CHICAGO — Here's what we're reading before escaping into the sunshine for the afternoon.
The Secret To A Good Life: A New Jersey news site interviewed a local woman about her 110th birthday last weekend, and she shared some of her secrets to a long life: three beers a day and a shot of scotch. Sadly, Agnes Fenton told NorthJersey.com that she had to give up the booze when she turned 105:
“Each of our centenarians has their different secrets,” said Stacy Andersen, a project manager with the New England Centenarian Study. “If Agnes feels hers is alcohol, maybe it is, but certainly we don’t find that to be consistent across all our centenarians.”
Think Airplanes' Overhead Bins Are Cramped? Try Sleeping in One: Next time you try to cram your overstuffed carry-on bag into a too small overhead bin, pity the poor flight attendant who has to sleep in the space. Business Insider's glimpse into flight crews' "rest areas" on long-haul trips reveals secret staircases and compartments that lead to quarters best described as claustrophobic. Beds are typically two feet wide, and some, like Malaysia Air's, are stacked like bunk beds or coffins, take your pick. Reporter Patty Wetli was even more disturbed by signage informing crew that beds are off limits during taxi, takeoff and landing. You mean that isn't obvious?
Not Enough Cooks: The restaurant boom that has swept Chicago over the past few years has resulted in a very unexpected issues, there aren't enough cooks. The Tribune's Kevin Pang spoke with some of the city's leading chefs and restauranteur's such as Paul Kahan and Chris Pandel and found that cooks have become a hot commodity. Multiple chefs and restaurant owners cited in the story say they would hire between two and 11 cooks to start right away if they could find them. “I’ll take someone from Chipotle over someone from a great restaurant. Honestly," said Bill Kim of Belly Q. "They’re the ones who will stay. The impressive-looking ones on the resume, all of a sudden it’s too busy, and they go.”
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