The Greystone Mansion isn’t your typical 46,000 sq. ft. 1920s Tudor Revival located in Beverly Hills, California. If you were to take a tour of the house, though, you might find it recognizable—it’s been used a lot in...
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Sarah Simonovich
Petroleum Product of the Week: Foil Balloons
It’s all fun and games until the foil balloons cause power outages across the state of California… We’ve come a long way from using pig bladders as balloons (although nothing says “happy birthday, son!”...
Milk & Oil: The Story of the Gilmore Oil Company
There’s no use crying over spilled milk, especially when it leads to bigger and better things—for the Gilmore Family, what started as a venture in dairy products led to becoming the largest distributor of oil products...
Rigs to Reefs: Mitigating Human Impact on the Environment
We’ve got the whole world in our hands Humans shape the environment that we live in. It’s plain and simple, and there’re really no getting around that. But, as with anything, there are degrees of impact. Something...
Like Music to My Gears: Some Roads Harness the Power of Song
We’ve heard of engines purring, and Carpool Karaoke, but have you ever heard of the roads themselves singing?(And no I don’t mean an orchestra of mechanical clanks and high-pitched screeches from cars in desperate need...
Think trips to the Gas Pump are too Inconvenient? Now there’s an App for That.
So chances are you’ve been here at some point in your life: you’re driving to work, already running late due to traffic, and your gaslight comes on. How is this possible? Didn’t you just fill your tank? Between grocery...