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...patties on the ceiling and all, or to rip it down in the name of progress and the need for more office space? I had, throughout the planning stages and construction of the Barker Center, favored the preservation of the Union for preservation's sake alone, not having ever eaten in the Union but feeling rather that History is History and should be left as is. All of that feeling went out a shiny, clean window when I entered the new building, but my change in perspective got me thinking...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Reminiscing at Barker | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...another bank, yet another office, or worse still, a fast food restaurant with just as much grease but none of the claustrophobic charm? I don't think so. Let's leave it. It may not have butter patties on the ceilings, but probably almost as many Harvard freshmen have eaten there as they have in the former Union. Besides, I like the smell of greasy fries just about as much as the fragrance of sawdust mixed with fresh paint...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Reminiscing at Barker | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

When the afternoon hummed to a close, I had eaten only one raspberry-kiwi frozen fruit bar. I had had enough time only to decide that I like the peach variety better, as I adore the "real fruit chunks." I had read only one chapter of Bastard Out of Carolina, and the protagonist hadn't even finished sketching out her family history. The impending return of my cousins from work buzzed around my head like an increasingly angered insect, steadily rising in decibel. But the pleasures alone-ness had brought to me over that short afternoon, ephemeral as they...

Author: By Bonnie Tsui, | Title: At Home, Desirous of Inner Space | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

HOLD THE FRIES Steering-wheel dining is as American as, well, apple pie a la road. One out of 10 restaurant meals and 1 out of 5 fast-food meals are now eaten in a car. The dashboard favorite: a hamburger for lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 8, 1997 | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

Such questions led Schlegelmilch, a Denver receptionist, to join STOP (Safe Tables Our Priority), a Washington group for parents whose children have eaten tainted food. "I haven't purchased any ground beef," she says, "and I probably won't ever again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN INEDIBLE BEEF STEW | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

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