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Americana: Zagat
Zagat seems like it’s “been around forever”, though it got its start “in 1979.” “Customer...
Read MoreTravel: Georgetown
There are lots of great things to see and do if you make a visit to Washington, DC. You’ll see breathtaking monuments and...
Read MoreAmericana: Roller Coasters
I read the history of roller coasters, and let me tell you: boring. The thrills and speed possible now make anything constructed before...
Read MorePerson: Henry Ford
You have a car. I have a car. All God’s children have cars. For this convenience, which the greatest kings in history never dreamed...
Read MoreThe Arts: Tennessee Williams
Lots of writers are eager to write their breakthrough novel, for fame or riches. Some want to tell their family’s story, or their...
Read MoreSinger: Sam Cooke
Smooth, distinctive, soulful. Words just don’t exist to explain the sound that Sam Cooke brought to rhythm and blues in America....
Read MoreFood: The Whopper
Had you gone into a Burger King restaurant in 1957 (had you been able to find a Burger King restaurant in 1957), you’d have been able...
Read MoreMusic: Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker loved chicken as a young man, and got the nickname “Yardbird,” later shortened to “Bird.” He wanted...
Read MoreAmericana: The Naval Academy
For 160 years, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis has been turning out outstanding young men and women – “morally,...
Read MoreSong: "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
Otis Redding died in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin just three days after overdubs of “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the...
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