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On The DC Traveler, I’ve written about places where you can take skydiving lessons, flying lessons, and even helicopter lessons in the Washington, DC area.
But I found this video and thought, now this extreme sport might make an interesting post. But after watching the video, it’s beyond insane, it’s actually a step or two […]
The theme of a Comic Book or “comic” for short can be funny, serious, historical or action-oriented, and many involve a super-hero or notorious villains.
Dating back to the first American comic book, The Yellow Kid in McFadden’s Flats in 1897, the history of the comic book is divided into several historical eras. The time […]
Finding and developing substances to relieve pain have been around almost as long as man. The first opiates, derived from the poppy, have been documented as far back as 4000 BC.
Searching for an effective medically-safe pain killer, led to the discovery of a wonder drug, morphine, in 1804. It’s appropriately named after the […]
Just a few years ago (pre-9/11), you could take a quick 20-minute helicopter tour over Washington, DC. Now, if you want a bird’s eye view of the White House or the National Mall, you probably need to know a high-ranking government official that can get you a ride on Marine One.
But you can still […]
Leonard, a married American living in post-WW-II London, gets arrested for the murder of a lonely but rich, middle-aged widow. His questionable involvement with her suggests he’s guilty. It becomes more and more likely that he’s committed this horrible crime when the police discover the infatuated victim made him the beneficiary of her fortune.
Leonard needs […]
Not many bands can split up and have its members start multiple bands that take the original sound and morph it into something big. That’s what the English Beat did, and they are coming to 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.
After breaking up in 1983, members of The English Beat, or as they are known in […]
Have you been lusting over one of the latest high-def, wide-screen, uber high-tech plasma televisions?
Less than one hundred years ago, people looked at home radios the same way.
Want to see where it all started? At the Radio and Television Museum in suburban Bowie, Maryland, you can step back in time and see […]
Happy President’s Day from Washington, DC. With the primary in full swing, I thought I might review the roots of the first presidential election and the Learning Center at the home of George Washington.
In both the first and second election for President (1789 and 1792) after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, General […]
Escape the cold of winter and visit the tropical warmth where orchids flourish, at the Orchid Show at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC.
Orchids (Orchidaceae) are the largest family of flowering plants, with over 22,000 documented varieties. The most common use of orchids is not for flower arrangements, but for the making of […]
In the latest annual Forbes survey of America’s most wired cities, Washington, DC came in at number 11, an improvement from it’s 14th place ranking last year.
The rankings are based on a combination of the adoption of broadband Internet access in the home, the number of companies providing high-speed Internet access in the […]
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Written by Jon Rochetti [email] for b5media.
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