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Monthly Archives: January 2010
A Day at the San Antonio Botanical Garden
For many years during the 1800′s, the land which is now the grounds for the beautiful Botanical Garden of San Antonio was a limestone quarry. Not much is known about the quarry, but by 1877 the land had been part … Continue reading
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Tagged best San Antonio hotels, San Antonio Botanical Center, San Antonio River
Dexy’s in NYC
With all of the 80s retro still high in New York, as well as the rest of the world, it seems, it would be a dream to see some of my favorite bands from high school playing here. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged best hotels in Manhattan, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Dexy's reunions
Breakfast and Great Apes in Chicago
If you really want to study apes, you can emulate Jane Goodall and head for Africa, or you can travel to Chicago and find your way to the Lincoln Park Zoo where you will find the Regenstein Center for Africa … Continue reading
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Tagged http://www.luxuryhotelschicago.com, Jane Goodall, Lincoln Park Zoo
The Bad Art Museum of Art in Seattle
There are a few sites in Washington state that are must-sees that everyone embraces: on the West Coast, it’s the Seattle Space Needle; closer to the eastern side of the state, it’s the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, … Continue reading
New York’s Metropolitan Opera Inspires New Generation of Composers
One of Jason’s favorite memories of having grown up in New York City was the time his grandparents took him to see Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. This was such an amazing event for him and he remembers being stunned … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera, five star New York hotels, Kennedy Airport
The Marble City aka Knoxville
If you’re looking to answer the following trivia questions — what’s the second oldest city in Tennessee, what city was named after the first U.S. Secretary of War, what city is nicknamed The Marble City? — you’ll find all three … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged American Museum of Science & Energy, burial mound, hotels of Knoxville
The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the finest achievements of the American Museology endeavor, according to one of the previous curators and directors of the Musée du Louvre in Paris -Germain Bazin, is the Cloisters. This is one of the branches of New York’s … Continue reading
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Tagged best New York City hotel, Cloisters, Musee du Louvre in Paris