MERRY HAPPY

photo by Disney / ABC Television Group

Mariah Carey's traditional "Christmas residency at New York City's 2,900-capacity Beacon Theatre" last Friday included a new song of her own creation and "freestyling . . . "  Carey said, " 'You guys know it's Christmas, and we make up Christmas songs when we're in a happy, jolly mood,' she told the audience."      story
             

Principle in the type:  "Happiness is the destination, but also the path."       Dieter F. Uchtdorf

FAST FOOD SLOW

photo by Mike Mozart

In a gentle crawl that started in Downey, California, the original Taco Bell taco stand was craned and moved to "corporate headquarters in Irvine . . . saving it from the wrecking ball."  Katie Rispoli from conservation group We Are The Next said, "By saving and conserving structures . . . we hope to set a precedent and demonstrate the great power that can come from unexpected histories in seemingly ordinary places."   story             

Principles in the type:  "Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?"     William Makepeace Thackeray