The Fairmont In Washington DC Goes Green For The Inauguration
Who says you can’t get hotel deals these days. If you are willing to pay $40,000.00 during inauguration you will be able to stay at a hotel that is ecofriendly presidential suite at The Fairmont Washington DC.
What you get is a four-night stay in its 2 bedroom Lexus Hybrid Living Suite, the use of a Lexus LS 600 Hybrid, organic spa treatments with massages, manicures, and makeup. The suite was completed last May and the decor is black and white and the only colors are the paintings on the wall. The suite also has a kitchen, siting area, dining room and ecofriendly throughout.
Killington Film Festival Aug 24 - 26
The Killington Film Festival starts Fri Aug 24 and runs through Sunday the 26, featuring documentaries, short films, discussions. There is a different theme each day: Friday, August 24 “Social Awareness Night;” Saturday, August 25, “Vermont Indie Filmmaker Day;” Sunday, August 26 “New England Indie Filmmaker Day.” All films will be screened at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel.
(c) 2007 Jeff Connor
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Quechee Scottish Festival August 25
The Catamount Pipe Band at the Quechee Scottish Festival [photo copyright by the St. Andrews Society of Vermont]
The 35th annual Quechee Scottish Festival will be held Saturday, August 25, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm at the Quechee Polo Field.
There will be Scottish music and dancing, arts and crafts, highland athletic competitions, pipe bands, sheepdog herding trials, and Scottish and American food.
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VT Festival of the Arts Aug 22 - 25
Vermont Festival of the Arts
Memoir Writing Workshop
Ellen Perry Berkeley at 802-447-7226, epbinvt@earthlink.net
Admission: $40, picnic luncheon included
10 am - 3 pm August 22
Plein Air Painting with Candy Barr at Yellow Farmhouse Inn on Tuesday, August 22 and at 1824 House Inn & Restaurant on Wednesday, August 23. Take in one or both days!
Call Candy Barr at 496-2337 or CandyBarrArtist@madriver
Admission: $45
10 am - 4 pm August 22 and 23
For artists and non-artists alike. Oil and acrylic materials are included in the fee. This is a group event so you can see different approaches of others in the group. Rain or shine.
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Vermont Events Aug 18 - 20
August 19, 2006
Green Mountain Woodcarvers Annual Show and Sale
Morrisville VT
Carving contests, demonstrations, displays, sales.
Information: 802-223-7929 or 802-453-4292
Manchester Sidewalk Sales
Manchester VT
Manchester, in the southern part of the state, is full of top brand name designer outlets and local stores. This is their annual end-of-summer clearance sale where you can get some terrific bargains.
Circus Smirkus
Greensboro VT
Trapeze, high wire, aerials, acrobatics, juggling, clowns ? all performed by very well trained young people.
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Stowe’s Antique and Classic Car Show August 10 - 12, 2007
Stowe’s Antique and Classic Car Show is one of the state’s largest events, attracting more than a thousand rare and unusual vehicles. This year it will be held Aug 10 - 12 and will be located as usual at Nichols Field on Route 100 a few minutes south of Stowe village.
Tip: the best time to visit the show is mid-morning to early afternoon. Usually by 3:00, the majority of the cars have left the field and the exhibitors are out touring or going to dinner. That is especially true on Sunday when many of them leave late morning to begin the trip home which may be as long as a day’s drive for some of them.
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Laughs and Music This Weekend
Above: a stuffed kangaroo (or dog?) goes for a long ride in a recent Sugarbush Big Air Contest. Photo (c) 2007 Sugarbush Resort
This weekend the emphasis will be on laughs and music with pond skimming, dummy big air contests, and Reggae festivals.
Red Stripe, a Jamaican beer brand, is sponsoring Ascutney Ski Area’s Spring Fling Weekend starting March 24. Free, live Reggae music Friday night and Saturday noon to 8:00 pm plus an outdoor limbo contest on skis.
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