The world may be nearing a financial armageddon meltdown, America may be holding one of the most important elections ever that the whole world is waiting for with bated breath, but the French, in a typical display of nuttiness, forget all that and are going ga-ga over their flashy President’s obsession with a voodoo doll. That’s […]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Thomas
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I was torn between writing about haunted hotels and pumpkin fests. The pumpkins won. So here’s all the pumpkin news thats fit for Halloween. Let’s start with Boston, where competitors are paddling pumpkins on Lake Champlain in Burlington for the first annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta. Giant pumpkins, between 500-1000 pounds each, were hollowed out and lowered […]

Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Thomas
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Its that time of the year again, when the cream of the country’s elitists gather in New York for a three day talkfest which is likely to emit more hot air and do more damage to global warming than all the foreigners (think French tourists burping garlic and cheese, German tourists with their beer burps at […]

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by Thomas
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No time like the present for Chicago vacations, cause Chi-town is dancing to a different beat until Sept 25th 2008. That’s for the city-wide, multi venue 10th annual World Music Festival Chicago 2008, which began on Sept 19th.
Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the Festival, which showcases both traditional and contemporary music […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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BBQ, beer, beaches and bands. That’s what you call a good LA weekend. Noon to 6 pm, Sept 13 and 14, Santa Monica Beach gets converted into one giant BBQ grill for the Los Angeles BBQ Festival (www.labbqfest.com/), with authentic barbeque from Texas, Kansas City and Mississippi, in addition to the local Los Angeles bbq pitmasters like […]

Posted on September 13th, 2008 by Thomas
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It’s official! New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared that New Orleans was a ‘Ghost City’. Of course, that was way before Hurricane Gustav decided not to drown New Orleans, and the entire world was watching as millions of people high-tailed it out of the Big Easy and the rest of the Gulf Coast.
Now they’ll all […]

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by Thomas
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Epcot ® is one of Disney’s theme parks at Disney World, Florida, which helps you “see the world in a day and explore the possibilities of the future”. And if you’re fond of food & wine tastings, then you need to be on hand to explore the world’s cuisine in a day (or a few days) at the 13th Annual […]

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Thomas
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With Seattle’s finicky weather, end of summer might not be the best time to hit the beaches, but its Saturday, August 23 2008, which is a whole new thing, cause its time to take your bucket and shovel and head for Westlake Park, Seattle.
Well, not exactly. You don’t need the shovel, unless you plan to knock off a […]

Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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Move over PostModernism, and RIP Art Deco. Because we’re now in the age of Art Greeno. As in Green Art. As in Eco-friendly Art. And Sunday was the first time ‘A Midsummer Green Day’ was held at the 42nd annual Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival (June 27 to August 31 2008).
In addition to gawking at […]

Posted on August 19th, 2008 by Thomas
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Sunday, Sept 7 2008, from 5-8 pm, Monrovia, CA hosts the 7th annual Food, Wine & Jazz Festival at Myrtle Avenue (between Lime Ave and Colorado Blvd) in the heart of Old town Monrovia.  Photo copyrights - City of Monrovia
Its a casual end-of-summer bash with specialty dishes and items from area restaurants with a neat list of California wines […]

Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Thomas
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