National Chili Day
If you are a chili lover, today is the perfect day to put a pot on the stove and enjoy one of America’s staples. Great timing too, as nothing cures the winter chills better than a steaming hot bowl of chili!

Recipes:
Chicken Chili (Barefoot Contessa)
Devon’s Award Winning Chili (Barefoot Contessa)

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Curling Is Cool Day
Remember that really weird Olympic sport that looked like it included bowling balls, ice hockey, and brooms?!?

Well today there is a worldwide effort to show that the Olympic sport of curling really is …um… cool.

photo credit: via flickr

Holiday Reminder: Mardi Gras will be celebrated in 2 weeks, Tuesday March 08, 2011.

For more information and fun please visit our Mardi Gras celebration – Mardi Gras on the Net

Single-Tasking Day
Down with multitasking — it’s overtaxing on your brain! Today, just work your way down the list, marking off tasks one thing at a time.

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President’s Day (US)
While originally intended to celebrate the birthday of the first US President, George Washington, the holiday has become a general celebration of all US Presidents (past and present).

With the passage of the Monday Holiday Law (1968), the federal celebration of George Washington’s birthday moved from its actual date, February 22nd, to the 3rd Monday of February. The celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birth (February 12th) while no longer observed as a federal holiday is also customarily celebrated on President’s Day.

link: President’s Day

Did You Know?
February 21

It’s President’s Day!

Thank you for counting down to President’s Day with us.

Happy President’s Day,

Louie and the holiday elves

Did You Know? Countdown to President’s Day
Facts, Figures & Folklore About America’s Presidents
February 20 : 01 day till President’s Day

Originally intended to celebrate the birthday of the first US President, George Washington, the President’s Day holiday has become a general celebration of all past US Presidents.

Did you know that Barack Obama was the first African American president … of the Harvard Law Review?

Also the first African American president of the United States, Obama was raised in Hawaii, the son of a Kansan mother and a Kenyan father.

Over 96% of African Americans voted for Obama in November 2008. Until 1965, with the passage of the Voting Rights Act, most southern blacks were denied their right to vote by illegal literacy tests and poll taxes.

Obama was elected to office during the swelling of what many are calling the “Great Recession.” Like FDR did in his 1933 Inaugural address, Obama, the 44th president of the United States, attempted to restore hope to Americans when he said: “On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”

So in honor of this upcoming holiday join us as we countdown to President’s Day with little know facts, figures, and folklore about America and its Presidents! We’ll be presenting a new “Did You Know?” fun fact each day as we countdown to February 21st! So stop by again tomorrow.