Zooming Through India Part 1 of 6: Dahl, Devotion, and Diwali
Devotion - photo by Bryan Herb
Source: www.newyorkqnews.com
By Bryan Herb
When I told people I was going to India, I was met with reactions ranging from, “why do you want to go there?” to, “Why, do you have a problem with your laptop?” Read more
Philadelphia Flower Show Offers Floral ‘Passport to the World’
globe & garden - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert, with Greg Klosek
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s annual Philadelphia International Flower Show, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, has, over the past few years, saluted New Orleans jazz, Irish legends, and ‘Bella Italia.’ This year’s spectacle, from February 28 to March 7, strove to take on the world, or a sample of it, anyway, with “Passport to the World” as its theme. Read more
Mardi Gras 2010 in New Orleans: Carnival Season with a Side of Saints
at Bourbon Street Awards - Lords of Leather Consort Tim Lott (left) - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Carnival season in New Orleans this year was even more of a three-ring circus than usual: there was a mayoral primary on February 6, in which Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal’s Democratic Lieutenant Governor, Mitch Landrieu, was anointed as the Crescent City’s first Caucasian mayor in 32 years, Read more
Divine Diversion: a Las Vegas Vacation Diary
Ruth & Susan Freedner with Bette Midler poster - submitted by Susan Freedner
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By Susan Freedner
Following the close of our 2009 seasonal share on Fire Island, the first weekend in October, my identical twin Ruth and I overcame our procrastination tendencies and immediately planned and booked a trip to Las Vegas for the sole purpose of seeing Bette Midler. This was to be a long overdue and well-deserved vacation. Due to our obligations and Bette’s schedule the first opportunity would be in January 2010. Book it Dano-we used the Internet, a new phenomenon for Ruth, and arranged flights-Jet Blue, hotel-The Mirage, tickets for Bette Midler-”The Showgirl Must Go On,” at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, as well as one of the eight Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil shows now playing in Vegas. Read more
Robert Bonanno Collects “Lessons” & “Reflections” Pics into 2010 Calendar
Reflections from Fire Island calendar - photo couresy of Robert Bonanno
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Robert Bonanno, who spends summers in Fire Island Pines and has given us two sensitive books of his photos and reflections, “Lessons from the Beach: Reflections from Fire Island” and “Reflections of Love from Fire Island: Lessons Read more
Zooming Through India – Part 1: Dahl, Devotion, and Diwali
INDIA - photo provided by Zoomvacations
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By Bryan Herb
When I told people I was going to India, I was met with reactions ranging from, “why do you want to go there?” to, “Why, do you have a problem with your laptop?” Read more
Obama Moves to End 22-Year-Old Restriction on Travelers with HIV/AIDS Entering US
President Barak Obama - photo provided by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On October 30, President Barack Obama signed an order, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, to be finalized on November 2 and take effect just after the beginning of 2010, extending the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and eliminating a ban, instituted in 1987, against people with HIV/AIDS entering and traveling within the United States. Read more
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