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#245028 - 09/15/04 08:39 PM
Top 5 things you MUST see or do in your city
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Kansas City, Mo
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If I visited your city, what are the top 5 things I must see or do?
Kansas City:
1. Eat Kansas City BBQ
2. Have a KC strip at the Hereford House
3. Visit the Country Club Plaza
4. Steamboat Arabia Museum
5. Blues Club in the 12th and Vine District
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#245031 - 09/15/04 08:59 PM
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Washington State
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Seattle
1. Pike Place Market
2. Go to a Mariners game (when they are doing well)
3. Space Needle
4. Visit the San Juans
5. Walk around Greenlake
There are so many neat places around here, I Don't want to stop here....
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#245032 - 09/15/04 09:07 PM
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Milwaukee:
1. Go to Chicago
Just kidding
1. Attend Summerfest
2. Visit the art museum
3. Tour the Miller Brewery (afterall, this town was
built on beer)
4. Visit the Packer hall of fame (o.k., that’s not
Milwaukee but it’s still the same state)
5. Visit Miller Park and laugh at the leaky roof.
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#245033 - 09/15/04 09:07 PM
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Joined: Apr 2004
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Yinzerville, PA
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Johnstown, PA
1.) Ride the world's steepest vehicular inclined plane
2.) Visit the War Memorial Arena (home ice for the Charlestown Chiefs in the movie Slapshot)
3.) Visit the Johnstown Flood Museum
4.) Hike or bike one of the many nature trails in the area in the fall.
5.) Go to any of a number of neighborhood bars to watch the 'Pixburg Stillers', and have a few Iron City beers (or IC Light's if your tastebuds are picky). Shout "Cohwer Power", and you'll fit right in.
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#245034 - 09/15/04 09:25 PM
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back to my roots
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SoCal (I am generalizing because everything is within driving distance)...
1. See Hollywood
2. Go to a Dodger (L.A.) a/o Angels (Anaheim) game
3. Visit Sea World in San Diego
4. Disneyland (Anaheim)
5. Spend time on all the lovely beaches between San Diego and Santa Monica!
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#245035 - 09/15/04 09:36 PM
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the sandy shore
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DALLAS
1) have steak
2) eat tex-mex (and preferably at one of the local joints, not a chain like On the Border)
3) see the Cowboys, the Rangers, the Mavericks and/or the Dallas Stars (and yes, at this time of year you could see all 4.)
4) go to the rodeo
5) go to the Grassy Knoll
BONUS - for the full Dallas experience, drive on 635 and/or 75. Extra bonus points if you make it over the High 5.
I'll leave Ft Worth for someone else.
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#245037 - 09/15/04 09:53 PM
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Las Vegas Nevada
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Visit San Diego Zoo
Go to Seaworld
Spend an evening in the Gas Lamp Quarter
Take a tour of the USS Midway (WWII Navy Carrier)
Enjoy Great Beaches
And Attend My Hawaiian Music Concerts
BAM you forgot eating chicken dinner at Strouds. Yum
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#245039 - 09/15/04 10:10 PM
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Land of Enchantment
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Northeastern NM: 1. Eat the Mexican Food 2. Visit the St. James Hotel (haunted) 3. Visit Capulin Volcano 4. Go skiing in Angel Fire / Red River 5. Go camping & fishing in the canyons. 
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#245040 - 09/15/04 11:02 PM
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Alderaan
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Quote:
Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota:
1. The Megamall - shopping, camp snoopy
2. A sports game at the dome (Twins, Vikings)
3. Mystic Lake Casino (or any other one in the state)
4. Any one of the fine theatres in the twin city area
5. The Minnesota State Fair
I'd say those and add:
1) Minnehaha Falls - its cool when the leaves change and really cool in the winter when it freezes solid
2) Sculpture Garden by the Guthrie Theater
3) Visit any of the wonderful lakes we have in the area (ok, the state).
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#245041 - 09/16/04 12:22 AM
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Where the heart is
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My list for Southern California: 1. Go to Santa Anita during OakTree Meet. 2. Go to Del Mar in the month of August. 3. During late winter, ski or snowboard at Snow Summit in Big Bear from morning until lunchtime. Enjoy a BBQ lunch in the snow, and then leave and drive down to the beach and enjoy a late afternoon and sunset by the ocean. 4. Visit the Wayfarer's Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. http://www.wayfarerschapel.org/index.html5. Attend a concert at the Hollywood Bowl and be sure to have a picnic dinner.
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#245042 - 09/16/04 11:14 AM
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TN
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Louisville, KY (just across the river from me)
1. Attend the Derby
2. Go to the Louisville Slugger Museum
3. Attend a UK vs. UL basketball or football game
4. See a Broadway performance at the Kentucky Center
for the Arts
5. Watch the Thunder over Louisville fireworks display (pre-Derby event.
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#245043 - 09/16/04 03:20 PM
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Massachusetts
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Salem MA
1. Visit the Peabody Essex Museum and Custom House and learn about the China/Salem trade connection
2. Visit some of the historic houses including the House of Seven Gables.
3. Go to the beach
4. Take a harbor cruise/whale watch cruise.
5. Go to some of the tacky witch trial museums.
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#245044 - 09/16/04 03:25 PM
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The Pennant Race
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1. The Connor Prairie Living History Museum
2. The Indianapolis Children's Museum
3. The Indy Zoo and White River Arboretum
4. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
5. Drive along Meridian Avenue between 50th and 75th streets and gawk at the houses.
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#245045 - 09/16/04 03:31 PM
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Way, way south.
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Naples, FL
1. Beaches
2. Upscale shops downtown
3. Take the water tour of expensive homes
4. Relax
5. Golf
6. Drive to Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, or Tampa for a weekend (all within 1 to 3 hours driving distance)
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#245046 - 09/16/04 03:52 PM
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Somewhere
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Boston: 1) Duck Tours 2) Blue Man Group at Charles Playhouse 3) Fenway Park 4) Boston Aquarium/Science Museum 5) Check out the new bridge, the result of the 10-year :big dig" project  
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#245047 - 09/16/04 05:41 PM
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Turnpike Exit 10
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Central NJ:
Liberty Science Center
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
Cape May and surrounding beaches
The GWB (not during rush hour)
The Edison Museum in West Orange
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#245048 - 09/16/04 05:53 PM
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Clintonville, WI, USA
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In the Clintonville , WI area:
1) Go to the River Rail for the best prime rib in the midwest!
2) Come in late April/early May to see the sturgeon in the Wolf River.
3) Go to the A-Maze-Ment Park and tour the maze.
4) Tailgate at a Packer game!
5) Go to Burger Fest and see them cook the World's Largest Hambuger!
There are also trail rides, various festivals, running races, somthing happening every weekend.
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#245050 - 09/16/04 08:21 PM
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Springfield
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Holland, Michigan:
Spend a week at Tulip Time in May
Tour Windmill Island
Buy some wooden shoes (even the HS marching band wears them)
Eat ice cream at Captain Sundae (Pres. Bush stopped there on Monday)
Dodge the construction cones
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#245051 - 09/16/04 09:08 PM
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Flushing, NY
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NYC (Manhattan) 1. Take the Circle Line around Manhattan (3 hr boat tour) 2. NBC Studios tour in Rockefeller Center (esp. during Dec.) 3. Central Park 4. See a Broadway Play 5. Sports Fan: Tour of Madison Square Garden Art Lover: Metropolitan Museum of Art All others: Dinner in the revolving restaurant in the Mariott Marquis NYC (Queens -the part that I live and work, but it's still part of NYC) 1. Shea Stadium (and believe me, there's plenty of seats avail.  ) 2. Flushing Meadow Park 3. Walk along the Bayside Marina 4. Concert under the stars or the Big Apple Circus in Crocheron Park 5. Brunch at Belmont Raceway
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#245052 - 09/16/04 09:17 PM
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Anchorage Alaska
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Anchorage Ak 1) Look to your right and see Denali (North America's highest peak) 2) Look to your left and see a volcano erupt (it will happen any time) 3) Ice Skate in February on a frozen lake, fresh hot chocolate and barrels burning to warm you. Very old fashioned fun. 4) Drive out to see a boar tide (wall of water filling the entire bay in 20 mins) 5) Drive out and hike on Matanuska glacier 6) Have a glass of wine with Dawnie
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