Stars & Stripes is not only a nickname for the American Flag – it is also a brand of soft drinks, a ballet, the official newspaper of the United States Armed Forces, an album by The Beach Boys, and The National March of the United States of America composed by John Philip Sousa. When I was in high school,

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Roxa Smith was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela (yummy Arepas). She came to the US in her teens and attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, earning a degree in Art History and German in 1984 with a minor in Visual Arts. In 1987, she received a Graduate Certificate in the Fine Arts from the

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In the Flatiron District of NYC, at East 19th and Broadway, lies a distinctly curated shop of kitchen delights. One will find a total hodgepodge of fiesta flatware, discarded cutlery, crossword puzzle plates, ice cream shop bowls, sherbet dishes, printed aprons, gouache portraits, grandma’s cake stands, olive holders, lemon squeezes, decorate muddlers, glassware that once belonged

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