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Favorite Place in Uptown? Klyde Warren Park.
Hobbies? Army-crawling around the apartment.
Most Likely to Be Doing When You’re Not Home? Disco naps.
Favorite Toy? Chicken-flavored bone.
Fun Fact? Remy eats her food one kibble at a time. She also
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DECEMBER 2
106.1 KISS FM
JINGLE BALL
106.1 KISS FM’s
Jingle Ball kicks
off the national
iHeartRadio Jingle
Ball 2013 Tour, the
season’s biggest
annual music
event. The lineup includes Robin Thicke, Pitbull,
Ariana Grande, Austin Mahone, Flo Rida, Selena
Gomez, Enrique Iglesias, Jason Derulo, Fifth
Harmony and One Republic.
AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER
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DECEMBER 27-28
LIGHTS ALL NIGHT
Lights All Night has brought the best acts from
around the world year in and year out. Utilizing
one of the premier electronic dance music
venues in the country, the Dallas Convention
Center offers massive halls with the ability to
HOLIDAYS
AT THE
ARBORETUM
The Dallas
Arboretum
is excited to
present Angels
in DeGolyer, a
collection of 400
angels presented
in the lavishly
decorated DeGolyer Mansion. Holiday Tea,
family fun weekends with Santa and his
live reindeer, festive music and tasty treats
round out the holiday activities. It will also
be the last opportunity to visit the houses of
The Adventures of Great Explorers, a tribute
to the newly opened 8-acre Rory Meyers
Children’s Adventure Garden.
DALLAS ARBORETUM
8525 GARLAND RD.
DALLAS, TX 75218
dallasarboretum.org
dates are subject to change.
christmas?
produce an over the top event with top level
festival production. The completely climate
controlled venue, large ceilings and sprawling
space is the ideal venue to host the show.
Headliners include Deadmau5, Krewella,
Kaskade, Major Lazer and more.
DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER
650 S. GRIFFIN ST.
DALLAS, TX, 7520
lightsallnight.com
SATURDAYS
FIESTA NIGHTS
Come enjoy Fiesta Nights Saturday nights at
Medusa. DJ Nor-B and DJ Vic spin the hottest
in salsa, bachata, merengue, reggaeton, latin
house, rock en español and pop. As the most
exquisite nightclub venue in the heart of Dallas,
Medusa includes an ample dance floor, five
bars, and a mass amount of booths situated all
throughout the club to provide you a complete
view of the stage.
MEDUSA DALLAS
1930 PACIFIC AVE
DALLAS TX 75201
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VISA BASICS:
THE I NF O YOU N E E D TO M AKE T RAVE L E AS IE R
Y
ou’ve bought a ticket, booked a hotel and dug
your passport out of the drawer. Think you’re all
set to head to the airport? Not so fast. Depending
on your international destination, you might need one
all-important document to get past immigration: a visa.
Nearly 90 countries require U.S. citizens to have a visa,
so if you’ve got the urge to go globetrotting, it’s important
to be familiar with visa. There are almost infinite details,
but you can get started with the basics.
The most important thing to remember about visas is that,
while they can be complicated – and honestly, a bit of a
headache – there’s no shortage of help available. If the
process is a bit too intimidating to take on alone, travel
agents provide assistance, and tour companies often
make the arrangements as part of the package you buy.
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1. CHECK YOUR
PASSPORT EXPIRATION
Virtually every country that has visa
requirements will want you to have a
significant amount of remaining validity
on your passport. So, if you’re headed
to, say, Vietnam or India, it’s often a
requirement that your passport be valid
for six months beyond the date you
leave (not enter!) your destination of
choice. Without it, you could be denied
your visa, and therefore, entry into the
country. Renewing your passport when
it’s down to 9-12 months of remaining
validity is a good idea.
TRAVELER
“Nearly 90 countries require U.S. citizens to have a
visa, so if you’ve got the urge to go globetrotting,
it’s important to be familiar with it.”
When you need the details of how
to get a visa, you should first check
the embassy or consulate website of
the country you plan to visit (or go to
the office, if you’re near one) and go
through the listed requirements with
a fine-tooth comb. However, if the
information you find there is confusing
(and it sometimes is!), the U.S. State
Department’s travel website, www.
state.gov/travel can often provide some
clarity.
3. PRE-ARRANGED VISAS
2. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE
BET WEEN AN EMBASSY AND
A CONSUL ATE?
Though the terms are often used
interchangeably, they aren’t quite
the same thing. An embassy is the
bigger, permanent diplomatic mission,
generally located in a country’s capital.
A consulate is essentially a satellite
office, located in other major cities.
For example, Brazil’s embassy in the
United States is located in Washington,
D.C., but there are Brazilian consulates
in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford,
Houston, L.A., Miami, New York and San
Francisco.
Visa applications are as different as
snowflakes, so don’t expect that after
you’ve done one for one country, it’ll be
the same for another. Many countries
require that you apply for a visa in
advance; as a traveler, that means
you need to do some planning ahead
of time. In some cases, to get a visa
in advance, you need to show proof
of transportation into and out of the
country (such as airline ticket bookings)
and other bookings (hotels, etc.). There
is almost always a fee associated with
the application process, but it varies
by country and the nationality of the
applicant.
4. VISAS ON ARRIVAL
Visas on arrival (often abbreviated to
VOA) allow for a little more spontaneity;
generally, you fill out the forms and
are issued the visa at your point of
entry. Fees generally apply, and range
from nominal ($10 in the Dominican
Republic) to significant ($100 in Tanzania
and Bangladesh). Again, there can
be variation based on the applicant’s
nationality.
5. SINGLE-ENTRY, MULTIPLEENTRY AND TRANSIT VISAS –
WHICH ONE IS RIGHT?
It all depends on whether you want to
stay put, bop around a region or just
pass through. Say you’re going to China.
If your plan is 10 days in Beijing with
a side trip to Shanghai, you only need
a single entry. If you want to go to the
country’s southwestern provinces and
maybe take a jaunt to Hanoi, Vietnam,
before heading back into China, you’ll
need multiple entries because you’re
entering the country twice. And if you
have a long layover in Guangzhou (or
anywhere else in China), you can take
advantage of the 72-hour transit visa.
Of course, that’s just one country as an
example – requirements and details for
each type of visa vary widely, so read
that consular fine print.
6. LETTERS OF INVITATION
Though it’s relatively rare, some
countries require a letter of invitation
(LOI) in order to issue a visa. That
means that you, as the traveler, need
an official letter from a citizen of the
country inviting you to stay. Russia is
one example where an invitation (in
this particular case, called a tourist
voucher and confirmation) is necessary.
It’s generally a good idea to call in
some professional help in this case;
visa agencies and travel agents should
know the ropes and be able to provide
assistance.
Note: This article addresses readers in the U.S.
POST UPTOWN DALLAS / DECEMBER 2013
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CONCERTS
Beyoncé will be performing on 12/9
at the American Airlines Center.
DEC / JAN
12/4
1/4
JUSTIN
TIMBERLAKE
THE MURDER
CITY DEVILS
American Airlines Center
Trees
12/6
1/17
KANYE WEST
JOSH RITTER
American Airlines Center
The Kessler
12/9
1/18
BEYONCÉ
TOTALLY 80’S
American Airlines Center
Granada Theater
12/21
1/24
JAY-Z
MASON JENNINGS
American Airlines Center
Granada Theater
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FLICKS
TUNES
inside the movie - anticipated films of the month
THEATERS
12/6
T H E H O B B I T: T H E D E S O L AT I O N O F S M AU G
Out of the Furnace
Inside Llewyn Davis
12/13
The Hobbit:
The Desolation of Smaug
Tyler Perry’s:
A Madea Christmas
12/20
Anchorman 2:
The Legend Continues
American Hustle
Saving Mr. Banks
12/27
The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty
Lone Survivor
The Wolf of Wall Street
August: Osage County
47 Ronin
DVD’S
12/3
The Wolverine
The Smurfs 2
The Mortal Instruments:
City of Bones
Drinking Buddies
Good Ol’ Freda
12/10
Despicable Me 2
Fast & Furious 6
The Hunt
Salinger
Adore
12/17
Elysium
The Lone Ranger
Percy Jackson: SOM
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Prisoners
Kick Ass 2
12/24
Insidious 2
12/31
Don Jon
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The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit,
by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the
title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian
McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic
quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. © WB
AMERICAN HUSTLE
A fictional film set in the alluring world of
one of the most stunning scandals to rock
our nation, American Hustle tells the story of
brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian
Bale), who along with his equally cunning
and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser
(Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild
FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper).
DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey
powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous
as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey
political operator caught between the con-artists and feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife
Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world
crashing down. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, American Hustle defies genre, hinging
on raw emotion, and life and death stakes. © Sony
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