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The DC Traveler

Archive for September 2007

September 30th, 2007

More New "Traveler" Destinations

Here’s three new Travel and Culture blogs, covering Las Vegas, London and Switzerland.
While the line goes, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”, Heather at The Las Vegas Adventurer will not be secretive about all the fun and exciting things available to travelers to Viva Las Vegas. Hey, was that Elvis I just saw?
  
Jed […]

By Jon -- 2 comments

September 30th, 2007

Aids Walk Washington - Oct. 6th

Over 38 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, including an estimated 25,000 adults in DC.  

Here’s a chance to support a great DC cause, the non-profit Whitman-Walker Clinic, a DC-based health organization that provides health care to those infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
The event includes a fundraising 5K walk and run, pre-event speeches, and the announcement of […]

By Jon -- 0 comments

September 29th, 2007

Girls’ Dinner with Wines Created by Women Winemakers

This is a GNO (Girl’s Night Out) with a great theme. Sampling some of the best wines created by leading women in the winemaking industry, combined with some amazing food and of course, great company.
According a study on women winemakers in California, an estimated 15% to 20% of California’s wine-makers are women. And while it may currently be a […]

By Jon -- 1 comment

September 28th, 2007

Green Festival - Save the Environment

Join consumer advocate (and possible Presidential candidate) Ralph Nader and 125 other visionary (as well as a couple possibly fringe) environmental speakers, plus 350 green businesses and exhibitors at this year’s Green Festival at the D.C. Convention Center.
With a jam-packed agenda of 50 programs using four simultaneous stages, attend lectures, panel discussions, how-to workshops and green films on […]

By Jon -- 2 comments

September 27th, 2007

Two Huge Boat Shows - Power and Sail

On two consecutive weekends, Annapolis will host a couple of the world’s largest in-water and on-shore boat shows, the U.S. Sailboat Show and the U.S. Powerboat Show.
Climb aboard everything that floats from one-man sailboats to luxurious motoryachts.  

U.S. Sailboat Show / U.S. Powerboat ShowRandall Street - Annapolis City Dock Annapolis, MD (map it)
Dates […]

By Jon -- 0 comments

September 26th, 2007

Tastes Great…in Bethesda

Suburban Bethesda, MD, especially around the Woodmont Triangle boasts some great restaurants, including Black’s, Grape Seed, Centro, Persimmon, and David Craig Bethesda, plus a favorite of mine, Mon Ami Gabi, not because the food is fantastic, but their melt-in-your-mouth Steak Bordelaise with mounds of caramelized onions in a red wine sauce is pretty yummy, but because it […]

By Jon -- 2 comments

September 25th, 2007

Photo of the Week

No, this isn’t The San Francisco Traveler.  I simply couldn’t help posting a few photos from my recent trip to San Francisco and the North Bay.
I hope you enjoy.
 
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By Jon -- 3 comments

September 25th, 2007

Time to Read - National Book Festival

The 7th annual National Book Festival welcomes readers to the Mall to meet some of America’s most-loved authors and discover new books.

This year, about 70 well-known authors, illustrators and poets will talk about their books and offer autographs in the following outdoor pavilions:

Children
Teens & Children
Fiction & Fantasy
Mysteries & Thrillers
History & Biography
Home & […]

By Jon -- 1 comment

September 24th, 2007

Monument Monday - Lincoln Memorial

One of the nation’s greatest American presidents was Abraham Lincoln.  He is remembered mostly for preserving the Union during the Civil War, for ending slavery and for paying the ultimate price, at just the exact moment in time when the war was ending and the Nation’s healing process was beginning.

At his his Inaugural Address he stated to the […]

By Jon -- 7 comments

September 23rd, 2007

Russian-Slavic Festival - Sept. 29th

It seems that I’ve met more and more people from the former Soviet Union in the past couple years, and that it encouraged me to do a bit of research.  Just over 3% of the population of the DC metro area consists of people from the former Soviet Union, which make DC the 7th largest […]

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