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  1. Buh Bye BoA Cinema & Wonder Bar

    Blog: My Kind of Town (& Around) - 2 January 2011

    As the new year rolls in, we bid adieu to a couple of long-standing if under-the-radar Chicago entertainment venues.

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  2. Photo of the Day: Snowman in NYC 2010 Winter Blizzard

    Blog: Two Backpackers - 31 December 2010

    Photo courtesy of Michael Kowalski. This picture of a snowman in New York City was taken during the winter blizzard of 2010. Related posts:Photo of the Day: Christmas in NYC Times Square Photo of the Day: Cruise Ships & NYC Skylines Photo of the Day: Statue of Liberty Monument © Jason for Two Backpackers, 2010. [...]

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  3. Watch Me On KSNV Tonight For New Year's Eve!

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 31 December 2010

    I'm sort of co-anchoring one of KSNV's New Year's Eve locations tonight with reporter Marie Mortera, so tune into Channel 3 from about 10 p.m.

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  4. Daily Travel Photo – Monument Valley, Arizona

    Blog: Everything Everywhere - 31 December 2010

    Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.

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  5. Celebrate Good Times

    Blog: Vermont's Insider Guide to Kid Friendly Fun - 31 December 2010

    There are a whole slew of family friendly activities happening to help you ring in the New Year with friends and family. From Montpelier to Burlington there are First Night celebrations all around.  One family friendly performance not to be missed is the Re-Bop Extravaganza. This event features singing local kids and guest artists including [...]

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  6. This Week's LVW Col: The Olds Do Cosmo

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 31 December 2010

    Hope everyone has been having a terrific holiday week. Enjoy. -sfCosmo...harrumph!The Olds do the newest Strip propertyBy STEVE FRIESS

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  7. Revisited: Rincon, Puerto Rico

    Blog: Vagabond3 - 31 December 2010

    I grew up in a surfing family and because of this, many of our family vacations are centered around tropical locations where surfing is the main attraction.  One of my...

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  8. FREE Rides and Endless Brunch at Bondi Road and Sunburnt Cow

    Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 30 December 2010

    Happy almost 2011! New Year, New You, amirite?!?! I know you’ve got a big long list brewing of all the stuff New You is going to kick ass at next year, like to stop waking up with mystery hickeys and taking cabs to bars. But Bondi Road and Sunburnt Cow are one step ahead of you, dear friend.

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  9. One Cheapskate's Favorite Free Attractions in Seattle

    Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 30 December 2010

    Pondering the sweeping view from the Space Needle. Cruising Seattle's harbor and Lake Union. Poking a star fish at the Seattle Aquarium, albeit gently and with only one finger. Just some of the fun stuff in Seattle that we did and paid an admission fee to enjoy.Looking back at the 4 days we spent in the Emerald City, here are some FREE attractions in Seattle that I equally enjoyed, and not just because of their non-existent price tag.Waterfall Garden Park in Pioneer Square

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  10. Wood-fired Up: Za Za in the Heights.

    Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 29 December 2010

    Za Za is a puzzle piece that was missing from the Little Rock landscape for too long. Before the pizzaria-salad-and-gelato shop opened up in the Heights, there really wasn’t a Napoli-style wood-fired pizza available in Central Arkansas.

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  11. Stories of flying

    Blog: Sophie's World - 29 December 2010

    Recently, a friend of mine was on a plane hit by lightning. Seemed scary enough, but the pilot had quickly explained very calmly that it was nothing to worry about....Stories of flying is a post from Sophie's World

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  12. Union Hall: Go for the Bocce, Stay for the Bathrooms

    Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 29 December 2010

    I am unfortunately not in NYC right now for the shit ton of snow and to punch people who use the word “snowpocalypse,”  but agree that it looks like father winter was super drunk and got carried away with the whole weather thing.

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  13. A B+ For Sinatra Dance With Me

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 28 December 2010

    I finally got out to see "Sinatra Dance With Me" at the Wynn last night, several weeks after chatting with choreography legend Twyla Tharp and hearing primarily good things from Mike Weatherford (

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  14. Shellfishin’ NYC: Eat Rich Even Though You’re Poor

    Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 28 December 2010

    One of the ways in which I pretend like I’m rich, or just forget that I’m living in a constant looming threat of homelessness, is by eating shellfish. That’s right, shellfish. Mussels are the perfect way to pretend like you’re eating a full meal when you’re actually just eating a series of small sea creatures.

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  15. Daily Travel Photo – White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

    Blog: Everything Everywhere - 28 December 2010

    Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.

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  16. Reader Railroad: End of the Line?

    Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 28 December 2010

    Have the last days of the last exclusively-steam-powered common carrier standard gage railroad left in North America passed us by?

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  17. Aces, The Podcast

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 December 2010

    I corralled Emily out of her Michigander sabbatical to join me for a special phone edition of The Petcast last night to talk about and document the wondrous -- and all too rare -- joy of getting to know a new pet li

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  18. Travels of 2010

    Blog: Sophie's World - 27 December 2010

    Looking back on the travelling year 2010, I see I didn’t stick with my plans. Nothing new there. Instead, I went with the flow – and cheap flights. So here...Travels of 2010 is a post from Sophie's World

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  19. Another Reason She's Called Aces

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 December 2010

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  20. $2 Brewskie Madness Every Monday at the Lone Star

    Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 27 December 2010

    One thing the current owners wanted to retain when they took over the Lone Star Saloon a year ago was the blue collar charm and clientele. Although blue collar is an increasingly rare species in these parts, menu-wise the bar seems to be doing it’s best to keep it’s watering hole stocked like any concerned conservationists. On [...] Related posts:Drinking in A Factory Town at the Sea Star Club

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  21. A Good No-Sign For Aria?

    Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 December 2010

    Perhaps as a Christmas gift to good taste, prestigious architects, their own alleged high-class vision and this blog, look at what the MGM Resorts brain trust did over the weekend:

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  22. How I left Hawaii and Started Living

    Blog: Vagobond.com - 27 December 2010

    Before I left the USA, I decided to see some of the things I might regret missing just in case I never returned...By train across the USA.

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  23. Guide To Hating Your BFF’s Significant Other

    Blog: Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website - 27 December 2010

    There are few worse things in this world to happen to a friendship when you absolutely hate your friend’s boyfriend or girlfriend. Perhaps it’s totally justified, and perhaps it’s not.

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  24. A Funny Thing happened on the Gourmet Seattle Tour

    Blog: Travel Adventures of Newman - 27 December 2010

    After yesterday's mild weather, today's howling winds that knocked over newspaper bins and made pedestrians clutch their coats tighter made me think, "Ah, so this is what Seattle's weather is really like."  My fellow participants and myself on the Gourmet Seattle Tour were not to be deterred by such trifling things as rain, wind, and if present, snow, and pressed on with the tough task of sampling some of Seattle's best food on our 3-hour downtown gastronomic adventure.

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  25. Boston Celtic Music Festival on the way

    Blog: Music Road - 27 December 2010

    January in Boston is usually a time when the weather is unpredictable, maybe cold, might snow, a time that draws people to think of staying indoors. That plays a part in why the Boston Celtic Music Festival takes place then.

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