The Smallest Large City: The City of Trees.
By the end of this adventure you’ll love my city. But first, I’ll give you directions. You are looking at quite a nice solar system. Nine planets – oops, I mean eight...
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The Time I Ate A Guinea Pig
“Cuy, quiero cuy!” These were the desperate words that escaped my mouth as my family and I scrounged the Ecuadorian mountainside, searching high and low for the famous cuy;...
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Namaste – Welcome To India, The Country Of The Lotus
Namaste is the greeting used in India. It means: the divine light within me bows to the divine light within you. My family has visited India twice, and we hope to go there again in...
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When In Rome…
Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved learning about Rome. One of the first chapter books I ever read was the Magic Tree House story about Roman times—I was especially fascinated by the...
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Mediocrity At Its Finest: A Tour of Stafford County, Virginia
Cleverly disguised as a bedroom community (or as the highway sign says, “A Certified Business Location”), Stafford County is the southernmost county in Northern Virginia, with supposedly...
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Hidden Gem
It was a mile walk. Well, 0.9 miles exactly, if one plans to take the same walk I did, from the parking garage on the Country Club Plaza to Southmoreland Park. And what a beautiful...
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Where Everyday Meets New Meaning
Located in Lincoln Heights in Lincoln Park right next to East Los Angeles College and a walk away from the USC Institute for Global Help, is a place that is rich with culture. Plaza De la Raza is...
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