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42nd Annual United States Sailboat Show October 6-10
America’s Sailing Capital celebrates the world’s largest in-water sailboat show featuring exclusively new sailboats. The world-famous event includes something for everyone: seminars, boating attire and accessories, foul weather gear and boats of all sizes. City Dock, Annapolis 410-268-8828 Thursday-Monday, October … Continue reading
Benson Mule Days in NC
It’s a Southern tradition for over 50 years. This four day festival is packed with mule events, rodeos, arts and crafts, street dances, and a concert. Downtown Benson and Chamber Park NC September 22- 24 2011 http://www.bensonmuledays.com/
Posted in Fun, North Carolina, Special Event
Tagged arts and crafts, Benson, concert, event, festival, mule, NC, rodeos, Southern, street dances
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Church in your bathing suit?
Back in 1953, The First Christian Church organized the first drive-in service at what was then the Neptune Drive-In Theater. Buying the property in 1957, Daytona Beach Drive-In Church now welcomes everyone — tourists, the physically challenged, families with kids … Continue reading
The State Fair of Virgina Sept 20-Oct 9
The fair has been operating for 156 years and have recently moved to the Meadow Event Park in Carolina County. It has Virginia’s finest animals and agriculture, exhibits and shows, toe-tappin’ music, fine arts and crafts, blue ribbon competitions. You … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Food, Fun, Kids, Shopping, Special Event, Virginia
Tagged agriculture, animals, arts and crafts, bull riding, competitions, cotton candy, Doswell, exhibits, fried twinkies, funnel cakes, giant turkey legs, Italian sausages, Meadow Event Park, merchants, music, pizza, racing pigs, Shopping, State Fair of Virgina, VA
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The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival September 16-18, 2011
Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival is a weekend celebration of two of Georgia’s most beloved foods – shrimp and grits. The weekend features an amateur and professional shrimp & grits cooking competition, shrimp boat tours, cooking demonstrations, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Fun, Georgia, Kids, Shopping, Special Event
Tagged boat tour, book signing, cooking competition, cooking demonstration, entertainment, fine arts & crafts, Georgia, grits, Jekyll Island Club Hotel, kid-friendly, shrimp, shrimp boat tour, The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival
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“Instant” custom-made suits
Like the ubiquitous MacDonald’s hamburger which tastes the same the world over, the well-made Hong Kong suit has been stitched by Chinese tailors for travelers from all over the world in pretty much the same time-honored way. They have honed the … Continue reading
Posted in Shopping, Virginia
Tagged affordable prices, Chinese tailors, myriad of fabrics, Savile row type of fitting, suits, travelers
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Anne Arundel County Fair Sept 1
In its 59th year, the family event includes carnival rides, Arundel Idol contest, 4H exhibits and so much more. AA County Fairgrounds 1450 Generals Hwy, Crownsville, MD 410-923-3400 Wednesday-Sunday, September 14-18 www.aacountyfair.org
Posted in Food, Fun, Kids, Maryland, Special Event
Tagged 4H exhibits, Arundel Idol contest, carnival rides, Crownsville, family event, Maryland
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World Trade Center Leftovers in NC
Sculptor Jim Gallucci’s work “The Gate” is built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, and it stands in front of the Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville NC as a remembrance of the victims of 9/11 and the sacrifices … Continue reading Continue reading
Real Soda Jerk in SC
As early as 1784, Walterboro, SC was a summer retreat for nearby plantations. The main street in town, Washington St., sports a crushed seashell sidewalk along the newly defined Antique Row with the dozen or so shops. Get here before … Continue reading