Insightful Books to Read

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Music for your Workout

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Penguin Prison   -    Golden   Train   –    Dance

Matias Aguayo  –   Koro Koro    –     Electronic

Little Dragon    –     Swimming      –     Pop

French Govrnment   -    Gulf Stream      -        Dance

Experience the Land of Enchantment

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Santa Fe, New Mexico Creative Tourism

“Experience the Land of Enchantment in a truly hands-on manner while getting to know the city’s art, culture, history, heritage and people. Santa Fe Creative Tourism and The Inn and Spa at Loretto have partnered to present our DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package, featuring fabulous workshops, classes and experiences taught by local community members in vibrant artists’ studios and other settings. From painting and glassworks, writing and journaling, to photography and crafts, experiencing Santa Fe through this exclusive DIY Santa Fe opportunity will create a vacation to remember!”

Travel Music to Download

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Maccabees   -    Toothpaste Kisses   –   Alternative

Panoptica      –         Pluma       -        Latino Electronic

Jill Scott     –     Spring Summer Feeling   –   R&b/soul

Gary Clark Jr.        –     When My Train Pulls In    -    Solo Acoustic

Books for you to Read

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Self Portraits:  Man Ray

The Worlds of Hunt Slonem:  Dominique Nahas

 The Maid: A Novel of Joan of Arc:  Kimberly Cutter

 Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman: Yvon Chouinard

Music to Listen to While Relaxing

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Loscil   –     Ema   –    Electronic

Emilian Torrini    –  Big Jumps   -    Alternative

Grace Woodroofe   –   Nocturnal   -    Pop

Aloe Blacc    -  Whole World     -    Hip-Hop

Engaging Books to Read

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen:                      Christopher McDougall

Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock: David Margolick

The Little Bride:  Anna Solomon

“Around the World the Frangipani (plumeria) is called”

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• The Aztec word is Cocaloxochite.
• Tipanier in Tahiti.
• Dok jampa  or Dok champa in Laos
• Pomelia and Frangipane in Italy
• Couleuvre, or Snake Tree in St.Barths Bois
• Kemboja kuning in Malaysia
• Pansal Mal in Sri Lanka
• Jepun in Bali, Indonesia
• Flor de Mayo in Yucatan, Puebla, El Salvador
• Flor de la Cruz in Guatemala
• Pumeli or Melia in Hawaii
• Amapola in Venezuela
• Kang Nai Xin in China
• Phool in India
• Hoa Su (Southern ), Hoa Dai (Northern) and Hoa Su Ma (ghost Plumeria) in Vietnam
• Kalachuchi in the Philippines
• Flor de Cebo in the Canary Islands
• Sacuanjoche in Nicaragua (the name is derived from the word “xacuan” from a native language called náhuatl and means “precious yellow feather or flower”.
• Common names are Temple Tree or Pagoda Tree in India and the Far East, Graveyard Tree in the Caribbean Islands, Temple Flower in Sri Lanka, and May flower (for the time of flowering) in Nicaragua.

Music – Dining, Traveling, or Relaxing

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Cassandra Wilson   – Blue Skies    -    Dinner    –   Jazz

Paolo Nutini   –   Chamber Music    -    Relax   -      Pop

Adanowsky    -       J’aime Tes Genoux  –     Travel     –   Latin Rock

Taken By Trees   –   Watch the  Waves      -   Relax/Travel  –   Alternative

Enclosed Bicycling

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The Tripod Bike