The DC Traveler

Jazz drummer Rashied Ali has successfully crossed the generations of jazz with his “free jazz” drumming.
Starting his career in the 1950s playing in blues and rock groups in Philadelphia, he moved to New York City and became an integral force in the avant-garde jazz scene.
In 1965, jazz great saxophonist John Coltrane decided to try two-drummers, selecting the legendary drummer Elvin Jones as his first, and Ali as the second.
Ali’s music is ”avant-garde jazz”, or perhaps better called “post-avant-garde”, or perhaps “post-bebop“, or maybe it’s called “organized free-form bebop”. But what ever your categorize it, it has a complex rhythm that brings …read more

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Watch the Navy’s Blue Angles in their F/A 18 Hornets perform their precision flying routine, numerous aerobatic champions, current and vintage military aircraft, world’s only husband-and-wife aerobatic and skywriting duo and a couple skydiving teams at the Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach.
 
 
Scheduled to appear at the show are:

The ever-popular and crowd pleasing Blue Angels’.
The awesome F/A-18C Hornet doing high-speed, high “G” maneuvers.
The cylinder-topped Navy E-2C Hawkeye tactical airborne warning and control plane.
The new breed of super-fighter, the F-22 Raptor.
Vintage prop warbirds flying along side modern high-tech jets from the Navy’s Legacy Flight Program.
Simulated air attacks, complete with pyrotechnics, smoke …read more

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According to a Forbes 7th annual report on the top cities for singles, Washington, DC was ranked at number six. 
According to the report, the District came in at the following rank in the various categories:
Culture: 6 (based on number of museums, pro sports teams, live theater and concert venues per capita)Nightlife: 6Singles: 7 (based on percent of never-married singles 15+) Job Growth: 18Cost Of Living Alone: 30Online Dating: 19 (rank based on active online dating profiles)Percent Not Married: 33% (41% nationwide)

And from another Forbes report, DC’s “Drunkest Cities Rank” was 20, tied with Baltimore, a stat probably more important to the college aged …read more

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The NFL preseason is here, and the Washington Redskins are looking… well, let’s hold off any evaluations just yet. Come on, it’s only the preseason and it doesn’t really count until the season opener on September 9th against the Miami Dolphins at FedEx Field.
Coming off Joe Gibb’s worst career coaching season at 5-11, a struggling offensive line and a relatively untested QB Jason Campbell, who has only 7 games under his belt in his 3 years with the Skins; the team has some challenges this season. But attending a Redskin’s game is still great fun.

But getting tickets to …read more

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Time for another great Carnival of Cities, this time hosted by Sheila at HomeTurfMedia. 
A few of this week’s submissions include:

A couple from Seattle, Food Tours and the Stanley Kubrick Film Festival.
Drinking at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City.
Help determine where you are in a city that straddles two states - Kansas City, KS & MO.
Why San Juan, PR is a great place to begin your cruise.
Some great ideas on getting comp’d in Viva Las Vegas. 
From Zurich, Switzerland, Jul writes about a restaurant in total darkness dark.

There’s more stories from more destinations, so check them all out.
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Technorati Tags: Washington DC, DC, Washington, …read more

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Visit the 16th century English village of Revel Grove, at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.  There you’ll find food vendors, crafts, five pubs, ten major stages, a jousting arena and lots of fun and games.
The highlights include an authentic full armor jousting competition, music and singers, jugglers, magicians, and the ever present pretty wenches.
Shops and crafters will be on hand to sell original works of art, stained glass, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, wood and leather-work, clothing, as well as  glass-blowing and other artists working on their craft. 

Also enjoy classic faire foods such as a smoked turkey leg, steak-on-a-stake, meat pies, sweet desserts and …read more

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Virgin America just gave travelers another option to get to Washington, DC from the West coast.
While Virgin America destinations are currently limited to flights between New York’s JFK and both San Francisco and Los Angeles, Washington Dulles is being added with twice daily flights to San Francisco starting on Sept. 26th.  Los Angeles (LAX) via SFO will be added on Oct. 24th, also twice daily.  You can also get to Las Vegas via San Francisco starting on Oct. 10th.
 
Using new Airbus A319 and 320 planes with a ton of features you don’t normally see in coach, VA is positioning itself as …read more

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The Arlington Annual World Music Festival brings together the rich cultures and music from around the globe. This family friendly event will feature WAMUs (88.5 FM) always entertaining noon time talk show host, Kojo Nnamdi, as the MC.
So pack a picnic and enjoy the world beat.

Bands scheduled to appear include:

4:00 - Hot Ska from Ska-Talites
5:00 - Brazilian percussionist Cyro Basptista
6:00 - New Orleans jazz band, Benny Jones, Sr. and the Treme Brass Band
7:00 - Latin Grammy winner Lila Downs
8:00 - South African jazz flugelhorn and cornet player, Hugh Masekela

Planet Arlington World Music Festival 2007 At the …read more

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Watch as 500 cats from around the nation fight it out at one of the largest cat shows in the country, nicknamed the Debutante’s Ball.
This Cat Fanciers’ Association competition is composed of a number of separate, concurrently running, individual competitions held in the various judging rings. Each show has its own judge and each ring has either Allbreed or Specialty cats competing.  Allbreeds allow any cat regardless of coat type (or length), while the a Specialty ring allows only cats of similar coat length (or type) to compete.
The show also features a selection of cat supplies, food and cat-friendly people to answer your …read more

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As the largest summer indoor Antiques Show in the country, the 27th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is the place for antique lovers.

With 550 total local, national and international antique dealers and 60 silver specialists, 30 specializing in Asian Arts, 70 in ceramics, porcelain and pottery and a wide selection of glass dealers selling Steuben, Heisey, Moser, Tiffany and more.
If you are a book collector, there’s also 60 antique book dealers with  rare books, first editions, manuscripts and autographs.

Baltimore Summer Antique Show Baltimore Convention Center 1 W. Pratt Street Baltimore, MD (map it)
Date and Time - Thursday, Aug. 30st - Sunday, …read more

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