Monthly Archives: May 2010

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Temecula, California Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Think of an annual festival where huge numbers of hot air balloons take to the skies and what comes to mind? OK, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, sure, I get that. But … Continue reading

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Even Artichokes Have Hearts

Annual Castroville Artichoke Festival Castroville, California The artichoke is a confusing vegetable; Curly Howard once threatened, “I’d like to meet the guy who invented this barbed-wire pineapple”. The Globe artichoke we’re familiar with in the U.S. is a native of … Continue reading

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Hunting High and Low

Liverpool, UK Radio City Tower, The Williamson Tunnels While Liverpool’s main draw from a tourist standpoint is that The Beatles lived there, there is a wide variety on non-Fab Four things to see and do there. The best way to … Continue reading

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Blame It On The Bossa Nova

Ta Bom Brazilian Food Truck Los Angeles County, California To many of the non-Portuguese speaking Angelenos who see Ta Bom coming, the name emblazoned on the front gets alliterated to “The Bomb”. Ilse Marques and her twin daughters Jackie and … Continue reading

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Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog

Halloween in Salem, Massachuestts Salem, Massachusetts is as synonymous with Halloween as Times Square is with New Year’s Eve, and with good reason; Salem has the dubious reputation of having burned witches at the stake in the early years of … Continue reading

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