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An outing to the Symphony of Lights, now in its 18th year, is a long-standing tradition for Howard and neighboring county residents. A spectacular display of more than 70 larger-than-life, animated and stationary light creations, it is a “must-see” during the holiday season.
Conveniently located in downtown Columbia's Symphony Woods, the display is open for vehicles from Monday, November 21, 2010 through Sunday, January
1, 2012.
Hours of operation:
Open 7 days a week, from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m., including holidays.
CLOSED December 31st for the Midnight at 7 event.
Driving through the display does not require a reservation.
Admission costs:
Minivans and other vehicles that hold up to
8 passengers: $20 per vehicle
Vans and other vehicles that hold 9 to 24 passengers: $45 per vehicle
Vehicles that hold 25 or more passengers: $125 per bus |
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Still not sure if your business needs to be on Twitter.com? Find our more about Twitter and how to get your message out (tweet!) about your company's events, special offers, and more at www.WelcomeToHowardCounty.com | Twitter’s number of monthly unique visitors finally surpassed that of MySpace in August. Though it ranked third among social networking sites, Twitter ranked #50 in the list of top 50 properties overall. The numbers were crunched by the marketing research firm comScore. |
Twitter’s ( ) lead over MySpace () was marginal — 96 million versus 95 million — but the trend over time paints a prettier picture of the microblogging service. Between August 2009 and August 2010, Twitter grew 76% while MySpace dropped 17%. Read more at mashable.com |
Looking for traditional Italian dishes and more? Try Portalli's in Historic Ellicott City featuring fine dining for lunch, dinner, and late night. Looking for a great place to take a client for lunch or dinner? Portalli's is the place to meet if your looking to impress...are great prices. Stop in today and see for yourself! To find our more about Howard County, Maryland including events, videos, news, links and more visit www.WelcomeToHowardCounty.com | | Set in the heart of beautiful historic Ellicott City, Portalli's is an Italian restaurant like no other. Created by the coordinated vision and leadership of proprietors Evan Brown & Alan Biars and local chef Keith Holsey, Portalli’s was designed to offer a nice mixture of traditional Italian dishes and Italian-inspired preparations unique to Chef Holsey. |
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Coupon redemption in the U.S. rose 10% in the fourth quarter of 2008 –- the first rise in coupon use since the early 1990s –- and total coupon redemption reached 3 billion in 2009, according to Inmar. What’s more, the use of printable coupons, where people print online coupons and redeem them in stores, rose 308% in the first half of 2009, while 10 million digital coupons were redeemed during the same period, up 25% year-on-year. |
Café de Paris offers you a "French dining experience" here in Columbia, Maryland. Visit for lunch, dinner, or happy hour and enjoy authentic French cuisine. Live Jazz every Tuesdays and Fridays featuring local and national musicians including Erik the owner of Café de Paris. Saveur exquise! Get printable coupons for this merchant at www.WelcomeToHowardCounty.com | Cafe de Paris features a main dining room sitting 100 people: wooden floor with Bistro Style white table clothed tables, booth, and Brasserie seating offers comfortable and casual dining. The dining room is split into two levels separated by a half wall breaking the room and making your experience a warm and cozy one. |
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Still not sure if your business needs to get it's message out using video? If not, read this article to learn more about the advantages of using video to promote your business or event. For more information about getting your business message out on video locally in Howard County, Maryland, visit www.WelcomeToHowardCounty.com At Twitter’s event later this afternoon, the company will announce new ways to embed multimedia into the stream — including the ability to embed and play back video content directly from the Twitter home page — according to sources at two partners that are part of the announcement. This would presumably be an extension of the Twitter Media feature that was tested earlier this summer. Our sources lead us to believe that several companies will be involved with Twitter’s () multimedia efforts, handling different parts of the backend and distribution. Similar to how Twitter has started to work with TweetMeme () to support the backend for the official Twitter Buttons, Twitter could potentially be utilizing other services to make things like video, photos and even live streaming content accessible from the Twitter interface. |
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