163 Frank Snepp's Homecoming: Arlington's Saigon 1972 Recently returned from the fall of Saigon, CIA analyst Frank Snepp sat in a brand-new apartment complex on Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia. The complex stood at the metropolitanized DC edge of the Dulles Corridor. It was September 197...
Phnom Penh, once known as the ‘Pearl of Asia’, is the capital and largest city in Cambodia. It is now a cultural, commercial, and political center that offers a unique blend of traditional charm and urban bustle. Waterfall in Luang Prabang Laos There some beautiful waterfalls in Luang ...
What was once a handful of acclaimed establishments in developed hubs like Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong has flourished into a continent-wide wave of progressive bars known not only locally but globally for sustainable innovation as well as distinct, culture-specific takes on mixology with local...
Besides growth in passenger numbers, the increase in trade from Vietnam, both export and import, due to the rise of Vietnam as a low-cost manufacturing hub should also be positive for businesses which provide ancillary services to support this trade. As such, Saigon Cargo Services, a cargo ...
Once a widely popular American dish, jello salad can perhaps raise American eyebrows just as easily as non-American eyebrows. The now-retro dish, which embeds anything from fruit to tuna in jiggly, sweet gelatin, was once ubiquitous and becameparticularly popularduring the Depression. This was a...
Capital Region diners have once again named Yanni Too the “Bestie” for calamari and tell us that there is a very good reason that Chef Yanni is known as the “Calamari King.” Light and flaky breading, tender, different types of tasty sauces and all delicious (you can have an order ...
Better known as the Brew Crew, these guys were into craft beer long before the rest of the Capital Region was. Today, you can find 4,000 beers from around the globe at the Brew Crew’s two locations: Oliver’s and Westmere, also making a cameo in this year’s Besties. ...
(formerly Saigon), is in the south. Vietnam experienced a period of prolonged warfare in the mid-20th century, and a partitioning (1954–75), first militarily and later politically, into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, better known as North Vietnam, and the Republic of Vietnam, ...