Category: Stories
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New Jersey Wine and Food Festival with Thomas Keller as Guest of Honor
The 4th Annual New Jersey Wine and Food Festival will be held from March 30, 2012 to April 1, 2012. This event will benefit the James Beard Foundation and the Bocuse D’or USA Foundation and will be held at the Crystal Springs Resort. Famed chef, Thomas Keller, will attend as the guest of honor. Held…
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First Class Airfare-Not Like It Used To Be
Take a look at Jesse McKinley’s article entitled “What Happened To First Class?.” McKinley notes that first class is no longer defined by the benefits it provides. Instead, this often very expensive section of the aircraft is described as simply being “less horrible than coach.” This article also has an interesting portion that evaluates the…
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“Caribbean Garden” at the New York Botanical Garden
I’m in San Francisco right now with my brothers! I’ll fill you in later on our wonderful trip to the Napa region where we were invited to visit the beautiful campus of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. We had a great time dining at their restaurant, participating in one of the school’s unusual…
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NYC’s Fashion Events
Today ends New York City’s week long Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Click here to see recent runway photos and videos and interviews of famous designers. While I didn’t get the chance to go this year, my daughter, Sarah, and I were able to attend one of the last big fashion events of the city-Fashion’s Night Out.…
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More Than Mardi Gras: More Things To Do In New Orleans
Although New Orleans is well known for its Jazz music and festivities, there are many unrelated things to see as well: THINGS TO DO Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation: In 2007, Brad Pitt co-founded the Make It Right Foundation. The goal of this organization is to build 150 environmentally friendly homes in a New…
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More Than Mardi Gras-Great Food and Places to See in New Orleans
A popular saying in New Orleans, ” Laissez le Bon temp rouler” (pronounced Lazay lay Bon Tom Roulay), means “Let the good times roll!,” and the people of this city definitely live up to this credo through their food and attractions. GREAT FOOD The Big Easy is a relatively short plane ride from New York,…
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More Than Mardi Gras-Wonderful Winter Weekend in the Big Easy
This year’s New Orleans Mardi Gras festivities have just begun. But, as Robert and I discovered a little more than a month ago, there is so much more to experience in this city that is not only rich in its own unique culture and cuisine, but is also known as the birthplace of Jazz. The…
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Amazing Dead Sea Scrolls At NYC’s Discovery Time Square
Scroll Jar A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were invited by the Discovery Times Square in Manhattan to visit the world premiere of their traveling exhibit, “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times.” Called the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times, the Dead Sea Scrolls are 2,000 year old biblical…
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Things To Do In NYC This Week:Two New Never-Before-Seen Dead Sea Scrolls at the Discovery Times Square
The Discovery Times Square has announced that, on February 6,2012, its world premiere exhibit, “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times,” will be debuting 10 new scrolls. I’ve been told that two of these scrolls have never been seen before by the public. I enjoyed visiting this attraction a couple of weeks ago.…
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Fabulous Desserts at Culinary Institute of America’s Bocuse D’Or Gala
On January 29, 2012, it was time to celebrate after Richard Rosendale was declared the USA ‘s competitor for next January’s Bocuse D’Or in Lyon, France! Now that their present obligations had been completed, the participants were now able to move about freely, and I was able to meet the chefs including Thomas Keller. Then…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 