London’s BT tower turns hotel
British architect Thomas Heatherwick is working on creating a luxury hotel for US-based MCR in the once vital 177-metre pointy structure originally known as the BT Post Office Tower. Full of microwave aerials, telecommunications equipment, the now obsolete tower once handled the nation’s calls, messages and TV signals. London’s BT Tower also housed a ‘highest in the world’ rotating restaurant that was closed and never re-opened after a 1971 bombing claimed by anarchists and the IRA. The landmark sold for £ 275 million.
Source: Euro-news
From behind the bar
With glittering cocktail culture resurging, we find ourselves in a renaissance of bar lingo. Modern slang and phraseology is originating from specific bars, born out of the culture and clientele at a particular outpost. Listen for behind the bar speak like: Are you mad at me?—used when a fellow mixologist is in the weeds, alongside dirty dumps, laybacks (usually done afterhours), cheater bottles for storing ingredients, ‘sloppy steaks’, spaggling, sproutini’s and fruit bats.
Source: Punch Drink
Generation now
Surprisingly, Gen Z is as just likely as previous generations to read their mail. True, they pick up and deal with mail less frequently but, on the whole, spend more time reading it, (12 minutes on average). More than half of recipients flip through their mail and glance at each piece to see if it’s worth more time. More than 25 per cent open and read every piece.
Source: Canada Post
