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  1. Last 7 days
    1. “feels like a representation of Mexico but in this suburban Connecticut town,” taking “all of what my family brought to the U.S.

      They feel that their restaurant is a piece of mexico in U.S.A

    2. On those nights, around 8 p.m., the group plugs in their ad hoc karaoke “machine” (a.k.a. a laptop, a speaker and YouTube), pumps up the volume and starts dancing and calling out song requests.

      There is more to the restaurant community than just eating

    3. What keeps these 20-somethings coming back to Sarapes is not just the secret(ish) menu items or the occasional impromptu conga line that snakes around the booths. The space is a physical reminder of their kinship. When they come home to Sarapes, they can return to where they started.

      Coming to the restaurant reminds them of their friendship

    4. When Ivy Berubes, 22, orders a Shirley Temple at the Sarapes Mexican Restaurant bar, they make it for her even though it’s not on the menu. The menu also doesn’t list “The Tommy Bowl” — a deconstructed burrito — but Tommy Agramonte, 20, gets to order it; after all, it is named after him. Sade Guess, 21, swears by the birria tacos, another off-menu item.

      People who are close to the people who own the restaurants get to eat food that isn't on the menu

    1. For the kids who call it home, the band room is a place of real refuge: somewhere to go during free periods

      The band room is like a shelter where people can go whenever they want

    2. About 500 students attend Ravenna High. They come out to hear the band play at pep rallies and football games, where they provide the soundtrack to the Ravens’ triumphs and defeats.

      While it seemed like a small school at the beginning. 500 students is a lot

    3. “It definitely helps that we have a small school, because we’ve all known each other our whole lives,

      Since the school is small no one is unknown everyone knows each other

    4. But there are plenty of other things to worry about. Ravenna, Ohio, is not the sort of place anybody wants to make movies about

      Despite everyone knowing each other and being respected there are a lot of bad things at the place

    5. Contrary to what the movies will tell you, the marching band at Ravenna High School is pretty well respected.

      Ravenna High School's band is respected despite being in a small school

    1. As interest in skating across Nigeria has been growing — there are now a number of pro skaters in the country, including Henry Okwubuasi, signed by Wafflesncream, Nigeria’s first skateboarding company

      Dencity has been recognized bby many

    2. From their trips to the market to regular skate meet-ups at the dilapidated National Stadium or Tarkwa Bay beach, they have traced their own map of the city.

      Dencity people know the place well

  2. Oct 2026
    1. While every girl at Yudhveer dreams of competing at the highest levels of their sport, they aren’t in it for the prestige alone

      There is more to the school than just earning prestige

    2. “Friendship is everything for us,” said Anjali Pawar, 16. “You can’t go through a single day here without the support of friends.”

      They depend a lot on friends

  3. Aug 2026
    1. How have the increasing temperatures and rising water levels affected the vegetation and animal life? A pathologist would take a different approach: what new diseases have emerged in correlation with global climate change?

      PEOPLE use different approaches