6 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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Doral is a city in
Miami-Dade County, Florida , United States. One of 34 municipalities in the county, it is located 5 miles (8 km) west of
Miami International Airport and 13 miles (21 km) west of
Downtown Miami . Doral occupies 15 square miles (39 km²) bordered on the west by the
Ronald Reagan Turnpike and the
Florida Everglades , on the north by the town of
Medley , on the east by the
Palmetto Expressway and on the south by the
Dolphin Expressway and the city of
Sweetwater . The city is part of the
Miami metropolitan area of
South Florida . As of the
2020 census , Doral had a population of 75,874, up from 45,704 in
2010 .
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4 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , Shopping
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Chinatown, Boston is a
neighborhood located in
downtown Boston ,
Massachusetts . It is the only surviving historic
ethnic Chinese enclave in
New England since the demise of the
Chinatowns in
Providence, Rhode Island and
Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asians and
Asian Americans living in this area of Boston, there is an abundance of
Chinese and
Vietnamese restaurants located in Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston and serves as the largest center of its
East Asian and
Southeast Asian cultural life.
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2 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit
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Surf and turf, sometimes called reef and beef, is a
main course combining
seafood and
red meat , typically
beefsteak . While
lobster and
filet mignon are a standard combination, variations common to
steakhouse menus include
prawns, shrimp ,
squid , or
scallops , which may be
steamed ,
grilled , or
breaded and fried .
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25 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels , New York City , Shopping
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The Hotel Chelsea (also the Chelsea Hotel; colloquially The Chelsea) is a hotel at 222 West
23rd Street in the
Chelsea neighborhood of
Manhattan in New York City. Built between 1883 and 1884, the hotel was designed by
Philip Hubert in a style described variously as
Queen Anne Revival and
Victorian Gothic . The 12-story Chelsea, originally a
housing cooperative , has been the home of numerous writers, musicians, artists, and entertainers, some of whom still lived there in the 21st century. As of 2022, most of the Chelsea is used as a luxury hotel. The building is a
New York City designated landmark and on the
National Register of Historic Places .
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19 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and
social region of suburban
Philadelphia ,
Pennsylvania ,
United States . Lying along the former
Pennsylvania Railroad ‘s once prestigious
Main Line , it runs northwest from
Center City Philadelphia parallel to
Lancaster Avenue , also known as
U.S. Route 30 .
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9 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Astoria is a
neighborhood in the western portion of the
New York City borough of
Queens . Astoria is bounded by the
East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods:
Long Island City to the southwest,
Sunnyside to the southeast, and
Woodside and
East Elmhurst to the east. As of 2019, Astoria has an estimated population of 95,446.
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6 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , San Francisco Bay Area , Sport
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Levi’s Stadium is an
American football stadium located in
Santa Clara, California , just west of the much larger city of
San Jose , in the
San Francisco Bay Area . It has served as the home venue for the
National Football League (NFL)’s
San Francisco 49ers since 2014. The stadium is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of
San Francisco . It is named after
Levi Strauss & Co. , which purchased
naming rights in 2013.
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4 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Berlin , Paris / Île-de-France , Events
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Lollapalooza (Lolla) is an annual American four-day
music festival held in
Grant Park in
Chicago . It originally started as a touring event in 1991, but several years later, Chicago became its permanent location. Music genres include
alternative rock ,
heavy metal ,
punk rock ,
hip hop , and
electronic dance music . Lollapalooza has also featured
visual arts ,
nonprofit organizations , and political organizations. The festival, held in
Grant Park , hosts an estimated 400,000 people each July and sells out annually. Lollapalooza is one of the largest music festivals in the world and one of the longest-running in the United States.
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3 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , Miami / South Florida
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Key lime pie is an
American dessert pie . It is made of
lime juice,
egg yolks , and
sweetened condensed milk . It may be served with no topping, topped with a
meringue topping made from egg whites, or with
whipped cream ; it may be cooked in a
pie crust ,
graham cracker crust , or no crust. The dish is named after the small
Key limes , which are more aromatic than the common Persian limes, and which have yellow juice. The filling in a Key lime pie is typically yellow because of the egg yolks. The pie is related to the English
Lemon Meringue Pie .
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