Yeah – OK, it’s a cheap trick to cash in on someone’s lyrics, but this is something worth bringing to your attention.
The ‘big apple’ is busily converting a disused, elevated railway line that runs down the Manhattan Island’s West Side (meatpacking district) into a public park between 18 and 30 foot above street level. When complete the park will be a mile and a half long and no more than 60ft wide at its broadest. With a hefty $170m price tag the park will combine meandering concrete pathways, naturalistic planting, fixed and movable seating, lighting, water features, children’s play areas and viewing platforms to give the public space broad appeal. There will be three access points from street level (every two or three blocks) and most will have elevators in addition to stairways.
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If you can’t get enough of that BBQ flavour, or want to pick up some tips on how to cook the best BBQ food this could just be the event for you!
2nd to 5th October 2008 sees the 29th occurrence of the largest BBQ contest in the world with some 500 teams competing. Contestants have to cook 10 pounds of meat (beef, pork or lamb) and are awarded marks out of 10 for their efforts.
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Now here’s one for all you Western aficionados – or would be cowboys! Step back in time and experience what the old west was really like, with many folk dressed in period costume to give an authentic feel to the events.
Held on this year on 20th - 23rd August 2008 at Kanab USA it’s jammed packed with everything fans of the wild west could only dream of seeing – and participate in.
Experience 3 days on a WAGON TRAIN….this starts at Alton Utah at 6.00pm on 20th August and gives a 3 days and 2 nights of a true western experience with dinners served around the campfire, ride in one of the wagons or ride a horse – for full details and prices check out the web site at http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com
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This annual event has just started (for 2008 runs from 4th to 13th July). It attracts some of the biggest rodeo stars as the event has the biggest one day prize in pro rodeo - $1m (Canadian) on ‘Showdown Sunday’ has gained a reputation as rodeo’s richest afternoon.
There are rodeos held on each of the 10 event days with $60,000 (Canadian) prize money daily ($10,000 per event – bareback, bull riding, barrel racing, saddle bronc, steer wrestling and tie-down roping).
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I really like Palm Springs. I visited in 2001 on a tour of California and some of the great national parks en route from LA. By pure coincidence we arrived in town on a week-end when there was a Motor Bike rally in town sometime in October which admittedly added a different dimension to the place.
We were lucky to find rooms as most hotels and motels were booked for the rally, which is an annual event called ‘American Heat – Palm Springs Motorcycle and Hot rod weekend’. In the centre of town there were the most amazing customised Harleys and other bikes with fantastic paint jobs to admire (and I am not remotely a bike fan) but they were items of beauty. There seemed to be bands playing on every street corner and some great stalls for picking up fringed leather and suede jackets, waistcoats and trousers, but of course that is not the real Palm Springs. I would definitely go back when the rally is on.
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