Easter Bonnet Parade – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 102)
The 5th Avenue Easter Bonnet Parade in Manhattan is the most fabulous display of fashion anyone has ever thought up for a holiday. Actually, I’d like to believe that the images from this…
Karneval der Kulturen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 4)
The Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures) is an annual celebration of peace, tolerance and multiculturalism that takes place in Berlin during Pfingsten (Pentecost weekend). The highlight is the Karneval der Kulturen parade…
May Day – 1. Mai 2011 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 53)
May 1st (1. Mai), or May Day, is a holiday known in Germany and other countries as the International Workers’ Day – a day for political protests, mostly organized by left-leaning groups, which has its history…
Tour de Fat (Fort Collins) – In A Colorado Minute (Week 226)
Tour de Fat is a traveling celebration of “beer, bikes and bemusement” organized by the employee-owned Fort Collins brewery New Belgium and taking place in almost a dozen cities around the USA throughout…
Carnival in Salvador (Brazil) – In Another Minute (Week 149)
Carnival in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is for me without a doubt the biggest party I have ever attended. Wow! Most crowded, longest lasting, most invigorating music, most dancing, most passionate people, most danger,…
