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Saturday, March 3 is serving up one of nature’s very own spectacles, a total lunar eclipse during the full moon.

We at Travelistic were shocked–shocked!–to learn that The Map’s Liza de Guia was nominated for Valleywag’s hot vlogger contest.

Whether the locals call it Mardi Gras, Carnevale, or Fastnacht, Carnival is happening this weekend, and it’s the world’s biggest party.

Large swathes of the populations of Chicago and Indianapolis will be on the move this weekend, along with scores of other Americans, traveling to Miami to watch the Bears face off agains the Colts in Super Bowl XLI.

Not content to simply smash records, scale imposing peaks, and cross the earth’s most forbidding terrain, a new breed of adventurer has emerged that’s determined to do it all without any mechanical help.

Vegas is a conventioneer’s town, and no convention/ trade show is larger than the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Erik Olsen over at Gadling posted about our travel news show The Map today, saying it’s “like you’re getting the real scuttlebutt, as opposed to a more stale corporate feel.”

Starting today, The Map is available as a podcast that you can access through iTunes. Subscribe to the show and have the newest clips loaded directly onto your iPod, for use on-the-go.