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November 12th, 2007

Celebrate Geography Awareness Week in Antarctica

In honor of Geography Awareness Week, November 12 - 18th, which promotes the importance of geography, each day this week I’ll post about a destination from one of our seven continents.
These will be destinations that intrigue me; that entice me to want to visit.  They may be mainstream locations, or something a little bit off […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 3 comments

October 27th, 2007

World Series Continues at Coor’s Field

The World Series heads to Coor’s Field in Denver.  The Rockies have their work cut out for them if they want to return to Boston.
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By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2007

Rockies vs. Red Sox at Fenway

Today is the first game of the 2007 World Series.
The opening game between the Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox will be held at Fenway Park, home of the Green Monster.
Go Sox!  Go Rockies!
Photo credit:  Aidan C. Siegel
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By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 2 comments

August 30th, 2007

Score Big with the Travel & Culture Bloggers

Another Theme Day here at the b5media Travel & Culture Channel, and this time Melissa at Europe String does the hosting honors, with her round up NFL Season Kick Off.
That’s right, we sound off about football!  We love it, we hate it.  We have favorite teams, favorite players, most despised players, and for some of […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

August 29th, 2007

Talking About the Super Bowl? Already?

The NFL’s pre-season is barely under way, and already there is murmuring afoot about the Super Bowl.
This year will be Super Bowl XLII which is, if memory serves me correctly, Super Bowl 42.  The game will be February 3rd, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (map it).
It’s not any too soon to begin thinking […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 5 comments

August 3rd, 2007

Flight Attendant Shopping: Ron Jon Surf Shop

I was talking with a friend about surfing the other day (I don’t, she does) and it turns out that she had never been to one of my favorite shopping destinations — Ron Jon Surf Shop.
The Ron Jon’s at Cocoa Beach, with its 52,000 square feet of shopping and displays, has become nearly as popular […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 4 comments

June 9th, 2007

Photo: Belmont Park and the 139th Running of the Belmont Stakes

Details: Belmont Park on Long Island (Elmont, New York) is a 430-acre thoroughbred horse race track, best known for the Belmont Stake.
Today is the 139th running of the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in the Triple Crown of horseracing. Belmont Park has two race meets — a 61-day spring/summer meet that runs May 2nd to […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

June 6th, 2007

Japanese Baseball at the Vancouver Museum

Do you have a problem getting your sports enthusiast friends to dabble their toes in the cultural waters?
The Vancouver Museum has a great exhibit sure to strike the fancy of baseball lovers, history buffs, and Asian culture fans alike: Levelling the Playing Field, on display now through November 4th.
The exhibit chronicles the Asahis, Vancouver’s legendary […]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

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