Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How to Make a Hot Brown
It’s T-minus 2 days until we leave for the homeland on the great pilgrimage to Derby. But before we pack up our hat boxes and head southward for that storied race, we wanted to tackle a classic Kentucky recipe: The Hot Brown. Created in 1926 at The Brown Hotel in our hometown of Louisville, Kentucky,…
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How to Go to the Kentucky Derby Like a Pro
The horse is out of the gate, y’all: We’re going to Derby! The rumors are true, dear readers. This year, we are making a hallowed pilgrimage to the Z&S homestead for that most sacred of events: the Kentucky Derby. Thanks to Scout’s momma, we have secured tickets for us and seven of our closest New…
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Listening History: 5 Podcast Episodes on New York City
When the cold weather lingers into mid-April and the sky remains stubbornly grey, sometimes we have to remind ourselves why we like living here in this gigantic metropolis, where going outside no matter the weather is required for getting to work. One of the reasons I love living here is the abundance of history. New York…
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You’ve Been Scammed
We spend a lot of our time on Zelda & Scout trying to figure out what exactly makes someone a New Yorker. We’re transplants, both of us, uprooted from our bluegrass homes. Most days, it feels like we’ve put down roots in Brooklyn, blooming in the borough where we have planted ourselves for the foreseeable…
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Early Spring 2018 Playlist: Wild Flowers
It has technically been spring for two weeks now, but here in New York City, you wouldn’t know it. On the Monday morning when we compiled this playlist, snow was falling outside our windows — big fat flakes that covered the ground, coated the trees, made fluffy hats for the trash cans…and then melted within…
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You’ve Got Mail: 20 Years Later
This year marks the *gasp* 20th anniversary of Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail. It’s one of our favorites here at Zelda & Scout — even if we do blame it for coloring our views of what it would be like to live in New York, setting up expectations that were unrealistic even then. No one who…
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Why “Queer Eye” is the Southern Show We Need Right Now
A few weeks ago, a show started bubbling up on my radar. A few friends mentioned it. A stray gif or two began to make its way onto my feed. My sister recommended it. My brother recommended it. And finally I found myself with some time to kill and in need of a happy, entertainment…
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All the Fixin’s: Honeyed Applesauce
March has hit New York City with an icy vengeance. Spring may technically be on the horizon, the daylight has begun to be saved, but winter is still howling to be heard — to the tune of not one, not two, but three nor’easters in less than two weeks. We, dear readers, are officially over…
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GRITS: Jesmyn Ward
This article is part of our series “GRITS: Girls Raised in the South,” in which we profile some of our favorite Southern ladies and the things that make them awesome. Got an idea for a fabulous femme we should feature? Shoot us an email at zeldaandscout@gmail.com! (Alliteration optional.) Name: Jesmyn Ward Hometown: DeLisle, Mississippi Profession: writer,…
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One Last Olympics Post, We Swear.
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve been a bit preoccupied this month, with both the Valentine’s season and the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. We would apologize, but we are not ashamed of our enthusiasm (we’ll return to our regularly scheduled program next week, we promise). We’ve been trying to figure out why narratives of romance and…
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