Festivals are very popular. There are fests for music, beer, and even technology.
Author: Michael C. Upton
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Top Breweries in Green Bay
Beer production started in Green Bay in 1851, with names like Blesch, Rahr, and Hochgreve emerging to pioneer the drink locally. The city itself was incorporated in 1854, and today dozens of breweries call the Green Bay metropolitan area home. And hence, the city’s craft beer scene has flourished.
Named New Sarum when it received its city charter in 1227, it was later renamed Salisbury. Located nine miles south of Stonehenge, Salisbury’s monuments also bear testament to the region’s past. The cathedral, and the stone buildings of the surrounding close, remain intact and unharmed by progress and the tides of war. The city never became connected to a large canal system and even today the closest motorway ends at the Cadnam Interchange, 16 miles away, allowing the unique preservation of a medieval town.
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Baseball: A World of Family Fun
From hometowns across the USA to fields in Uganda and the UAE, baseball has gone beyond being “America’s pastime.”
Towns and small cities offer a specific charm sometimes lost in the major metropolis. The “Heartland of America” was born from agriculture and industry and recently embraced tourists from all over the world looking to explore its natural beauty and charm. The Midwest, an area of almost a million square miles, is larger than the country of Mexico and includes a range of geography from miles of flat corn fields to pristine, lakeside forests. The US Bureau of Labor and Statistics defines the Midwest as including 12 states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Hounding the Coffee Trail
Wherever I travel, I always seek out great coffee. Edward Harris, the president and CEO of Discover Lancaster, tells me I am not alone in this practice. We recently chatted over an Americano and an iced drink at a local coffee shop so I could learn more about one of the marketing organization’s newest offerings, the Lancaster County Coffee Trail.
Simply, skyr is most often and easily compared to yogurt. Although skyr resembles yogurt in both ingredients and product placement in grocery store coolers, this Icelandic staple is quite different, and its chemical composition makes it a closer relative to a soft cheese. The craft of skyr-making has been passed from mother to daughter for 40 generations starting with a recipe arriving in Iceland during settlement of the island in the 9th century. Each new batch used a sample from the previous batch to pass along the active cultures, which compare in modern terms to yeast and hops in beer.
York, for much of the late 20th century, served as a commuter city for those working in Northern Maryland. But the White Rose City is steeped in history it is both proud of and not afraid to recognize as it enters a new period of prosperity. The city served as the capital of the United States from September 1777 until June 1778. In the late 1960s racial tensions in Pennsylvania came to a head as unrest led to violence in York; the city’s diversity is now celebrated through mural projects, cultural tours, and BIPOC-owned businesses.
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Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s fleeting tenure as a West Point cadet in 1830, novelist Louis Bayard wondered, “What the hell was this poet doing in this regimented, orderly, military environment?” Bayard’s 2003 novel, The Pale Blue Eye, puts the young Poe at the center of a series of grisly cadet murders, as he helps the lead detective unravel the case.
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24 Hours in Anna Maria Island
Anna Maria Island is a low-key resort town with pretty architecture, and an array of shops and dining options. The calm beauty of the Gulf shore, with crystal blue water and pure, pale sand attracts beachgoers of all ages and demographics from all over the world. Many return visitors come from western Pennsylvania as nearby Bradenton is home to the MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates spring training facility and home of the single-A Bradenton Marauders.