JACKSONVILLE — While I safely watched the GOP debate on Thursday evening (Jan. 26) in my living room, the University of North Florida hosted it in their auditorium. Most of the 1,200 tickets went to members of the Republican Party of Florida, a debate co-sponsor. Simultaneously, the Hispanic Leadership Network (HLN), a debate co-sponsor, kicked off its “Inspiring [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – Curitiba, Brazil is known as Capital do Natal, or the Christmas Capital, for good reason – the metropolis celebrates the season with parades, festivals and fairs of music and light from the end of November through the start of the New Year. The highlight of Encantada do Natal is the Children’s Choir of HSBC’s [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — The Sun Times (Owen, Ontario) reported from Toronto on Wednesday that the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Shahid Khan on Tuesday “resurrected rumblings” of a potential move by the franchise to Toronto. “But both Wayne Weaver and Kahn released statements Tuesday saying the club would stay in Jacksonville”. I had not heard [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Time flies. All of a sudden it’s Thanksgiving this Thursday. I’d forgotten to mention the 2011 Jacksonville Light Parade on the St. Johns was cancelled on Oct. 19th due to city budget cuts. Fortunately, the parade was back on by Nov. 7th because of a public-private partnership with Jacksonville Marine Association and local supporters. [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — As the last days of August are upon us, it’s time for a returned vacation to our sister city Nantes, France. This was the summer that the Marine World Carousel at Les Machines de L’ile Nantes was to open. As we’ll recall, the carousel is to be “twenty-seven moving underwater creatures on three levels: the ocean floor, the [...] [...more]
The Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is best known for its Samba Parades, which are competitions between Rio Samba Schools (RSC♦♦). The parades take place every year in the Sambadrome, the permanent parade ground built in 1984. Like Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans, the festival ends with the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – Disney Cruise Lines added the Port of San Juan to its Fantasy cruise ship’s 2012 itinerary, the Economic Development & Commerce Department (DDEC) of Puerto Rico announced on Friday, Feb. 18th. The 4,000-passenger Disney Fantasy will sail week-long Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral, Fla. UPDATE: The Dream, Fantasy’s sister-ship, sails its inaugural cruise on [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s not a wonder that Mayor John Peyton was “extremely pleased” when JetBlue Airways announced a non-stop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico beginning on May 19th. “Commerce with San Juan already provides an economic impact of more than $1 billion annually to Jacksonville.” * The Jacksonville Airport Authority (JAA) announced that Jacksonville [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Hampshire County in Southeast England was a major command area during the Second World War. Beyond the Royal Navy and Royal Army’s presence, a company named Supermarine designed military aircraft there, including the Spitfire - the legendary backbone aircraft of the Royal Air Force. This is, unfortunately, why the Luftwaffe bombed the region to smithereens. But [...] [...more]
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival resumes Thurs., April 29th (tomorrow, actually). Because everyone has differing tastes in music, musicians ply their trade on nine different stages and two tents, each named something different. For example, the Gospel Tent plays gospel music. Anyone with any sense knows the Gentilly Stage is the best stage, [...] [...more]
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