He also knows many parents are concerned that the bed bugs may latch themselves onto students’ clothing and backpacks and "hitch hike" a ride home with them. He has this advice for keeping bed bugs out of your homes.

Fast-forward many decades later and Campbell was browsing the Internet looking for examples of a Dart that matched his dad’s car. Late one night he stumbled onto an eBay listing, same year, same model, same color, same interior, and same engine. The only missing component was a four-speed transmission. He had no intention of buying the car … at first. But as the week passed and the listing end date approached, he couldn’t resist the temptation. He submitted the winning bid, packed some handtools, flew to Sacramento, and met the owner to purchase the car. Campbell hopped in the car and drove it 450 miles to his home in Southern California (how many of us have done something similar?). It made the trip with no major issues.

Last spring, in Wasilla, Alaska, I ran into another musher at a burrito shop and mentioned that I planned to sign up for the Iditarod, the thousand-mile dogsled race. “Why?” he said. “Why do that when you could be warm and dry and have money?” He had just finished his second Iditarod himself, and he wasn’t quite serious, but he wasn’t joking either. “Why does anyone do it?” I responded. A dodge. I didn’t really know the answer, which made me uncomfortable. The truth was that I’d run one dogsled race, a 20-miler, and it was too short. Then I ran a 100-miler, and a 300-miler, and each time at the finish line, I thought: I could keep going. We could keep going, the dogs and I. We could eat food and take a nap and put on our booties and leave this parking lot, this school, this bar—wherever the race ended—and go back into the wilderness where we belong. What would happen, I wondered, if we just kept mushing?

Many of the objects on display here reflect a worldview in which even the most banal aspects of daily life are threaded with religious meaning. There is little if any division between the sacred and the profane, the religious and the secular, the symbolic and the real. When a Yup’ik dancer puts on a whistling spirit mask, they are not just acting as the spirit: they become the spirit. There is an impressive Okvic carving of what looks like a woman turning into a seal. Then again, it is entirely possible that this figure with a woman’s face and a seal’s body is not between states but is simultaneously woman and seal—an example of what the historian Calvin Luther Martin calls as the multivalent quality of many American Indian religions.

“Hmmm,” Mirianashvili said, lifting up the lid to peek into the pot. The quinces were starting to turn golden, as Barbare had promised they would.

‘Zero. Not only do I not read comments, I work very hard to not see the pictures, to not read articles or to know what’s out there at all, ‘ she said. "What more do you want from me?’"

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s music director has gone to the dogs. And the cats. Yannick Nezet-Seguin has curated a playlist for four-legged friends that’s being piped into the shelter at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He debuted the playlist at the shelter last week. He says he was inspired by watching his own cats’ reactions to music and wanted to create a soothing atmosphere for the shelter pets. Scientific research has shown classical music is beneficial for a wide range of animals, including dogs and cats, by creating a calming environment. Among Nezet-Seguin’s suggestions are Chopin’s nocturnes, which he says are ideal for afternoon cat naps. Nezet-Seguin’s playlist is available on Apple Music and Spotify. He also provides a personal note with each selection highlighting why he chose the work.

what: lizzie fitch | ryan trecartin: ‘whether line’ multimedia installationwhen: april 6 – august 5 — mon/wed/thu, 10AM-7PM, fri/sat/sun, 10AM-8PM, closed on tuesdayswhere: fondazione prada, largo isarco, 2

Sauce options: sriracha ranch, habanero honey mustard, spicy BBQ, regular ranch, and regular BBQ. I made my purchase on a digital screen. I’d venture a guess there weren’t many others who bought a Fowl Pole and kept the receipt.

There’s a reason Bed Bath & Beyond is popular with college students and first-time apartment renters—it has everything you need to set up efficient storage systems in your home. But whether you’re on your first home or your fifth, the well-priced storage bins, caddies, and baskets will help you revamp your home’s organization without having to take out a second mortgage. 

Budget really means budget in Plovdiv. Doubles at the Hotel Dafi (1), on a quiet street in the cobbled hipster quarter of Kapana, start from 88 lev (£39), including breakfast, where the small buffet features a coffee machine and cheese-and-ham toasties. Walls are thin, but there’s excellent Wi-Fi and staff are friendly.

Campbell talks about some of the cosmetic issues that were addressed during the restoration. “There is a lot of aluminum trim on this car, as well as some stainless. I had the aluminum anodizing stripped at Custom Metal Finishing in Gardena, California (1800deburring.com). I purchased an 8-inch buffer at a swap meet and watched all the videos I could find on buffing and polishing. Then, I spent a solid month removing the dings, sanding and polishing both the aluminum and the stainless. The aluminum then went back to Custom Metal Finishing for bright dip anodizing. It doesn’t shine as well as the stainless, or even bare polished aluminum, but it’s protected from oxidation, and it’s factory-correct. Exterior chrome plating was handled by Yolanda’s Plating in Los Angeles, California. All the plastic bezels in the dash were re-chromed and detailed by GCAR (gcartrim.com). The upholstery is from Legendary Auto Interiors (www.legendaryautointeriors.com). Much of the wiring had brittle insulation. Rather than try to save it, I sprung for all-new harnesses from M&H Electrical Fabricators in Santa Fe Springs, California (www.wiringharness.com).”