Andrew Harper’s Spring Social on April 19, 2012 in Austin, Texas
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Notable April Events
Including worldwide celebrations of Easter, New Zealand International Jazz & Blues Festival, Rouketopolemos and the World Gourmet Summit.
Leap Day Savings at Luxury Hotels
One of the few quadrennials in addition to the World Cup, the Summer and Winter Olympics and presidential elections is leap year, in which February has 29 instead of the usual 28 days. The reason for this extra 24 hours? Despite what we have been led to believe, the Earth actually takes a little over 365 days to orbit the sun each year, leaving us with around a quarter-day error each calendar year. To make up for this, and to realign the Gregorian calendar with our seasons, an extra day is added every four years.
Austin Food & Wine Festival
Like the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, the collaboration between Food & Wine magazine and C3 Presents (the company behind Austin City Limits Music Festival) features a schedule of top-tier chefs, James Beard Foundation Award winners and nominees, and promise to draw a host of food and wine aficionados to the festival.
Notable December Events
Now through December 24: Ambling through a festive Christmas market while sipping a mug of piping hot Glühwein is one of the great joys of the season. Typically set up in a town’s main square in front of the cathedral, rows of charming wooden stalls overflow with handmade ornaments, local crafts and indulgent holiday treats. [...]
Notable November Events
October 27 – April 2: New York’s Neue Galerie, one of the city’s finest small museums, marks its 10th anniversary this month with a special exhibition of works from the collection of the museum’s founder, Ronald S. Lauder. Although the Neue Galerie focuses on Austrian and German art, this exhibition will display a wide [...]
Notable October Events: Berlin Festival of Lights, Chablis Wine Festival and More
October 6: The Navratri Festival in India culminates with Dussehra, marking the end of the battle between Rama and Ravana. In the evening, archers shoot flaming arrows at fireworks-filled effigies of Ravana and his evil brothers, which ignite and explode in a most spectacular fashion. October 8: Santa Barbara celebrates its maritime heritage with [...]
The Austin City Limits Music Festival VIP Experience
Each year, thousands of festivalgoers head to Zilker park in Austin, Texas to experience Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) for three days of live music, food, and inevitably, crowds. Some of the featured performers this year included Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman and Alison Krauss along with big-name acts like Coldplay and Kanye West. [...]
Notable September Events: New Yorker Festival, Vintage Fashion Expo, La Mercè Festival
Chile’s Atacama Desert has received 0.13 inches of rain and snow so far this year. It sounds insignificant, but this incredibly dry region normally accumulates less than one-sixth of that amount annually. Botanists expect these unusually wet conditions to awaken long-dormant wildflower seeds, leading to a profusion of blossoms peaking in September. September 1: [...]
Notable August Events
August 6-7: During the Livarot Cheese Fair, this town in Normandy, France, celebrates one of France’s greatest contributions to gastronomy. Festival-goers can of course sample numerous cheeses and other gourmet products, but this event is hardly the sole preserve of stuffy gourmands. The “Pig Call” and “Biggest Livarot Eater” competitions always draw delighted crowds. August [...]
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