Nothing says World Cup more than lettuce

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

If I were ever abducted by Aliens, the first thing I’d ask is whether they came from a planet where people also deny science.

Putting each team in the US city (min. 100k) in which they have the highest % of the population:

The rezoning of Gowanus, Brooklyn:

First look at the LEGO Sagrada Família It is the largest LEGO set ever made at 12,060 pieces. Will cost $800.

LEGO has unveiled Sagrada Familia At 12,060 pieces, it has taken the crown of the largest LEGO set ever made It’s being released in honor of its architect, & also the main building’s construction completing only just this year 12,060pcs (the most ever) $800 November 1st

What is really breaking America? Two drinking fountains for $375,000. Sounds like Ottawa. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

State worker unions threatening lawsuit under California Environmental Quality Act over the governor's return-to-office mandate: “Putting 90,000 people on the road and pumping that much carbon into the air has an environmental impact." sacbee.com/news/politics-gov…

The architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe introduced Greek Revival architecture to America. Below is the Bank of Pennsylvania which was the first Greek Revival style building constructed in America (now demolished). "My principles of good taste are rigid in Grecian architecture."

does anyone have any more examples of this