Vivid colours, camels and elephants, delicious food, and an ancient history… If Rajasthan isn’t on your travel bucket list, you need to add it now. Commonly known as the “Desert State”, the area spans across Northern India’s Thar desert. It’s packed with a rich variety of wildlife, as well as beautiful Havelis, hill forts and palaces. You could easily spend months exploring this diverse region, but if you only have two weeks, here is our list of what to do in Rajasthan. Jump straight to: Day 1-6 – Jaipur Day 6-9 – Jodhpur Day 9-14 – Jaisalmer Day 1-6 – Jaipur Jaipur, or the Pink City, is the capital of Rajasthan. And by pink, we mean PINK. You’ll...
Southern California casinos will soon host a 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, a pioneering funk artist, a comedian obsessed with food jokes and a norteño act with some of the biggest hits from the ’80s and ’90s. Here are shows you catch in local casinos next week. Bronco Regional Mexican Banda Bronco has a modern take on norteño and other regional genres that helped elevate the group in the ’80s and ’90s. Some of the band’s hits include “Adoro,” “Que No Quede Huella” and “Si Te Vuelves a Enamorar.” 8 p.m. Friday, March 3 at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. $65-$95. 800-514-3849. aguacalientecasinos.com. Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter and...
Mark Dinh likes to say he was literally born into the restaurant industry. His mother, Dana Shin, was waitressing at Yuan Palace, a Mongolian barbecue restaurant in Centennial, right up until her water broke. In fact, she dropped off an order to a customer and then left to have her baby. “It was meant to be,” Dinh said. Now 32, Dinh grew up working for his mom at Samurai, an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in Greenwood Village, which she opened and ran for nearly 10 years. Then he took off for school in 2008 at the Culinary Institute of America in New York before embarking on a career in kitchens in New York and Colorado, most recently at Matsuhisa in Denver. But...
The 5¢ Opening of Japan stamp (#1021) honors the 100th anniversary of Commodore Perry’s negotiations with Japan. It was issued on July 14, 1953, in Washington DC. This negotiation opened Japan to trade after 200 years of isolation. This stamp features Commodore Perry’s ships in Tokyo Bay and Mt. Fuji is in the background. A portrait of Commodore Perry is in the upper right corner. On April 10, 1794, Matthew Perry was born in Rhode Island. His father was a navy captain so he was accustomed to navy life. At the age of 15, he became a midshipman aboard the USS Revenge under his brother’s command. Perry also served on the USS President where he was an aide to the...
