Cake in the morning, cake in the evening

We're here to make your Saturday a little sweeter. 5/12/18 Valerie Gordon is the owner and operator of Valerie's Confections, a Los Angeles bakery that specializes in resurrecting dessert recipes lost to time. So far, she's successfully recreated a whole array of forgotten desserts, including the banana shortcake from Chasen's and the grapefruit cake from Brown Derby. Setting the Bar Low Shemika Campbell hails from a long line of limbo. Both her mother and her grandmother were limbo dancers, carrying on the traditionally Trinidadian form of dance. Shemika is keeping up the family legacy, taking limbo to a whole new low.  Tour Sweden's Luxury Treehouses Overlooking Sweden's Lule river, near the small village of Harads, a collection of unique hotel rooms lies hidden in the woods. Here, guests are invited to sleep in a UFO, in a giant birdhouse, in a mirrored cube or simply on a woven net under the stars.  Teaching Math Lessons in the Sky Winfred Randolph Lowe, aka, "Randy the Kite Man," is a retired math teacher taking geometry to new heights.  Skating for the Culture During desegregation in the '50s and '60s, many roller rink owners sought to maintain racial divides by hosting roller skating theme nights, such as "Rhythm Night" and "Soul Night," specifically targeted towards African American patrons. Soon, however, these nights evolved into a thing of their own. Copyright © 2018 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list