This Humble Home Launched a Thousand Fairy Tales

“This will all be ready for the Queen tomorrow!” Niels Bjørn Friis’s proclamation sounded like it was coming from a breathless servant in some fairy tale. But in real-life Denmark, real-life workers were buzzing around the dusty cobblestone streets of the pedestrian town of Odense, preparing for a very real-life queen to arrive in fewer than 24 … Continued

Meet the Seattle Ghost Who Made the Weed Brownie Famous

Sometimes she appears in the garden, in her iconic full-length fur coat. Some guests have heard her, the once-promising concert pianist, playing the hotel piano on the 7th floor. Other nights she shuffles drinks around in the Fireside Room or wanders the fourth-floor hallways in a flowy white dressing gown. Some swear you can catch … Continued