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Geraniums: These popular bedding and container plants kept on giving summer color
In honor of 2012 being the Year of the Geranium, the National Garden Bureau brings you some quick facts about this much-loved garden plant: 1.The bedding plants gardeners plant in late spring and bring inside in autumn are commonly known as geraniums; but...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Gardening
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There's A New Sandwich In Town!
In another fleeting moment of glory, Fox43's Morning Meteorologist Jeff Robbins was celebrated by the Brickerville House Family Restaurant. The owner, George Agadis decided to add a new sandwich to his menu. Agadis, a man of vision and good taste,...
Tags: Ice Cream, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages
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Partnership between Mount Clare Mansion, B&O Railroad Museum
Temperatures climbed into the 50s and gentle winds buffeted those who had gathered outside Mount Clare Mansion to celebrate its reopening and affiliation with the B&O Railroad Museum. While bystanders waited for the official ribbon-cutting ceremonies...Tags: Rentals, University of Maryland, College Park, Transportation, Railway Transportation, Charles Carroll
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Day trip: Presidential excursions
Gettysburg, Pa. Historic Gettysburg Honor Presidents Day with a trip to the town where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address and near Dwight D. Eisenhower's farm. In addition to the Civil War battlefield, there is the Soldiers' National Cemetery...Tags: Services and Shopping, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Empire State Building, Abraham Lincoln, Event Planning
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How to grow asparagus: Another lesson from the Global Garden
L.A. at HomeHow to grow asparagus: The vegetable grows vigorously in some gardens but not in others. Why? Some expert advice on a healthy crop.... -
Four-Diamond rating for two southwest Virginia bed and breakfasts
Two places where you can spend the night in our region are top rated.
AAA released its "four and five diamond" ratings.
In our area, The Oaks Victorian Inn in Christiansburg was honored with "four diamond" for the 17th year in a row.
The Oaks came...Tags: AAA, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Washington, DC
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Forklore: Pity the parsnip
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Michelle Obama rejects 'angry black woman' label
— With a new book portraying Michelle Obama as an assertive force within the White House, the first lady has challenged the notion that she's "some kind of angry black woman."
Obama, entering the fourth year of a mostly gaffe-free White House run,...Tags: CBS Corp., Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Events, Fashion Shows, Politics
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Holiday of snowmen and Santa inspires that ol' smarty-pants style down South
"The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway." We may seldom hear those introductory lines to Irving Berlin's holiday anthem "White Christmas," but that's how the song begins.
The scene supposedly is California—in...Tags: Forests, Religious Festivals, Christmas, Charles Dickens, Orlando
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Sun Inn to be on Ghost Hunters Wednesday
TV WatchersWatch Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, the leaders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), as they come to the Christmas City to explore Bethlehem's Sun Inn and its reputed ghosts on a special Christmas edition of SyFy's "Ghost Hunters" 9...... -
Sun Inn to be on Ghost Hunters
TV WatchersBethlehem's reportedly very haunted Sun Inn will be featured on SyFy Channel hit show Ghost Hunters in December. Crews from the show which airs at 9 p.m. Wednesdays were in Bethlehem last month with TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) headed...... -
November rail excursions to visit Abingdon and Bluefield
The 611 steam locomotive pulled its last excursion more than fifteen years ago, but rail buffs will have a chance to ride two of its popular routes early next month.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is now home to the iconic locomotive, dubbed "The...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Music, Entertainment, Railway Transportation, Transportation
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