Hobbies to Dive Into During Vacation RELAX AND ENJOY
Paint a Pretty Picture Painting from an actual, in-person
Have you ever vacationed somewhere sensationally beautiful and full of things to explore, only to spend an inordinate amount of time in the hotel room or lounging around at a cafe? We can only do so much sightseeing. But you can enhance your time off, even while taking it easy. From cooking new foods to learning a new language, here are three hobbies to try while on vacation! Bon Appétit
reference rather than a printed picture is exciting. If you are headed somewhere with spectacular views, pack a canvas and painting supplies. Picking up painting can make any vacation more rewarding. Learn a New Language Me gusta pollo picante. Impressed? With a few lessons, you, too, can
One of the main draws of any vacation is the food. Think of all of the cities and countries synonymous with some form of cuisine. New Orleans has the po’boy. Spain has paella. Scotland has haggis. If you want to experience the culture of a region in a unique way, take a cooking class! You can learn an authentic recipe and take it home with you to relive the magic all over again.
say, “I like spicy chicken” in Spanish or any other language. Language learning apps, like Duolingo, LingQ, and Babbel, can help you pick up the basics quickly and easily.
Once you know some vocabulary, it’s best to improve your fluency in another language by immersing yourself in it. Head somewhere new and practice your craft! ¡ El mundo es tu ostra!
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP AND … POW?
THE RICE KRISPIES’ SPACE-AGE SIDEKICK
Quick question! How many elves are on a Rice Krispies box? Most of us know that it’s three, with their clever names based on the sounds puffed rice cereal makes in milk — Snap! Crackle! Pop! But did you know that in the early 1950s, Kellogg’s briefly had an out-of-this-world fourth friend appear in two commercials? His name was Pow, a spaceman character designed to represent “the power of whole grain rice,” from which marketers derived his moniker. Zipping around on flying saucers with the original elves, he wore a helmet and put “power into every lightweight spoonful of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies!” The themed campaign, with replica patches from every manned mission to space up through Apollo 10 as box prizes, aimed to capitalize on the time’s pop culture, which was heavily influenced by the beginning of the space race.
According to Smithsonian Magazine, while Pow might have been a flash-in-the-pan character designed to last about as long as the public’s interest in the space race, his
three onomatopoetic counterparts hold the title of being the “first and longest-running cartoon mascots to represent a Kellogg’s product.” Having inspired dozens of beloved characters since — from Tony the Tiger to Buzz the Honey Bee and beyond — Snap, Crackle, and Pop are about as classic a team as cereal and milk, with Pow a worthy honorable mention.
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