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The Texas Redneck Games: A Redneck State of Mindnew
But don't confuse these hard partyers with white trash.
The Texas Observer |
John MacCormack |
09-10-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Chess as a Summer Jobnew
Sign painter Cecil Locke has figured out how to play his favorite game all season -- and make a buck off it too.
Chicago Reader |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-10-2007 |
Recreation
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Fall Guide '07new
Puccini's Turandot heralds a season of operatic proportions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Multiple |
09-06-2007 |
Recreation
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ISP: The Little Engine that Couldnew
Scrappy East Atlanta venue shuts its doors for now.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
09-05-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Redneck Olympicsnew
The Redneck Olympics, which gets under way on Saturday in Memphis, features such redneck contests as bobbing for pigs' feet and the popular mud-pit belly-flop.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
08-31-2007 |
Recreation
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Tug Versus Tugnew
For a day, New York's harbor tugs push against each other, not super cargo carriers.
New York Press |
Becca Tucker |
08-30-2007 |
Recreation
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Pure Poetry: San Diego CityBeat's Annual Bar & Club Guidenew
In honor of a good drink and a good rhyme, CityBeat broke out the rhyming dictionaries and hit up some of our favorite watering holes to create as accurate-as-possible lists of amenities.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis, Edwin Decker, Sheena Hamilton, Troy Johnson, Kia Momtazi, Kinsee Morlan, Justin Roberts, David Rolland, Tina Safi, AnnaMaria Stephens, Kim Swain, Eric Wolff and Candice Woo |
08-30-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Revenge of the Nerdsnew
More know-it-alls are taking to the bars to show off their big brains and pickle them at the same time.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
08-27-2007 |
Recreation
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These Boots Are Made For It Allnew
The wrong footwear can make an outdoor excursion challenging, if not miserable -- take care in picking your boots, and don't let the new, lighter style of boot trick you into a bad hiking trip.
Jackson Free Press |
Reed Branson |
08-15-2007 |
Recreation
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The Party Starternew
DJ Preston Craig is determined to put Atlanta's club scene on the map, and he's not letting anything — including a debilitating disease — stop him.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-02-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Perils of a Waterfront Paddlernew
Traffic jams, tankers and smoggy speedboats make for treacherous Toronto kayaking.
NOW Magazine |
Roger Brook |
07-27-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The People's Park: Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew
A writer reflects on one of his old haunts, Kings Dominion, about what has changed and what hasn't.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew
Could I still enjoy myself at the famed theme park as a skeptical, some would say cynical, adult -- someone who at 35 is fairly wary of a lifetime of target marketing and corporate cross-promotion?
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
Nerdwatching: Geocachingnew
Team Alamo, the world's leading geocaching team, is dragging its GPS gear all across the country.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-18-2007 |
Recreation
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It's 'All Luck and Driving' Out at the Demolition Derbynew
A demolition derby is not a tidy affair -- at the height of an eight-car heat, the air is pungent with exhaust fumes and mud clods are flying into the crowd.
Isthmus |
Jason Joyce |
07-16-2007 |
Recreation
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