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Raise Your Glass to These February Beer Festivals in Arizona, Ohio and Quebec

February 2, 2012 at 12:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

Besides the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day—we could take or leave that last one—February doesn’t have too much going on. It’s a great month to head somewhere warm to escape the winter weather, but it seems like this season hasn’t even been that chilly or snowy. That’s why we’re suggesting the old standby—drinking—to get you through this month. Here’s three beer festivals where you can toast to February:

Cincy Winter Beerfest

They’re preparing plenty of kegs, glasses, and other beer paraphernalia in preparation for this month’s frothy festival in Cincinnati. The fun takes place on February 10 and 11, and there are still plenty of tickets available for you and your drinking buddies. This year tickets will set you back $35 in advance of the party, and that’ll get you a snazzy souvenir cup—capable of holding five ounces—that you can refill up to 25 times. Things get underway each evening around 7:30pm, and the last call is just after 10pm so be sure to pace yourself.

The drinking take place at the Duke Energy Convention Center, and this year’s festival marks the end of the inaugural edition of the city’s beer week. Expect at least 300 different craft beers from here, there, and everywhere, and organizers are hoping for at least 10,000 beer fans to be in attendance. Brewers like Dogfish Head, Elevator, and Three Floyds are just some of the attendees planning to show off their lagers and ales. Organizers even have a spreadsheet of those planning to attend, so you can even take time to prepare your plan of attack.

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Porters, Lagers and Ales On Tap This Month at Three Winter Beer Festivals

January 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM | by | Comments (0)

The holidays might be over, but that doesn’t mean that the need to warm up with an adult beverage has gone away. Sure there aren’t any holiday beers at these festivals, but there are still plenty of winter puns available and brewers are doing their best to warm you up. Here’s three winter beer festivals arriving this January on three different weekends:

· Columbus Winter Beerfest – Columbus, Ohio:
When you think of craft brews and beers you might not think of Columbus, Ohio, but organizers of the Columbus Winter Beerfest are looking to change that. This year’s festival filled with winter warmers and hoppy ales takes place on January 14. The plan is to have like 250—or more—different beers from all over the place, and they’re expecting like 6,000 beer fans to enjoy each and every one. Things take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center beginning at 6:30pm, and they even have hotel packages available at the local Hyatt in case you enjoy one too many.

Samples include pretty much every beer brewed in Central Ohio, as well as plenty of other options from outside the Buckeye State. Tickets will set you back $30 in advance, and that’ll get you 25 tickets for plenty of different samples including sips of Elevator Dirty Dick’s Brown Ale, Fat Heads Bumbleberry Ale, and Left Hand Milk Stout. Oh, and if you have a great time at this festival, be sure to check out their next event—there’s a summer beer festival in May as well.

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What Not To Do At Art Basel Miami Beach: The Top Five Newbie Mistakes

December 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM | by | Comments (0)

Art Basel is now underway in Miami; technically the center of it all is South Beach, but there are fairs and exhibitions and installations and events all over the city. We'd like to tell you not to drive because traffic is a bee-yotch but then, taking a cab is not the best idea if you want to save some money to buy art.

With no good public transport options to get around, other than slow and unreliable buses, Miami's best bet for transport during this time may be a scooter or our old friend, DecoBike.

As for what not to do, we've got some tips in that department, too. Right this way...

5. DON'T forget the satellite fairs: It's not all about the official show—Art Basel Miami Beach, at the Miami Beach Convention Center—although the art fair is worth browsing even if you don't have deep pockets. (Keep your eyes peeled for celebs. Names as varied as Will Ferrell and Sylvester Stallone have been spotted.) But definitely make time for some of the more manageable, potentially more interesting, side fairs that have cropped up in the shadows of ABMB. The best include NADA, Scope and Design Miami/.

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How to Get Tickets to Lollapalooza Brazil and Lollapalooza Chile 2012

Where: Brazil
November 22, 2011 at 1:13 PM | by | Comments (0)

In addition to the Chicago summer fest, Lollapalooza will also return to South America next year with the second annual Lollapalooza Chile in O’Higgins Park in Santiago on March 31 – April 1, 2012, and the first-ever Lollapalooza Brazil at the Jockey Club in Săo Paulo, April 7-8, 2012.

The Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, MGMT, TV On The Radio, Bassnectar, Band of Horses, Thievery Corporation, Peaches, Cage the Elephant, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Friendly Fires, Foster the People and Tinie Tempah are all scheduled to appear at both Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil.

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Winter Warmers and Holiday Ales for All at Three Seasonal Beer Festivals

November 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's the most wonderful time of the year—or at least that’s how the song goes—so what better way to celebrate the season than by downing a few cold ones. The winter ales and lagers have arrived, and it's almost time to enjoy each and every one of them. Pumpkin ales are shelved and there's more winter fun to be had in 2012, but for the remainder of 2011 here’s where to find some of the best seasonal beer festivals:

· Holiday Ale Festival 2011 – Portland, Oregon:
The very best of the bunch might just be in Portland, Oregon, as the annual Holiday Ale Festival is set to arrive in Pioneer Courthouse Square between November 30 and December 4. That’s right—there’s five total days in which to celebrate, and even if you attend each day you’ll probably miss a beer here or there. In total there are more than 40 breweries expected to be in attendance, and they’re bringing stuff you won’t find at the grocery store or bodega. We’re already thinking about Papa Noel’s Moonlight Reserve from Alameda Brewing and Drunken Elf Stout from Columbia River Brewing—although the Chocolate Mint Stout from Gilgamesh Brewing is tempting too.

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Light My Fire: Diwali on the Square Hits London this Sunday

October 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM | by | Comments (0)


Ooh, pretty! Trafalgar Square gets atmospheric with this Sunday's day-long Diwali celebration.

Though Paris owns the nickname "City of Light," London will give the city a run for its money this Sunday when the annual Diwali on the Square festival hits the city. Diwali, otherwise known as the "Festival of Lights," is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and others wanting to partake in the illuminated holiday activities.

This Sunday's day-long affair provides Londoners and those who happen to be in town the opportunity to explore the richness of Indian culture without having to trek to the subcontinent.

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From Sarah Palin to Pop Punk, This Year's London Film Fest Has Something for Everyone

October 6, 2011 at 2:05 PM | by | Comments (0)


London's Southbank will be even more buzzy during this year's BFI Film Festival

From pre-punk pop to Sarah Palin, the films screening at this year's BFI London Film Festival run the gamut from playful to grave to "You betcha!" sunny in tone, sating cinephiles of all tastes. Running from October 12-27, the festival is a celebration of everything silver screen-related, with a focus on the country's rich film industry and entire program dedicated to New British Cinema.

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Get the Blues at the Mississippi Delta's Robert Johnson Festival

Where: County Road 518 [map], Greenwood, MS, United States, 38930-7324
October 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM | by | Comments (0)


You, Robert Johnson’s ghost, and some live blues artists. Just what the doctor ordered.

Last time we were down in the Mississippi Delta we were getting stuck in on local radio, but now here’s a reason to go back down there (and it’s not even related to The Help).

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of father of the blues Robert Johnson; and to mark it, next weekend, the people of Greenwood are throwing a blues festival. Not only that, but it’s a festival right in the cottonfields next to where Johnson is purportedly buried.

The King of the Delta Blues 100th Anniversary Remembrance Festival takes place October 15-16 on Money Road, outside Greenwood and by the premises of the fabulous WABG radio station. The lineup includes Rory Block, Dr Feelgood Potts, Maria Muldaur and Bobby Rush, and there will be tributes to blues artists who died this year, like Honey Boy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins and Mississippi Slim.

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London Restaurant Festival Rails Against the City's Middling Culinary Rep

September 29, 2011 at 3:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

The London Restaurant Festival's Gourmet Odyssey bus won't be stopping at any soggy fish 'n' chip joints

We vacillate between taking obvious, stereotype-driven jabs at London's cuisine—for good reason, oftentimes—and bringing you pleasantly surprised reports from the city's gastronomic field. The rise of chefs such as Heston Blumenthal and Marcus Wareing and the opening of respectable restaurants in recent years notwithstanding, London still suffers from a middling culinary reputation. Yet, the city's gastronomes soldier on, endeavoring to ensure that soggy fish 'n' chips don't define its fare.

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Six Tips for Women at Munich's Oktoberfest, From the Ladies of Jaunted

Where: Munich, Germany
September 19, 2011 at 9:46 AM | by | Comment (1)


Kim Kardashian represents womankind at last year's Oktoberfest. Vom.

Okay people. Oktoberfest is officially in full swing. The brew has been tapped and the pretzels baked and the hotels...well, filled. The luxury hotel collection Rocco Forte Hotels dropped some advice into our inbox regarding tips for ladies visiting Oktoberfest, and as seasoned female revelers at Munich's massive party, we've got some priceless tidbits of our own to add:

· Drink: The only authentic drink at the Oktoberfest, even for women, is beer. But caution is advised—the typical Munich festival beer, specially brewed for Oktoberfest has a higher alcohol percentage than average. When drinking with others it is polite to clink your glasses, while looking the person in the eyes, and say “Prost”.

Jaunted Says: Whoa—not true about beer being the only authentic drink! In fact, we'd argue there are two other beverages it's "authentic" to drink at Oktoberfest, both of which work out well for those who don't particularly enjoy chugging beer: champagne and schnapps. Look beyond the ginormous beer tents to the Weinzelt tent, a smaller tent that specializes in Nymphenburger Sekt—sekt being German champagne. Even smaller and dotted around the Theresienwiese are schnapps booths, where a few Euro goes a long way (towards getting drunkers).

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Is This the Most Exotic Starbucks Food Item in the Pastry Case?

September 14, 2011 at 3:26 PM | by | Comments (0)

We may have just spotted what could be the most exotic Starbucks food item ever. It's a traditional Thai mooncake, but Mon Thong durian-flavored and with an egg baked inside. And you thought "cake pops" were weird!

This treasure was found at a regular Starbucks in Bangkok, so regular that it was in the ground floor of a new mall. The basket of mooncakes—each imprinted with the Starbucks siren logo—is a limited-time deal, however; mooncakes are eaten this week to celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival which took place on Monday.

The Moon Festival is a "time for giving thanks for the Earth’s bounty and to remember the ancestors," so it's a quiet event where families come together to go pray at a temple or at home, but the mooncakes must be on the table. Since 7-Elevens even sell them, far be it for Starbucks to miss the train. The fact that they're durian-flavored and extremely limited make it all the more special.

[Photo: Jaunted]

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The New York Film Festival Opens Ticket Sales, Gets Fired Up for '4:44'

September 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM | by | Comments (0)

Usually we don't want to lay too much info on you in one day, but after giving your the details on how to get 9/11 Memorial tickets, we've got more tickets you need to get. Like, now.

The 49th annual New York Film Festival released its highly anticipated line-up of flicks a little bit ago, but they just released tickets for purchase this morning. Prices range from $13 to $50, and they can be purchased either online, in person at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, or over the phone at 212.721.6500.

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