Blog - Page 154 of 167 - Stew Ross Discovers

I thought I wouldn’t have to deal with copyrighted material….

until the third book, Where Did They Put the Gestapo Headquarters?.

I was wrong.

As I was finishing the manuscript for the first book, I found there were some very important images I would need. After months of searching, I couldn’t find them through my normal channels. What was I going to do?

I thought, where would Leonard Pitt, author of Walks Through Lost Paris, have found his prints of the 1850s photos taken by Marville and Emonds (among others)? So I Googled the Musée Carnavalet in Paris (Carnavalet is the museum dedicated to Paris from its beginnings as Luticia through the mid-1900s; and in particular, the French Revolution).

Jackpot!

I found out recently every Premier League soccer team will be playing on Boxing Day in England.

It happens to be the day after Christmas and apparently, this is a tradition in England. It seems every sport will play that day. So Sandy asks me, “Do you know what Boxing Day is and what the tradition is?” I naturally say, “Of course I do. It’s not hard to figure out. It’s the day when a big boxing match is held, huge wagers are made, and they all eat chips and dip (well, I suppose our type of chips). Just like our Super Bowl.”

Wrong

I start to research Boxing Day and find out that it is a secular holiday in England (and other countries but primarily the former British empire countries). Read More Boxing Day: Pugilistic or Humanistic?