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Greetings Traveler, Springtime is quickly approaching, and the warmer weather provides great opportunities for outdoor festivals and celebrations! The warm, sunny days are also a great excuse to go to the beach or visit your favorite vacation spot! Speaking of great festivals, this year's Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans will be quite special indeed! The parades and parties will give locals and visitors a chance to let out some of the frustrations associated with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina... and the opportunity to mark a very important step in the Crescent City's Comeback! The parties and parades kick off this weekend and continue through Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 28th. TripSmarter.Com is tagging along with Club Hour and N.O.TV to bring you photos, videos and updates of this year's festivities. See you in the Big Easy! Spring Break also begins this month in Panama City Beach and Key West! Students from all over the world will enjoy a week of no school and non-stop parties at the two biggest Spring Break destinations in the USA! See it take place live on our Panama City Beach LIVE CAMS! TripSmarter.Com and Beach TV will be right in the middle of the party, so check often for updates! We'll be posting photos and videos to our Spring Break galleries daily! Atlanta, Myrtle Beach, Destin, and Pensacola will also kick off Springtime with festivals and celebrations of all kinds! Check out the Upcoming Special Events for more info! And this is your last chance to register for our Myrtle Beach Giveaway! A winner will be selected on March 1st, so register now! It's your chance to win a fantastic GOLF VACATION in the Golf Capital of the US, Myrtle Beach, SC! - The TripSmarter.Com Webteam
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Latest Forum Posts:Atlanta Road Trip Spring Break in Destin? Do I Need a Car in Key West? What Happened to Freaky Tiki in Myrtle Beach? College Spring Break Dates Ripley's in New Orleans reopens! Beautiful Day at PCBeach (Live Cams) Spring Break Message Board Top 5 Ethnic Restaurants on the Emerald Coast By Margit Bisztray, Food Critic The Emerald Coast is, of course, famous for its seafood, and something as simple as a fried grouper sandwich or a dozen fresh oysters make for incredible and memorable dining. But an exciting trend in the area is the emergence of new, international restaurants. Each adds a global variety of flavor to the mix, and “spices up” the ways to enjoy fresh, local specialties. When the Emerald Coast invented itself as a tourist destination in the 1950’s, most people who came here never even got into the water. They liked having the beautiful view of the Gulf, of course, but lying around on a beach just wasn’t a popular activity. Now what the area did to attract people was to become a place where visitors really felt away, like they’d really escaped somewhere different. This is when Tiki bars, and racecar tracks and miniature golf courses and theme parks popped up along the road. Families went from one activity to the next in this fantasy world, kind of like they still do today in between trips to the beach. I think you’ll agree that the five, ethnic restaurants we’re going to visit take you away…without a passport or a plane ticket required... Click for more! Troublesome Siblings By Wayne Gentry, Meteorologist If you peruse the national news networks, you might think the planet’s weather has gone haywire. In reality, extreme weather events have always been a part of living on planet earth. Just a few decades ago you might have seen a newspaper article about floods, hurricanes, or drought in distant places, but you wouldn’t see images of the chaos, and the story wouldn’t segue into someone predicting the eve of destruction. Over all, it’s a good thing to be aware that we live on a fragile blue planet…not such a good thing to dwell on something beyond our control. Most everyone has heard of El Nino (Spanish for the male child), a temporary warming of equatorial waters in the central Pacific. Among other things, a strong El Nino is responsible for large storms and high surf along the California coastline, and for us, less tropical activity in the Atlantic. Believe it or not, water temperatures half a world away affect the strength of winds around the globe, as well as hurricanes in our neck of the woods (southeastern U.S.) As you might expect cooler water along the equatorial Pacific occasionally occurs as well. This event is called La Nina, (the girl child). A strong La Nina also influences wind flow, and could allow tropical storms in the Atlantic to form and strengthen more easily... Click for more!
A Fun Look at Valentine's Day By Randy Peterson, Host of Club Hour Ahhh....February...the month of love, the month of Valentine's. Yes we all survived another holiday season, a wonderful new year and now another holiday of love, lust and everything in between. Rumored to have begun in early AD times, there are as many stories about the orgin of the holiday as there are flower tpyes that can be sent to that special loved one. And knowing another one is in the books, Club Hour felt we wanted to share some Valentine's fun and facts: - In Wales they exchange "love spoons" to celebrate the day. - In some countries a female can receive a gift of clothing from a guy and if she keeps it, she has committed to marrying him. Click for more!
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