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Midwest Music for Monday
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 7 May 2012
Music Monday Destination: The Ohio Valley, and history Music: Wilderness Plots, Rosehill Records performed by Tom Roznowski, Tim Grimm, Michael White, Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer Article by Kerry Dexter In a used bookstore in Bloomington, Indiana, Tim Grimm began leafing through a small book.
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Drinking in Ohio with Dickens
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 3 February 2012
Charles Dickens at 200 Destination: Ohio, 1842 Book: American Notes by Charles Dickens It would be quite unthinkable to let this month pass without paying homage to the 2nd centenary of one of our greatest and most popular writers–Charles Dickens, born February, 1812 (probably February 7). I’ve been dipping into some Dickens’ travel writing to supplement [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A
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A Christmas Story Story
Blog: My Kind of Town (& Around) - 6 December 2011
Now that it's cold enough outside to stick a tongue to a flagpole, I always think of Cleveland, Ohio. You probably do, too, without realizing it. Because the city holds the house from A Christmas Story, the 1983 film in which Ralphie yearns for a Red Ryder BB gun.
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Visit the Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 25 November 2011
Destination: Mansfield, Ohio Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) When I hear the term “movie magic,” rather than think of the technology– shadows move around so that we think they are real–I think of the magic as an unknowable X factor that appears for the fortunate few movies. Casablanca had it. Recently The King’s Speech had it.
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Louis Bromfield and Loving the Land in Ohio
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 14 November 2011
Destination: Ohio Book: Pleasant Valley (1945) by Louis Bromfield Louis Bromfield definitely got me thinking. About the complex man who won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and made waves along with contemporaries Sinclair Lewis and Hemingway and Fitzgerald, and why Bromfield has sunk out of view. About why he left his global meanderings to return [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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3 Tips for Choosing the Right Wine Festival
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 8 August 2011
Last weekend we made our annual trip to the Vintage Ohio wine festival in Cleveland, Ohio. The state may not be what you think of for a booming wine community, but the region is one of the best for farming in the entire country and has great soil for the production of grapes suitable for making wine.
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Indoor Waterpark Thrills with Kalahari Resorts
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 15 March 2011
What's an indoor waterpark? Sounds like a silly question if you live in the Midwest or East Coast where they are popular, but we don’t have them in California. Imagine three football fields filled with indoor water slides, lazy rivers, wave machines, and play structures. Put a cover over it and you've got an indoor waterpark — at least Kalahari style.
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USA Road Trip Day 6: Cleveland > Albany
Blog: Dotted Route - 2 September 2010
Trip Taken: 2010 Breakfast at Lucky’s Cafe Another one of Guy Fieri’s stops from ‘Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives’ was Lucky’s Cafe in a rather sketchy part of Cleveland. It was rather dilapidated with weeds growing in the sidewalks. There was what looked like an Russian...
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Road Trip Visits Ohio: The War Between the Sexes
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 25 August 2010
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Ohio Book: The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber Columbus is a town in which almost anything is likely to happen and in which almost everything has. James Thurber Columbus Vacations I lived a few blocks away from the Columbus Ohio house which humorist James Thurber lived while he attended [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library
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Road Trip Music: Ohio
Blog: Music Road - 18 August 2010
A place of change and challenge, testing and opportunity, successful experiments and failed ones, exploring new ways of living and seeing how familiar ones would work beyond the edges of civilization: this was the Ohio River Valley in the early years of the American republic. As the Great American Road Trip winds through the state of Ohio, the soundtrack comprises a set of songs about the people who ventured to that frontier, and how they faced the challenges the found there.
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Fireworks and American Culture: Personal Freedom and Contractual Obligations
Blog: PocketCultures - 16 July 2010
As I sat on the edge of a hill overlooking the beach in Vermilion, Ohio on the 4th of July (Independence Day in the USA), I looked across Lake Erie to the twinkling lights on the tall amusement rides of Cedar Point: mecca for roller-coaster enthusiasts the world over. I spent a week in the area visiting family, but as I’ve probably been to Cedar Point about 500 times in my life (I’m not exaggerating), I opted out of spending $45 and fighting the crowds this year.
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My Mother's Garden
Blog: The Silent I - 26 March 2010
In the fall, I went home to Ohio to attend the funeral of my uncle Larry, my dad's brother-in-law. It was a sad time for our family, but seeing my parents, aunts, and cousins made it all more bearable for...
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The Whole of the USA in one Travel Book:Grand Prize #3
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 27 January 2010
Grand Prize #3 AND The Great American Road Trip Destination: The American Road Book: The USA Book: A Journey Through America (2009) from Lonely Planet. This book weighs a ton. Well not QUITE a ton, but you know what I mean. It is a nice big coffee table book printed on fine, heavy paper to show off the [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Elvis’ 75th Birthday
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 6 January 2010
The modern-day Presley Traveler will want to hit the road this year. Elvis’ 75th birthday is January 8 and events around the USA are planning on bigger cakes than usual. For starters, here are a few worthy clips to review along with the top Elvis (or ‘fake Elvis’) attractions around the country. YouTube videos worth seeing: Why [...]
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Cincinnati: Chili, Cheese Coneys and Contemporary Art
Blog: Travelogged - 11 November 2009
On Saturday, I took a day trip to Cincinnati from Southern Indiana, where I was spending the weekend visiting family. Just a 90-minute drive away, Cincy promised to offer plenty of culinary and artistic options to explore.
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GoogleMap Drivers' Eating Habits
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 5 September 2009
Sometimes it just pays to pack a lunch.
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