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Atlanta is for Louvre-ers
Posted by rachael dunlap on October 20, 2008 Le Musée du Louvre? Ici? Oui! Thanks to a ongoing partnership between the Louvre and Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, you can view a selection of the Louvre’s masterpieces sans international airfares. The exhibit, titled “The Louvre and the Masterpiece,” is the third and final installment in a series of year-long exhibits on loan from…
Deep-Fried Jelly Beans? Only in Texas
Posted by rachael dunlap on October 10, 2008 As a Texas native, I always look forward to this time of year, not because of fall foliage and temperatures that hover somewhere between brisk and perfection—autumn is somewhat of an abstract concept in Texas—but because this is Texas State Fair season. I’ve never been to any other state fairs, but I have a…
Strange Planet: Water to Wine
Posted by rachael dunlap on October 8, 2008 A recent article by the BBC led me to the conclusion that Italy just may be the place for me. After all, who wouldn’t want to visit (or live in!) a land where wine flows like water? Literally. Just this week, residents of Marino, Italy were pleasantly surprised when, instead of tap water, wine began…
Smithsonian Ocean Exhibit Grand Opening
Posted by rachael dunlap on September 26, 2008 Whether you made it to the beach or not this summer, you will definitely want to head over to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History this weekend to learn all about the unseen organisms lurking in the sand under your beach blanket…right?? Fine. Even if the fact that over half of all animal phyla…
Going-to-the-Pie Road
Posted by rachael dunlap on September 16, 2008 For me, the famed Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park leads to so much more than breathtaking vistas and exhilarating hikes–it leads to pie. More specifically, it leads to strawberry-rhubarb pie with a big scoop of vanilla ice-cream at the Park Café in St. Mary, Montana. I have been visiting Glacier with my family for…
Peddler-free Pyramids?
Posted by rachael dunlap on September 16, 2008 In the future, when you visit the Giza Pyramids, you can do so in peace and quiet. No hawkers selling you trinkets or trying to persuade you to ride a camel. None of the cacophony one expects from anything in the proximity of bustling Cairo. You can expect nothing but pyramids, peace, and quiet –…
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Posted by rachael dunlap on September 12, 2008 So, one wouldn’t exactly call anywhere in Texas during the month of August “paradise,” but the greasy, cheeseburger goodness I enjoyed in the East Texas town of Mt. Pleasant had me humming Jimmy Buffet all the same. When my boyfriend and I pulled up to the small metal building that is Randy’s Burgers a few…
Raising the Dead…Sea
Posted by rachael dunlap on August 27, 2008 Do a quick Google Images search of “Dead Sea.” The results will likely yield plenty of pictures of the sea’s signature blue waters, a few maps, and, of course, snapshots of people just sitting around – sitting around effortlessly on top of the water, that is. This environmental oddity – the lowest and the saltiest…
Wall Arch Collapses in Utah
Posted by rachael dunlap on August 12, 2008 The old saying, “from ashes to ashes and dust to dust,” seems all too appropriate given the recent news from Utah’s Arches National Park. Wall Arch (above), which was one of the park’s most-photographed natural arches, collapsed last week, leaving behind a mound of rocks and rubble. Though the arch was located along the popular…
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