Top Festivals of the Year

Top Festivals of the Year

The Cheesemonger Invitational

Cheese lovers, rejoice! This event was made for you and you only, because a normal person couldn't handle that much cheese. The event - which takes place in California each year - takes the best cheesemongers in the country an pits them against each other in a brutal cheese battle extravaganza. But the event is not all about dueling. You can try all the delicious flavors as you walk through cheese paradise for the evening and treat yourself to fondue, raclette, and grilled cheese sandwiches along the way.

Sundance Film Festival

This annual film festival takes place in a small town in Utah and showcases the premieres of masterfully done films. You can spot celebrities and go skiing on the trip. In between films, the festival allows you to participate in seminars, attend parties, and see some big name concerts for ten days of the perfect cinema experience.

Super Bowl

Much more than just another football game in California, the Super Bowl is the match that brings an entire nation together for a few hours of entertainment, trash talk and creative commercials.

Mardi Gras

One of the most unique events in the United States, Mardi Gras, takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can celebrate this festival by throwing on some beads, dressing up in costume, and watching the Parade roll on through the famous French Quarter of New Orleans.

Ultra Music Festival

With over 100,000 people attending the event in Miami each year, Ultra Music Festival is one of the most exhilarating electronic dance festivals in the country. The festival has been headlined by artists the likes of Avicii, David Guetta, Nero and Tiesto, among others.

Lantern Fest

This time it is the USA and not Thailand the country that get to illuminate the sky with thousands of glowing lanterns that take off into the air. There's nothing like the feeling when everybody lights their lantern and the first ones start to take off.

Savor

Savor is an American craft beer and food experience that takes place at the National Building Museum in downtown Washington. Featuring craft beer and artisan cheese from across the country, this event is a must for foodies in the USA.

EDC Las Vegas

Amassing two decades of trajectory, the Electric Daisy Carnival attracts more than 300,000 people each year. Attendees are expected to show up in EDC attire to look at the giant metal art, 3D superstructures, and glow in the dark moments. As you would expect from an event set in Las Vegas, there are rides, food and the best EDM DJ's from around the world.

Utah Shakespeare Festival

With the backdrop of the beautiful scenery of Southern Utah, this event brings Shakespeare words to life for more than 100,000 people who flock to Cedar City to watch the plays. The festival has received both a Tony Award and an Emmy. There are plenty of opportunities to catch the festival as it runs for a large part of the summer and into the fall. It is worth it not only because of the festival but also because in Cedar City you can also see some of the country's most beautiful National Parks with Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park a quick car ride away.

Favorite movie lines in Hollywood

Favorite movie lines in Hollywood

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

"Why so serious?"

"May the force be with you."

"Here's looking at you, kind."

"Love means never having to say you're sorry." - Love Story, 1970

"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" - Braveheart, 1995

"They call me Mister Tibbs!" - In the Heat of the Night, 1967

"Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" - This is the famous quote from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, 1937.

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948. This is an actual misquote of the line "We don't need no stinking badges!"

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." - The Godfather. Part III, 1990.

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" - Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and Love the bomb, 1964. When Stanley Kubrick sat down to adapt Peter George's novel Red Alert to the screen, the director struggled with treating the material as a straight drama, as he initially intended. "My idea of doing

"I wish I knew how to quit you." - Brokeback Mountain, 2005. Screenwriter Diana Ossana extracted this line from the New Yorker short story that inspired the film, co-written by Larry McMurtry. "The film has become a part of the popular culture," says Ossana. "We have a Google Alert for the film, and in the 10 years since it came out there hasn't been a day that there wasn't something, somewhere in the news about Brokeback Mountain."

"Good morning, Vietnam!" - Good morning, Vietnam, 1987. The real-life Adrian Cronauer confessed he came up with the line because he needed to make time while he was shuffling papers to start the show.

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." - Star Wars, 1977. This line transcended to real life. Soon after the film came out, Sir Alec Guinness told the BBC he had been receiving very strange letters from fans seeking wisdom. "I've been getting some pretty strange letters: ‘My wife and I have got problems, could you come over and live with us."

"After all, tomorrow is another day!" - Gone with the wind, 1939. Although the screenplay had several revisions, this line is lifted straight form the book.

Image By Employee(s) of MGM [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988

"I'm the king of the world!" - Titanic, 1997. Director James Cameron admitted he was making a fool of himself by repeating the line as he accepted the movie's best picture Oscar.

"Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." - All About Eve, 1950. Despite the film holding the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a single film (14, tied with Titanic and La La Land), this is one of the most misquoted lines in film history. Most say: "It's going to be a bumpy ride"

Top Events in the USA

Top Events in the USA

Yeahhh it's a party in the USA, like Miley Cyrus' song, here you can find the top events happening in the USA, so you can put them on your calendar and avoid missing any.

1) Rose Bowl Parade: is the biggest college football playoff held on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California. The event is of such magnitude that is attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators and is televised across the USA. The football match is preceded by a magnificent parade where you can see spectacular floats constructed exclusively out of flowers and flower petals.

2) Super Bowl Sunday: apparently American football always makes for a great event in the USA and the Super Bowl is so popular that its fame transcends national frontiers. This is the grand championship playoff match of the National Football League, which is held in one of the southern USA sun-belt cities or in a large indoor football arena. The event includes spectacular entertainment featuring internationally-famous artists. Tickets are very hard to get and usually cost over $1000 per seat.

3) Sundance Film Festival: This is the American version of the Cannes Film Festival. Held in Park City - Utah-, Sundance Film Festival features some of the finest new and experimental works by young filmmakers.

4) Mardi Gras in New Orleans: the last weeks prior to the solemn religious season of Lent is marked by a energetic party in New Orleans, Louisiana. The celebration features grand parades, entertainment and nightly parties escalating through the last weekend and culminating with a final blast on "Fat Tuesday".

5) Spring Break in Florida: hordes of college students from across the country flock to Florida for wild days of beach and parties.

6) Calle Ocho Festival Miami: also in Florida, Calle Ocho Festival is an ethnic street fair held at the heart of "Little Havana" on Eighth Street. It features a huge variety of festivities including latin entertainment, a diversity of ethnic foods and open-air street markets.

Things to Do and See in San Francisco

Things to Do and See in San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most iconic landmarks in San Francisco and a must-see when you visit the city. As you get enthralled by the magnificence of the bridge, you'll get some heartwarming flashbacks of the TV show Full House. Walking or biking across the bridge is an unmissable experience. From the east side walkway, you can take in the soaring 746-foot towers, the city skyline, the Marin Headlands and the Pacific Ocean stretching to the horixon.

Check out Crissy Field on the northern end of San Francisco for a view and a trip that haunt you for a long time. What is hot at the moment is the new Bay Bridge, so make sure you check it out as well.

San Francisco has a vibrant artistic community, so there are plenty of sculptures and pieces of art to check. There are also great bands performing regularly.

Take a stroll along the neighborhoods in souther San Francisco - such as Mission -, get ready to be impressed by the Coit Tower or the Transamerica Tower, one of the tallest in San Francisco, that is why it is recommended to check it out from street level. Talk about heights, don't miss the Twin Peaks, one of San Francisco's highest neighborhoods.

However, Downtown San Francisco better be on your list as well as Sutro Tower - one of San Francisco's most interesting landmarks.

With its hills and valleys, San Francisco is a jewel when it comes to views and one of the places where you can admire sights is on a Bay Area Caltrain ride. Alternatively, you can get a view of the whole city from somewhere up on a hill.

With a sinfully delicious array of organic fruit and vegetables, and gourmet goodies from olive oils, meat, cheese and bread to chocolate, jams and flowers, Ferry Building Marketplace is a foodie's paradise.