Good for Her! The Mars Helicopter Made It to Mars

• #toc_item_0 • [A Hotel in New Haven Is More Environmentally Aware Than You](#toc_item_1) • [Keep it green!](#toc_item_2) • [How to Conquer Cheese Sauce for a Perfect Mac 'n Cheese](#toc_item_3) • [Say cheese 🧀](#toc_item_4) • [Croatia Wants You!](#toc_item_5) • [Croatia here we come](#toc_item_6) • [How to Make Lemons into Lemonade, and Lemonade into Booze](#toc_item_7) • [Calling all bartenders](#toc_item_8) • [The Mars Helicopter 'Ingenuity' Has Touched Down](#toc_item_9) • [Check it out!](#toc_item_10) • [Everything You Need to Know about Barbecue and Grilling](#toc_item_11) • [Learn more](#toc_item_12) *Header 728x90 [] I don’t know what to tell you. It’s Wednesday. I regret to inform you that I am suffering from Brooklyn Alternate Side Street Cleaning Parking Rage, which is the most shameful rage in the world because it’s about nothing. It is not my fault though; some guy with too much time on his hands decided that he was entitled to honking his way out of his double parked situation just so he could take a free spot on the other side of the street, FORTY MINUTES before street cleaning was technically “over.” I don’t even have the energy to explain the horrifying sociopolitics of the whole situation, but let’s just say that my rage is justified, the stranger in question should not be allowed to own a car, and I am frantically googling “Books About Zen Mindfulness and Alternate Side Parking.” No dice, let me know if you have any leads. Today’s Thrillist is already calming me down. Between news of the “greenest hotel in the US” (that’s in terms of environmental impact, not color)... the perfect cheese sauce… Croatia’s completely flagrant lack of boundaries… Lynchburg Lemonade... and a helicopter on Mars, there’s something for the whole family! Okay, I’ve sufficiently calmed down. Gonna drink a glass of water and try and make a list of things I’m grateful for. Number one… Um… let’s see… the fact that that guy in the Mercedes is out of my life… um… what else… Bye! -[Ned Riseley, Newsletter Contributor]( [ [( travel [] [A Hotel in New Haven Is More Environmentally Aware Than You]( Hotel Marcel in New Haven is an eye-catching Brutalist structure that started as the office for a rubber company in 1970. Now it’s opening as a hotel in the fall and it’s gonna be sooooo environmentally efficient. It’s set to generate 100% of its own electricity, heat, and hot water, making it the first all-electric hotel in the US. The hotel is lit by oil lamps and the toilets are bedpans. Just kidding, it’s just like any other nice hotel with electricity. Who woulda thought that New Haven would be at the forefront of the eco-friendly hotel movement? Good for them! [] [Keep it green!]( [( [( food [] [How to Conquer Cheese Sauce for a Perfect Mac 'n Cheese]( Pasta Louise is a restaurant in my neighborhood and Allison Arevalo, the owner, wants to help you make your cheese sauce for your mac 'n cheese. No one wants a “gritty sauce,” and Arevalo has some great tips to help you prevent such sauce tomfoolery. Maybe I’ll try this instead of just blacking out and polishing off an entire box of family size Kraft Mac & Cheese. Could be good for me. [] [Say cheese 🧀]( [( [( news [] [Croatia Wants You!]( Now you can go to Croatia without getting tested or quarantining! If you’ve gotten vaccinated, the streets of Croatia are yours! As soon as I get my second jab of that sweet vax, I’m flying to Croatia, licking a lamp post, and burning my mask like it’s a bra and I’m a second wave feminist. Okay, maybe not, but that is an option. No, wait, keep your mask. Be respectful. [] [Croatia here we come]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( drinks [] [How to Make Lemons into Lemonade, and Lemonade into Booze]( Lynchburg Lemonade sounds delicious and also really sweet and intense. The sugar will have you bouncing off the walls and the triple sec will have you in bed at a reasonable hour. Read this article to learn more about the history of the cocktail (it involves a lawsuit) and make the recipe yourself for your next boozy brunch. [] [Calling all bartenders]( [( *720x300 Ad Banner [( backyard observatory [] [The Mars Helicopter 'Ingenuity' Has Touched Down]( Things might be a chaotic mess on planet Earth, but everything seems to be going according to plan on Mars, where the Mars helicopter just touched down. Perseverance, the rover, has turned into a damn Annie Leibovitz of Mars and is sending back tons of pics. Perseverance is like your friend who can’t stop posting pictures of their vacation and you’re like… this is amazing and I’m happy for you, but can you just read the room a little bit… I can barely leave my HOUSE right now. All kidding aside, these pics are pretty dang cool and all you space nuts are gonna just love ‘em! [] [Check it out!]( [( [( the new smoke [] [Everything You Need to Know about Barbecue and Grilling]( It takes some time to learn, but once you master it, people get weirdly impressed. Take a cue from these recipes, and you’ll soon be dropping jaws at a cookout without even trying. [] [Learn more]( [( *Footer 728x90 Thrillist Editorial - Favorable reviews cannot be bought. Read our [Terms & Conditions](, [Privacy Policy]( Delivered by Thrillist.com, 568 Broadway, Suite 507, New York, NY 10012 [212.966.2263]( Sent to {EMAIL}. Add themove@newsletter.thrillist.com to your safe-sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 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