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Yes, it’s time again to take a global travel tour. This time, the Carnival of Cities is hosted in Dubai, at Sandier Pastures.
A few of the interesting post include:
Visiting a park in Seattle that’s a former gas works.
A post that hits close to home for me, experiencing Chicago’s famous architecture on a Chicago River boat cruise.
Some great […]
The flamboyant, aggressive and publicity-seeking Union commander, General George Armstrong Custer, who later led and died at the infamous Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn was also a Civil War hero 14 years earlier, notably at the battle of Gettysburg.
His style of attack was considered by many to be either reckless or […]
“What do you know about stock car racing? Well… watched it on television, of course.” That’s a line from the Tom Cruise movie Days of Thunder. And here’s your chance to see live NASCAR close to DC.
The Martinsville Speedway racetrack is the shortest track on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit. At just over a half mile in length, […]
Here’s your chance to attend a real beauty/talent pageant - Miss India DC.
The competition includes 12 women competing in an Indian dress competition, an evening gown competition and the classic talent competition.
The DC winner will go on to compete for the title of National Miss India, who will then compete in international pageants.
Miss […]
The Travel & Culture theme for this month is a “rant”. So I came up with a list of ten things that I see tourists do frequently that isn’t helping their reputation while visiting DC. Hopefully I’ll include a couple hints versus just bitching.
I’m not a DC native, yet since I moved to the […]
Celebrate the annual “crush” at Tarara Winery’s Great Grape Festival. In it’s 12th year, celebrate wine and wine-making at a winery sitting on the shore of the Potomac, in suburban Leesburg, VA.
Enjoy 15 varieties of wines from their 60-acre vineyard, a grape-stomping competition, food, live music, special events for the kids, apple picking and wagon rides.
You can also […]
What ever you call it, coffee is one of the world’s most popular drinks.
It originated from the highlands of Ethiopia in the 9th century, and has grown to a per capita consumption of just over 2 lbs. for each man, woman and child in the world (about 14 billion pounds per year). Whether you brew […]
Growing up in Chicago, I was lucky enough to have the Field Museum of Natural History nearby with it’s prized possession - Sue, the largest and most complete T-Rex skeleton in the world. But as a kid, I couldn’t truly fathom what these giant creatures might have been like when they dominated our planet. Now, it might […]
That quote is attributed to Louie “Satchmo” Armstrong when asked “What’s jazz?”
If you really need to ask, then perhaps it’s time to check out the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival which kicked off nine days of jazz on Sunday, featuring over 100 artists performing at 20 DC venues. Mow that’s jazz… DC style.
The U Street corridor of DC was at […]
In addition to tasting samples from the 18 participating Maryland wineries, the festival offers live music including jazz, reggae, zydeco, oldies and R& B, plus arts and crafts, wine education and a chance to sample food from local restaurants.
The Governor’s Cup awards (best Maryland wines of the year) will be presented on Saturday.
Maryland Wine […]
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