Archive for August, 2016
Exploring the Biltmore Estate Posted by sasha on Aug 29, 2016
The Biltmore Estate is one of the most famous homes in the United States. This beautiful mansion is a great example of the Gilded Age and is a very popular place to visit. Take a tour of the famous Biltmore Estate in this short video. Then, answer a few questions about it and study the…
At the Bookstore – Fiction Posted by Gary Locke on Aug 26, 2016
If you are looking for a specific book, or even just something you’d like to read, it helps to know the various categories that bookstores use for shelving their products. Almost every store has three main categories of books in different locations on the sales floor – Nonfiction, Fiction, and Children’s. You will then…
Streets, Beats & Eats – Seattle Posted by sasha on Aug 23, 2016
Seattle is known as the Emerald City due to the fact that the city is surrounded by greenery. You don’t have to go out of the city limits, either. Explore Discovery Park, the Seattle Center, and Kerry Park all in one day. You can also get a delicious Vietnamese dinner, take a sunset sailing cruise…
At the Bookstore – Nonfiction Posted by Gary Locke on Aug 22, 2016
If you are looking for a specific book, or even just something you’d like to read, it would help to know the various categories that bookstores use for shelving their products. Walk into a typical bookstore and you will always be faced with aisles upon aisles of shelves of books. Some books will…
What is a Limerick? Posted by Gary Locke on Aug 15, 2016
How about a little light verse? We compose certain rhymes just for fun. Some that won’t be too sad, sober, or glum. We just want to demonstrate wit, With meaning that isn’t worth spit. And so now that it’s writ, I’m done! That was a limerick. It is one of the most basic examples…
Great American Cities – Seattle Posted by sasha on Aug 11, 2016
It’s been a few months since our last post in the “Great American Cities” series, but today we’re bringing it back by heading to the home of grunge music and Starbucks – Seattle. Name – Seattle is one of the only major cities in the US to be named after a Native American chief. He…
Why Would You Want to Break a Leg? Posted by Gary Locke on Aug 1, 2016
I am a thespian, which means that I am an actor. The word derives from the name of the ancient Greek, Thespis, who is said (by Aristotle) to have been the first actor to play a character on stage other than himself. I should add that I am also a stage director, and I have…