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Tennis - The US Open

Est. in 1881, the US Open is the Grand Slam with the most varied of histories with it's moves from Newport Beach Casio to Forest Hills then to Flushing Meadows, and the changes to its playing surface giving different playing styles a chance to shine.

3 comments    sports united states tennis
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A Sampling of Winter in New York

Let’s start at Central Park in Manhattan, because most visitors to New York stay at hotels in the City. The ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center is well-known the world over. The Central Park Lake was...

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Landmarks Featured in Famous Movies

If you've seen the movie Men in Black, you'll remember this place in the photo where the finale takes place, when the big, bad bug tries to climb up to the two 'spaceships' at the top there. The two...

0 comments    entertainment travel movies
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Opening Night at the Open

I look forward to the U.S. Open all year. It has everything. Six court coverage in my time zone, so I don't have to watch at 4:00 in the morning, great announcers, and a buzz that gets New Yorkers, and the...

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New US Tennis Association Champion, Argentina's Del Porto. Is he for real? Did he really defeat the world's greatest player, Roger Federer? I'm afraid so, and I'm happy for him. No, I'm jubilant.69

No, This Isn't Baseball, It's Jubilation

New US Tennis Association Champion, Argentina's Del Porto. Is he for real? Did he really defeat the world's greatest player, Roger Federer? I'm afraid so, and I'm happy for him. No, I'm jubilant. These kids...

2 comments    tennis federer dodgers
Cherry blossoms at Queens Botanical Garden / Photo by E. A. Wright 200963

Queens Botanical Garden

Inside the gates of Queens Botanical Garden, I find peace and quietude wandering past the shaded nooks, nosing through the herb garden and stopping to smell the lilacs. It's serenity in New York City.

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Flushing Meadows Corona Park in winter. Photo: E. A. Wright 200972

Visiting Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Information about visiting Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York. This sprawling park is home to the New York Mets, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and the Queens Museum of Art. The park's open fields are a place for picnics, $1 empanadas and endless games of futbol.

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The Big Apple: New York City Attractions

Travel lovers would all have to agree, New York City is by far one of the most popular cities to visit in the world. The Big Apple is considered by many to be the vacation spot. If you are considering going...

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