Hidden history
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I love to go to antique and 2nd hand shops when I travel. It’s a chance to look in people’s closets — even if the closet is no longer there. You always get a sense of place because most antique shops are stocked with goods found through locals. I remember going to Florida and looking for pink flamingos and coming up short. That’s when I found out that live pink flamingos were never part of Florida’s heritage and could only be found in zoos. Ceramic pink flamings,...
January 8th, 2009 | Lynn Goya | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: antiques, arts, Boulder City, henderson, History & Information, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Las Vegas, People - Interesting Local People, Scenic & Short Trips, Sound Like a Local - Local "speak"
Photo Op: Fireworks at the Space Needle
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A last look at New Year’s 2009 festivities.
If you missed out on the Space Needle at midnight, plan to see it next year. There are great vantage points all around the city – including your couch, where you can watch it from home.
Photo credit: flickr
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January 4th, 2009 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Events, Family Friendly, fireworks, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, People Watching, Photos, Seattle-Center, Space-Needle
Babes Love Babeland
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Start off the New Year’s on a happy note with adults toys from Seattle’s very own Babeland.
This highly regarded store is known for being a women-friendly sex toy shop. Founded here in Seattle in 1993, the store serves up information and fun to thousands of satisfied customers. You’ll find toys, books, videos, along with personal advice and recommendations from the helpful staff.
Babeland’s Annual New Year’s Sale (one of only two sales the store has) runs January 1st...
December 30th, 2008 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: adults-only, Capital-Hill, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Lunch Hour Fun, Shopping
10 Seattle New Year’s Eve Ideas
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Now that Christmas is behind us, have you made your plans for New Year’s Eve? The options narrow with each passing day, but even if you’ve waited till the last minute, here are some ideas to help you ring in 2009.
Make reservations for dinner out. Ok, all the really great spots may be booked up (or maybe not given the economy right now). I’d suggest taking a look at Open Table and see what is available. (This is a great site for reservations any time of year.)
Fireworks...
December 27th, 2008 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: activities, Attractions, Family Friendly, Food & Beverage, Hotels & Places to Stay, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, music, New Year's Eve, nightlife, People - Interesting Local People, People Watching, Sound Like a Local - Local "speak", Space-Needle, Tacoma
Alcohol in Coffeeshops
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When you read a review of a coffeeshop and it says that alcohol is served you can be sure that this is old information. From April 2008 all coffee shops had to comply with central government legislation. This meant that from this date on the sale of alcohol in coffeeshops was banned. Until this date the flouting of the no-alcohol law by Amsterdam’s 44 hash cafés had been widely tolerated. From 1st April the city’s coffee shops had to choose between selling either hash or alcohol –...
December 17th, 2008 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places
David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries
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Fans of David Sedaris’ irreverent sense of humor will find The Santaland Diaries a hilarious escape from the warm fuzziness of the holiday season.
The one-man play tells the story of a man’s experience working as an elf at the New York’s Macy’s Santaland, and the crazy behavior of people under the spell of the Christmas Spirit. If you’ve read any Sedaris books, you have to know that this story is going to be full of unpredictable twists and turns.
The Santaland Diaries was originally...
December 12th, 2008 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: christmas, David Sedaris, Greenlake, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, Santaland Diaries, Seattle Public Theater
Light up the Holidays with Zoolights
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One of the brightest spots during the holiday season is the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium and the annual Zoolights exhibit.
Zoolights is a huge holiday light display, with more than half a million lights. You’ll ooooh and aaaaah at over 70 displays with over 27 miles of lights arranged in traditional holiday displays, along with zoo and aquarium themed displays and local ones.
Wear warm clothes, as the nights are getting colder and I know you’ll want to spend some talking walking among...
December 10th, 2008 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: aquarium, christmas, Events, Family Friendly, Great Walks, holiday lights, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Must-See Sights, parks, Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, zoolights, zoos
500 Clown and The Elephant Deal
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The comedy troupe 500 Clown uses fast-paced improv combined with circus arts to create a “where the heck are they going?” action-based, highly-charged performance. Lots of slapstick, planned and improved elements and audience inclusion that propels the performers into extremely physical and at times, high risk acrobatics.
The Elephant Deal explorers the gap between military life and civilian life in the United States. Taken from Man Equals Man and The Elephant Calf, it explores how the...
December 4th, 2008 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: college park, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Maryland, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, The Arts, U of Maryland
Sydney Gets a Small Bar
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Sydney’s first small bar in a city laneway will open tonight. Known simply as Small Bar, the Sussex Lane drinking hole is part of a new movement to redevelop the city’s small spaces.
“Enlivening laneways is part of our Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision to create a more vibrant city centre,” said Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP.
“We hope other small businesses will follow suit and help reactivate laneways and forgotten spaces in the city centre.”
Small Bar is in line for the...
December 4th, 2008 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Small Bar, Sussex Lane, Sustainable Sydney
Holiday Parade of Lights
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When you mention a Parade of Lights to a pleasure boater, they know what exactly you mean. You decorate your boat with lights and holiday decorations and take a slow harbor cruise so people can watch the brightly decorated crafts sail by.
This year, more than 50 power and sail boats should participate in annual Parade of Lights in suburban Alexandria, Virginia. Watch the floating parade along the Potomac River at the city’s historic waterfront.
Festivities also include pictures with...
November 26th, 2008 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Alexandria, boating, Events, Family Friendly, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, nightlife, People Watching, Potomac, Sports & Recreation, Virginia
It’s Snowing at Tysons Galleria
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Holiday shoppers dreaming of snow can find snow falling inside, yes…inside, Tysons Galleria shopping mall in Tysons Corner, Virginia, every day through Christmas Eve.
In one of the areas “coolest” promotions to attract shoppers, from November 22 until Christmas Eve, “snow” will actually fall from the ceiling, inside the upscale shopping and dining mall.
The first “snow show” will begin daily at 11:00 a.m., falling from the top level and descend through all three levels of the...
November 22nd, 2008 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Shopping, Tysons, Virginia
Goats lure North Georgia tourists
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There you are driving along enjoying the mountain views and trying to ignore whatever the kids are doing in the backseat when the clamor becomes a little louder, “Those are sheep!” and “No they aren’t. It was goats on that roof. Dad, tell her that goats have horns.”
What? Indeed there are goats on the roof. This little place makes a great pit stop on your way north. There is specialty coffee for the adults and the kids can get a little exercise pedaling the stationary bicycle that moves...
November 21st, 2008 | Linda Erbele | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Amish furniture, Georgia-made cheese, goats, gourmet-farm goodies, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, mountain views
The Very Hip, Very Exclusive McKenna Air Bar
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McKenna Air Bar is coming! After a trial run last week, everyone is talking about the sky-high venue which will open for New Years Eve and some special dates in January.
The exclusive watering hole is actually a 22-seat bar suspended from a crane 40 metres above the ground. From here you can enjoy some expertly mixed drinks and pumping music as you take in the 360 degree Cockatoo Island vista. “Flights” take off every half hour and include a complimentary drink.
The fun stuff continues...
November 17th, 2008 | Lauren Katulka | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Cockatoo Island, Food & Beverage, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, McKenna Air Bar, New Year's Eve
Erotisch Museum: Naughty Dreams Come true
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The Erotisch Museum or Erotic Museum is located where you would expect it: in the heart of the Red Light District. The red lighting over the entrance beckons you from afar. The museum showcases the history of erotica. Its five floors are chock-a-block with erotic art and goodies.
The first floor is like a proper art museum with glass cases and cabinets displaying art. The only difference between general art and art in this museum is that all carvings, statuettes and figurines are of men with exceptionally...
September 4th, 2008 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: amsterdam museum, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, museums
Amsterdam Tattoo Convention 30 May – 1 June
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If you’re crazy about tattoos, don’t miss the Amsterdam Tattoo Convention held from 30 May – 1 June. Artists will show that tattoo is a form of art and not a mutilation of the body.
This year’s theme is South Pacific Tiki culture. Polynesian artists will demonstrate the art of tattoo of their region. But also artists from Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, Vietnam, Tonga and Japan will demonstrate their style and expertise. Visitors may draw inspiration from their work or make an...
May 18th, 2008 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Announcements, festival, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, News
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