Blogs from United States, North America - page 7072

After living in Houston, TX for a year ('92-'93) we went back to Colombia. I went back to the school I had been going since I was a kid, and my brother started pre-school. 1994 Over the summer we did what every family with young children has to do at some point: spend a week in Orlando, FL, and visit all the kid-friendly parks. I remember having fun and complaining a lot because of the heat. 1995 Summer. A few days after I was out for summer vacation, my mom surprised me with a puppy. I had been asking for one for years, and finally they gave in. We named her Cookie. She was the cutest little puppy ever, and still is. Over the summer we would frequently visit my dad in Cartagena where he had ... read more

Feb 1, 1993 *City official name :Trenton *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, a state of the United States of America. As of the United States 2000 Census, the City of Trenton had a population of 85,403. Trenton is also the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Titans (an ECHL minor league hockey affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units an... read more

Nov 3, 1992 *City official name :North Chicago *Founded date : *Location :Illinois State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 35,918 at the 2000 census. North Chicago has the manufacturing headquarters of Abbott Laboratories, EMCO Chemicals, the location of the Naval Station Great Lakes, and Jelly Belly has a production factory in North Chicago at 1501 Morrow Avenue. The city is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School and the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine. ... read more

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Geo: 30.0479, -90.3041Great mad place, knew no one there but just had to go. Stayed in a really American motel - we were the only whites in the local taek way though. French quarter & Jackson Sq. & markets were great. Bourbon ST was nuts - cocktails very strong. Voodoo shops kitschy. There's no streetcar named Desire though. And I remember they had a pretty good Aquarium in Garden district in Charles ST.... read more