Leap Day

The tradition of women proposing on 29th February each leap year goes back to when courtship rules were strict. The leap year day was ignored (lept over) in English law and had no recognition. Because the day had no legal status, it was assumed that traditions also had no status. Making it okay for a woman to propose marriage to a man, one day every four years.

Boiled Seafood

There's nothing like Boiled Seafood for a "late beakfast" or during a brunch in New Orleans. Cafe au lait, shrimp, crawfish and a little remoulade sauce...

Louisiana crawfish come from the Atchafalaya Basin or farm-raised often in conjunction with rice production.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the largest national park in the eastern USA with aprox one-half million acres preserving a sizable primeval hardwood forest. An auto tour of the park offers panoramic vistas, winding mountain streams, waterfalls, and historic pioneer buildings. The scenic highways, by-ways and parkways are well-paved for touring.

Spring Break Skiing

With snow-making equipment late-season skiing under spring-like temperatures is an inviting college spring break.

Green Imagery Overdone?

Eco-friendly images previously used to prove "green" credentials are loosing their impact. "Natural icons have become cliched icons for the environment" with all of the "greenwashing." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7251380.stm

ARUBA - Paradise found

Imagine yourself laid back on this beautiful beach with a cold brew under the shade of a palapa as the constant winds lull you into a half sleep...

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Death & Taxes

It is that time of year when responsible citizens provide for that discretionary budget that is spent by our elected representatives to run this experiment in federalism.

"A pyramid unfinished." Some conspiracy theorists believe that "the all seeing eye" atop the pyramid as seen in the "Great Seal of the United States" is a Masonic symbol. The 'Eye of Providence' (in a triangle) and the pyramid are found separately in ritual. But the combination of Eye and pyramid in not significant outside of the Seal.

BOUDIN

Boudin is a favorite item in the Cajun diet of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana. Catholic Cajuns often give up their favorite foods, like boudin, as a penance during Lent.

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