Posts by Leah Pellegrini

Photography
May 2, 2016

Disney World Offers New Wedding Experience Letting Brides Be Cinderella for a Day

“A dream is a wish your heart makes,” says Cinderella–and for engaged couples with a particular soft spot for the princess' story, that wish just might come true. Disney Weddings has recently announced a newly sanctioned wedding venue at its Florida resort: the East Plaza Garden, which sits at the end of Magic Kingdom Park's Main Street, just in front of Cinderella's castle.

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Inspiring
April 29, 2016

Photos Capture Joyful Faces of Kids on Adoption Day, After Years in Foster Care

Charity organization Together We Rise is putting foster care adoption into a powerful numerical context. With its #fosterlove social media initiative, the nonprofit shares photographs of smiling kids on the days that they finally find their “forever homes,” each with a chalkboard sign or poster that shows exactly how many days it took to get their adoptive parents.

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Art
April 27, 2016

2,000 Suspended Steel Stars Installation Pays Dazzling Tribute to Shakespeare

In the newly refurbished Swan Wing of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Stratford-upon-Avon Theater, 2,000 stainless steel stars are individually suspended from the ceiling, carefully layered to convey a glimmering human face. The ten-foot-tall display is the work of designer Steven Follen, who used digital models to map the precise placement of each star that he strung by hand, marrying modern technology with traditional craftsmanship.

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Funny
April 25, 2016

Man Hilariously Photoshops Himself as Kendall Jenner’s “Fraternal Twin”

You remember Kirby Jenner, right? This “Amatuer Model / Lover of all things” is the Instagram alias of an anonymous artist-cum-comedian who cleverly parades as Kendall Jenner's fictitious “fraternal twin,” thanks to the magic of Photoshop. While the real-life star pouts and poses, he stands by her side as a silly stooge, countering her glitzy glamour with a gauche sense of humor (and a gaudy mustache that almost steals the show).

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.