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Zappa’s Monterey

Monterey, California has an awful lot to offer any visitor, with a wide variety of attractions, and a wealth of things to do. It’s very famous for its seaside life that attracts a kind of mythic quality. There are some days of glorious sunny beach weather, and other days where there is all the aura [...]

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Local New York

The list of famous New Yorkers is extensive, to say the least. Not only is the city famous for giving birth to a whole bunch of famous people in all fields, but there are recent philosophical ideas that suggest that our definitions of famous should be adjusted. This isn’t that simple idea that Warhol had, [...]

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Norah Jones in Atlanta

Georgia is a great place to see concerts. Its rich musical history acts as a not-so-silent witness to the spectacular musical present, and it’s possible to see multiple forms working at once. There are influences here that run very deep, and it’s no wonder that so many interesting and talented artists come out of Georgia. [...]

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Golfing in Orlando

Okay, can you believe that we went to Orland, Florida and did not go to Disney Land? And if you believe that, then can you believe that we’re also fun loving adventure seekers who get the most out of life? Hmmm, are those mutually exclusive statements or can they actually be applied to the same [...]

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Lafayette and Migration Patterns

Cultures migrating and cultures in migration voluntarily is sometimes understood as a very contemporary phenomenon. There is a history of peoples being forcibly removed through acts of violence and terrible injustice, or the idea of cultures moving because of oppressions from social conditions, the state, or economic conditions. There are also the countless wars that [...]

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A Beverage Museum in Atlanta

If you’ve come to Atlanta, Georgia, and you’re an American, it almost seems a rite of passage that you should go to the World of Coca-Cola Museum. The soft drink has been around since 1886 when an Atlanta pharmacist named John Pemberton mixed together a dark liquid the color of caramel and took a couple [...]

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Seattle Sounders are Supreme

After a long walk to downtown Seattle, I started to walk some more, all the way to the Space Needle. Along the way, I snapped some pictures of the building featured in the TV show ‘Grey’s Anatomy‘. Once I reached the observation deck, which is 520 feet up, I started taking more pictures while the [...]

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St. Louis Massacre and Missouri During the Civil War

Missouri is one of those states in the Midwest that has states all around it. Some of those states seemed surrounded by other states, which of course they are, but I mean they really seem like they’re closed in. I guess it’s no different than states that sit on one of the coasts, they have [...]

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Son de Mi Tierra en Tampa

It’s not difficult to find good Cuban music in Tampa. The city itself is small, but the Tampa Bay area has a fairly large population, and it’s one of the more diverse places in Florida. There is a lively local culture, or constellation of cultures, which means there is always something interesting to do. It’s [...]

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The History…of the New York City Hotdog

The frank, the dog, the weenie, the frankfurter…the hotdog. This is subject of the quest that I was asked to take with my father. He had recently retired from the Phoenix Police Force. After 20 years of patrolling South Phoenix, and another ten years as a detective working with stolen cars, he wanted to take [...]

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