Dinner by Candlelight and Earth Hour

On March 28, 2009, I’m planning a dinner by candlelight. Why? We can help the Earth and have a romantic evening to boot. That day will feature Earth Hour, sponsored by World Wildlife Fund and its Conservation Action Network
www.earthhour.org
Earth Hour was first celebrated two years ago in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million people and thousands [...]

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Paris’s Parks: Monceau

PARC MONCEAU, ANOTHER PARIS JEWEL

Metro: Line 2, Monceau
What a gorgeous green space—again! Locals love it and you see very few tourists here. This 8.2 ha park, first laid out in 1769 by the Duc de Chartres, with garden designer Carmontelle, is in a pretty residential neighborhood, so it’s ringed with mostly 4-5-storey buildings, in classic [...]

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Hoover Dam—an engineering wonder

 
FUN FACTS ABOUT HOOVER DAM
There are lots of neat things to know about this amazing dam.
1. Size of the Dam
The Hoover Dam is 726 feet tall, which makes it the tallest solid concrete dam in the western hemisphere.
It is taller than the Gateway Arch in St Louis (630 feet), the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. [...]

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Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial

Another Bicentennial: The Life, Death and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
 

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), the 16th president of the USA, has consistently polled as one of the three greatest US presidents, with George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and perhaps John F. Kennedy. Besides being the Great Emancipator, another special angle is his story, [...]

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