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Chinese New Year: 4 Easy Recipes to Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsGung hay fat choy! That's the traditional greeting for the Chinese New Year, which started today and continues for the next two weeks. Its English spelling varies, but a close translation is always "best wishes and congratulations, have a prosperous year." There are myriad customs associated with the lunar new year in China, and one of the tastiest ways to celebrate is by preparing a traditional dish. Surge Desk has found a few easy-to-follow recipes for some of our favorites. 1. White cut chicken This delicate steamed dish symbolizes purity. (Click for English ingredient list.) 2. ...
Scuba Divers Celebrate a 'Hoppy New Year' in Bunny Suits
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThere are bunny ears, and then there are bunny years. We're just days into 2011, and there's already another New Year's on the horizon: The Year of the Rabbit. On the Chinese zodiac calendar, Feb. 3 marks the end of the Year of the Tiger and the start of the Year of the Rabbit. And even though New Year's Day is still a month away, it seems like some people are already getting the party hopping. ...
Opinion: 2011 -- The Year of Commercial Space Travel
By Rand Simberg - AOL NewsLast year turned out to be a momentous one for commercial spaceflight. It started in late January, when NASA rolled out a controversial new plan that relied on the private sector to get its astronauts to orbit. More exciting events came in the months that followed: The first drop test of Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship. The announcement of a new Caribbean spaceport in Curacao for XCOR Aerospace's planned suborbital Lynx rocket plane. The in-flight shutdown and restart of vertical takeoff/landing rockets by Masten Space Systems and Armadillo Aerospace. The announcement ...
All Around the World, Partiers Usher In 2011
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square as the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New Zealand to Asia to Europe toasted to hopes of a more prosperous year to come. In New York, as many as a million people braved tight security and chilly temperatures Friday night to take part in the storied Times Square New Year's celebration, first begun in 1904. Crowds counted down to midnight as the glowing 6-ton Waterford Crystal ball ...
For Some, Banana-Smashing on New Year's Eve Is A-Peeling
By David Moye - AOL NewsMost New Year's Eve traditions involve alcohol, but for a growing number of people, smashing a banana is the most appealing way to ensure the New Year will be fruitful. This bizarre tradition is officially called "the Banana Smash" and, according to organizer John Podeszwa, has been around since 1992, when a few folks in Minnesota came up with the fruity concept. "It began on Xerxes Avenue South in Minneapolis as a good way to do away with all the bad juju from the previous year," Podeszwa told AOL News. "I came up with the idea of writing the date on a banana, but the ceremony was ...
Snow, Heavy Rains, Fierce Winds Blast Western States
By not in system - AOL NewsDENVER -- Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico struggled against the tail end of storms New Year's Eve that left more westerly states recovering from a wintertime onslaught of snow, rain and bitter wind. Denver faced its heaviest snows of the season early Friday, while parts of Wyoming and New Mexico bundled up against stormy weather and frigid temperatures. Julie Jacobson, AP A hiker walks along a trail in Negro Bill Canyon during a snowstorm Thursday near Moab, Utah. The area was expected to get 3 to 5 inches of snow by Friday. Phoenix braced for a subfreezing Friday morning, a ...
New Year Celebrations Kick Off Around the World
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsOn the other side of the globe, it's 2011 already. Fireworks lit up the 1,000-foot Sky Tower in New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland, as thousands took to the streets there to celebrate theirs being the first major country to ring in 2011. Celebrations are also under way in Sydney, Australia, where people camped out all day in their summertime sunshine to claim coveted spots in parks overlooking the harbor and famed Opera House. "We have been waiting here by the harbor since 6 a.m.," Brazilian exchange student Marcio Motta told the Sydney Morning Herald. "We know how to party on New Year ...
Salvatore A. Giunta to Drop the Times Square Ball and 5 Other New Year's Party Facts
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsAdd New Year's 2011 Times Square Ball Drop to his impressive resume. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta, the first living person to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, is this year's guest of honor at the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop. Giunta, who received the America's highest military honor for his efforts in the war in Afghanistan, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg will press the ceremonial button to signal the release of the famous crystal ball from atop the One Times Square Building. Here is a video of President Barack Obama describing Giunta's heroic efforts and ...
No, Snooki Will Not Be Dropping in a Ball in Times Square on New Year's Eve
By JJ Helland - AOL NewsNew York City to Snooki: fuhgeddaboudit. MTV wanted "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi to drop down in a ball as part of a stunt to ring in 2011 in the Big Apple. But organizers for the New Year's Eve event in Times Square denied the network's request, saying the logistics just weren't there. Here's more from The New York Times: MTV's original plans had called for Ms. Polizzi to be placed inside a ball that would have been lowered in Times Square before the official countdown to 2011 on Friday night. ... But on Wednesday the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, ...
Giant MoonPies, Cherries and Sardines Get Dropped on New Year's Eve
By David Moye - AOL NewsThe Times Square ball gets all the publicity, but it's not the only thing being dropped on Dec. 31 -- and we're not talking bad habits. Seems like almost every city -- big and small -- marks the new year by dropping something from a tall building or a crane. For instance, the city of Memphis, Tenn., will honor its musical heritage and the beginning of 2011 by dropping a giant illuminated Les Paul guitar from scaffolding alongside the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale Street. Don Dunbar/Eastern Maine Images When the clock strikes midnight in Eastport, Maine, this giant sardine will be ...
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