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  • Visiting The New York World’s Fair Park

    Visiting The New York World’s Fair Park

    The song plays in my head, as we enter The New York World ’s Fair Park. “There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of everyday…” This visit lights up my passion for learning about entertainment history. In New York, in 1939 and 1964, there was no greater entertainment spectacle, than the World’s…

  • Rainbow Springs State Park and Swampy’s-Florida

    Rainbow Springs State Park and Swampy’s-Florida

    The Practice of Patience When I was a kid and got impatient, my mom would sing the Have Patience song. It was some high level Manchurian Candidate mind work, because to this day, if I’m waiting in line, and I get impatient, that song pops into my head. We walk up to the entrance window at…