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January 31st, 2007

The History of the Post Office

These days, with TV, radio, instant messaging, e-mails and overnight delivery, we take for granted that getting news and information was once a very slow and unreliable process.  But in America’s colonial days, things were very different. Letters and news could take weeks or months to reach the colonies or travel from settlement to settlement.
The first private […]

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January 30th, 2007

Josephine Baker - The Black Venus

Starting her career after runing away from home, Josephine Baker began dancing as street-performer in St Louis.  Within a couple years, at just 15 years old, she started dancing in vaudeville.  She soon moved to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance after the end of the first World War.  There she performed on Broadway […]

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January 29th, 2007

Photo of the Week - The Beauty of Quartz

Giant Gypsum Quartz 
The National Museum of Natural History - Mineral Gallery
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January 28th, 2007

A Tour of JFK’s Camelot

During his time as a a U.S. Senator, John F. Kennedy and later his wife, Jackie, lived in several homes around the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.
In 1946, he first moved to DC as a Congressional representative from Massachusetts and World War II hero. In 1953, he was elected to the Senate, the same year […]

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January 27th, 2007

Visit and Hear The Voice of America

Since 1942, The Voice Of America has been broadcasting daily news, information, educational and cultural programming to the world. With AM, FM, short-wave, satellite TV and radio broadcasts in 44 languages, VOA boasts a global audience of over 115 million.
VOA started during World War II as an attempt to get news and information to Nazi […]

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January 26th, 2007

Ice Skating at National Gallery of Art

While New York has Rockefeller Center for winter outdoor ice skating, nothing compares with skating while surrounded by fine works of sculpture and great music at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. So now that the cold winter weather has arrived in DC, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden ice-skating rink is open. 
If you […]

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January 25th, 2007

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - A Personal Favorite

Being a Chicago native, I’m fond of many things that come from The Windy City – The Cubbies, The Second City Improv, The Joffrey Ballet, and Chicago’s famous deep-dish pizza, to name just a few.
One other notable Chicago icon that I have seen many times is the high-energy and always entertaining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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January 24th, 2007

Bizarre Beasts at The National Geographic

Models of giant birds with 15-foot wing spans, armored fish, strange invertebrates, bizarre reptiles and amphibians, 350 million year old dinosaurs and strange mammals make up Bizarre Beasts, Past and Present.
Highlighting some of the most bizarre and different animals that ever walked, crawled, swum or flew on, in or over the earth will capture your […]

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January 23rd, 2007

Cars, Cars and More Cars - The Washington Auto Show - January 24-28

It’s that time of year again, for the annual Washington Auto Show.  This year’s theme is “Presenting Advanced Technologies“.
Fresh from the Detroit show, over 40 automakers will display 700+ cars, trucks, SUVs and mini-vans in over 9 acres of the DC Convention Center.
 
Focusing on new technology and alternative fuels, one of the highlights should be […]

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January 22nd, 2007

A Photographer and His…

Camera…Scanner.
Last week, I wrote about a great photographic exhibit of award-winning nature photographs on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
 

In the gallery next door, is a rather unique exhibit of stunning photographic(?) images of flowers.  The reason for the question mark is that these images are not taken with a camera, but with […]

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