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5 Affordable Valentine's Travel Destinations

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Mardi Gras will be happening on the 13th, which means free parades, live music, and a masquerade ball with (free) dinner! While it'll still be foggy, which can trap the cold air, you can get some warm moments in the city. If you want to take your love out to a romantic dinner after your day, here are some suggestions from OpenTable.

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Beautiful Art of Downtown Las Vegas

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Speaking of Fremont Street Experience, you can watch the canopy come to life all day/night long with fun LED displays and music videos (these start at 6pm) that are made especially for it by a handful of artists you've heard of, like Imagine Dragons, Chainsmokers, Katy Perry, and Shakira. I loved this wall.

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Creative Ways to Save Money for Travel

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The same can be said for the city where you live: free music, Shakespeare In the Park, free museum days. Find free things at home - I always suggest finding free things to do on vacation, so your dollars stretch further. Usually there are fun things that cost absolutely nothing and are easy to fit into your itinerary.

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Where to Travel for Black History

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Visit Congo Square on a Sunday and enjoy some live music, and walk along the Mississippi to read markers regarding the slave trade and prominent Black New Orleanians. a house museum dedicated to the legacy of free people of color.

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How to Do Mardi Gras at Home

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Make a YouTube playlist of Mardi Gras parades to play in the background, throw on some zydeco music, and mix up some mint juleps. I got a lot of boring regular ones and then picked up some fancy ones at my local Dollar Tree. Or maybe you just want some banners to hang around your door. Don't forget the King Cake !

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Stroll Through An Unusual Paris Neighborhood

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He created the new genre of jazz-and-blues haiku, which was often accompanied by music. James Emanuel - Known by some as one of the best and most neglected poets of the 20th century, Emanuel was born in Nebraska and wrote and published more than 300 poems, alongside books, an anthology, and an autobiography.

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Black Entertainment History at the Academy Museum

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click on this pic for full res - all of these people deserve all the recognition There is a whole wall of entertainers that performed in something called "soundies", which were 3-minute musical films that were projected on a machine that looked like a jukebox, but was more like a TV.

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