STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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The much anticipated prequel to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the Hobbit (Part 1) will be in our cinemas this November, but until then, the kind toy land elves have brought us all the toys, statues, rings and replicas that our hearts ...
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Stack's Bowers Galleries, leading retailer and auctioneer of premium collectible coins, currency and precious metals, unveiled its first GOLD to go ATM machine at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. The world famous hotel and ...
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Nu Ethnic Minority Group, which has a long history and mainly inhabits Yunnan Province, Southwest China, has some distinctive marriage customs. Just like the ballad goes, "the auntie's daughter doesn't yield to others", the mother's brother ...
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Jequirity (love pea) Jequirity is an old keepsake representing that two loves miss each other. It is said that a man went out for a battle in ancient China, and his wife leaned against a tree to pray for her husband every day. She ...
Tags: keepsake, Fragrant bag, Truelove knot, Handkerchiefs, Combs, Jequirity
BERLIN — Visitors to downtown Berlin have the chance to create a truly unique keepsake this holiday season. For the past several years, Jeffrey Auxer Designs has hosted ornament-making classes. “I came up with the idea to ...
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I think it's fair to say that most of us have too much paper in our lives, whether it's business documents, receipts, financial statements, or (my personal weakness) keepsake scraps like menus and ticket stubs. Flatbed scanners are ...
Tags: Doxie Go, Document Scanner, USA, Hardware