The Scoop on Candy Canes
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I’m a sucker for candy canes (pun intended).
Ever wonder where the tradition began, why they’re striped, and why they’re peppermint? Me, too! So here’s the story…
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Awesome San Francisco
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Up the hill on Grant Street to Bush (San Francisco is all hills), we entered Chinatown through the traditional stone archway known as the Dragon Gate.
Read MoreFogo Island - A Great Auk & One Corner of the Flat Earth
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The reward at the end of the trail was a 6.5’ (2m) tall cast-bronze statue of a great auk by American artist Todd McGrain. The great auk, a flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century, used to thrive on these North Atlantic rocky shores.
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