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68A refreshing summer cocktail - bubbly pineapple!
If you like champagne but are tired of Mimosa's, this might be a great drink for you...well, first I would like to say. I LOVE champagne. When I moved to the US a few years ago, I occasionally invited some girlfriends over and would always offer...
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65Forgotten Gems of Classical Music
There are so many beauties within classical music that are recognized by pretty much everyone. Beethoven's 5th Symphony, for instance, or Pachalbel's Canon in D. Who can't help but smile when the lively sounds of Vivaldi's Spring start on the radio?...
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72History of Gondolas Including Its Inclusion in Venetian Art
Gondolas, one of the world's most recognizable boats, have been around since the 1100s. Though the modern version looks quite different, the gondola still gives us a romantic glimpse of Venice as it was a long time ago. In paintings of some of the renowned Renaissance painters as Vittore Carpaccio, we see panoramic scenes of life in the great Italian city and on its canals. Gondolas were the chosen mode of transport for the populace, especially the aristocracy. Today, they transport tourists.
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72Australia's Great Gift to The World. Dame Joan Sutherland. The Great Queen of "Bel Canto" opera.
Dame Joan Sutherland was one of the greatest singers of Bel Canto opera that there has ever been. Read this tribute to this remarkable woman today.
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6010 Easy Champagne Recipes To Help Ring in 2011
10) Easy Peazy Bellini 2 oz Peach juice or Peach Puree 4-6 oz Chilled Champagne garnish with fresh raspberries 9) Chamord & Champagne 4-6 oz Chilled Champagne ½ oz Chambord raspberry liqueur 8)...
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64Champagne Cocktails and Mixed Drinks - Not Just for Toasts
Unique recipes for cocktails, punches and mixed drinks that include champagne. Use up the rest of that leftover bottle without doing endless toasts!
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80Delightful Fine Dining Experience ~ Sorrento Ristorante Italiano in Houston, Texas
The exquisitely painted murals and ambiance in this fine Italian restaurant transport one to a feeling of being in Italy. Matching that with the good food and service...suffice it to say, I really like dining there! Enjoy the photos.
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71Trombone History: The Trombone in Parades, 15th and 16th Centuries
76 trombones led the big parade! When Meredith Willson penned those lyrics in 1957 for the Broadway musical The Music Man, the author was unwittingly reflecting not just a recent local tradition, but...
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68Music and Mortality: Composers Who Died Before Age Forty
Mozart, posthumous portrait by Barbara Krafft, 1819. Classical music is well-known for its prodigies. Everybody knows that Mozart was composing music before he could wipe his own nose. Chopin had achieved...
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72Madonna and Child
Fine art has been around for thousands of years, providing us various designs, forms, colors, background around the globe before all of us as well as what it really may look like in the future. Without having...
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