Topic: Rip Van Winkle
If you think that hunting down some white truffles, shark fin soup or beluga caviar is tough in this town, just try getting your hands on a bottle...
Ed Yardeni has a great graph of European sovereign yield history. It's interesting to note that yields have basically rebounded to levels that...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." - A Tale of Two Cities. . Forget about it being the opening line to an all-time classic...
Sometimes I think the critters that sleep the winter away have the right idea. On a January weekend I may have enough ambition to do a puzzle -...
The history books teach us to watch for seemingly unexpected and sometimes catastrophic events that nobody saw coming. In Biblical times, we have...
Located in Saugerties New York , a little over two miles off thruway I-87 exit 20, is Rip Van Winkle Campground. The Rip Van Winkle Campground (RVWC) is set on 160 acres of prime woodland in the foothills of the Catskill mountains. RVWC ...
Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humour in which a statement, or an entire fictional work, is not meant to be taken seriously, but its sarcasm is subtle. " In Washington Irving's story "Rip Van Winkle ," the townspeople listening to ...
A few years ago several fellow bowlers were recipients of cash prizes and trophies in the Tuesday Night Winter Fun League at Rip Van Winkle alleys. In political campaigns, candidates frequently brag of never having missed a Some of our nation's ...
"Rip Van Winkle" is a folk opera by the American composer Reginald de Koven. "Rip Van Winkle" was premiered by the Chicago Opera Company in Chicago on January 2, 1920. De Koven's Rip Van Winkle is based on Washington Irving's ...
The diverse backgrounds of older students make the trend of returning to college a mosaic of faces with a variety of stories to tell. It was a time when hearing the words of John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King while ...
