Filed under: History, Learning, North America, United States, Hotels Chances are you've heard the adage, "George Washington slept here." I don't mean he got around in a nudge, nudge, wink, wink, ya' know what I mean kind of way, but he did sleep in a lot of places. Churchtown Inn Bed and Breakfast, Churchtown, Pennsylvania.

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• Presidents' Day: George Washington Slept Here

Filed under: Stories, United States When I was single, I always hoped that when I went on vacation, I'd meet a sexy woman willing to throw caution to the wind and we'd have a crazy fling. But what are the right places?

According to Forbes, the top three cities to meet singles are Boston, Austin, and Washington, D.C.

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• Sexiest Spots for Singles

Filed under: History, Learning, Events, Africa, North America, Ethiopia, United States The first time I'd heard of Lucy was at this afterhours spot in LA. "The first ape-man bone found in E-ti-o-pia. Still no clue, but he went on to talk about the bone of Lucy, Ethiopia and other things I could not make out.

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• Famous Fossil 'Lucy' to Visit U.S.

Not so much to learn about how the world operates outside of my own backyard, I was a military brat so I'd been a good handful of places, but I know studying abroad probably could have helped me pick up a foreign language ten times faster than being here in the States.

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• Study Before Studying Abroad

Filed under: United States When most people think of apples, they think of Washington state or Oregon. And yet, as Press-Enterprise writer Adam C. Hartmann explains, there is a wonderful little apple-growing community in the foothills of San Bernardino County, just a quick day trip from Los Angeles, where over 100 varieties of apples are grown.

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• Apple Heaven

Seems Sean is back now from his trip and I suppose I'm bummed I missed out posting about him while he was on the road,but there are still some very nice posts here that are worth reading,especially if you have an interest in traveling to India.

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• India Tour

I read the article a while back and have been meaning to write about it ever since. Don't ask me how I ended up there.

The point of al this is that within the Interior Department lies what is probably the best agency in the federal government: The National Park Service. In general, they do a fine job.

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• Vanity Fair on the National Parks

There, a group of maybe 25 people had assembled, and as the sun went down, they suddenly burst into song.

Strangely, these two emotions did not wrestle for our emotions like the snakes on the staff of Asclepius; rather, they mingled together like smoke and fog, impossible to tell apart, impossible to separate.

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• Remembering 9/11 - a Brief Personal Essay