GO THERE! Desert getaway? Take your skis!
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Curtis Palmer ‘Ski Dubai panorama’ June 20th 2007 via Flickr, creative commons attribution
If you’re going to build a mall in the desert, you must always include an indoor ski resort.
Well, that’s how they do it in Dubai anyway…
Video Schmistory: January 8.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The week of January 8 in History Schmistory!
ALL NEW History Schmistory: January 6. Kerrigan Clubbed!
Monday, January 6, 2025
January 6, 1994. Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee before a competition.
GO THERE! And you thought the holidays were over!
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Grab your broomstick and pointy hat and fly out to Italy this Monday, the best place to be for the Epiphany
Maggas at en.wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
GO THERE! And take multiple sweaters!
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Quebec’s Hôtel de Glace opens in 3 days. If, in these Wintery months, you find yourself in the mood for some icy opulence, this annual dwelling would be an excellent choice, albeit a chilly one!
History Schmistory: January 1. Here we go again!
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Did you know that January 1st wasn’t the first day of the year until 1622?
More where that came from!
History Schmistory: December 31st – Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
1904, New York
The first new years eve party is held in Times Square. The first ball drop happened 3 years later.
![Phier at en.wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NewYearEve2008_TimeSquare.jpg)
Phier at en.wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 30th – A match made in literary heaven
Monday, December 30, 2024
1816
Reknowned poet Percy Bysse Shelley (of Ozymandias fame) marries Mary Godwin. Mary will go on to write Frankenstein and arguably become the more famous of the pair… wonder what ole Percy made of that….
![Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/200px-RothwellMaryShelley.jpg)
Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Portrait_of_Percy_Bysshe_Shelley_by_Curran_1819.jpg)
Percy Bysse Shelley By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
New Year’s Day in History: History Schmistory
Monday, December 30, 2024
What happened on New Year’s Day in History? With jokes.
History Schmistory: December 29th – Howdy Cowboys
Sunday, December 29, 2024
1845
Texas is admitted as the 28th state in the Union. Yee-ha!
![John C. H. Grabill [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800px-The_Cow_Boy_1888.jpg)
John C. H. Grabill [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
