Author: Anje Vela
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Travel Tidbits – Take a trip to the realities of ‘Portlandia’
Take a trip to the realities of ‘Portlandia’ Portlandia, the eccentric sketch comedy show on cable station IFC, has been amassing fans and, after two seasons, put Portland, Ore., on the pop-culture map…The Dallas Morning News Sydney Travel Guide Sydney perennially occupies the upper ranks of readers’ favorite cities… Travel…
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Jazz Fest kicks off New Orleans festival season
From The Dallas Morning News New Orleans festivals are as strong as they’ve ever been. Jazz Fest kicked off this weekend, with more music planned May 3-6 at the Fair Grounds racing track, followed by New Orleans Cajun-Zydeco Festival in June, Essence Music Festival in July, Satchmo Summerfest in August and the Voodoo Music Experience…
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Travel Tidbits – The world’s weirdest festivals
The world’s weirdest festivals Some of the world’s most bizarre festivals, from tomato throwing to baby jumping… Telegraph (London) Where to Find Perfect Pork Dumplings in San Francisco One thing that is an absolute can’t-leave-until-you-do-it priority–find an awesome Chinese restaurant… Conde Nast Traveler Top five…
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Earthship Biotecture Green Buildings – Taos, New Mexico
Originally posted on Traveling Vegan: I discovered an intriguing documentary title on Netflix, the Garbage Warrior. After reading about it and watching a trailer I added it to the Netflix queue. It’s about architect Michael Reynolds and his vision of how a structure should be built in consideration of the environment. He’s been involved in…
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The Greystone Mansion
Originally posted on It's A Magical World Old Buddy: The Greystone Mansion sits near Sunset Strip in Beverly Hills California. The Mansion was constructed in 1928 by Edward Doheny as a gift to his son. Doheny was an oil entrepreneur infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. The Mansion cost 3 million dollars…
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Travel Trivia in New York
What are the five boroughs in NY? Queens Staten Island Brooklyn Manhatten Bronx All About Travel 6104 Northwest 63 Oklahoma City, OK 73132 info [at] allabout-travel.com 405.384.3880 Travel Tidbits – Love bluegrass music? This cruise is for you Year of the Golden Gate Bridge Making all her…
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Streets of San Francisco
Originally posted on From Barcelona to Bali: Hands-down, one of my favourite American cities is San Francisco. Although the whole state of California is pretty freakin’ rad, SFO really does stand out. It’s not a beach city, but what it offers in cuisine, attractions, shopping (!), general friendliness and yes, lots of weirdness, more than…
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Steel Bridge Songfest 2012 – Four Days of Music and Discovery: June 7-10, 2012
From the Steel Bridge Songfest site: Steel Bridge Songfest June 7-10, 2012 We started as a grassroots group called the S.O.B.’s (Save Our Bridge) about 11 years ago, organized to save the historic Michigan Street Bridge from the scheduled wrecking ball. Around 2005, we grew into Citizens for Our Bridge, Inc, a 501(c)3 non-profit. To…
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