September 23rd, 2007
Here’s a rare chance to tour seven of Old Town Alexandria’s most beautifully restored and decorated homes. At the 66th annual Alexandria Tour of Homes you can take a self-guided tour of some of the most notable homes in Old Town.
While the list of homes will not be released for security reasons until just before the […]
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September 22nd, 2007
If you planned to see the King Tut exhibit — Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, you have only a few more days as the exhibit closes at the end of this month.
It’s a great exhibit (see my previous post) and one that […]
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September 22nd, 2007
Crabbing for the Maryland Blue Crab has long been associated with the Chesapeake. And the newspaper-covered picnic table piled high with spicy steamed crabs has just as long of a history. But we can’t limit ourselves to just “pickin’ crab” and crabcakes. …at least that’s what a dozen area top chefs are out to prove at […]
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September 21st, 2007
No, not in New York or Pairs…In Washington, DC.
While I doubt we’ll be seeing a flock of Hollywood celebrities, the top paid super models such as Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss or Heidi Klum strutting their stuff on the runway, or global controversies over 13-year old models on the runway, but you will get an opportunity to […]
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September 20th, 2007
No, not on the latest Iraq War funding bill, but once again, the DC region has been singled out for its traffic issues.
According to a recent Texas Transportation Institute traffic study, the DC metro area is tied for second (along with San Francisco/Oakland and Atlanta) with the longest commuting times behind only Los Angeles.
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September 20th, 2007
It seems Washington DC has become an International film festival center.
There’s the big DC International Film Festival, the DC Independent Film Festival, the African-American FF, the Asian Pacific FF, DC Shorts FF, the Environmental Film Festival, and the list goes on.
This festival schedule features local indie, student, several movies that have never been screened in DC, a coupe […]
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September 19th, 2007
Call it “girl bonding“. Call it “pampering yourself“. Maybe you call it simply “Shopping!!”(with a CAPITAL “S”). From the male perspective, it’s probably a “man’s idea of hell”.
Regardless of what you all it, it’s Shecky’s Girls Night Out — five hours of girly fashion, beauty, glamour, shopping, cocktails, chit-chat, freebies and fun.
Handbags, jewelry, […]
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September 18th, 2007
A warm welcome to the two new destination blogs here at the Travel & Culture Channel — The Atlanta Traveler and The Sydney Traveler.
Check them out.
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September 18th, 2007
One of my favorite things to do on a Sunday morning was to grab my copy of the Washington Post and turn to the last page of the Post’s magazine and read Dave Barry’s humor column. That joy has gone since Dave stopped writing his column in 2005, but he still delights his readers by […]
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September 18th, 2007
Combine murder, adultery, a gaggle of hungry tabloid reporters, a couple of wanna-be starlets, along with a slick lawyer and what do you get? No, I’m not talking about Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan or one of the other Hollywood train wrecks. This is the story of Roxie Hart and her dream of fame on the stage in […]
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