Posts made in July 2018

Wine Spectator’s 2018 Restaurant Awards

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Wine lovers everywhere, it’s that time of the year to update your wine destination list! Wine Spectator has released the winners of the 2018 RestaurantAwards, which honors the world’s best restaurants for wine. This year, the Restaurant Awards program honors 3,759 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 75 countries internationally.

The Restaurant Awards began in 1981, and there are three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,453; 1,215; and 91 winners this year in each respective category. Seven of the Grand Award winners—Ai Fiori in New York City, Barolo Grill in Denver, Le Coureur Des Bois in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada, Madera in Menlo Park, California, Metropolitan Grill in Seattle, Restaurant Mosaic in Pretoria, South Africa and Sistina in New York City—are first timers.

“This year’s class of restaurants is one of the most impressive and innovative ever,” said Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher, Wine Spectator. “Their wine lists keep improving, because wine lovers are eager to explore and learn. The goal of our Restaurant Awards is to support restaurant wine programs and bring them to diners’ attention through our outreach through print, digital and social media. Wine Spectator salutes every restaurant honored in the 2018 Restaurant Awards.”

All winners are profiled at Restaurants.WineSpectator.com and in the Restaurant Awards app. The app, available free on the App store, allows iPhone and iPad users to easily find nearby award-winning restaurants, with maps, plus helpful information about cuisine, wine and pricing.

The Award of Excellence recognizes restaurants whose wine lists feature a well-chosen assortment of quality producers. Best of Award of Excellence recipients offer more extensive selections with significant vintage depth and excellent breadth across multiple regions.

The Grand Award is the program’s highest honor. This elite group comprises the world’s best wine programs, which deliver serious breadth of top producers, outstanding depth in mature vantages, excellent harmony with the menu and superior presentation. Wine Spectator carefully assesses each Grand Award candidate, including rigorous independent, on-site inspections of the wine program, cellar, service, ambiance and cuisine of the restaurant.

The full list of award winners is available in print in Wine Spectator’s August issue, on newsstands July 17.
Follow the Restaurant Awards on Twitter and Instagram, with hashtag #WSRestaurantAward.

About Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator is the world’s leading authority on wine. Anchored by Wine Spectator magazine, a print publication that reaches around 3 million readers worldwide, the brand also encompasses the Web’s most comprehensive wine site (WineSpectator.com), mobile platforms and a series of signature events. Wine Spectator examines the world of wine from the vineyard to the table, exploring wine’s role in contemporary culture and delivering expert reviews of more than 16,000 wines each year. Parent company M. Shanken Communications, Inc., also publishes Cigar Aficionado, Whisky Advocate, Market Watch, Shanken News Daily and Shanken’sImpact Newsletter.

New Bags Made From Plastic Waste

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WANT Les Essentiels is pleased to announce their new Recycled Nylon Collection, travel accessories made entirely from recycled plastic waste.Lightweight and trans-seasonal, the Recycled Nylon Collection effortlessly blends performance sport and the elevated uniform to create a new standard for eco-friendly design.

Since introducing 100% Organic Cotton to all of the brand’s core items in 2009, WANT Les Essentiels has been committed to using sustainable materials in their collections. The addition of the ECONYL® crafted bags marks a new effort to reduce the environmental footprint in the manufacturing of their products.

ECONYL® is a lightweight recycled nylon developed in Italy and fabricated using post-consumer and pre-consumer materials such as carpets, fabrics, fishnets and other plastic waste. For every 10,000 tonnes of ECONYL® created, 70,000 barrels of crude oil are saved and 57,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide emissions are avoided.

WANT Les Essentiels Recycled Nylon Collection is designed for stylish utility and functionality. The series introduces three new essential silhouettes, complete with a water-resistant YKK Excella® zipper, breathable mesh backing, elegant interior pockets for storing personal items or electronic devices, and a hidden passport pocket for easy access while traveling. All styles are made entirely of eco-nylon.

The three styles introduced in the initial drop are as follows:

Rogue Utility Backpack
Multi-purpose travel backpack with interior padded cotton pocket designed to fit a 15 inch laptop. ($395 USD)

Fillmore Waist Pack
Versatile pack has an adjustable strap that allows it to be worn crossbody or around the waist. Two interior pockets easily fit a phone and charger. ($165 USD)

Bryce Crossbody Bag
An adjustable crossbody strap, three hidden pockets and mesh padding make this bag the perfect everyday travel companion. ($165 USD)

WANT les Essentiels’ Co-founders and CEOs Mark Wiltzer and Jacqueline Gelber say that the collection is being offered at an intentionally accessible price point: “We really wanted to make the collection very accessible and allow the consumer to participate in reducing the environmental footprint.”

Styles are available in Black eco-nylon and range in price from $165 USD for the Bryce crossbody and Fillmore waist pack, to $395 USD for the Rogue backpack. Pieces are available for purchase at leading retailers as well as online at www.wantlesessentiels.com..

WANT Les Essentiels is sold through both WANT Les Essentiels boutiques and WANT Apothecary locations alongside leading retailers worldwide including Mr Porter, Barney’s New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, Selfridges, Ssense.com, WallpaperSTORE*, Moda Operandi, East Dane, Shopbop, Farfetch, Nordstrom, Need Supply Co., and more…

FORMULA E × ZERO EMISSIONS FUTURE

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TUESDAY 10 JULY 2018
9:30 – 10:30 EST

PIONEER WORKS, (NR FORMULA E TRACK SITE), RED HOOK, BROOKLYN, NY

Senior representatives from cities, states, regions and major businesses will make a significant call to action to the automotive industry, using their combined purchasing power to support the demand for an increase in the production and use of electric vehicles (EVs).

This will be a major announcement ahead of the the Global Climate Action Summit which takes place from 12 – 14 September 2018, in San Francisco.

The event will also play host to a range of EVs, including an exclusive preview of the Mahindra M5electro Generation 2 Formula E racing car, and will take place close to the site of the Formula E track ahead of the 14 – 15 July race.

Agenda:

9:00 – 9:30 – Registration and refreshments for media and guests

9:30 – 10:00 – Announcement

10:00 – 10:30 – Questions

10:30 – 11:30 – Opportunities for interviews with speakers, photo call and broadcast opportunities

A full list of speakers will be confirmed on Monday 9 July.

We can confirm this will include:

Senior representatives from cities, states and regions

Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Anne Brelinsky, CEO of EDF Energy Services Tex Gunning, CEO of LeasePlan Keith Kerman, NYC Chief Fleet Officer, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Citywide Administrative Services Jamil Ahmad, Head of New York Office for the United Nations Environment Programme Yanni Andreopoulos, Commercial Director for Formula E Helen Clarkson, CEO of The Climate Group

TRAVEL

Pioneer Works is located at 159 Pioneer Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

To visit us by public transportation, you can take the B61 Bus (King Street stop) or the F/G Subway (Smith-9th Street Stop + 15 minute walk).

To visit us by NYC Ferry, take the South Brooklyn (SBK) Ferry to Red Hook/Atlantic Basin. We are located just steps away from the ferry exit at Pioneer Street and Conover Street.

Details

When

July 10, 2018

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Eastern Time

Where

Pioneer Works, NR Formula E race track site

159 Pioneer Street

Red Hook

Brooklyn

NYC, New York 11231

USA

Pirelli Celebrates 63rd Annual Porsche Parade

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PIRELLI CELEBRATES THE 63RD ANNUAL PORSCHE PARADE

AND ITS LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
Pirelli is proud to continue supporting the Porsche Club of America following the PCA Werks Reunion in Amelia Island earlier this year. Now, Pirelli has headed to the historic Porsche Parade in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. As part of its sponsorship with PCA, Pirelli kicked off festivities by hosting the Pirelli Welcome Dinner last night at the Hidden Lakes Golf Course, which is the most attended event during the weeklong program from July 8-14.

Pirelli, the world leader in the prestige tire category, develops and produces bespoke tires for both classic and contemporary Porsches: the state of the art P Zero and P Zero Trofeo tire cover the most performance oriented, while Pirelli’s Collezione in vintage sizes covers the needs of classic Porsches.

And these are the very tires that will star on the Pirelli stand at the Porsche Parade. Porsche Club members will be able to rely on the support of Pirelli technicians, who will be on hand all day to supply in-depth advice and information about Pirelli products available in America.

“Pirelli’s involvement with this historic Porsche Parade event in the US speaks volumes to our appreciation for the Porsche marque and Porsche Club of America, the biggest Porsche club in the world,” said Marco Crola, CEO of Pirelli Tire North America. “This is a natural extension of our commitment at the OE level, where we have worked tirelessly with Porsche over the years to create special N marked tires (263 homologations in fact), tailor-made specifically to be the perfect fit for Porsche vehicles. Therefore supporting PCA is paramount for us, given we share the same enthusiasm for the world’s finest automobile design and experiences as PCA’s member base. It will be great to connect even further with this community through our activities here and communicate our latest offering, from Pirelli Collezione through to P Zero and Trofeo R tires,” Crola added.

Porsche Parade is Porsche Club of America’s signature annual event, hosting its club members from all over North America for an ‘extravaganza’ of activities and competitive events (such as the Parade Concours D’Elegance), including seminars, tours and social gatherings– all aimed at socializing and enjoying Porsches.

This year’s Porsche Parade is being held at Tan-Tar-A resort in the idyllic Lake of the Ozarks, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world and the largest in the US. For more information on the Porsche Parade visit Pirelli or the official Porsche Parade website.

About Pirelli

Pirelli was founded in 1872 and has its headquarters in Milan, Italy. Pirelli focuses its business on the high end, premium product segment where it is a world leader. Pirelli has a commercial presence in over 160 countries and 19 factories in 13 countries. Successfully competing in motorsports since 1907, Pirelli is currently the exclusive supplier of the Formula 1 championship, the Superbike world championship, and many other championships around the world.

Pirelli Tire North America (PTNA) includes the Modular Integrated Robotized System (MIRS) facility and research and development center at its Rome, Georgia headquarters, a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Silao, Mexico, sales and marketing offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Detroit, Montreal and Mexico City, and a prestige flagship store in Los Angeles. The company manufactures, distributes and markets original equipment and replacement tires for export and domestic car/motorcycle applications. For more information regarding Pirelli, please visit www.pirelli.com.

Drake’s Scorpion Makes History

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SMASHES FIRST-WEEK STREAMING RECORD WITH OVER 1 BILLION STREAMS

#1 ALBUM IN THE WORLD
DRAKE has just made history with his new full-length album, Scorpion.

Upon arrival, it smashed multiple records. Scorpion notably stands out as “the first album to be streamed over 1 billion times in a week,” across multiple platforms and it crushed the “all-time US one-week streaming record” in under three days. Moreover, it broke the “all-time Global one-week streaming record” in four days, paving the way for “the biggest debut of the streaming era.”

Additionally, it emerges as the #1 release on the Billboard Top 200, marking his 8^th consecutive #1 bow on the respective chart. Not only did Scorpion achieve the biggest first week of 2018, but it also achieves the biggest first week since 2017.

Drake’s unparalleled RIAA reign also continues. He now has scored “the most RIAA certifications of any artist in history” with 142 million digital single sales to date.

Scorpion is available now.

SLS World Tour at the Galen Center

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Red Bull & SLS (Street League Skateboarding) hosted their annual World Tour men’s prelims and finals at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. Some of the finalists featured Nyjah Huston, Chris Joslin and Yuto Horigome for the first stop of the tour. Horigome took first place with a stellar performance. The live event was broadcasted on ETN as well as replays/coverage on ESPN2 and ABC.

WLD vs. Three Days Grace

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Golf Channel’s Morning Drive exclusive feature with Multiplatnium selling Canadian Rock Recording Artist, Three Days Grace, compete with 8-Time World Long Drive Event Tour Champion, Kevin Shook to a friendly competition at Topgolf! This serves as the ultimate fan experience for Kevin who is a big fan of the band. View it down below!

YouTube: http://youtu.be/2JtpXHQFxeI

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GolfChannel/posts/10155700793206676

Twitter: http://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1015608897997033472

Showaflops

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As the summer season approaches, it’s time to get vacation-ready! No matter where you’re headed, whether it be to a new country, new city, the beach, lake or Disneyland, make sure you pack all the necessary items! One item that you will definitely want to add to your packing list is Showaflops! Perfect for hotel pools, spas, beaches and gym showers, the stylish, durable and lightweight Showaflops keep your feet disease free.

Showaflops have unique drainage holes for faster drying flops and antimicrobials to help protect feet from bacteria on floors and prevent odors. Showaflops also have slip resistant soles for safer trips on wet slippery floors. With NEW designs, you can complete your vacation look from head to toe. From flip flops to slides, choose your style of choice and enjoy your summer vacation without worrying about the germs or wet soggy flip flops! Showaflops is the must-have summer item for kids going to camp or waterparks!

Explore the features of this summer vacation must-have:

Unique drainage hole designs

Antimicrobials

Slip resistant soles help protect feet against mold, fungus and bacteria on floors

Flip flops perfect for public showers, gyms, steam rooms, dorms, camps, pools, locker rooms… or anywhere that germs lurk!

Available in Men’s, Women’s, Boy’s and Girl’s

Prices range from $22-$34

For more information go to: http://showaflops.com/.

Technology of Tomorrow

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New research released by Marriott Hotels, reveals that a whopping four months of your lifetime is saved by using technology.

In a time poor society, time is a luxury and with the introduction of innovative technology, business travelers are saving valuable time so they can get more out of their trips. With this in mind, Marriott Hotels can now reveal that 9 out of 10 (92%) business travellers from the UK, Spain, Germany and France say that technology is helping them free up more time for leisure on their business trips.

A new film that has launched today, which features Tech Expert and TV Presenter Georgie Barrat, who talks all about the future of travel and how you can benefit by making the best of the time you can save (especially on business trips), using technology.

Georgie Barrat says: “People are looking for more efficient ways to travel because we are so time poor. We want to do it all, we want to go out and experience the World. So to have technology that’s streamlines and helps save us time is really, really important.”

As well as utilising reward programmes, business travellers are constantly finding ways using their phone or other devices to save time, as over 3 in 5 people in the UK (66%) use mobile apps to aid their business travel experience and just over two fifths (42%) use their mobile wallet on their phone.

How we save time communicating is more important than ever before, as almost a third of business travellers relying of translation tools whilst abroad, reveals new research.

Shockingly, younger business travelers (25-34 year olds) find that the latest technology in hotels is more important than the comfort! 80% of people in that age group say that having the latest technology at their disposal improves their experience, more so than comfort.

While you’d expect business travelers to use tech whilst running around on their business trips, the survey revealed technology for checking in and out of hotels has improved their business travel experience more than planning and booking activities. It seems that the time saved is more valuable, and can be invested back into enjoying their leisure time.

“We use our smartphones not just for staying in contact and being connected, we also use them for things like being able to pay for stuff, that’s starting to expand even more and we’re using it to have access to our hotel rooms.”

In the film, Georgie outlines three exciting areas of technology for the future, which includes the Mobile Key, chatbot concierge and real time translation app. Georgia informed us that, “Chatbot is a really big tech trend. We’re starting to see Chatbot help to plan your itinerary and even book things like your flights. So having Chatbot whilst travelling really helps save time and eases things.”

Although we don’t trust them powering our cars, the new research states that over two thirds of business travellers (68%) would choose to stay in a hotel run by bots/AI.

Overall, Brits seem to be taking a great interest in AI, and Georgie Barrat would agree as 63% of UK travellers would trust AI to organise their business trip from start to finish. The research also showed that 7 out of 10 Brits are excited about the prospect of AI becoming a bigger part of their business travel experience.

Georgie says, “The future of technology and travel is so incredibly exciting, we’re already seeing massive advancements in this area. All this gives you more free time to go and enjoy other things apart from just the business side of things whilst you’re travelling.”

Watch a new video of TV presenter Georgie Barrat who discusses the future of travel and technology as well as the key areas of technology for the future here.

Download the web video via the DNA

You can embed the web video via YouTube

Devon Gilfillian x Troublemaker

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The official video for Devon Gilfillian’s new single, Troublemaker, premiered today on Relix.com. The clip, which can be viewed HERE, was shot at The Smoakstack Studios in Nashville. Download / stream Troublemaker HERE. The bluesy track was heard during 2018 NFL Draft programming/advertising and Gilfillian performed the national anthem before Round 1 of the 2018 NFL Draft.Gilfillian’s North American tour continues with a headline show tomorrow, July 6, at The Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem, NH. In addition to numerous headline shows, including one at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on July 12 & he will open for ZZ Ward on three July dates, support Kaleo at four late-September shows and join Mavis Staples at Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre in Wilmington, NC on October 21. He will also perform at this weekendߣs Tremblant International Blues Festival plus Forecastle, Floydfest and XPoNential. Tickets are on sale HERE. See below for itinerary.Rolling Stone recently hailed Gilfillian as one of the most exciting young artists in Nashville’s burgeoning soul scene and noted, If his new song Troublemaker, a raucous heaping of swampy soul rock, is any indication of what to expect from [his debut album]ߪmusic lovers are in for a serious treat.NPR Music said, There’s a lot to like about Gilfillian’s songsߪ[his] musical muscle is tempered by his swagger and confidence. Growing up outside Philadelphia, he took up the electric guitar at age 14. After moving to Nashville to pursue music full-time, Gilfillian self-released his debut EP, Travelin’ Blues, a five-song collection of originals that showcased his powerful blend of soul, blues, rock and gospel.