Archive for January, 2010

New Director in Malaga

The history of Spain is as long and complicated as its rivers.  There’s no good way of telling where one part ends and the other begins, because everything is ultimately terribly connected, and not just in Spain, but to the rest of the world.  It’s one of the dizzying pleasures of the place, actually, because [...]

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New Yorkers have the Best Neurosis

Whilst in New York City, we wanted to see a Broadway, or an Off-Broadway show. We heard we could get some discount tickets at this queue in Times Square called TKTS booth, but you had to go on the day you want to see the show. We were there by 9:30am, because the TKTS booth [...]

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Jackson Hole Creaturess

The modern hotels located in Jackson Wyoming is the perfect place to prepare for you hunting adventure this area is known for. In Jackson, you are at the gate way to the Teton Mountains, Yellowstone Park and other areas that are filled with amazing animals. Way back in the early development of this valley called [...]

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New York Story: I Met This Woman

I met this woman.  There was this house, and I walked into the house, and met some old friends there, and there was this woman standing near a window.  I can’t remember if it was a window by a wall, or one of those windows that also serves as a door.  A sliding glass window, [...]

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Holy Motorcycle Manuals: The Byronic Batmobile

The motorcycle is an image of freedom and independence. How many teenagers go through that period and discover the classic movies like Born to Wild and Scorpio where Peter Fonda epitomizes the very freedom the American flag is supposed to symbolize with a helmet? The motorcycle is a part of the American consciousness, an almost [...]

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First Night in New York City and it Snows!

We found it hard to imagine any place more festive and more exciting than being in New York City. All the bright lights, the shoulder to shoulder crowds of people out on the city sideways and streets, the intoxicating smells of candied pecans. But, yet, we found ourselves all bundled up to thwart the chill [...]

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Olive in Shadows

There may not be any formal decision to attempt to approach immortality when someone sets off for a life in the theatre, but it’s something that underlies every part of it.  For the performer, getting an immediate emotional response from a large number of people is better than getting paid.  Perhaps that’s one of the [...]

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Cheese Steaks and American History in Philadelphia

There was no way for Carl to deny the historic significance of Philadelphia while he was there with his wife Shelly visiting her family. He had never been there before and when he agreed to go to the family reunion her cousin had organized he was interested in exploring this eastern city that had been [...]

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Port Market

There is a market a wonderful market nestled in the port of the beautiful city of Seattle Washington along the Puget Sound that is a must experience. If you have never been to Seattle but have had some interest in the area, now is the time to check into one of the hotel Seattle has [...]

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Is it Bribery, or Is it a Gift?

Officials in governments, and professionals in the business realms around the world, are struggling with semantics, with the exact definition of bribery.  When a gift is business related, is it always a bribe?  Or is it sometimes an innocent and honest gesture of appreciation?  One of the problems in the definition, is that the different [...]

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