Tag: architecture
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introducing! the monthly museum
Hang around with denizens of the DC metro area long enough, and eventually you’ll hear someone lament, “I really don’t take enough advantage of all the things that DC has to offer.” When we locals have guests in town, we typically make a circuit of the same locations: the memorials around the Tidal Basin, the… Read more
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5 things to do in new orleans other than eating and drinking
The city of New Orleans conjures for most people images of drunken debauchery. Drinking monstrously large hurricanes at Pat O’Brien’s. Waltzing down Bourbon Street with open beers in hand. Women flashing their boobs in exchange for Mardi Gras beads. Of course, there’s also the gluttony—oysters, fried fish, shrimp, jambalaya, gumbo, étouffée, beignets, po-boys. The list… Read more
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how to stop worrying and love a layover in san juan
Everything was brightly colored, from the paint on the multihued townhomes, to the turquoise waters of the Atlantic on the north side and the Caribbean on the south side, to the fuchsia bougainvillea that spilled over terraces, to the tiny little mosaics that marked the street numbers of houses or depicted the patron saints of… Read more