Archive | January, 2011

Sun WineFest returns to Mohegan Sun 1/28-30/2011

18 Jan

All-Star Cast of Celebrity Chefs and Winemakers Offer Over 1,000 Ways to Sip, Sample and Play!

WHAT:

The 8th annual Sun WineFest returns to Mohegan Sun, boasting can’t-miss events including the festival’s signature Grand Tasting featuring over 1,000 fine wines and specialty beers; the Celebrity Chef Dine Around featuring delectable bites from an all-star culinary line-up including Bobby Flay, Todd English, Jasper White, and Donatella Arpaia; Sun WineFest’s anticipated Elite Cru Tasting, boasting select vintages from premium wineries including Silver Oak Napa Valley, Antinori Solaia, and Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia; an all new Whiskey & Bourbon Tasting including a premium cigar sampling hosted by Davidoff;  and an all new Bubbles & Bon Bons event featuring high-end Champagnes, chocolates and cheeses.

WHO:

CELEBRITY CHEF attendees include: Todd English, Bobby Flay, Robert Irvine, Govind Armstrong, Andy Husbands, Christina Pirello and many more.  See complete list here.

WINEMAKER attendees include: Peter Mondavi, Jr. of Charles Krug Winery, Michael Martini of Louis M. Martini Winery, Joe Shirley of Trinchero Winery, Jim Bernau of Willamette Valley Vineyards and many more.  See complete list here.

WHEN:

Friday, January 28th – Sunday, January 30th, 2011

  • Whiskey & Bourbon Tasting: Friday, January 28th: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Grand Tasting: Saturday, January 29th and Sunday, January 30th: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Celebrity Chef Dine Around: Saturday, January 29th: 7:30pm – 11:00pm
  • Elite Cru Tasting: Saturday, January 29th: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Bubbles & Bon Bons Tasting: Sunday, January 30th:  6:00pm-9:00pm

WHERE:

Mohegan Sun

1 Mohegan Sun Blvd

Uncasville, CT 06382

www.sunwinefest.com

www.mohegansun.com

TICKETS:

Tickets available now through Ticketmaster.com, by calling 1.800.745.3000,or by visiting any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office or sunwinefest.com.

  • Grand Tasting: $70.00 per person for one-day pass and $110.00 per person for weekend pass
  • Whiskey & Bourbon Tasting: $75.00 per person
  • Celebrity Chef Dine Around: $175.00 per person
  • Elite Cru Tasting: $200.00 includes a Grand Tasting ticket and Bottega del Vino stem
  • Bubbles & Bon Bons Tasting: $95.00 per person

ABOUT:

Sun WineFest 2010

SUN WINEFEST 2010 is a production of Cirilli Associates LLC, a Connecticut-based marketing firm that specializes in event concepts, event production, and customized marketing and sponsorship programs. For more information on Sun WineFest 2011 events, featured personalities and hours and area hotel information, visit sunwinefest.com or Facebook and Twitter at facebook.com/sunwinefest and twitter.com/sunwinefest.

Mohegan Sun

Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and dining destinations in the United States.  Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country.  More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.

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12 Anti-Rules of Love…just in time for V-Day!

14 Jan

By Christabelle

One month until Valentine’s Day and Mari Ruti, Ph.D is here to help you find the partner of your dreams!

Based on a popular course taught at Harvard, author Mari Ruti, Ph.D. invites us to rethink our notions of love in The Case for Falling in Love: Why We Can’t Master the Madness of Love—and Why That’s the Best Part (ISBN: 9781402250804, HC $21.99; February 2011).

Are you tired of hearing that men and women come from different planets? Are you sick of the idea that men and women live in separate emotional universes? You’re not the only one.

The Case for Falling in Love is aimed at women who are tired of hearing that they need to learn to read “the male psyche” in order to have successful relationships. Dr. Ruti rails against that gender-specific advice of many self-help guides—calling out the popular works of Sherry Argov, Greg Behrendt and Helen Fisher—and dismantles the tired notions that men and women are “wired” differently, and that men therefore need to be “tricked” into love and marriage.

Through pop culture examples, Dr. Ruti shows that television shows—yes, Gossip Girl—and movies offer us much better models for gender and romantic behavior than most self-help guides.

The Case for Falling in Love is meant to liberate those frustrated by the idea that they just need to learn the right strategies to find love, and rather offers 12 anti-rules of love:

1.     Stop trying so hard

2.     Stop being so cautious

3.     Stop analyzing your every move

4.     Stop expecting your guy to act like a caveman

5.     Stop apologizing for being strong

6.     Stop being afraid to have needs and vulnerabilities

7.     Stop running after guys that don’t want you

8.     Stop looking for a guy without issues

9.     Stop manipulating the guy you love

10.  Stop regretting every false step you ever took

11.  Stop thinking of loss as a pure loss

Was that twelve of them? No? Only eleven? Well this one deserver double-billing: Stop trying so hard. These are your twelve anti-rules. They won’t guarantee your everlasting happiness. But they’ll guarantee that you will have lived like a true lover. Even when love fails, it’s not because you are doing something “wrong” with men, but because love is, by definition, fickle and volatile.

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CH*Armed to Meet You

2 Jan

By JackieBelle

The temperature in Florida is always 73 degrees.  Not outside, but in movie theaters, restaurants, doctors’ offices, malls, and pretty much every single public place that’s ever been built since air conditioning was invented.  The reason I tell you this is not so you will be well prepared should you ever find yourself in need of such trivia, but to illustrate the predicament Florida girls find themselves in every summer of their working lives.  On the way to work dainty little summer tops look adorable, but when they get to work they are immediately covered up by a sweater because while 73 degrees is a perfect temperature outside in the park on a beautiful sunny day, it’s freezing if you’re sitting under a high-powered vent in an icy little cubicle inside an office building.  It’s ninety-five-thousand degrees outside and the poor girls are wearing last winter’s Merino wool.  While doing my time in the cubicle I actually wished for some kind of sock for my arms to keep them warm while I typed.  Like leg warmers, but for arms.  It was probably better for my career that I didn’t have the nerve to show up for work with my grey and pink argyles on my arms, but my morale suffered.  A girl can only wear so many sweaters in July without feeling dowdy.  Imagine my surprised delight when I came across CH*Armz-  they are as comfy as a leg warmer for your arms, and they’re actually really cute!

Carlie Tracey was inspired by the weather in Los Angeles to create something that would help transition back and forth from chilly mornings, through the warm days, and then back into the chilly evenings, and she wanted to wear her summer clothes without needing bulky sweaters and cardigans; in short, she wanted to be both warm and cute- a girl after my own heart!  The first collection of these clever little inventions is available online now and offers something for everyone- there is a great variety of colors and prints.  If you are anything like me and your closet is a sea of black and gray, you will love the solid black or the Grey Mod Graphic.  If you like a splash of color, don’t miss the Maroon/Blue Stained Glass pattern.  I’m a huge fan of having interchangeable pieces that make a layered look, and I stopped swapping comfort for style ages ago, so when I saw CH*Armz they shot straight to the top of my holiday gift idea list this year!  Carlie Tracey, on behalf of cold yet stylish and warm yet bulky girls everywhere:  I salute you with my adorable Grey Mod Graphic arm!

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A Lil Rum in Your Tum with DonQ Coquitos

1 Jan

By Christabelle

New Year’s Eve may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we cannot continue to celebrate 2011!  Create your own Coquito (the Caribbean cousin to eggnog), and enjoy this coconut flavored treat in your own home with DonQ Rum.

DonQ Coquito

2 cans (30 oz.) coconut cream

1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk

1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 or 2 cups DonQ Cristal

1/4 tbsp. ground cinnamon

1/8 tbsp. ground nutmeg

Mix all ingredients in a blender on high. Refrigerate. Serve cold, sip and enjoy. Yields about 3L of DonQ Coquito and TONS of smiles!

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