lost my sexual mojo. I’ve always been blessed with a high libido, a lot of confidence, and a healthy appetite for all things sexy—but for the past several months, the thought of sex has me going "meh."

This past year marked the longest that I’ve been single. I haven't gone 12 months without a significant other since I started dating at age 14. Learning to be happy on my own was a good thing and it allowed me to focus on my career more.
But a funny thing happens when you don’t have as much sex as you used to—you stop wanting to have sex.
As cliché as it is, “if you don’t use it, you lose it” rang true for me. The longer I went without having sex, the more I just didn’t care. And—no I haven’t been celibate for a year—but even casual flings have lost their luster lately.
It didn’t help that—like so many of us—working long hours causes my healthy eating habits to fall by the wayside.
I’ve taken a page out of Olivia Pope’s diet and spent many having wine and popcorn for dinner and other nights rationalizing to myself that it’s okay to eat pizza three nights a week if it’s gluten-free and vegetarian! It’s not—at least for me—and my waistline is proof.
This brings me to the most anti-feminist statement I’ll ever make—I just don’t feel sexy when I feel pudgy. There—I said it.
So, I figured it was high time to get my sexy back.
I Tried Orgasmic Yoga And I Swear Rainbows Shot Out Of Me

Bringing Up The Rear

How to get your man to turn of the game

10 Typos: A Proofreading Game

It takes a certain kind of person to even want to try this game. In 10 Typos, you'll be presented with a news article, and you must find the ten words that are misspelled. You will be timed, but you are only competing with yourself. You can't compare scores when the news articles are different lengths. If the same article comes up for you twice, there will be different words misspelled. You can read slowly and get them all, or you can read as fast as you normally do and your brain will sail right past typos. The goal is to find the sweet spot in your reading speed so that you see the typos without wasting time.

One thing that will make it easier for you is the scorecard on the right. If you are missing a word, you'll know it's between a couple of the words you already found.
What makes it hard is the fact that the articles are from British news sources. I didn't know I was going to have to proofread in another language! The first time I played, I wasted a lot of time correcting words that are perfectly cromulent in British English, but not in American English. The real misspellings are common words that are just mistyped. My fastest time was less than a minute, but that may have been an unusually short news article. -

10 Typos: A Proofreading Game

Things you can do nude ...

Get your hair done!

Treasure hunters believe they know where Nazis buried stolen jewels in a small Dutch town

• A tiny Dutch town had to ask people to stop trying to dig for looted Nazi jewelry in their backyard.

• Researchers released a map from 1944 with a marking appearing to show where jewelry was buried.

• People with shovels and metal detectors were met with the threat of old landmines instead.

Treasure hunters searching for jewels looted by Nazis marked on an ancient map have been blocked in their pursuit by another World War II relic: unexploded bombs and landmines.
In January, after the Dutch National Archive released an old map appearing to show Nazi markings for where stolen jewelry was buried, amateur excavators equipped with metal detectors and shovels descended on Ommeren, a Dutch town of 715, according to The Associated Press.
Part of the Dutch National Archive's annual publishing of archived historical documents this year included a hand-drawn Nazi-era map of Ommeren. The sketch includes a central road, and three trees, with a red X marked beside one of the trees, a detail that set in motion the treasure hunt.
"Yes, it is of course spectacular news that has enthralled the whole village," resident Marco Roodveldt  said. "But not only our village, also people who do not come from here." 
Treasure hunters believe they know where Nazis buried stolen jewels in a small Dutch town. Now, the town is begging them to stop digging.

Edvard Munch painting found deep in woods of Norway was hidden from Nazis

A 13-foot-long painting by artist Edvard Munch — which was found in a barn in the woods of Norway after being hidden from Nazis during the Second World War — will be displayed for the first time since 1979 before being auctioned off in March.

Dance on the Beach was part of a larger work called The Reinhardt Frieze, made up of 12 canvases. It was commissioned by director Max Reinhardt for his avant-garde theatre in Berlin in 1906. The frieze was meant to give the audience an immersive experience and “trailblazed the relationship between performance and art,” auction house Sotheby’s said in a statement.
The painting was considered the most important part of the frieze and was the only section signed in full.
“In the foreground of the canvas are two of the artist’s great loves, affairs with both of whom ended in heartbreak,” according to Sotheby’s.
Edvard Munch painting found deep in woods of Norway was hidden from Nazis

Getting Old ...

... doesn't mean growing up!

Scientists Have Interesting Thoughts About What Aliens May Look Like

So, aliens, right? They're gangly predators who sprout tentacles from their skulls, and each tentacle has like 20 gnashing mouths on it. Or they're giant protoplasmic space blobs color-shifting in the sun as they hurtle spaceship-less to Earth to coat the planet in cosmic goo. Or you know, they're basically humans but with pointy ears, severe eyebrows, and a tendency to say, "Live long and prosper." The point is: aliens take the shape of human fears and dreams. They also reflect a storyteller's narrative goals in literature, films, TV, etc. So rather than use fiction to envision alien life, we should turn to real researchers.
But even amongst researchers, there's disagreement about the appearance of aliens. By current estimates, there are between 100 and 400 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way (per Space.com), but only one Earth and one example of so-called intelligent life. So what do we look for? As NASA has cataloged, we've discovered plenty of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — but no evidence of aliens. But would we even recognize aliens if we found them? Should we scour the skies for evidence of advanced spacefaring civilizations who've encased their own stars in energy-harnessing Dyson spheres, as Science Focus says? Or should we check for biological rather than technological signatures of life in the composition of gases of atmospheres, like astrobiologists at NASA? In the end, we've got as many visions of "alien" as we have methods for finding them.
Scientists Have Interesting Thoughts About What Aliens May Look Like

Couple

Subtle Ways Shy People Flirt (So Pay Attention!)

Is he smiling at me or is that a grimace? Is she looking at me across the room or she looking at the clock above my head? Is he flirting with me? Do I even know how to flirt?
It can feel like the shy guys in our lives have an emotional equivalent of a poker face. They reveal nothing. Or do they? Maybe the trick is to pay attention to the details to know whether that person is flirting with you.
If your bashful babe is doing a mixture of these things, then you're probably the subject to some gentle flirting.
In order to fully gain access to the elusive shy guy, I asked for some opinions from shy people. Let's get into this.
7 Subtle Ways Shy People Flirt (So Pay Attention!)

Your wine, Madam

Confused Say ...

Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.

Ol'Bear

Arkansas bill seeks to classify drag shows in the same way as strip clubs

Arkansas senators passed legislation restricting where drag shows can be held, proposing to classify them in the same manner as strip clubs and adult theaters.
The bill passed on a 26-9 party line on Tuesday, with the six senators opposing the bill being Democrats
. The bill would ban drag shows from being hosted on public property.
When asked if wingnut Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders supports the bill, spokeswoman Alexa Henning said that kids need to be protected, but didn’t signal if the governor would sign the bill.
“Governor Sanders believes we need to be protecting and educating kids, not indoctrinating them,” Henning said. “It’s time to get back to letting kids be kids again.”
The bill will now head to the Arkansas House, which is held by wingnuts.
Opponents of the bill say that it singles out certain groups of people.
“It appears to me you’re trying to put a target on people’s backs that are not, according to you, normal,” Democratic Sen. Stephanie Flowers said.
Specifically, the bill would classify locations that hold drag performances as adult-oriented businesses, which would prohibit them from being within 1,000 feet of schools, cults, schools, parks, and libraries.
The bill defines a drag show as someone dancing, singing, lip-syncing, to an audience of two or more people while using a different gender identity than the one given at birth, and are “using clothing, makeup, or other accessories that are traditionally worn by members of and are meant to exaggerate the gender identity of the performer’s opposite sex.”
Democratic Sen. Clarke Tucker said the bill is unconstitutional and likened it to bullying.
“The truth is, this bill is not about governing…it’s about bullying,” said Tucker.

A Life Philosophy

"Child Bride"

Being a child bride can't be fun. But child brides are all too common around the world and even in the United States - where until very recently a child of twelve could legally marry in places, now most states have raised that age to at least 16 ... the rest have it at 18.

Early Hollywood even made movies about child brides ... one was even intitled "Child Bride" ... as a part of early 20th century Americana.

Shirley Mills in Child Bride

Although the actor portraying the titular character was no child it is clear the 'child-like' facial features and willowy physique of Shirley Mills was intended to make audiences believe she was truly a child

Was Adolf Hitler a Pedophile?

Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most blood-soaked dictators in human history. His sexual activities have also been the subject of intense speculation, both before and after his suicide in a Berlin bunker.
On January 15 a widely shared thread, alleging Hitler was a pedophile, was posted on Twitter, racking up more than 21.5 million views.
The Swedish Twitter user wrote: "Hitler being a pedo is not discussed enough imo [in my opinion].
"Virtually everyone he dated was a teenager. Eva Braun was 17 years old. Geli Raubal was also around 17. Maria Reiter was around 16 as well.
"All known sexual relationships Hitler had started with teenagers whilst he was in his 30s & even 40s. It shows a particular type of masculinity expressing itself. Everyone has met a Hitler. That weird dude who is 35 yet hits on 17 year olds."
Was Adolf Hitler a Pedophile? Breaking Down the Nazi Leader's Perversions

Oh, It Matters

Christian School Principal Slapped With A Slew Of New Child Sex Charges

The 47-year-old principal of a christian school in Tennessee has been arrested for the second time over sexual activity with multiple minors and has been slapped with 11 additional charges. Liberty christian School principal Jason Kennedy was already facing three charges concerning his alleged sexual activity with an underage girl.
Also charged is 28-year-old Brittney Branham, a secretary and homeschool coordinator at Liberty. She was arrested in August and charged with one count of solicitation of a minor in connection with the same series of incidents that allegedly took place inside Kennedy's home. Branham was also a resident at that address, according to the outlet. According to another outlet, Kennedy's wife lives there, too.
Christian School Principal Slapped With A Slew Of New Child Sex Charges

Nerd

'Cockroaches, lice and bed bugs are my only friends'

Social media influencer Andrew Tate complained about the conditions in a Romanian jail where he's being held on sex trafficking charges.
The British-born Tate described his jail cell as dark and infested with vermin, according to widely circulated screenshots of an email sent Monday to subscribers of his newsletter, reported Insider.
Andrew Tate complains about vermin-infested jail cell: 'Cockroaches, lice and bed bugs are my only friends'

To Begin With ...

Ready for a ride ...

How to Get Past a Paywall to Read an Article for Free

Pranay tells us:

Most of us have done it before. Over the past several years, countless websites have added paywalls: If you want to read their articles, you have to sign up and pay a monthly fee. Some sites have a “metered” paywall—meaning you can read a certain number of articles for free before they ask for money—and others have a hard paywall, where you’ll have to pay to read even one article.
It’s mostly news websites that have paywalls, largely because relying on advertising income alone just isn’t viable anymore, and news companies are pursuing more direct revenue sources like monthly subscriptions. And, of course, we’re not against paywalls—and you probably aren’t either. If you can afford to pay to read articles, you absolutely should. But whether you lost your password, haven’t saved it on your phone, are in a rush, or are just strapped for cash and promise yourself that you’ll subscribe later, there are several ways to bypass paywalls on the internet.
You may be able to use some of these methods successfully today, but that could change in the future as websites clamp down on bypass methods. I hope that you support the websites that you read by signing up for memberships—especially your friendly local news outlet—but if you’re can’t right now, here are some of the best ways to bypass paywalls online.
Paste the headline in Google
The simplest ways are often the best. There are plenty of paywalled websites that have an arrangement which lets people arriving from Google search access their articles for free. Your first port of call should be to copy the headline and paste it in the search bar on Google. The article should appear as the first result, so just click that to read it for free.
Try a Facebook redirect
Some paywalled websites let readers arriving from Facebook read articles for free, and the method works even if you don’t have a Facebook account. To do it, open the article you want to read and go to the address bar of your web browser. Now paste https://facebook.com/l.php?u= before the URL of the paywalled article and open the page. This’ll show you a Facebook redirect page and you can click Follow Link to open the website. The paywalled article should now be free to read.
Open the link in an incognito window
Another quick way is to open the paywalled articles in an incognito window in your web browser, just note that this method works with metered paywalls only. If you’ve used up your free article quota for the month on any website, opening its articles in an incognito window could let you keep reading without paying yet.
Disable JavaScript in your browser
Some websites use JavaScript to hide content behind paywalls, and you can circumvent those blocks by disabling JavaScript in your browser. Note that disabling JavaScript can (and will) break most websites—some may not let you view comments, while others may not load at all. But it’s worth trying if you just need to read the content of the post.
Ideally, you’d use a separate browser for this so that you don’t have to keep enabling and disabling JavaScript. Once you’ve chosen your secondary browser, check out our guide to disabling JavaScript in various ones.
Edit a couple of elements on the webpage
If you understand a bit of HTML and CSS, you can edit elements using your browser to go past some paywalls. Essentially, you’re editing the page to remove the banners that lock content behind a subscription. It’s a lot like opening the curtains to reveal the nice view outside your window.
It works with some websites, but others have added a hard block that reveals the article only if you’ve signed in with a paid account. Still, it’s worth trying once to see if it works:
On any website, right-click the banner just below the last visible sentence of the article and select Inspect Element. This will open up a console where you can search for the offending elements and hide or change them. The exact element varies from site to site, but it’s often labeled display, paywall, or subscribe. Here’s a neat GIF on Reddit that shows you how to get it done.
Use an annotation service
Annotation services allow you to clear the clutter from websites and add some notes or highlights, just as you would in a printed book or magazine. Some of these services can be used to bypass some paywalls. Outline is one such service.
You can go to the Outline website and paste the link of the paywalled article. Click Create Outline to let the site work its magic. You’ll be taken to a new page that loads the entire article, which is your way to get past the paywalls. Outline creates a fresh URL for each article you try to load using its website, so keep bookmarking these to read later.
Some sites have blocked Outline from accessing their websites, and in case the service is unable to show you the article, you can try using a URL shortener like is.gd as a workaround. Just paste the shortened URL on Outline to circumvent the block.
Try browser add-ons
There are lots of browser extensions that allow you to bypass paywalls on most websites. You can check out Bypass Paywalls (works on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox), or Bypass Paywalls Clean (Firefox). For academic articles, Unpaywall (Firefox, Chrome) is a good choice.
Check out paywall bypass shortcuts on iPhone
The last method on our list works only on iPhones: Apple’s free Shortcuts app lets you run automation routines on your iPhone, and its tools have been used to bypass paywalls on various websites. There are plenty of these shortcuts and they may not work with all websites. You can try AntiPaywall, Bypass Paywall, Paywall and Cookie Bypass, or Unpaywall.

Camera Club Star

Bettie Page the most famous star of the 1950s era camera clubs.

Learn About the Real 1950s with its 15 Best Films

The 1950s are often ignored in history classes due to the relatively tumultuous events of the 1940s and the '60s. But it was an important time of transition across the world, with undercurrents building up that would lead to great changes. Some look at that decade as an ideal time of peace, prosperity, and conformity. Yet millions of veterans were dealing with World War II trauma and the folks at home who didn't want to hear about the horror. Women settled into suburbia, subsuming their aspirations to fit into the stifling ideal of the perfect housewife. Prosperity brought out the worst in those who were out for Number One. Opportunities for minorities that opened up during the war were rolled back. And everyone was nervous under the constant threat of nuclear attack as the Cold War escalated.
All these tensions were downplayed, both publicly and privately. However, Hollywood used them as a jumping off point for some of the most thought-provoking and creative movies ever, whether the result was drama, comedy, musicals, or science fiction. Slashfilm takes a look at the decade's 15 best films and how they illustrated what was really going on the 1950s. You'll look at movies you've seen in a whole new way and learn about those you haven't seen and why you should pull them up for a watch.

Sit Sail

8 Mostly Untrue Myths About Pirates

They probably didn't say "arr, matey"—and scurvy is much worse than you're thinking.
You probably weren’t thinking that Pirates of the Caribbean was a documentary (or Treasure Island before it). But somehow, we’ve all absorbed the stereotype of a pirate as a swashbuckling adventurer with a certain accent, a few loose teeth, and a treasure map in his pocket. Let’s take a look at some of the most pervasive pirate tropes—and separate myth from fact.
8 Mostly Untrue Myths About Pirates

An ancient recipe for social success

New evidence and understandings about the structure of successful early societies across Asia, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere are sweeping away the popular assumption that early societies tended toward autocracy and despotism.
Archaeology has a more valuable story to tell: Collective action and localized economic production are a recipe for sustainability and broader well-being. The Mesoamerican city of Monte Albán, which was a major regional urban center for 1,300 years, is a shining example. It is a powerful case study that early investments in public infrastructure and goods foster longer-term sustainability.
An ancient recipe for social success

Dining Out

The Oldest Restaurant in the World Has, During Its 1,200 Year History, Served Columbus, Mozart, and Clint Eastwood

St. Peter Stiftskulinarium in Salzburg, Austria was originally founded as a monastery, not an eatery, during the Seventh Century A.D. In 803, Bishop Arno of Salzburg reported dining there. So we can say that this establishment has been serving food to visitors for over 1,200 years.

Now, though, unlike Bishop Arno, you have to pay for your food. Moss and Fog describes and provides photos of this beautiful mixture of medieval architecture and modern fine dining.
Christopher Columbus himself might have eaten here. In 1783, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ate here with his family. You can have a similar experience and enjoy classical and modern Austrian cuisine at the restaurant. There’s also a Mozart-themed banquet that features live music while you eat.