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Early Green City
Number of Comments » 0Well, now a days there is a lot of emphasis put on being green. You know, the movement to try to not pollute the world with our human creations. The will to keep as many trees and plants growing in our cities and forests as we can. Now that the environment is changing and the [...]
The Nutcracker Remains Swiftrank Popular Ballet
Number of Comments » 0One of the most popular seasonal events to attend occurs every year in the month of December throughout many, if not most of the cities across the nation. In fact attending a production of this particular show at least once on a person’s lifetime is almost considered mandatory and it is extremely common for it [...]
Tropical Fast Lane
Number of Comments » 0Well I never thought I would say this but I want to go for an ATV ride in Cancun Mexico. What a blast. We ride our own quads all the time in the United States but how fun to go on a tropical adventure. From your hotel, Cancun is beckoning you to come and play. [...]
Battlefields and Ghosts of Gettysburg
Number of Comments » 0If you’re making a tour of the United States’ national parks, one you shouldn’t miss is the Gettysburg National Military Park, a park and museum that commemorates, at fifty-one thousand casualties, one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War, when the Union won over Robert E. Lee’s second and most ambitious try at invading [...]
The Maps of Ptolemy
Number of Comments » 0Literature and art have long been considered a road map to the human soul, to the history of different societies and cultures through time. This is also true of the world map, it was a means for people to communicate about much more than the geography of an area. The old maps of the time [...]
Benjamin Franklin’s Contribution to Fireplace Design
Number of Comments » 0One of the many contributions that Benjamin Franklin made throughout his life was to the use of wood burning stoves and fireplaces. He discovered that when a fireplace is put on the wall of a house, a wall that is an outside wall, with no other rooms behind it, that much of the heat the [...]
Hot Tubs and Relaxing in Stages
Number of Comments » 0Buying a hot tub is an exciting proposition. It means that you’ll have a way to calm down your mind and body at the end of every day, and learn how to enjoy the moments as they come. It’s much easier to enjoy a moment, of course, if there’s splendid physical pleasure involved, and that’s [...]
Let’s Ski
Number of Comments » 0Now were talking. Sitting along a massive Alps mountain side in the deep snow with a warm hot tot-tie waiting for the fog to lift so we can see the tips of the peaks at sunset. Saas Fee hotels are charming and rich with hospitality and a beautiful natural setting. This is the place to [...]
The Beginning of a Neighborhood Renovation in Sausalito, California
Number of Comments » 0When I first moved to Sausalito, California I had no idea what to expect. I had shipped all of my belonging through UPS a week prior to my flight, to a city I had never been to before and was feeling a bit apprehensive if the truth be told. My boyfriend, who was living in [...]
New York Residents Spend Weekend in Atlantic City
Number of Comments » 0What do you do when you’re a tourist visiting the city of New York? You probably go to a Broadway play. And what do you do when you are a resident of New York? Well, you might likely go to a Broadway play as well, though you are also extremely likely to cross the river [...]