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Food and Wine Festivals Across the U.S.

By on May 14, 2012 in California, Colorado, Cultural & City Vacations, Food and Wine Vacations, Glorious Eats, Hawaii, New York, Oregon, Romantic Vacations, Trips with Friends, Utah

Castello di Amorosa in Napa Valley, a venue for the Festival del Sole. photo by Jim Sullivan

 

We’ve been a little slow with posts on GA as of late because we’ve been busy at work on a few other projects (more on those soon), but will be returning to our regularly scheduled programming just after Memorial Day, and with some exciting, new features! Meanwhile, here’s a roundup we put together for the Daily Beast on the top food and wine festivals happening across the U.S. this summer. Cheers and have a great week!

 

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Dispatches from Coachella 2012

By on April 23, 2012 in California, Fashion, Trips with Friends

Actress Emma Watson at Coachella. Photo by Mr. Newton via Harper’s Bazaar

 

While I didn’t make it to Coachella this year, I still had a blast reading all about the fabulous  music, parties, and, most especially, fashion that came out of the last two weekends in the desert. In case you missed it, here are some of my favorite stories from the festival:

• Street style highlights from the Telegraph, Elle.com, and Harper’s Bazaar

• Billboard ranks the 10 best performances of both weekends

• Ruby Aldridge on performing and on her favorite summer playlist at Vogue.com

• Instagram photo essay of the festival via Guest of a Guest

• Band interviews and festival coverage from Rolling Stone

• What celebrities wore at this year’s festival from In Style

• Florence Welch of Florence + The Machines breaks down her festival style on Vogue.com

• A collection of images from the L.A. Times coverage of the festival

• Lucky’s “Coachella Survival Guide”

 

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Festival Fridays: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

By on March 30, 2012 in Family Travel, Romantic Vacations, Washington

photo by Peter Cherry

 

Spring is here and nowhere is that more evident than the fields of Skagit Valley in Washington, which hosts its annual tulip festival from April 1-30th. Just look at the amazing colors of these flowers (millions in fact) spread across hundreds of acres just 60-miles north of Seattle, near Mount Vernon. One of the things I love about this event is its simplicity. There’s not a lot of formal to-dos or hokey events—Skagit Valley mostly just lets the tulips speak for themselves. The festival’s website does offer a handy Field Map visitors can use to navigate their way around (stop by the “Tulip Office” when you get to town and pick one up). I love the idea of renting a bike for the day, meandering down the country roads past farm after farm, awash with all the colors of the rainbow.

photo by Scott Lechner

 

photo by Washington Bulb Company

 

photo by Wade Clark

all photos via Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 

 

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The Glorious Bucket List: National Cherry Blossom Festival

By on March 13, 2012 in Cultural & City Vacations, DC, Family Travel, Glorious Bucket List

photo by Rachel Walker

 

What: An annual celebration commemorating the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, D.C.

Why: This is Washington at its prettiest, and with over five weeks of activities planned there’s plenty to keep visitors of all ages entertained

How: There’s no better time to attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival than this year, which marks the celebration’s 100th anniversary. The festival officially runs from March 20th to April 27th, with event highlights that include:

March 25th: The festival’s Opening Ceremonies, taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from 5-6:30pm.

March 31st: Hundreds of kites take to the skies surrounding the Washington Monument during the Blossom Kite Festival.

April 7th: Starting at 2pm, the Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival features live music, family-friendly water activities, and cherry-inspired foods and drinks, and culminates with a fireworks show at 8:30pm.

April 14th: Lavish floats, balloons, marching bands, and more travel down Constitution Avenue during the The National Cherry Blossom Parade from 10am-12:30pm. And from 11am-6pm, Pennsylvania Avenue is home to Sakura Matsuri, the largest Japanese cultural festival in the country, featuring food from 25 restaurants, two Kirin Ichiban beer gardens, and dance, musical, and martial arts performances.

April 19th-22nd: Starting each day at noon, music fans can perch on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial and enjoy free performances and spectacular views of the Tidal Basin during Jazz at the Jefferson.

There are also myriad tours and activities centered around the cherry blossoms. Shutterbugs can take a workshop on travel photography around the memorials, art fans can attend a gallery lecture centered around Japanese bird-and-flower paitings, and amateur botanists can take a self-guided spin around the National Arboretum to see other flowering cherry trees. Exercise enthusiasts should opt for the two-hour Blossoms by Bike tour along the Potomac, and if sitting’s more your speed, climb aboard DC Cruises for a view of the blossoms from the water.

See the complete calendar of events and performances and get visitor information here.

photo by Rachel Walker

 

via National Cherry Blossom Festival

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