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Best July Fourth fireworks + concerts

Best July Fourth fireworks + concerts

The Fourth of July and fireworks displays go together like hot dogs and mustard, kids and ice cream. Here are four of the best places in the United States for Fourth of July celebrations:   New York City — The biggest and best, of course, is the annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display, the nation’s
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Quebec Winter Carnival 2013 is world’s largest annual snow festival

Quebec Winter Carnival 2013 is world’s largest annual snow festival

The world’s largest annual winter carnival is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec.  It is 17 days of fun in the snow, February 1 to February 17, 2013. The daily schedule of festivities includes  parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant foot ball game, concerts, snow sculptures, horse-drawn sleigh rides, dogsled rides, snow sculptures,
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Quebec Winter Carnival 2011 is World’s Largest Snow Festival

Quebec Winter Carnival 2011 is World’s Largest Snow Festival

The world’s largest winter carnival is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec.   It is 17 days of fun in the snow, from January 28 to February 13, 2011. The daily schedule of festivities includes  parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant foot ball game, concerts, snow sculptures, horse-drawn sleigh rides, dogsled rides, an
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Munich Oktoberfest Celebrates 200th Anniversary in 2010

Munich Oktoberfest Celebrates 200th Anniversary in 2010

Germany is justifiably famous for its great beer and wine festivals, which start in late summer or early fall and focus on regional wines, beers, and culinary specialties.  The most famous is the Munich Oktoberfest, the world’s oldest and largest beer festival , which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2010.  Festival dates this year are
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Visiting Rhinebeck, NY After the Chelsea Clinton Wedding

Visiting Rhinebeck, NY After the Chelsea Clinton Wedding

It will take a while for Rhinebeck, New York, to  return to normal, now that it’s been in the world spotlight for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton to Mark Mezvinsky. But Rhinebeck  has been around since the 1600s, and it will survive, and will return to being a charming, tranquil place that welcomes visitors. Rhinebeck’s
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Five Best Places for July Fourth Fireworks and Concerts

Five Best Places for July Fourth Fireworks and Concerts

The Fourth of July and fireworks displays go together like hot dogs and mustard, kids and ice cream.  Here are five of the best places in the United States to watch Fourth of July fireworks: New York City The biggest and best, of course, is the annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display.  This year again,
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Remembering Dennis Hopper, Taos, “Easy Rider”, Hippies and Harleys

Remembering Dennis Hopper, Taos, “Easy Rider”, Hippies and Harleys

Summer of Love: In May 2009, exactly one year before Dennis Hopper passed away from the ravages of cancer, he was in Taos, New Mexico, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie “Easy Rider”, where much of that iconic 1969 movie was filmed. I had the great good fortune of meeting him and interviewing
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“American Graffiti” Sixties Car & Music Festival

“American Graffiti” Sixties Car & Music Festival

Rev up your engines and head for the Sixties in London — the one in Ontario, Canada, not the one in England.  The Seventh Annual Fleetwood Country Cruize on June 4th and 5th, 2010 celebrates the iconic coming-of-age 1973 film “American Graffiti”. Be whisked back decades at a recreation of Mel’s Diner with Candy Clark, Bo
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Quebec Winter Carnival 2010

Quebec Winter Carnival 2010

The biggest winter carnival in the world is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec.   This year’s three weeks of fun in the snow is from  January 29 to February 14, 2010. Three weeks of festivities at the Quebec Winter Carnival include  parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant foot ball game, concerts, snow
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