Iab Reveals 2014 Mixx Awards Winners, Recognizing Outstanding Creative & Technical Achievements In Digital Marketing - Yahoo Finance

The winners were unveiled tonight at the 2014 IAB MIXX Awards Show in New York City during a celebration attended by leading interactive advertising professionals from brands and agencies from around the world. The exceptional creative honored at this annual gathering pushes the boundaries of interactive, illustrating the endless potential that digital offers marketers. This years most prestigious IAB MIXX Awardthe Best-in-Show prizewent to Chipotle Mexican Grill and Creative Artists Agency for their campaign The Scarecrow. Inspired by the idea of bringing wholesome, sustainable food to the American consumer, the campaign cleverly blended an app-based game and an animated short film, garnering accolades for its successful engagement of the brands target audience. Digital advertising pioneer Jeff Benjamin, Chief Creative Officer, JWT North America, spearheaded this years IAB MIXX Awards jury. As its Chairman, Benjamin oversaw a panel of industry thought leaders who closely reviewed and appraised hundreds of interactive campaigns and programs from across the globe. This years crop of IAB MIXX Awards winners includes groundbreaking creativity that is pushing the envelope, said Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO, IAB. They represent digital marketing at its best, solidifying brands active participation in how digital can reach and move consumers. The IAB MIXX Awards, reaching its 10-year anniversary milestone, featured an additional honor to celebrate ongoing creativity among brands and agencies, recognizing American Express as the Most-Awarded marketer and DigitasLBi as the Most-Awarded agency in the history of the awards program. In addition, three new categories were added to this years IAB MIXX Awards competition to put the spotlight on critical trends emerging in the interactive marketplace. They include Data-Inspired Creative;, Native Advertising, and IAB Rising Star Digital Video Ad. The brands and agencies we recognized in the tenth annual IAB MIXX Awards program impressed us by their ability to explore the many opportunities that todays digital marketing formats make possible, said David Doty, Executive Vice President and CMO, IAB. They represent how ad tech has evolved, even improved, what advertising can accomplish. In addition, the success of American Express and DigitasLBi, the Most-Awarded brand and agency, confirm that creativity can win out in an age of disruption. The work we reviewed was creative and courageous, proving technology and creativity can merge, said Jeff Benjamin, Chief Creative Officer, JWT North America. The winning campaigns are the result of amazing partnerships among brands, agencies and publishers. All these disciplines came together to make something great, and pull consumers off the sidelines. 2014 IAB MIXX Award Winners BEST-IN-SHOW: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Creative Artists Agency for The Scarecrow Strategies and Objectives Categories GOLD: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Creative Artists Agency for The Scarecrow SILVER: Toyota Norway and Saatchi & Saatchi Norway for Try My Hybrid BRONZE: 350 Action and Barton F. Graf 9000 for Climate Name Change Branded Content GOLD: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Creative Artists Agency for The Scarecrow SILVER: Tourism Victoria and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne for Melbourne Remote Control Tourist BRONZE: Mercedes-Benz USA and Razorfish for Take the Wheel Branded Utility GOLD: Nike and R/GA for The Nike SB App SILVER: Rip Curl and VML Australia for Rip Curl Search GPS BRONZE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and Starcom MediaVest Group for The Human Captcha Cross-Media Integration GOLD: P&G CoverGirl and Starcom MediaVest Group for CoverGirl Journey to the Capitol BRONZE: Citibank and Publicis Kaplan Thaler for Citi Bike App BRONZE: Mountain Dew and Doritos and Firstborn, The Marketing Arm, and Motive for Every 2 Minutes Data-Inspired Creative GOLD: Ubisoft and AKQA for Watch Dogs Digital Shadow SILVER: Rip Curl and VML Australia for Rip Curl Search GPS Interactive Video GOLD: Ken Burns and Big Spaceship for Ken Burns iPad App SILVER: PlayStation and BBH New York for Gateways to Greatness BRONZE: Kohls and Peterson Milla Hooks for Choose Your Black Friday Mobile GOLD: Qol Devices and R/GA for Alvio BRONZE: Converse and Wunderman Blast Radius Paris for Get Loud Paris BRONZE: Rip Curl and VML Australia for Rip Curl Search GPS Multicultural GOLD: The Coca-Cola Company and Wieden+Kennedy, SMG, and Facebooks Creative Shop for America is Beautiful BRONZE: P&G Orgullosa and Starcom MediaVest Group, Citizen Relations, and Dieste for Nueva Latina Movement Product Launch GOLD: Wendys and VML for Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger Love Songs SILVER: Mercedes-Benz USA and Razorfish for Take the Wheel BRONZE: Beats Music and R/GA London for Beats Music Public Service GOLD: Cancer Council NSW and Soap Creative for I Touch Myself Project SILVER: 350 Action and Barton F. Graf 9000 for Climate Name Change BRONZE: Casa da Crianca Santo Amaro and Mood and TBWA for WhatsApp Storytellers Social GOLD: Dallas Pets Alive and Dieste for #Muttbombing SILVER: HBO and 360i for #ROASTJOFFREY BRONZE: Toyota Norway and Saatchi & Saatchi Norway for Try My Hybrid Tools, Tactics and Platforms Categories Augmented Reality GOLD: Motorola Moto X and DigitasLBi for Moto Match SILVER: Make-A-Wish Canada and Zulu Alpha Kilo for Kringl - Proof of Santa App BRONZE: HISTORY and Horizon Media, BPG, and 87AM for Vikings Ultimate Reality Experience Brand Destination Site GOLD: Ubisoft and AKQA for Watch Dogs Digital Shadow SILVER: Toyota Corolla and Saatchi & Saatchi LA for Toyota Google+ Hangout Corolla Collaborator BRONZE: Volkswagen and MediaCom for The Beetle Convertible Shark Cruiser Branded Mobile Application GOLD: Kraft Foods Oscar Mayer and 360i for Wake Up and Smell the Bacon SILVER: Hyundai Motor America and Innocean USA for The Walking Dead Chop Shop App BRONZE: Select Australia and Isobar Australia for Select Footy Cards Branded Tablet Application GOLD: Qol Devices and R/GA for Alvio SILVER: HISTORY and Horizon Media, BPG, and 87AM for Vikings Ultimate Reality Experience BRONZE: Pernod Ricard USA and Deep Focus for The Cask by The Glenlivet Business-to-Business GOLD: Adobe and Goodby Silverstein & Partners for Super Bowl of Marketing SILVER: American Express and DigitasLBi for Small Business Saturday Media BRONZE: GE Capital and OMD for Roadshow for Growth Custom Mobile Rich Media Display GOLD: Jack in the Box and Horizon Media and AdColony for Late Night Slot Machine SILVER: Land Rover and Y&R New York and Wunderman New York for Race the Sun BRONZE: Johnson & Johnson and Mindshare Turkey and mobilike for Acuvue Contact Lenses Custom Rich Media Display GOLD: Land Rover and Y&R and Wunderman for The Off Road Radio Banner SILVER: P&G CoverGirl and Starcom MediaVest Group for Revolutionizes Red Carpet Try On BRONZE: Bank of America and Merrill Lynch and Starcom MediaVest Group for Connecting Worlds in Real Time Direct Response and Lead Generation GOLD: Cerveza Indio and Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma and DoubleYou for #INDIO120s SILVER: P&G Crest and Oral-B and Publicis Kaplan Thaler for Halloween Treats Gone Wrong BRONZE: Lays and Deep Focus for Lays Do Us A Flavor Games GOLD: Giraffas and Mood and TBWA for The Goal Screen SILVER: Naked Juice and OMD for Drink Good Do Good BRONZE: Playtex Baby and Beeby Clark + Meyler for Playtex Baby Pool IAB Rising Stars Digital Video Ad GOLD: Jaguar and Mindshare UK and Innovid for Jaguar F-Type SILVER: New Belgium Brewing Co. and Vizeum US and Tremor Video for Fat Tire Video BRONZE: Texas Tourism and Mixpo and CBS Interactive for Passport to Texas IAB Rising Stars Mobile Rich Media Display GOLD: Showtime Networks and OMD and Medialets for Ray Donovan New York Times App Takeover SILVER: Ford and Ontarget and mobilike for Ford Focus Timeline BRONZE: Beam Sauza Tequila and Starcom MediaVest Group, Microsoft Advertising, and Zumobi for Sauza Girls Night Mobile Party Planner IAB Rising Stars Rich Media Display GOLD: Lord & Taylor and Conde Nast Media Group for Lord & Taylor Mens Floor SILVER: Oakley and Adcade for Oakley Sunglass Customizer BRONZE: Dish Network and Havas Media and AOL for Dish Travel IAB Portrait Ad Unit Interactive Out-of-Home GOLD: Scribe and Viva la Doble Vida for Scribe Billboard SILVER: Toyota Prius and Soap Creative, Noise International, and One Green Bean for Cars that Feel BRONZE: Google+ and Isobar for Never Ending Moments Location-Based Advertising GOLD: Inakadate Village and Hakuhodo for rice-code SILVER: P&G Pantene and Arc Worldwide for Pantene Weather Program BRONZE: Converse and Wunderman Blast Radius Paris for Get Loud Paris Mobile Brand Destination GOLD: Bank of America and Merrill Edge and Starcom MediaVest Group for Face Retirement App SILVER: Converse and Wunderman Blast Radius Paris for Get Loud Paris BRONZE: GMC and DigitasLBi for The Incredible Thinking Experience Native Advertising GOLD: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Huffington Post Partner Studio for Food for Thought SILVER: General Electric and The Economist Group for GE Look Ahead BRONZE: Lincoln MKZ and TIME for Inspired Design Online Commercial GOLD: Lays and Deep Focus for Lays Do Us A Flavor SILVER: Chipotle Mexican Grill and Creative Artists Agency for The Scarecrow BRONZE: P&G Crest and Oral-B and Publicis Kaplan Thaler for Halloween Treats Gone Wrong Search Marketing GOLD: Red Roof Inn and 360i for Flight Cancellation Coup SILVER: GMC and iProspect for GMCs Testing of Lifestyle Content BRONZE: Chrysler and UM for Recalibrating Through Search To honor the Gold Winner in the Public Service category, IAB donated $5000 to Cancer Council NSW, the charity based in New South Wales, Australia, showcased in the winning campaign. For the first-time in the history of the IAB MIXX Awards, live pitches across the evening, by the three finalists in the Special Innovation Cant Be Contained category, summoned the audience of top-tier creatives, marketers, publishers, and technologists to become judges in the moment and text-to-vote on their favorite. Optus & M&C Saatchi won the competition for their Clever Buoy campaign, garnering a 3D IAB logo prize that also was created during the show, on-site, by a state-of-the-art MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, as well as a classic IAB MIXX Awards statue. 2014 IAB MIXX Awards Jury Joining Jeff Benjamin, Chief Creative Officer, JWT North America, this years distinguished judging panel included: Lincoln Bjorkman Global Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Brad Brinegar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McKinney Ed Brojerdi Chief Executive Officer, kbs+ New York Andreas Combuechen Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Creative Officer, Atmosphere Proximity Emma Cookson Chairman, BBH North America John Costello President, Global Marketing and Innovation, Dunkin Brands Alberto Ferrer Principal, Alberto Ferrer Consulting Jane Grenier - Vice President, Integrated Strategy, Conde Nast Media Group Christian Haas - Former Partner and Executive Creative Director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jack Haber- Vice President, Global Advertising and Digital,Colgate-Palmolive Company Jon Jackson- Executive Creative Director, Huge Kim Kadlec- Head of Global Strategic Partnerships, AOL Joyce King Thomas- Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, McCann XBC Laurie Koehler - Consumer Campaigns Manager, Americas Marketing Group, Intel Corporation Natalie Lam - Executive Creative Director, Razorfish Nick Law - Global Chief Creative Officer, R/GA Michael Lebowitz - Founder and CEO, Big Spaceship Robert Lund - Creative Director, The Barbarian Group Andy Markowitz - Director, Global Digital Strategy, General Electric Company Richelle Parham - Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, eBay North America Lou Paskalis - Senior Vice President, Enterprise Media Executive, Bank of America John Piontkowski - General Manager, East Region, Microsoft Advertising Elizabeth Pizzinato - Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Suzie Reider - Managing Director Brand Solutions, Google~ YouTube David Roman - Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo Antonio Ruiz - Partner and Chief Communications Officer, The Vidal Partnership Ciro Sarmiento - Executive Creative Director, Dieste Alan Schulman - Vice President, Global Digital Marketing and Brand Content, SapientNitro Baba Shetty - Chief Strategy and Media Officer, DigitasLBi Shiv Singh - Head, Global Brand and Marketing Transformation, Visa Marla Skiko - Executive Vice President, Director of Digital Innovation, SMG Multicultural Jim Therkalsen - Creative Strategist, Facebook Creative Shop Steve Wax - Partner, Ladies & Gentlemen and Cooke&Co. Celtra is the IAB MIXX Awards Premier Sponsor, with Blast PR, Facebook and iHeartMedia serving as VIP Sponsor. Supporting sponsors include Amazon Media Group, Crackle, Disqus, FreeWheel, Innovid, Microsoft and Terra. About the IAB MIXX Awards Founded in 2004 to honor creativity and effectiveness in interactive advertising, and recognized as the benchmark for best-in-class campaigns and embodying leading-edge innovation, IAB MIXX Award-winning work inspires and educates the marketplace about the power to build brands digitally. Because only the best-of-the-best go home with a coveted IAB MIXX Award, the collection of work creates a valuable platform that furthers the IAB mission to educate the broader advertising and marketing industry about the powerful impact interactive has on the overall marketing mix. To see the complete gallery of past award-winners, please visit iab.net/mixxawards/#pastwinnersgalleries About the IAB The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. It is comprised of more than 650 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, distributing and optimizing digital advertising and marketing. Together, they account for 86 percent of online advertising in the United States. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. The organization is committed to professional development, elevating the knowledge, skills, and expertise of individuals across the digital marketing industry. The IAB also educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City. 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11 reasons you shouldn't feel bad about missing Great American Brew Fest (GABF) - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com

All the European partyboys and girls, from Manchester to Barcelona, came to [party revel/go wild] in the islands legendary clubs and embrace its hedonistic lifestyle. READ MORE New Yorks Scariest Night Out But in recent years,tourism has exploded (in 2010, there were 2.4 million tourists)and the arrival of ambitious new investors has changed everything. La Isla Bonita has slowly turned into a strange melting pot of super wealthy oligarchs and new fortunes from the Persian Gulfwith their yachts parked in the very VIP Marina Botafochunderage Italian clubbers wearing Ed Hardy shirts, British reality TV stars, and Premier league football players. Giuseppe Cipriani, 49 years old and the head of his familys eponymous restaurant empire, entered the game in Ibiza two years ago. Often regarded as an international playboy with a taste for top-models, he has tried to blow a wind of change on the island since 2013, bringing a wealthier, more high-profile clientele to the island. After succeeding in opening his restaurant, Downtown, along Ibizas marina in 2012, the Italian mogul raised in New York started thinking about ways to expand on the island. READ MORE The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark After months of buzz and suspense cultivated by local authorities, who had been inexplicably slow to issue the necessary licenses, Cipriani finally announced the grand opening of his night club Bomba, built over the ruins of the old Heaven Clubformerly known as The Penelopeone of the leading gay clubs in Ibiza during the early 2000s. But, one doesnt open a club with such visibility within a walking distance to the world famous Pacha Cluba mythical place that has hosted the wild nights of hippies and jet setters since the seventieswithout some teeth gnashing. At 75, the spirited Pacha founder, Ricardo Urgell, keeps an iron hand on his empire. The smiling, white-haired impresario opened the Ibiza club in 1973, before turning it into a global franchise. With his family, he stands among one of the most influential people on the island. Local rumors speculated that Ciprianis administrative troubles building his newest property was linked to Urgells influence at town hall. When asked for comment, a public relations representative for Urgell said he was on a business trip and not available to answer questions at the moment. READ MORE OMG, I Want This House Indeed, Cipriani had been wise enough to poach Danny Whittle, 52,the man behind Pachas success, to help with his newest venture. Upon his arrival in Ibiza in 1993, Whittle quickly became one of the leading architects that helped to create the islands party-hard reputation.An electronic music enthusiast, he first worked for the cult Renaissance evening parties at Privilege and Pacha Club, in association with Ministry of Sound, a pioneer in electro music labels, before hosting his own party events. He also developed the parties, Home in Space, that eventually became the famous We Love parties with impressive line-ups of the la creme de la creme of international electronic artists. He was hired by Pacha Club as the new artistic director, and radically transformed it during his 13 years there. Unlike others, Whittle remains deeply convinced that superstar DJs are the key ingredient to nightclub success, as he told The Daily Beast with an affable smile over una cerveza at the iconic Gran Hotels bar. READ MORE Join The Mile High (Dining) Club You should compare night clubs to the football Premier League. You may have a magnificent stadium, [but] if you dont pay to get top notch artists to perform, clients will not come over, Whittle says. As a visionaryand no doubt feeling the changes happening on the the IslandWhittle set himself a new challenge a year ago: to reach a comparable success to Pacha with Cipriani at his side. READ MORE OMG, I Want This House In spite of his new entrepreneurial vision, Whittle maintainshis good feelings towards the Pacha owners. Beyond what happened, I will always love Pacha, the owners, and what the club stands for, he says. READ MORE Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu In July 2013, I questioned Cipriani about the difficulties had while trying to open Bomba. He welcomed me on the stylish terrace of his restaurant facing the Marina, where waiters in white tuxedos were waving in all directions a few minutes before opening time. He played down the issue, saying, People use to be more suspicious on an island were everyone knows one another. Fear of competition is stronger than anywhere else. Coming from Venezia, I perfectly know this feeling. But nothing ever happens as expected. Only a few insiders remember the prophetic words Mark Netto, Danny Whittles longtime partner, said with a knowing smile during the opening session of the 2013 International Music Summit in Ibizas Gran Hotel: You know, on the island, change isnt always welcome. READ MORE The Lost Libraries of the Sahara In fact, Bomba almost turned into a nightmare for the Cipriani-Whittle duo. A few weeks after the opening, they abruptly had to change the clubs name, due to an unexpected intellectual property dispute. In January 2014, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) stated that Cipriani and his ultra-wealthy occasional partner Eyhab Jumean had no ownership right on the Bomba trademark. So Bomba became Booom!. Disappointed by the decision, Whittle and his team left Ciprianis venture and joined David Vincents teamanother one of Ibizas nightclub influencers who is the director of the underground and trendy venue, Sankeys. And then at the end of January 2014, Periodico de Ibiza, a local newspaper, reported that Booom!s landlord, Nung River SL, a company owned by the Cabau Family (whose daughter Yolanthe is married to superstar international soccer player Wesley Sneijder) were filing a complaint for 450,000 euros (approximately $564,000) in unpaid rent against the nightclub and were requesting the eviction of the tenant. The May 5 eviction date has come and gone, and Booom! is still open and has planned its Closing Parties for this season, an annual tradition for worldwide clubbers that takes place at the end of September. Neither Cipriani nor Whittle responded to requests for comment. READ MORE The Ladies Disrupting the Bar Boys Club These changes and the purported rivalry between Cipriani and Urgell has not seemed to affect the omnipotence of another of the islands big players: local tycoon Abel Matutes, 73, the almighty patriarch of a clan rooted on the island for three centuries. Mayor of Ibiza under Francisco Francos dictatorship as well as member of the Spanish Parliament and of the European Commission, Don Abel has combined politics and business with exceptional talent. He now presides over public works, maritime transportation (the major vessel of the Balearia fleet bears his name), real estate, and 12,000 beds in hotels at all levels of the tourism industry (including the impressive Hard Rock Hotel). Few of the annual 2.5 million tourists who come to La Isla Blanca every year escape paying their due at one of his registers. The Matutes group also owns the mythic Space Club and the giant Privilege Club. Standing at the top of the luxury market is Ushuaia Hotel, where jet setters and oligarchs used to pay 10,000 euros for a suite, and the brand new Hard Rock Hotel with the most expensive restaurant in the world. READ MORE OMG, I Want This House Obviously, one does not become the leading economic power in Ibiza without making a few enemies. Daughter Estrella, 42, is a professional designer who doesnt mention her famous name on her blog. She was also involved in politics as the head of Ibizas urban development from 2004 to 2007. In July 2007, district attorney Adrian Salazar accused her , along with several of her public office colleagues, of having submitted to the vote of the council an urban master plan that allowed the sale of land which directly benefited her and companies in which her family has economic interests. Estrella was eventually cleared of the allegations , but the situation was criticized in dramatic terms by her successor to the urban development council, eco-activist Neus Prats.



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The Battle to Be King of Ibiza Nightlife - Yahoo News

All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. www.trvebrewing.com Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. www.rivernorthbrewery.com Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. www.facebook.com/LowDownBrewery?fref=photo Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Show Caption Previous Next DENVER - You didn't get tickets for the Great American Beer Fest because they sold out in minutes. Here's why you don't need feel bad about missing it: Tickets are $75 each. I can only speak for myself, but that exceeds my beer budget for the entire month. It's practically impossible to drink $75 worth of beer in one-ounce tasters. Plastic Mardi Gras beads are nice but are also not worth $75. Unless you go to the first session, some beers you want to try will already be tapped out. Some of those brewers have absolutely no excuse for running out because their facility is less than two miles away (I'm looking at you, Wynkoop!) The samples you do get may be warm and/or flat. The majority of people pouring samples are volunteers and don't necessarily know anything about that particular brew. It's super crowded. Someone who got drunk before they came will spill beer on you. That person is likely to be a hipster. It's going to be 70 degrees all weekend in Denver! Get outside, visit a different area and experience a local brewery! 5 better deals for beer-lovers than Beer Fest: In the Golden Triangle:Try a white ale, a Saison or a pint of 'Lowdown Dirty Shame' at the LowDown Brewery + Kitchen AND buy a killer "Drink Tank" to take home! Prove you're not just into microbrews one weekend a year with a 64-ounce double-walled stainless steel growler. It's $57 filled with your choice of brews . Refills are $13-14.(Photo above.) In RiNo: Opened in February 2012, the River North Brewery specializes in unique Beligian-styleales "with a passion for barrel-aging" and a flare for experimentation. In September, River North brewed itsfirst beer aged in tequila barrels - theTequlia Barrel J. Maria. Check out the special events planned during Beer Fest, including a rare beer tasting. In LoDo: Grab a beer flight at The Denver Chophouse and Brewery. For $15 you can try 3 ounces of 11 different craft beers, brewed right there! Bam! More buzz for your buck! Plus every bartender and server is trained and well-informed about each beer. Educate yourself! On SoBo: TrveBrewery gives new meaning to "craft brewing." Perfect for October, Trve has an eerie atmosphere and spooky brews like Hellion (anAmerican Table Beer) and Grey Watcher (aGrisette). Trve caters to heavy-metal fans and serious lovers. Check out the gory Gothic art on their labels - and find it on the website to learn more about what goes into each barrel. (Photo above.) In the Highlands: DieboltBrewery just opened in the summer of 2013 and it has been a busy year! Some of the highlights include aShakesBEERianplay, Battle of the Breweries (winner), Experiment-Ales, theBottled Lightning Club,Cervezade losMuertos,Festivusand a Bacon and Beer event. Some of the beers to sample this fall:The Commodore, a Bourbon Aged Russian Imperial Stout;CestLaSaison, a French Specialty Ale aged in Tequila barrels; and Braggarts Brown Ale. Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.



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Camping Reveals Beauty of Mexico's Baja | Valley News

30, 2014. (MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Rhea Yablon Kennedy.) By Rhea Yablon Kennedy Special to The Washington Post Sunday, October 5, 2014 Print The boat guy flung his hands toward the water and shouted something urgent. The gist was: Go go go! So I pushed on my snorkel mask and went, toppling into the chilly Sea of Cortez. Righting myself, I peered down into the cool water. And saw it. The whale shark was so calm and lithe, I didnt register what I was seeing at first. Its gray polka-dotted body moved like a school-bus-size shadow. By the time I realized that I was almost close enough to stroke its vast back, I was watching it taper to a tail, and then I was letting out a snorkel-muffled squeal at something else: a baby whale shark swimming alongside its mother. A minute later, the guides helped me scramble out of the water. Back in the boat, I sat grinning and panting among five fellow tourists whod also taken their first swim with these gentle giants. This was one of many moments that would leave me breathless sometimes quite literally during a trip through Baja California. I got to know Mexicos famous peninsula over two weeks from late December to early January on a 36-passenger MCI D-series motor coach with Green Tortoise Adventure Travel that brought a group of us roughly 1,000 miles from San Francisco to the bottom of Baja California Sur and back up again. By the end of the trip, Id seen landscapes both lush and dry, mountainous and flat; communities both affluent and subsistent; sights for the historian and for the adventure-seeker alike. And they all surpassed my expectations. We started along the western coast, which borders the Pacific Ocean, and continued on the east side, learning why Jacques-Yves Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez the worlds aquarium. But there were lots of surprises long before my first experience with the ocean creatures that enchanted the legendary diver and conservationist. One of our first stops as we meandered down the west coast was the city of Ensenada, a busy port town about a 90-minute drive from the U.S. border. This was early in the trip, when my boyfriend and I had just met our fellow passengers. Both Washington, D.C.-based university faculty members, we joined an eclectic group that included college students from China and Korea, young professionals and free spirits from the U.K., the United States and Australia, and a retired truck driver living in Colorado. Some had already tucked five or six Green Tortoise trips under their belts. Others were newbies like me. Somehow, we all fit together at first socially, and soon physically. The two bus drivers formed their own complementary band. William brought Reiki skills, a penchant for hats and decades of experience behind the wheel. Charles was a sandy-haired Oaklander who wore sunglasses with a built-in bottle opener even though the drivers never cracked a cerveza during travel days. He handled orientations to new places. Our drivers m.o. in Ensenada, as it would be in most cities, was to hand out a map, let us know when and where to meet the bus in a few hours and send us on our way. Charles did mention a few attractions, though. One of the highlights was an 11th-floor hotel bar billed as the highest point in the city. As my boyfriend and I walked around, I spotted a banner advertising a fireworks display to take place that night. A bustling city on a Saturday evening, a vantage point to die for and a show that combination sat in the back of my mind as we pushed through the streets lined with restaurants, coffee shops, an outdoor gift market and no-prescription-needed pharmacies. As night fell, we strategized for the fireworks. That high vantage point sounded perfect. The air grew cool. Boat owners were lighting up their vessels with strings of lights in red, orange, blue and white. If living in Washington, D.C., had taught me anything, it was that a top-floor bar would be clogged with revelers and sight-seekers on a weekend like this. Yet when we arrived, we found a lone couple at a table. A bartender made desultory circuits around the floor.



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