On the Set in 1960 The Elbo Room has been a Fort Lauderdale Landmark since 1938 and was featured in the hit 1960 film “Where the Boys Are” with Connie Francis, George Hamilton, Paula Prentiss and Yvette Mimieux. Spring Break in the ’70s College students on spring break from all over the country came flocking […]
I and my colleague Peter Evans (the creator and curator of Route 1 Views) visited the Golden Corral in Bensalem Pennsylvania, on November 21, 2004. We came to this Golden Corral for their Holiday Buffet, but we came during lunch, and the Holiday Buffet is only served at dinner time, after 4 PM. That said, […]
Founded in 1896, this museum is packed with genuine artifacts and South Carolina’s rich military heritage. About a third of the museum is dedicated to Civil War artifacts from the Confederate and Union side. There’s an exhibit on the formerly enslaved black South Carolinians that served in the Union Army. The Second South Carolina Volunteers […]
The visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was truly amazing. This museum has nearly 50,000 works of art, which spans over 6,000 years of world history. This museum is open every day of the full year and general admission to this museum is free! The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) located in […]
Bleecker Street the central vein that runs through New York’s Greenwich Village, was coffee houses, cafes, and notable night spots that helped establish the bohemian neighborhood that was sung about by Peter Paul and Mary and Simon and Garfunkel in the early 1960s. The Bitter End originally opened as a coffee house by club owner-adman- […]
Christmas is in the air as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has arrived. This almost 100-year-old tradition began while the building was being constructed in 1931, as Italian laborers pooled their money to buy a tree. The balsam fir stood roughly 20 ft tall and was decorated with handmade paper garland made by the workers’ […]
This is a place that is a must visit in Washington DC. It is dedicated in 2004, the World War II Memorial is a large stone plaza initially designed by architect Friedrich St. Florian. The plaza forms a ring of columns representing the U.S. states and territories, joined together by a bronze cord symbolizing their […]
This place ROCKED! Always packed, loud music and you never knew who you were going to bump into. A true New York icon – Max’s was where art and music seemed to fuse together. This magnet for artists, actors, musicians, poets and fame moochers was opened by Cornell graduate Mickey Ruskin in 1965. Max’s Kansas […]
Early Beginnings and Growth St. David’s Episcopal Church is a historic parish located in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established as part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, it falls within the Wissahickon Deanery of the diocese. The church has deep roots in the local community, with its early population heavily comprising English-born mill […]
The Origins of Saint Mark’s Church Saint Mark’s Church in Philadelphia traces its origins to a group of forward-thinking Anglicans in 1847. A diverse group of relatively young parishioners, led by George Zantzinger, gathered in his home on 16th and Locust Streets, then located in the western suburbs of the city. This group of individuals, […]
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