Cinco de Mayo fact check – it’s all about…France?

by Angela Dollar - Travel with a Purpose
( May 5th, 2011 )

Think fast: What holiday is celebrated on May 5th, also known as Cinco de Mayo?

If you said “Mexican Independence Day”, you’re about 4 months off.
(That’s recognized on September 16th.)

The Cinco de Mayo holiday actually ties in to France. You see, in …

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Local Flavor: Puget Sound Clam Bake

by Angela Dollar - Travel with a Purpose
( June 15th, 2010 )

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I love connecting with a place through its food. The food that generations have been making and passing on recipes for – that’s what I want to taste. (Sometimes, to my detriment – guinea pigs, for example, go back to the ancient …

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Local Flavor: Lao Coffee

by Angela Dollar - Travel with a Purpose
( May 19th, 2010 )

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Luang Prabang, Laos is the kind of place the seeps under your skin, slows down your heart rate and tells you not to go. At least, that’s what happened to me and my partner; our first visit found us digging in and …

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