 | A Night At The Roxbury
2003-08-26, Los Angeles, United States. By: celind73 | | A night at the Roxbury. They told us the place was pretty nice. And it was pretty nice. We didn't have any problems getting in, as did the two nerdy guys in the movie a few years later. Maybe the dinn... |
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| Democracy On Bourbon Street
2003-08-26, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | Razzoo’s is the name of the nightclub. One of the most popular on Bourbon Street. It’s usually crowded on weekends. So also today. A couple of guys start fighting on the dance floor. Probably over a w... |
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| Party In Pontiac
2003-07-26, Pontiac, United States. By: celind73 | | Pontiac knows how to party. The World Cup was the excuse they needed. There are people everywhere in downtown Pontiac. Beer stands everywhere. Especially the Bud girl. Long, brown hair, and wearing a ... |
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| Road To Hana
2003-08-26, Maui, HI, United States. By: celind73 | | The road to Hana is apparently a must on Maui. There is no room for passing the car in front of you. Even if there was, passing one car would only put you behind the next one. The idea of going to Han... |
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| Cutting Through Oahu
2003-08-26, Oahu, HI, United States. By: celind73 | | It's not any bus. It's The Bus. Public transportation system on Oahu, that is. Takes you everywhere, on one monthly bus pass. Problem is, it takes everyone else the same places. Lawyers or homeless, a... |
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| Crossing The Lake By Car
2003-08-26, Lake Pontchartrain, LA, United States. By: celind73 | | It’s never raises more than a few feet above the water. It’s straight as an arrow. The fact still remains; Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge in the world. 25 miles of bridge between Metairi... |
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| Escape From Alcatraz
2003-08-26, Interstate No 5, CA, United States. By: celind73 | | A day-trip to San Francisco from Los Angeles is not to recommend. It's a 6 hr drive on the interstate, one way. Sort of a hit-n-run experience. You step on it to make the most out of your day in SF, b... |
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| White Trash
2003-08-26, Texas City, United States. By: celind73 | | Greyhound Bus. Low budget travelling at its very worst. All across America in cold, uncomfortable buses. People who can’t afford going by plane or train. Or people who enjoy the ride on the roads. Or ... |
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| When The Saints Go Marching In
2003-08-24, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | The Saints are having a good season. Despite the absence of the two biggest stars. Therefore, the crowd more or less fills the Superdome. This game the Broncos of Denver are too good though. Nobody se... |
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| Jazz With Sting
2003-08-23, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | Jazzfest is for everybody. Even the locals of New Orleans, for whom Mardi Gras is just another Tuesday. But, at Jazzfest, Orleanians can focus on what makes life worthwile - food and music. There's to... |
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| The Adams Family
2003-08-24, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | "I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime. Played it til my fingers blead. It was the summer of 69." Those opening lines from the opening act more or less guarantee a good show. ... |
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| Strip Concert
2003-08-24, Los Angeles, United States. By: celind73 | | Sunset Strip is at our feet. Problem is, we don't know where to go. No references, no recommendations, nada. So, when the scalper offers us tickets to a concert at the House of Blues, we accept the of... |
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| Pasadena Pow Wow
2003-08-24, Pasadena, United States. By: celind73 | | The heat is relentless. The people who built the Rose Bowl should maybe have considered building it not in the Valley, but in a cooler location. Oh, well, too late now, and the crowd shows up anyway. ... |
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| You Shook Me All Night Long
2003-08-24, Biloxi, United States. By: celind73 | | Slash’s Snakepit is trying to get the crowd in the right mood. Slash was once in Guns’n’Roses. Now he’s gone solo. With a new band. Or whatever. He should have stayed with Axl. But when Angus and frie... |
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| A Regular Day At Work
2003-08-24, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | The day started off as an above average day. Michael Jordan announced his comeback with the Wizards. Given the tedious tasks at the bank, this was likely to be the most exciting news during the day. N... |
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| Gameday
2003-08-24, Los Angeles, United States. By: celind73 | | Gameday in Los Angeles. Game six of the final series LA Lakers - Philadephia Sixers 2001. The setting is ideal for a good time. Warm and sunny, party on the rooftop in LA. Barbeque and beer. The excit... |
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| Battle Field Illinois
2003-08-24, Chicago, United States. By: celind73 | | Soldier Field is a fantastic name for a sports stadium. An ancient tone to it, intimidating for guests, illustrative of the events taking place on the pitch. The construction is equally original with ... |
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| Where Y'at?
2003-08-23, New Orleans, United States. By: celind73 | | A proper guide to New Orleans should begin with a proper pronunciation of the name. If you want to be on a good footing with the locals, do NOT say “New Orleens”. If you’re writing a song, it is gener... |
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| The Aquarium Experience
2003-08-23, Hanauma Bay, HI, United States. By: celind73 | | It's like sticking your head into an aquarium, and watch the act. Hanauma Bay has the perfect features for tourists. Rather small bay, shallow, with a reef separating the ocean from the lagoon. Hundre... |
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| How About Them Big Apples?
2003-08-23, New York, United States. By: celind73 | | Bright lights, big city. New York City is it. As long as you don't drag your feet behind and go with the flow, you'll be fine. Regardless of your opinion about big cities, Manhattan will take your bre... |
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| Shamu
2003-08-23, San Diego, United States. By: celind73 | | The killer whale, aka orca, must be one of the most beautiful animals on this planet. Probably even more impressive in the wild. But still a magnificent sight at Sea World. There is no doubt that they... |
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| Miami Hospitality
2003-08-23, Miami, United States. By: celind73 | | Welcome to Miami, Bienvenido a Miami. That is probably the reasoning of the cleaning lady. We have been driving for 15 hours. Still we can’t get any rest, since our hotel room isn’t ready for another ... |
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| Mall Rats
2003-08-23, Santa Monica, United States. By: celind73 | | ”How are you doing?” The question from the little greeting girl in the sports store surprises me quite a lot. It’s my first visit to an American mall, and pretty much my first visit to a store oversea... |
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| On The Map
2003-08-23, Middle Of Nowhere, AZ, United States. By: celind73 | | It is somewhere in Arizona. I think. Could be New Mexico. The town is small, very very small, and very very remotely located. Reminds me very much of the little town in the movie ”Tremors”. If this to... |
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| The Third Rock
2003-08-23, San Francisco, United States. By: celind73 | | The Rock in the Bay. The one Clint Eastwood escaped from and the one Ed Harris/Nicolas Cage/Sean Connery fought over. Once the home of Al Capone. It is beautifully located in the San Francisco Bay. Mu... |
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