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The day for lovers has a most interesting background. Click here to learn more about this lover’s “holiday”.
And if you aren’t celebrating V-Day this year, try the V-Day alternative by celebrating SAD (Singles Awareness Day)!  IF SAD is your preferred event, try to avoid watching love stories on TV, especially When Harry Met Sally, Love Story or Jerry Maguire. The Rambo and Terminator series are perfect for a SAD movie marathon with friends.
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It’s the ultimate jury deliberation story.  A teenage delinquent is accused of stabbing his abusive father to death in a moment of rage.
The twelve-man jury has listened to the testimony of the witnesses, making it seem to be an open and shut case.  They must now decide the boy’s fate, and the death penalty is in the boy’s future.
In the first vote, eleven of the jurors know the boy is guilty of premeditated murder.  But one man isn’t sure, juror #8. He wants more information. 
He asks the other members of the jury to review each fact, each …read more

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The 12-piece eclectic music group and self-proclaimed “musical archeologist” of Pink Martini take musical mixology to a new level. They blend musical styles and sounds from around the globe and serve up their own successful form of tasty lounge jazz-classic-Latin melodies.
In their first performance with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops, their show, World Music That’s Shakin’…And Stirred With A Twist, includes the rich and diverse multi-language sounds of the world.  Listen to the beat of a samba parade in Rio, relax to the sounds of a 1940s Paris bistro, then tap your foot to the beat of music from …read more

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It’s time for another Travel & Culture Channel Travel Roundup, this time hosted by Filipina Soul.
Some of the interesting posts from across the big ponds are:

A great budget hotel hotel in Vienna, Austria.
Experiencing a night at a ryokan (Japanese-style inn) in Japan, and don’t forget to remove your shoes.
Buckingham Palace’s famous and regal changing of the guard.
How about a round of snow golf in Switzerland?

Closer to home:

Some Southern Valentine’s ideas at Southern Byways.
The Carnival of Travelers at Fly Away Cafe.
A new play in Atlanta about Martin Luther King’s wife, Coretta.
In the Big Apple, is NYC joining the EU? Or is …read more

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His place in history as one of our greatest presidents is memorialized with the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC.  And next year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the memorial to his life will be rededicated in a major ceremony.
But one of the most notable moments in Lincoln’s life, and in American history, occurred in 1863 in a field in southern Pennsylvania, just 90 miles north of Washington, DC. 
The sixteenth U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln, gave a short speech, dedicating a battlefield where four months earlier saw the deadliest fighting of the Civil War.  …read more

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Happy 200th birthday to one of the nation’s most important and influential presidents, Abraham Lincoln.

Throughout his political career, Lincoln ran for public office a total of 11 times, yet lost 8 times (or 72% of the time).
Here’s a list of Abraham Lincoln’s political losses….
In 1832 Abraham Lincoln lost his first political election, for a seat on the Illinois State Legislature in 1832. Six yeas later, after winning a seat in 1834, he ran for Speaker of the State Legislature and lost.
His first run for Congress resulted in a defeat, but he won a seat three years later. Only to lose …read more

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Don’t forget, if you live in the “Chesapeake Region” (District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia), today is your presidential primary.

The polls open early and stay open until at least 7: 00 p.m.
Polling Hours

District of Columbia Primary - 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Virginia Primary - 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Maryland Primary - 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

The big regional contest is on the Democratic side, with both candidates, Obama and Clinton, trying to break out after a virtual tie after Super Tuesday. Both candidates would really like to put some electoral votes between them and their opponent. Hillary just shook up …read more

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…well, maybe only in the hearts of people over 40.
But you can still learn to “touch” dance the hustle, the cha-cha, or jump in a line dance at the disco dance lessons offered at eCitie in suburban Tysons Corner, Virginia.
Learn to dance to the classic disco hits like “The Hustle”, “Love to Love You, Baby” and “Love’s Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra.
Then throw on your favorite white suit, complete with shiny polyester shirt and dance to the best-selling soundtrack of all time (in 1977), the album that turned disco mainstream - Saturday Night Fever.

After less than 3 years of …read more

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It’s Monument Monday, so I guess I’ll write about a different kind of monument today, a monumental band that changed rock and roll music – The Beatles.

Just two days after their U.S. debute on the The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles performed their first U.S. concert here in DC on February 11, 1964.
The show was held at the 7,000 seat Washington Coliseum near Union Station, where the sound was said to be horrible, not to mention the music being drownded out by the constant screaming of fans.
Covering 12 songs in about 30 minutes, the concert was set up as …read more

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On the heels of the motorcycle show and the auto show, comes the 47th Annual Washington Boat Show. 
Check out 500+ boats on display, and everything for both the sailor and power boater.  From Bayliner to Zodiac, from bow riders to yachts, some of the biggest names in recreational boating will be there.
 
Washington Boat ShowWashington D.C. Convention Center801 Mount Vernon Place, NWWashington, DC 20001 (map it)
And if you are interested in something in the $2 mil price range.

Dates and Times - Thursday, Feb. 14th - Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Thursday & Friday - Noon – 9 p.m. …read more

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