Bruce Springsteen encabezará el Hard Rock Calling 2013

El Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, en pleno corazón del parque olímpico de Stratford (Londres), albergará su primer gran evento desde los Juegos del año pasado. Hard Rock Calling, uno de los festivales más importantes de Londres, regresa este año con un cartel realmente atractivo.

De este modo, el festival se traslada al este de Londres tras siete años celebrándose en Hyde Park. Para celebrar la ocasión, la edición de este año contará con un gran elenco de leyendas del rock durante el fin de semana del 29 y 30 de junio.

La sola presencia de Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band en el cartel de este año debería ser suficiente para que los fans del rock pongan a punto sus guitarras imaginarias, pero este año el Hard Rock Calling subirá el volumen unos decibelios con un cartel que también incluye a Paul Weller, Kasabian, Alabama Shakes y The Black Crowes. No es de extrañar que este festival atraiga a más de 150.000 melómanos a la capital cada año.

El Hard Rock Calling se situará en el recinto ocupado el verano pasado por la pista de hockey. De este modo se trata de reconvertir el legado post-olímpico del Queen Elizabeth Park en un flamante nuevo espacio para eventos de este tipo en la capital.

Aquellos que planeen una visita al este de Londres no tendrán problema en encontrar alojamiento en esta rejuvenecida parte de la ciudad. Además, el portal de reservas de hoteles y eventos en Londres más importante de Internet, LondonTown.com, ofrece en su página una gran selección de hoteles en Londres a precios reducidos durante el fin de semana del festival.

The RE London Shoreditch hotel está situado a 3 kilómetros del parque olímpico y ofrece además excelentes conexiones con el centro de la capital. Reservando a través de LondonTown.com se obtiene hasta un 68% de descuento en habitaciones con dos camas individuales, con precios desde las 74 libras.

Por su parte, el Holiday Inn Express Stratford, sito a sólo 11 minutos del Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ofrece ofertas muy similares: hasta un 63% de descuento disponible a través de LondonTown.com, con precios desde las 91 libras.

 

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Michael Bublé ofrecerá diez actuaciones en el O2 Arena

El canta-autor canadiense Michael Bublé volverá al Reino Unido a finales de junio para instalarse en el O2 Arena de Londres durante 10 días. Estas actuaciones, desde el domingo 30 de junio hasta el sábado 13 de julio, será la vez que ningún cantante masculino actúe tanto tiempo, solo excedido por Prince.

El cantante galardonado con premios Grammy y número uno en las principales listas, interpretará temas de su último álbum “To Be Loved”, además de los clásicos de su amplio catálogo de álbums; “It’s Time” (2005), “Call Me Irresponsible” (2007), “Crazy Love” (2009) y “Christmas” (2011). Bublé ha vendido más de 30 millones de discos en todo el mundo y esta es la oportunidad perfecta de presenciar al melódico cantante en vivo con temas como “Haven’t Met You Yet”, “Some Kind of Wonderful” y “Me and Mrs Jones”.

En lo referente al auditorio para tal estrella, el O2 Arena de Londres es realmente la opción número uno. Como pieza central del reformado Millennium Dome, el O2 es el primer auditorio de música de Londres construido para tal efecto, y tiene un aforo de 23.000. Durante estas fechas Bublé hará historia al intentar igualar previas actuaciones continuas de las leyendas de la música. Prince alcanzó el récord de 21 noches en el 2007, el fallecido Michael Jackson iba a hacer un maratón de 50 días en el 2009 pero no pudo llevarlo a cabo, y Roger Waters actuó seis noches como parte de su gira “The Wall Live” del 2011.

Encontrar un Londres hoteles para alojarse después del concierto no supondrá ningún problema con las ofertas que LondonTown.com tiene junto al O2. Ahora se puede reservar una doble con un fabuloso descuento del 64% en el Radisson Blu Edwardian New Providence Wharf desde 217 libras la noche. Si se busca algo más módico, el Ibis London Docklands, a unos diez minutos del auditorio, ofrece dobles con dos camas desde tan solo 73 libras la noche (incluye un descuento del 33%).

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Legendary Spanish restaurant elBulli goes on display at London’s Somerset House

For many of us ‘elBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food’, a new exhibition opening at the Embankment Galleries of London’s Somerset House on Friday 5th July 2013, will be as close to eating at the famous Spanish restaurant, its 50-course tasting menus, and its distinctive brand of molecular gastronomy as we will get – especially since it closed its doors in 2011.

The retrospective at the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, gives visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Adrià’s unique cuisine. Chefs who worked at the restaurant under Adrià’s leadership included Heston Blumenthal whose restaurant at London restaurant, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, at the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge ranks among the most prestigious London restaurants.

The multimedia exhibition at Somerset House offers an insight into the research behind each dish, revealed through handwritten notes and sketches. Also on display are plasticine models which were made for all the dishes – and the elBulli team invented 1,846 of them – used as a means of quality control for colour, portion size and position on the plate.

The London show is a taster of what is next for elBulli – Adrià intends to reopen in 2015 with a foundation to safeguard the legacy of the restaurant and to create Bullipedia, a central resource documenting culinary history and providing research material for chefs around the world.

In addition to the exhibition, which continues until 29th September 2013, there’s the chance to meet the man himself at ‘An Audience with Ferran Adrià’ on the opening night, Friday 5th July 2013, when he will discuss the afterlife of the restaurant, and his ongoing projects. Tickets, at £25, include a complimentary drink, and free entry to the exhibition (which has a standard entry fee of £10) until 9.30pm.

From 10th July onwards visitors can see two Embankment Galleries shows when they book a joint ticket for £12.50 (£10.50 concessions), £6.25 on Mondays (excluding Bank Holidays) which includes entry into ‘elBulli: Ferran Adrià’ and ‘The Art of Food and Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You To Love Me’, a major retrospective on the London-born photographer who has works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

For more information on all exhibitions and restaurants, new openings and the latest events in London go to LondonTown.com where a wide choice of London hotels to suit all budgets, information on restaurants, bars and cafes as well as all the major attractions is provided.

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Harbes Family Farm Holds 25th Annual Sweet Corn Festival

Family activities, barn yard fun, live music, wine tastings, and book signings by Long Island authors fill the weekend.

Mattituck, NY (July 1, 2013) — Harbes Family Farm is celebrating a twenty-five year tradition of growing, and selling, Long Island’s sweetest corn. Taking place during the July 13-14, 2013 weekend from 10 AM until 6 PM at Harbes Family Farms and Vineyard at 715 Sound Avenue in Mattituck, NY is Harbes Annual Sweet Corn Festival. Harbes Super Sweet Corn, which Newsday called, “Long Island’s Best Corn,” has been the product of years of variety selection by Ed Harbes, general manager at Harbes Family Farm.

Sweet Corn Festival activities include: working border collie demonstrations that show these highly specialized dogs in action (kids can play with the friendly dogs after the performance), corn eating contests, corn related games, sack races, corn crafts for kids, and “what’s all the buzz about bees,” where the public can learn about bees and safely observe them in a glass enclosed habitat. In addition to Harbes’ usual menu will be corn foods such as corn dogs, corn fritters, corn pizza, and corn salsa.

For those who want the thrill of blasting an ear of corn through the air, Harbes Family Farm is set to launch their new Corn Cannon during the festival. The Corn Cannon uses compressed air to shoot the ears at targets downrange behind Harbes Barnyard Adventure. Harbes Barnyard Adventure also includes a bounce house, a bee museum, pig races, Bunnyville, Goat Mountain, a Hedge Maze, the Three Little Pig’s houses, and numerous other activities and exhibits of farm animals.

Also new for this year’s festival is an appearance by notable authors from the Long Island Authors and Writers Society (http://www.LIAWS.org). Award-winning, bestselling authors from the not-for-profit organization will be on hand from 11 AM until 3 PM on Saturday, July 13 to meet readers and sign books. LIAWS works to promote the craft of writing at all levels on Long Island.

Harbes Family Farm has activities for all ages. While The Barnyard Adventure is geared toward children, many adults enjoy it as well. Singing Hayrides and live music round out the weekend events. Harbes turn-of-the-century Wine Tasting Barn will be open for tastings and the public will have the chance to sample Harbes Vineyard’s award-winning wines and new wine releases. General Admission to all common areas is free.

About:
Harbes Family Farms, based in Mattituck, Long Island New York has 5 unique agro tourism properties spread across more than 200 acres. In the farms situated in Mattituck, NY and Jamesport, NY are planted: sweet corn, field corn, grape vineyards, melons, berries, and other produce. Farm stands, family based farm activities, and wine tasting rooms compliment the working farms. The Harbes family has been farming Long Island for 13 generations. Harbes Family Farm was founded in 1978 by Ed and Monica Harbes. Harbes Farms planted its first grape vineyard in 2003. Harbes Family Farms are a key destination attraction on the North Fork of Long Island, NY. For further information, please visit: http://www.harbesfamilyfarm.com.

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Jump Rope Jack Launches New Blog Site to Help Teach People How to Jump For Life

Powerful aerobic activity that is done in even short spurts and only 10 minutes a day is proving to be life changing for many. This is big news when you consider that in just 10 minutes of jumping rope we can burn off the calories in that candy bar that we just ate.” Says Ms. Carr, creator of the Jump Rope Jack blog.

Tampa, FL, June 30, 2013 – Jump Rope Jack has arrived and is helping thousands of people in the US alone to back away from the TV and get up on their feet and Jump for Life.

Statistics show and plane old observation confirms that the number of weight challenged folks around town are at an all time high. Not meant to hurt feelings but with that obesity comes hand in hand, illness. And Illness is just a little bit of death.

The Jump Rope Jack Blog has launched to bring up the awareness of the power of doing some simple jumping rope for health and jumping rope for life.

“The ‘secret’ to success in health in today’s crazy world is to get up off the couch and recliner and get these bodies moving / jumping. We can jump at home, at work at lunch time, outside, at the gym, on the sidewalk, in the parking lot, while waiting for the bus, you name is and you can probably stand there and jump with a jump rope right there.” says Ms. Carr, of JumpRopeJack.com.

It’s true that the practice of having to go to a gym for an hour a day or even every other day is not as practical as it was even 10 years ago. People are busier today than ever, some work 2 jobs, some are single parents doing their best to raise their children right. Time is a valuable commodity. That’s why jumping rope is perfect for health and life.

Jumping is the fastest way to accomplish getting yourself in shape. Jumping is the work-out that boxers, wrestlers, and other great athletes do to improve their reaction time, focus and endurance. The nice thing about jumping rope is that you can get the whole family involved. It’s not expensive and it’s not too time consuming because even 10 or 15 minutes makes a huge benefit on health.

Ms. Carr says, “I often get asked, ‘Will I see results after one day of jumping?’ No. But then again we won’t drop dead tomorrow if we don’t jump either. Something that is very easy TO do like jumping rope for just a short time or maybe 60 jumps is also going to be very easy NOT to do. So you have to stick with it and let the benefits of the compounding positive take place. But this compounding works both ways. You can jump every day for a month and you will have added a big credit to your “health” bank. You can also not exercise at all for a month and you won’t fall over but you will have a debit on your ‘health’ ledger of slightly flabbier arms, belly and slightly less energy.”

To find out more about the benefits of jumping to our health visit www.JumpRopeJack.com

Ms. Carr is an accomplished author and owner of Jump Rope Jack. She is passionate about educating people about the importance of staying active and strong. She practices what she preaches too. You can find this over-60- year-old up at 7am exercising outdoors with a jump rope, stretch bands and brisk walks.

Ms. Carr explains, “And it all pays off! I have enough energy to keep up with my 30 year old kids. My main focus is to help people get more active. With the Jump Rope Jack Blog, which is turning into a movement, I know we are making an impact. I believe that together we can make a huge and positive impact in many people’s lives, helping them create a healthier stronger body for themselves and their children too.”

If you are interested in learning more about how Mary Kay Carr can help you, Ms. Carr can be reached at 888-811-5160 or visit her online at info@jumpropejack.com or www.JumpRopeJack.com

Contact:
Mary Kay Carr
Jump Rope Jack
Tampa, FL
888-811-5160
info@jumpropejack.com
http://www.JumpRopeJack.com