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New Year's Drop: What Inspired Me
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Thursday, December 18, 2008. For years I have been intrigued by the local celebrations across America where they "drop," or in many cases lower, something from above to ring in the New Year. Many of these traditions are relatively recent and are based on the ball dropping in New York's Times Square. And today I saw this post on 30Threads. Which featured a post from the New Raleigh blog. That reveals the Trip Advisor's List of 10 Quirkiest New Year's Celebrations. Lists Raleigh as Number 10. I wanted ...
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New Year's Drop: New Year's Drops 2008
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008. New Year's Drops 2008. Original Title: What Drops on New Years Eve. For the past two years, I have compiled posts ( 2006. With a list of interesting or stupid things that towns and cities across the US "drop" (or lower) from downtown buildings. These civic celebrations are based on the ball that drops in Times Square in New York. My reasons for compiling this list is because I am also influenced by Raleigh's acorn and Mt. Olive, NC's pickle. There are many states not included...
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New Year's Drop: Bethlehem PA: Peep
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Flickr Photo by Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Many of the things that drop are out of the ordinary things, but many towns in Pennsylvania leverage their local corporate citizens and drop a local product. I was most intrigued by Bethlehem's dropping of a peep, a product made by the Just Born. Company. I struggled to find a photo of the 25-pound fiberglass peep, because it is not featured on the web site of this year's celebration. View my complete profile.
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New Year's Drop: January 2009
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Thursday, January 1, 2009. Mt Olive NC: Pickle. Photo by me. See more here. Since Mt Olive, North Carolina, location of the annual Pickle Drop, is only an hour and half from where I live, I decided to attend this small-town, family-friendly New Year's Eve event this year. Last year's event drew 2,000 people in a town with a population of less than 5,000. I also had the chance to interview Lynn Williams, Community Relations Representative of the Mt Olive Pickle Company. Sponsors of the event.
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New Year's Drop: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Flickr Photo by Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Many of the things that drop are out of the ordinary things, but many towns in Pennsylvania leverage their local corporate citizens and drop a local product. I was most intrigued by Bethlehem's dropping of a peep, a product made by the Just Born. Company. I struggled to find a photo of the 25-pound fiberglass peep, because it is not featured on the web site of this year's celebration. Even though I am only further ...
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New Year's Drop: December 2005
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Saturday, December 31, 2005. New Year's Drops 2006. Original Title: What Else Drops in Other Places? The Ball Drop in Times Square stems from an even older ritual in England when a descending Time Ball was a popular method of signaling noon to allow pocket watches and nearby at sea ships chronometer's to be reset daily. This tradition continues onward today in Washington D.C. at the United States Naval Observatory where it still drops a Time Ball down a flag pole every day at noon. New Orleans: Gumbo Pot.
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New Year's Drop: New Year's Drops 2007
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Sunday, December 31, 2006. New Year's Drops 2007. Original Title: What else drops update. In my continuing search for things that drop on New Year's Eve. A lighted beach ball. Carolina Beach, NC). Orange County, CA). A new Ford Edge. A carp (St. Feriole Island, WI) 2008 Update: New article. Bologna (Lebanon, PA) 2008 Update: New Article. And a long list of things. From a giant red shoe carrying a drag queen (Key West, FL) to a wrench (Mechanicsburg, PA) on Wikipedia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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New Year's Drop: December 2006
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Sunday, December 31, 2006. New Year's Drops 2007. Original Title: What else drops update. In my continuing search for things that drop on New Year's Eve. A lighted beach ball. Carolina Beach, NC). Orange County, CA). A new Ford Edge. A carp (St. Feriole Island, WI) 2008 Update: New article. Bologna (Lebanon, PA) 2008 Update: New Article. And a long list of things. From a giant red shoe carrying a drag queen (Key West, FL) to a wrench (Mechanicsburg, PA) on Wikipedia. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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New Year's Drop: Looking for the Acorn
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Saturday, December 27, 2008. Looking for the Acorn. Looking for the Acorn. This is the normal location of Raleigh's 1250-pound bronze acorn that drops on New Year's Eve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Where Else to Find Me. 4 Miles and 12 Donuts. Acorn Cleaned and Polished. Looking for the Acorn.
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New Year's Drop: Acorn Cleaned and Polished
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Monday, December 29, 2008. Acorn Cleaned and Polished. It turns out the acorn was removed from its pedestal and taken to the home of artist, and acorn sculptor, David Benson for a cleaning and polishing. Here's a bit of video from WRAL of the acorn scrubdown. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Where Else to Find Me. 4 Miles and 12 Donuts. Acorn Cleaned and Polished. Looking for the Acorn.
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