Fringe Magnet: Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, August 7-29
If you want thousands of shows, hundreds of venues, steaming hot haggis, and 12-year-old Whiskey, get yourself to Edinburgh, Scotland for the 58th annual Fringe Festival. The Guiness Book of…
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The White House Flip-Flop Flap
Northwestern University’s national champion Women’s Lacrosse Team was invited to meet President Bush at the White House on July 12. Because several of the ladies chose to wear comfortable flip-flop…
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Online Learning
With the widespread use of online learning for all sorts of formal and informal educational programs it is no surprise that there are course on the internet to learn about…
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Southern Comfort Food: B. Smith’s
If you want to try Southern food without the grits, put the napkin under your chin at B. Smith’s. We ate recently at her gorgeous restaurant in historic Washington, DC’s…
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Ts for H20: Scubapunk
From the cutting-edge Cool Hunting: They’re clean. They’re simple. They’re fashion forward. They’re T-shirts with slogans about underwater life. They’re called Scubapunk. Cool Hunting says: “Like its name, Scubapunk juxtaposes…
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Big Deal in the Big Easy: Soniat House
Here’s a great rate on the only New Orleans hotel included in Small Luxury Hotels in the World. Built in 1830, Soniat House in the French Quarter was named by…
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Latina Fashionista: Thalia
Mexican pop star Thalia believes in bright colors and lots of gold jewelry. The muy bonita former Spanish-speaking soap opera star turned singer is now designing a line of Thalia…
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Stuff you don’t read in cookbooks…..importance of ingredients.
The core belief I have as a cook is very important to me. Ingredients are what make a cook good or bad. It can be the difference between a horrible…
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Happy Blogday: Vagablond’s 150th Anniversary
Today, we’re celebrating a milestone of sorts… This is our 150th blog since we went live on April 12. That’s more than one per day. Now, as we continue to…
