Kyoto’s flat geography makes long strolls easy. And by using bustling Shijo Street — also known as Shijo-dori — as a main street for navigation, it was a breeze to weave through the city during my three-month trip in May. Between meal runs and plotting routes to popular attractions such as Nijo Castle and Kiyomizudera,
Month: September 2023
Mergers in the food and beverage industry have been going strong, with big F& B companies showing no shortage in their appetite for billion-dollar deals. J.M. Smucker Co. recently announced it would expand its family of brands significantly by acquiring Hostess for $5.6 billion, following a string of other acquisitions. And the urge to merge
Where celebrity-endorsed companies are concerned, little collaborations have made more sense than Gillian Anderson launching a libido-boosting soft drink. G Spot, which Anderson co-founded and launched in May 2023, started off with three naturally-boosted flavors (Soothe, Lift and Protect), but has just added Arouse to the mix in partnership with the launch of season 4
It’s the first day of fall and here I am, still drinking rosé! Don’t tell me you’ve consigned pink wine to the summer months, because that would be wrong. With so many regions across the globe making rosés from different varieties, there’s a good diversity of styles—some more structured and with deeper fruit expressions that
The New York World Wine and Spirits Competition held its annual judging in Brooklyn last month and its organizers have been slowly pouring out the results ever since. A few weeks back, whiskey lovers were shocked to learn that 15 Stars—a relatively obscure craft producer out of Kentucky—had beaten out far bigger brands from the
Getty Images If you want a good deal on airfare for the fall and winter holidays, get ready to book. “The best time to book is between today and the second week of October, as prices are low and there are a lot of seats left to book,” Hayley Berg, lead economist at Hopper, said Thursday.
The Brewers Association, the trade association representing America’s small and independent brewers, has announced the 263 breweries that won the 303 medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival, the largest beer competition in America. The annual competition is open to America’s craft breweries. The winners are announced on the last day of the annual
It was a pleasant early-autumn afternoon at Firriato Winery’s Cavanera Estate on the north-east slopes of Mount Etna. Cumulus clouds linger in the bright blue sky as the volcano’s familiar coronet of smoke dances upward into the atmosphere. Built atop an ancient lava flow, the Cavanera Etna estate captures the volcano’s essence through Vitus vinifera
If you’re looking for ghost towns, haunted houses, and creepy attractions to visit this fall, look no further than these destinations below. From dark local histories to paranormal investigative hot spots, there’s something for every Halloween enthusiast looking for a perfectly frightful October getaway. An autumn day in Salem, Massachusetts by Laura Michalski – Unsplash
Fatcamera | E+ | Getty Images Long waits to receive new passports haven’t yet eased from earlier this year, as the U.S. State Department works through a backlog of applications amid high demand for international travel. While the State Department expects delays to shorten through the rest of 2023, travelers should continue to plan well
Natural Products Expo East is ridding off into the sunset after trading across the U.S. East Coast for nearly four decades. Organizer New Hope Network is now pioneering a new annual event called “Newtopia Now” to help emerging CPG brands maximize their exposure to retail buyers and investors. The last Expo East will occur this
All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. On a romantic break in Manchester, you can
There are not very many Americans still doing the farming that feeds our citizens and many others around the world. The legacy of the Homestead Act of 1862 persists in that many of those farmers still own land from those 160 acre grants that have been passed down for generations, but particularly for the “broad
Orlando, Florida—sometimes called the “Halloween Vacation Capital”—invites visitors to celebrate the spooky season with a full lineup of frightful and family-friendly experiences throughout the destination. Visitors can enjoy hair-raising, spooktacular events, such as horror movie brunches, paranormal-themed escape rooms, haunted botanical gardens, kid-friendly trick-or-treat trails, and an adults-only vampire bar. “Orlando lives up to its
wallypower50 Wally, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024, is expanding its motor yacht range with the wallypower50, which could have its global debut at Boot Dusseldorf from January 20-28. The yacht will also be available in an outboard version, wallypower50X, following the wallypower58 and wallypower58X. The wallytender48 and wallytender43 were the brand’s first motor yachts
The best hotel in the world is Passalacqua, an 18th century villa on the edge of Italy’s Lake Como. That’s according to the 50 Best organization, which announced the results of “The World’s 50 Best Hotels” in London on Tuesday. The villa hotel is the former home of composer Vincenzo Bellini and sits among
Blood alcohol detox functional beverage, Safety Shot (Nasdaq: SHOT), set to launch in Q4 2023, is attracting widespread attention as the first patented drink that promises to reduce blood alcohol content and improve central nervous system activity, motor cortex function and cognition in less than an hour. Blood alcohol poisoning occurs when alcohol is consumed
Sometimes it’s a mystery as to why certain people are ‘bitten by the wine bug,’ and others are not. But for a group of 12 Hispanic winemakers in Oregon, there is a strong common bond of growing grapes and making wine to reflect the beauty of the land, as well as to provide a legacy
India tourist visa is seen in a passport in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on March 17, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India suspended visa applications in Canada on Thursday, escalating the festering diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The recent feud was sparked by the Canadian government’s announcement of “credible allegations” the Indian government
Remember the days when entrepreneurs opened either a separate restaurant, a bakery or gourmet shop and that was suffice to generate a profit. The trend these days is hyphenated businesses, combining several specialties, where multiple revenues flow to generate enough profit to sustain business. Welcome to Pasta Corner, which opened in midtown Manhattan, in proximity
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