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To several generations of Americans, the word “ramen” has been evocative of instant noodle soup. The kind you ate in college when you were completely broke and lacked even the most basic of cooking skills. The kind you prepared for your children or younger siblings when they demanded an after-school snack, but time was tight and you didn’t want them to spoil their dinner. The kind of noodles that are so versatile you didn’t even have to cook them if you didn’t have the time or energy–you just sprinkled that package of seasoning on top of the noodle brick and chomped […]

Austin, Texas prides itself on a number of things, chief among them being its weirdness and live music offerings. Not far down the list, however, is the pride of roasting first-class beans and brewing some of the finest coffee anywhere in the country. We found a handful of the city’s most beloved coffee shops where you can get your morning (or afternoon) fix.

The Lincoln Park Zoo is an emblem of Chicago, a place that is known to nearly all residents within a 50-mile radius and visited by a fair number of them each year.  Not only is this cultural haven of downtown Chicago one of the oldest and most popular zoos in the country.  It is also free to enter, making it highly accessible to the general public and a great place for Chicago residents to visit when they want to do something fun on a weekend day without having to dip into their wallets. Each winter, the Lincoln Park Zoo is […]

There are 10,000 ways in which one can choose to celebrate the start of a new year, but few are as uncomfortably exciting as participating in a Polar Bear Plunge.  If you live in the Seattle area and like the idea of getting cold and wet before returning to the warmth and comfort of an indoor gathering with close friends and family, schedule a visit to Lake Washington into your New Year’s agenda so that you can at least feed off the energy of others as you do the unthinkable: plunging into near-freezing cold water on a cold winter’s day […]

While you may have plenty of other holiday planning to do before you even start to think about your New Year’s Plans, New Year’s Eve will be here before we know it.  As always, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach are host to numerous New Year’s events.  Many of these events are for adults only, but if you have young children and would like to ring in the New Year by doing something special with them, Fort Lauderdale is a good place to be.  The Orange Bowl Downtown Countdown is a family friendly favorite that promises to be fun and exciting for all […]

Last week, you read about the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago History Museum, and the Shedd Aquarium.  This week, we shine the spotlight on three more spectacular Chicago museums.  The next time the weather is poor and you feel like getting in touch with your cultural side, consider vacating your downtown Chicago apartment home for a few hours and visiting one of these marvelous museums. Museum of Contemporary Art The Art Institute of Chicago has, without a doubt, the most impressive and most comprehensive collection of encyclopedic art in all of Chicagoland.  If 20th century art is what you […]

For more than 600 years, communities in present-day Germany and Austria have celebrated the holiday season with Weihnachtsmärkte or Christkindlemärkte, translated as Christmas markets but more appropriately called holiday markets because of their cross-cultural appeal.  Since 2011, the City of Arlington, Texas has sought to recreate the authentic feel of these holiday markets for residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to enjoy.  Efforts have been a success, and include the use of several authentic wooden holiday market huts straight from Nuremberg, home to one of the oldest and most well-known holiday markets in the world. This year’s Christkindl market is the biggest and best […]