Nationals Holiday Lighting Ceremony Filed under: MLB, Stadium, Washington Nationals — misschatter at 7:22 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2007... lire la suite
Nationals Holiday Lighting Ceremony Filed under: MLB, Stadium, Washington Nationals — misschatter at 7:
Moving on from the controversial and back to the fluff… Snow! Fluffy flakes are forecast to fall tomorrow! I’ve already received an alert email from my kids’ school system (and the first flake hasn’t fallen, for crying out loud! I hate the cold, but I love snow. If I have to suffer through freezing, there better be some white stuff on the ground.
Mariah Carey attends the lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building where the tower will shine lavender, pink and white in honor of her new album ‘E=MC²’
It sure is looking that way. They’ve been fairly successful with reclamation projects from pitchers fresh off surgery no one else wanted to take a chance on to players with off-field baggage. With the trade of minor league pitcher Glenn Gibson yesterday for Elijah Dukes, I thought back to the others the Nationals “took a chance on”.
By Andrew Liszewski Setting up elaborate Christmas lighting and decorations on your front lawn loses some of its appeal when you have to go outside every night to turn them on or off. So next year I suggest adding this INSTEON wireless remote system as part of your holiday decorating, even before you begin untangling the lights.
Whew, sorry! Home’s been busy, work’s been busy, ’tis the season and all that! I was planning on doing more (including a That’s Chat’s Nats episode) about the holiday lighting, but I guess it’s a little late for that now, eh? I didn’t score any interviews (nor did I try), and my pictures pretty much showed what happened.
Reuters - Organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympics torch lighting ceremony staged a dress rehearsal on Sunday, lighting the torch from a back-up flame as concerns over possible Tibet protests grew.
Mariah Carey will turn New York's Empire State Building pink and purple today (04/25/08). The iconic skyscraper will lit up in lavender, pink and white – the colors featured on the cover for Mariah's new album ‘E=MC2' – to celebrate the singer's successful career. The honor is also to mark her new record entering the Billboard chart after
Beyonce will help NBC kicks off the holiday season on Wednesday, December 3 (8-9PM ET/PT) with the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree during the 11th annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” telecast. Today’s Al Rokerwill host the live holiday celebration of the 76th Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Check out this new photo of American Idol alum Katharine McPhee, 23, with producer husband Nick Cokas, 43, at their Feb. wedding reception at St. Viviana’s in Los Angeles. Here are some more details from their special wedding day: The couple had a special candle-lighting ceremony.
A lone protester manages to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. The torch then begins a 130-day, 137,000-kilometer (85,000-mile) journey to Beijing, China, where the 2008 summer games will begin in August.
Reuters - China vowed strict security for the Olympic torch relay through restive Tibet on Monday as protesters tried to disrupt the lighting ceremony in Greece, clouding Beijing's hopes of the relay symbolizing national unity.
Milos Bicanski/Getty Images This morning's Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Greece was disrupted by protesters from the Paris-based media rights groups Reporters Without Borders. The bad publicity was exactly the kind of thing that Beijing was hoping (unrealistically) to avoid in the run-up to this summer's games, but also highlights a growing debate in France over whether the country should take action to voice its disapproval of China's human rights record.
There are one hundred and forty eight days before the XXIX Olympiad begins - in Beijing, China. And yet the situation in Tibet has probably never been worse. It’s a somber Jaques Rogge these days. He made comments to Associated Press that he was engaged in “silent diplomacy” with the Chinese but wouldn’t intervene in politics to try to change their policies.
Talk about a turnaround — Britney Spears started 2008 barricaded inside her L. A. home with her son while the police and ambulances waited outside. And now, less than 11 months later, she’s got a hit single, an album ready to drop in two weeks, a 2009 tour in the works, and OK!
It’s pretty easy to start off with one tattoo and end up like Travis Barker. Celebrities that are possibly well on their way? Rihanna with the latest tat on her right hand. It’s tribal,” she said at the charity’s annual Snowflake Lighting Ceremony in New York’s Grand Army Plaza.
Joel Madden and Nicole Richie switch on the lights at UNICEF's Light The Night Christmas lighting ceremony in Beverly Hills, California - (11/22/08). Nic is looking really thin again. BAC/ WENN var dc_UnitID = 14; var dc_AdLinkColor = 'blue'; var dc_adprod='ADL';
MarketWatch’s Andria Cheng reports: While many shoppers are out making a last-minute dash to wrap up their Christmas purchases, the holiday season for retailers is far from over. Some stores are modifying their post-holiday hours in anticipation of a gift-card fueled shopping rush.
Ray A. Smith reports on the latest sales numbers. New data released Wednesday morning again shows that last-minute shoppers helped retailers this holiday season but not enough to stop holiday retail sales to fall short of industry expectations. The International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS Retail Chain Store Sales Index rose by 2.
An Anthropologie coat for sale on the company’s Web site. Anthropologie posted a double-digit sales increase over the holidays.