Aspen, the famous ski resort town in Colorado"s Rocky Mountains, is the United States" most expensive destination in which to spend this year"s Presidents" Day weekend.
This finding was uncovered by the latest survey conducted by CheapHotels.org. The survey specifically compared U.S. destinations according to their hotel rates for the period spanning February 12 to February 15 (Presidents" Day).
In Aspen, travelers will have to spend $533 per night for the most affordable double room (rated at least two stars). That figure represents the highest rate in the country. Barbara Adams from CheapHotels.org points out that the rates reflected by the survey were established in late January and that a late-hour booker would now probably have to spend even more since Aspen is virtually sold out.
In the survey"s runners-up spots are two Hawaiian destinations: Poipu, located on the southern side of the island of Kauai and Lahaina, situated in West Maui. Daily rates of $512 and $463, respectively, put these island locales in the second and third slots. With Vail ($419) and Breckenridge ($412) coming in fourth and fifth most expensive, two more ski resorts in Colorado landed in the Top 5.
The following table shows the 10 most expensive destinations in the United States for this year"s Presidents" Day weekend. The prices shown reflect the daily rate for each destination"s cheapestavailable double room for the time period spanning February 12 through 15, 2016.
1. Aspen (Colorado) $533
2. Poipu (Hawaii) $512
3. Lahaina (Hawaii) $463
4. Vail (Colorado) $419
5. Breckenridge (Colorado) $412
6. Wailea (Hawaii) $412
7. Princeville (Hawaii) $389
8. Downtown Miami (Florida) $380
9. Key West (Florida) $329
10. Islamorada (Florida) $319
To see the survey"s full rankings, visit: http://www.cheaphotels.org/press/presidents-day-2016.html
Press Contact: Barbara Adams,press@cheaphotels.org, Phone:+1-805-308-9660
Puppy Bowl IX: A Year of Excessive Cuteness | Puppy Bowl IX
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Touchdown! Thats what these adorable little puppies will be doing during the 2016 Puppy Bowl. Click inside to watch LIVE!
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Believe it or not, this is the 11th year the Puppy Bowl is going down. The Puppy Bowl field is approximately 19 x 10 feet, and only puppies between the age of 12 and 21 weeks old areallowed to play. Due to the size of their field, theres also a height and weight limit for the puppies. Sorry, no big kids allowed!
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Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials 2016 (NFL Super Bowl 50)
Super Bowl 50 disappointed most of us not high on the Rocky Mountains. However, the event did excel in its secondary function as a royal rumble between the world"s largest brands and commercial factories.
This years ads felt fresh compared to the crops of years past. The "dead child" count was kept to a zero, and the obligatory drunk driving commercial was fine actually, it was good!
I"ve compiled my picks for the 10 best ads, below, and tagged on the two worst for good measure. Share your favorites in the comments.
10. Amazon Echo - #baldwinbowl
This isn"t an especially good ad. But, it features Missy Elliott and Jason Schwartzman, and I will watch both of them read the phone book. In fact, Netflix should greenlight that asap: "Missy & Jason Conquer the Yellow Pages." Get Michel Gondry to direct and we have ourselves a hit.
9. Hyundai - First Date
Kevin Hart"s humor is built for the commercial medium. His hammy acting grabs your attention from the chips and salsa. Once his over-the-top schtick has worn out its welcome, the commercial"s over and you"ve bought a new Hyundai.
8. Pepsi - Joy of Pepsi
Janelle Monae gives the no-frills Pepsi ad a splash of panache. Monae is a gift to the world, and any company that introduces her to more potential fans is doing a little bit of good alongside their self-interested pursuit of customers.
7. Mountain Dew - Puppymonkeybaby
I can"t defend this choice, but I"ll try. You see, this puppy is also a monkey and a baby, and that"s funny. Okay, maybe funny isn"t the right word. It"s hypnotic. Yeah, hypnotic, that"s what it is!
6. Mini - Defy Labels
A commercial with a message, "Defy Labels" connected with a lot of folks in my Twitter stream. Here"s Eater"s Ryan Sutton:
5. Skittles - The Portrait
Steven Tyler can do no wrong, no matter how hard he tries.
4. Avocados from Mexico - #Avosinspace
I"m reluctant to describe a company that advertises in the Super Bowl as an "underdog," but Avocados from Mexico doesn"t have the fandom of Budweiser"s Clydesdales or a car company"s A-list celebrity endorsement.
This is specific to my weird brain, but I enjoyed the Scott Baio appearance, if only because it reminded me of a high school friend"s band: Baiowolf. It"s a play on Scott Baio and Double Dragon-star Scott Wolf.
3. Independence Day: Resurgence - Trailer
Is it summer yet? Am I crazy to think that, after years of countless superhero films, an Independence Day sequel rolls over me like a cool breeze of originality?
2. Coca Cola - Ant-Man / Hulk
When I buy a ticket to a Marvel film, I"m not paying for the convoluted plots. What the superhero machine does best is action spectacle and oddball friendships. This commercial delivered as much for free in under a minute. Okay, what if instead of Marvel movies, we get a new commercial each week following our favorite character mash-ups? I"m okay with it, if y"all are okay with it.
1. Heinz - Weiner Stampede
Small dogs in cute costumes running in slow-motion: it"s a cliche for a reason. Is it the most original commercial? Not at all. Is it the best? Yes. And you can prove me wrong in the comments.
2. NFL - Super Bowl Babies Choir
"Data suggests nine months after a Super Bowl victory, winning cities see a rise in births." So begins the NFL"s ad for itself, a sweet-as-it-is-creepy collection of "Super Bowl babies" singing about their moment of conception. But I can"t get past that opening line. When has the NFL cared what data suggests? Data shows that "96 percent of former NFL players whose brains were studied tested positive for a degenerative brain disease."
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BOSTON, Ky. (WDRB)-- It"s a clash of the titans. A winner must be crowned. Everything is on the line. Well, maybe some naps and a treat.
If it"s Super Bowl Sunday, it"s time for the "Puppy Bowl" too.Some local pooches are ready to make their mark.
"You get to see all these cute little puppies. They"re all interacting and playing with each other. There"s a little clean up, but that"s okay," said Suzanne Bridwell of Barktown rescue.
Optimus Prime and Shylah are on the verge of joining names like Newton and Manning today in a different, but still epic bout."Team Ruff" and "Team Fluff" compete to see who can score a touchdown.
"A touchdown is basically to carry a toy across the goal line," Bridwell explained.
Entertaining? Obviously. The bigger goal-- "for all of them to get adopted," she added.
The two puppies are from Barktown Rescue. A no-kill home for dogs in Nelson County.
Prime"s mom was dumped along with all her puppies because she was pregnant. Barktown took them in.Not long after, the rescue got an invite to be a part of the "Puppy Bowl" in the Big Apple.
"It took us about 16 hours. Four women, two puppies driving. So it was a little crazy," Bridwell said with a smile.
The dogs got the royal treatment. A hotel stay, a walk in Central Park, a tour of the city--all before the game.We can"t tell you who won.
Optimus Prime"s new owner, who made the adoption before he knew his pup was a TV star, can"t wait to find out.
"We"ll probably record the Super Bowl and watch the Puppy Bowl," Anthony Mattingly said.
And he says if he knows his dog-- "he"s going to bring it home for Barktown Rescue."
Barktown Rescue started in 2009 and has saved two-thousand dogs.
Huckabee Interview with the Tuohy family who adopted Michael Oher - Blind Side 1
WHY ITS IMPORTANT
Ware remains one of the games elite pass rushers and Oher might have to block him with little help if Carolina decides to use a running back/tight end to help on Von Miller.
ABOUT WARE
Now 33 years old and appearing in his first Super Bowl, Ware is still able to flash. In the second season of a three-year, $30 million contract, Wares 134.5 sacks are 11th-most in NFL history and he had 7.5 this year to go with 16 quarterback hits and 25 tackles. He plays 36.4 percent of the snaps so Denvers coaches are smart in not over-working him. Ware can still get around the edge against a left tackle.
ABOUT OHER
A year ago, Oher was on his way to the street after flaming out as an expensive free-agent addition by Tennessee (four-year, $20 million contract) when Baltimore let him walk in favor of former Jaguars left tackle Eugene Monroe. Oher signed a two-year, $7 million deal with the Panthers to replace Byron Bell, who ironically ended up with Tennessee. Oher (6-foot-4, 315 pounds) had only three penalties. He plays tall, which allows opponents to bull-rush him, but hes been good enough for Carolina.
WHO HAS THE ADVANTAGE
Ware. For sure hes benefited playing opposite Miller, but also effective interior pass-rushers Derek Wolfe and Malik Jackson.
Death Wish Coffee Company Big Game Commercial: Storm’s a-Brewin’ Photo Jake Brady sealing bags of the Valhalla Java Odinforce Blend at Death Wish Coffees processing plant in Round Lake, N.Y. Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
ROUND LAKE, N.Y. Theres no question that Death Wish Coffee, a pirate-flag-adorned brand from upstate New York, is strong, like really strong, like linebacker-strong, like Super Bowl-hype strong, but is it the strongest coffee in the world?
Yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? Dunno. (Note: The author of this article was highly caffeinated.)
What is certain, however, is that Death Wish Coffee, like a halfback in an open field, is enjoying a remarkably lucky run since first hitting the market some three and a half years ago, with a warning label proclaiming it the Worlds Strongest Coffee.
And while such a determination is probably better left to experts, Death Wish Coffees rabid fan base, including heavy-metal rockers and freezing-cold truckers, recently helped to land the company a prized advertisement spot during the Super Bowl broadcast on Sunday as part of a contest by Intuit, whose products help people balance their books and prepare their taxes (just like coffee).
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The contest invited businesses with fewer than 50 employees to enter to win the 30-second ad, winnowing thousands of contestants down to a final three (including another New York company, Vidlers, a five-and-dime near Buffalo). Death Wish was chosen by a public vote, presumably fueled by, you know, Death Wish.
Photo The coffee comes with a boast and a warning label. Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
The ad, developed and produced by RPA, whose Super Bowl clients also include Honda, features a group of waterlogged Vikings jonesing for a cup of joe. The commercial, which will appear during the third quarter, has some of the skeleton staff at the Death Wish offices working 70-hour weeks in preparation for an onslaught of fatigued football and caffeine lovers looking to lift the Monday morning fog.
Its almost like fans are more excited than we are, said Kane Grogan, the companys customer service manager. Were in the middle of it, so were more worried than anything.
Fretting about filling huge orders, of course, is the kind of concern most small businesses would happily have, something acknowledged by the companys owner, Michael Brown, a former accountant who once worried about falling asleep at his desk at the State comptrollers office.
Mr. Brown, 35, created the Death Wish brew in the basement of Saratoga Coffee Traders, a cafe he owned in nearby Saratoga Springs, after a group of apparently somnolent Saratogians decided they wanted a little more jolt in their java.
Customers would come in asking for the strongest cup of coffee, Mr. Brown said in a phone interview from San Francisco, host to many of the Super Bowl festivities this year. And I wanted to mess with them a little bit.
So it was that Mr. Brown decided to search out an especially strong mix of robusta and Arabica beans online and try it on customers, who he initially anticipated would be truck drivers, night-shift workers, doctors.
To his surprise, however, the online buyers it remains primarily an Internet brand, and not a cheap one were more diverse. My moms friends from high school, like 75-, 80-year-olds, call me up saying this is my favorite coffee, Mr. Brown said.
Mr. Browns big win, however, appears to have unleashed a regional rivalry with another, more established company Deans Beans, in Orange, Mass. which claims the idea, and some of the early beans, for Death Wish came from its signature brew, called Ahabs Revenge. Deans Beans strikes a similarly ominous tone in its marketing (Beware: contains the highest caffeine content of any organic coffee!).
Dean Cycon, the founder of Deans Beans, said in an email that Death Wish had recreated our formula.
Was anything they did illegal? Nope, he said. Was it unethical and deceptive? In my mind, yes.
Mr. Brown said he had heard Mr. Cycons complaints, but had only compliments for Deans Beans. He has a great business model, Mr. Brown said, though he also noted that when my customers came in looking for a stronger cup of coffee, Deans Beans was already among the shops offerings.
Regardless of such coffee clashes, Death Wish seems to have found its own niche, according to Mr. Grogan, who says it is popular with coders, gamers and other loners, as well as the occasional journalist.
Like many who work at Death Wishs offices housed in a bland warehouse off a country road Mr. Grogan has several elaborate tattoos and a fondness for music. (I have four drummers on my staff, Mr. Brown said.) Theres a punching bag in the corner, and paintings sent in by fans, many of whom apparently cannot sleep.
Indeed, even brewed at moderate strength, the coffees color falls somewhere between that of a dilated pupil and the far side of the moon. On a recent morning, a few sips brought an undeniable buzz to this reporters head, as well as what might be described as a kind of a pleasant arrhythmia. A single cup provided about 45 minutes of jittery high energy, followed by a sharp drop in enthusiasm for life and a sudden desire for another cup.
Such ups and downs, of course, are the perils of working at Death Wish, Mr. Grogan said. It used to be kind of an all-day thing, he said, of his own intake. But it kind of wears off if you drink it too much.
Lady Gaga - National Anthem - Super Bowl 2016 (HD 1080p) Full Video
What do Amy Schumer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Jason Schwartzman, Serena Williams, Harvey Keitel, Steven Tyler, Ryan Reynolds, Janelle Mone, Willem Dafoe, Seth Rogen, Alec Baldwin, Dan Marino, Seth Rogen, Missy Elliott, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Rudd, Lil Wayne, Liam Neeson, Drake, Scott Baio, Christopher Walken and Dame Helen Mirren have in common?
This diverse and eclectic group appears in Super Bowl 2016 commercials.
But this years much coveted TV spots dont just feature stars. There are a far share of commercials with sheep crooning Queens Somebody to Love, stampeding wiener dogs adorned in hot dog buns running in slow motion to humans dressed as ketchup bottles and a unique dancing hybrid thingy that calls itself PuppyMonkeyBaby.
Watch some of our favorite 2016 Super Bowl commercials below.
