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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. - […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Call it a soup or a stew, I love gumbo. Chicken gumbo. Fish gumbo. Shrimp gumbo. Chicken and sausage gumbo. As long as it’s rich and spicy.
I fell in love with gumbo on my first trip to New Orleans, close to 20 years ago.
Since then, I’ve been working on the perfect gumbo recipe.
And […]
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