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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 14, 2012

  Happy centennial birthday, Arizona! In honor of the state celebrating its 100th statehood anniversary on today’s Valentine Day’s Day, myriad festivities and events have been planned around Arizona in tribute to its admission as the nation’s 48th state 100 years ago today. In 1912, the luxury liner Titanic sank, the Girl Scouts organization was [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 11, 2012

  Nothing quite says Valentine’s Day like a magical, romantic tour of a sewage plant, eh? At least, that’s what some think in New York. Reported by New York Daily News, Newtown Creek Wastewater Plant offering tours for lovers on Valentine’s Day: The sweet scent of sewage may not sound romantic, but for lovers of [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 10, 2012

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." ~ Robert Heinlein FOOD. GLORIOUS VALENTINE’S DAY FOOD. Time for Frugal Café’s second annual Valentine’s Day food and recipe showcase — this collection is just as creative and fabulous as was last year’s, if I do say so myself. [...]

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