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Glee at Wolf Trap... sorta..
She has had a recurring role on Glee, she is a Tony Award winner on Broadway and she is taking the NSO Pops where it has never been before. An Evening with Idina Menzel -- Steven Reineke, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra! Friday August 3rd at Wolf Trap
Ya but are hot dogs a diet buster??
With the celebration of National Hot dog month wrapping up, I have done something I should have done at the beginning of the month and asked my fitness Doc Pamela Peeke, MD if it's OK to celebrate?!?!?!
Did you celebrate??
National Hot Dog day was Monday! According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council's 2012 report on Major League ballparks, Americans will consume 20.5 million hot dogs this season, enough to round the bases 28,489 times, and if laid end to end would stretch from the new Marlins Ballpark in Miami to Coors Field in Denver.
More for the wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) continues its mission to honor, educate and heal by building the Education Center at The Wall. The Center (which will be underground) will be the place on the National Mall where the stories and sacrifices of our heroes will never be forgotten.
Terrence Jennings' Olympic dream tied to Ninja Turtles
WTOP's Rob Woodfork reports
From farm to table with a super chef inbetween
There are many restaurants that advertise locally grown, farm fresh ingredients. One that lives up to that is Cedar DC. It doesn't hurt that there is a weekly farmers' market next door! Cedar DC 822 E St. NW 202.637.0012
Storm tracking in hi-def
There is an app for that if you have an iPhone. It's the NOAA Hi-Def Radar app from GeoTerrestrial. The description on the App Store page: "Simple yet powerful app for viewing real-time animated weather radar images in vivid color on a highly responsive interactive map, with higher resolution images than any other radar app in the appstore." It is a paid app $1.99, designed for both iPhone and iPad.
But can you house-break a dragon?
"How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular" from DreamWorks was at the Verizon Center entertaining tens of thousands of youngsters and their taller companions.
Julie Zetlin breaking barriers in rhythmic gymnastics
WTOP's Rob Woodfork reports
Construction expected soon on Westphalia project
WTOP's Veronica Robinson reports
Aiding an AIDs organization with a play and a party
Leaders from the worlds of science, diplomacy, politics, philanthropy and entertainment will be in DC this coming week for the 19th International Aids Conference. The timing is fortuitous coinciding with Arena Stage's production of "The Normal Heart" about the very beginnings of the Aids crisis. Monday night will be PARTY FROM THE HEART -- a benefit performance and 80's Disco party with the cast raising money for Washington AIDS Partnership
Monday is National Hot Dog Day
It is a very serious occasion for The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council a project of the American Meat Institute. You might want to check your Hot Dog Etiquette
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