• San Diego

    ShamROCK St. Paddy’s Day Music + Beer Festival Goes All Ages In 27th Year

    Get Ready to Shake Your Clovers With the Whole Crew on Friday, March 17, 2023!

    The San Diego ShamROCK Music + Beer Festival returns to the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter on Friday, March 17, 2023, from 4PM-11PM. NEW in 2023: ShamROCK will be accessible to ALL AGES for the first time ever! For 27 years, locals and tourists alike have flocked to the Gaslamp Quarter as shamROCK transforms the bustling San Diego downtown neighborhoods into a Celtic carnival for the senses with an abundance of pub-style seating, flowing green beer, traditional Irish steppers, activities, Celtic rock bands, photo-ops, shenanigan games (with prizes!), and activation throughout the Gaslamp.

    Current Multi-Stage Lineup Includes:

    PINT STAGE

    4PM-5PM -Clay Colton

    5:30PM-6:30PM – To Be Announced Soon!

    7PM-8PM – Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas

    8:30PM-9:30PM – Lexington Field

    10PM-11PM – The Fooks

    Na Scealaithe Irish Dancers All Night Long Between Sets

    RAINBOW STAGE

    4PM-5PM – DJ

    5PM-6PM – Smiths/Morrisey Cover Band

    6PM-7PM – DJ

    7PM-8PM – Green Today

    8PM-9PM – DJ

    9PM-10PM – Red Hot Chili Tribute

    10PM-11PM – DJ

    In addition to a multi-block music and entertainment lineup, ShamROCK block party attendees will be welcome to enjoy FREE games throughout the day at the ShamROCK Shenanigans Block. Giant lucky Jenga, Pot of Gold Cornhole, and Giant beer pong are just some of the shenanigans that will test your skill and luck! Throughout the day, the infamous ShamROCK leprechaun emcee will be hosting showdowns on stage with epic prizes that would make even a leprechaun green with envy! Keep an eye out for the full game schedule to include Unicorn Races, Rainbow Streamer Relays, Magical Chairs and more.

    General Admission tickets start at just $35 for a day full of festivities, non-stop music, and a keepsake ShamROCK stein. VIP tickets start at just $79 and include 4 drinks, VIP dedicated entry, exclusive access to the Lucky Leprechaun VIP Irish Pub, festive Saint Patrick’s Day hat, upgraded restrooms, and other tantalizing treats to be announced. As a thank you to our Military, guests with Military ID will receive $5 off GA and $10 off VIP!

    GA Tickets

    $35 through January 17th

    $39 through March 3rd

    $49 through March 16th

    $59 day of

    VIP Tickets

    $79 through January 17th

    $89 through March 3rd

    $99 through March 16th

    $119 day of

    Party with a purpose – This one-day Saint Patrick’s Day affair funds the year-long programs and museum operations for the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation (GQHF), a small non-profit in the Gaslamp Quarter dedicated to preserving and protecting architecture, history, and the culture of the historic Gaslamp Quarter. The GQHF also runs the Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House, the oldest building in Downtown San Diego.

    For more information, tickets, line-up announcements and more visit sandiegoshamrock.com.

  • food,  Las Vegas,  Los Angeles,  New York,  San Diego

    Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Kicks Off 2023 Girl Scout Cookie Season

    Girl Scouts are now selling new berry-blasted Raspberry Rally™ cookies exclusively online,
    with all the iconic cookies, powering amazing experiences outdoors, STEM, and beyond.

    Today, January 29th, The Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio kicked off the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie Season in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. For the next seven weeks, Girl Scouts and their troops will rally their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls.

    “New to the 2023 cookie season, the highly anticipated, online-exclusive Raspberry Rally™ cookie joins the iconic lineup, alongside classic family favorites like Thin Mints®, Caramel deLites®, Peanut Butter Patties®, and more,” said Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio’s President & CEO, Cynthia H. Breunig.

    Girl Scout Zaira B 6 from Highland, Girl Scout Troop 1751. Girl scout Analyse H. 15 from Rialto is carrying her.

    “I love selling Girl Scout Cookies,” said Girl Scout Zaira B from Highland, Girl Scout Troop 1751 “This program has helped me build confidence and I love doing booths with my Girl Scout friends”.

    “Please support our local Girl Scout troops by purchasing your favorite varieties and trying the new, Raspberry Rally™ available exclusively online.  The new thin, crispy cookie is infused with raspberry flavor and dipped in the same delicious chocolaty coating as the beloved Thin Mints® cookies,” said Breunig.

    The new Raspberry cookie is the first in the Girl Scout Cookie lineup to be exclusively offered for online sale and direct shipment only.

    “This enhances our girls’ e-commerce sales and entrepreneurial skills. This latest approach will help to guide the evolution of the cookie program for the digital future,” said Breunig.

    This season, Girl Scouts will run outdoor cookie booths and sell online.

    “If you know a Girl Scout, ask how she’s selling cookies via the Digital Cookie online platform for direct shipment or local delivery,” said Breunig.

    The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls. Girl Scouts’ newly updated Financial Literacy badges offer entrepreneurial playbooks for every age level.

    From the Cookie Goal Setter badge earned as a Daisy to the Entrepreneur Accelerator for girls in high school, the Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches girls financial literacy, planning, budgeting, teamwork, innovative thinking, and confident decision making.

    How to Purchase Girl Scout Cookies This Year

    • If you know a registered Girl Scout, reach out to her to find out how she’s selling cookies.
    • Text COOKIES to 59618 to be among the first to receive information about Girl Scout Cookies and to find out about other exciting Girl Scout news.
    • Visit the Girl Scout Cookie Finder to find a booth near you, to purchase cookies for direct shipment to your home, or to donate cookies to local causes.

    “The Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio’s Cookie season is from January 29th – March 19th.  Girl Scouts in grades K–12 can start their journey to fun, friendship, and new experiences by joining the world’s largest entrepreneurial organization for girls at any point in the year,” said Breunig.

    To join the Girls Scouts or to volunteer go to: www.girlscouts.org/join, or call (909) 307-6555.

    About Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio

    We serve more than 10,000 girls in Riverside and San Bernardino counties with the dedicated support of 3,000 adult volunteers.  We believe that in order to be a leader within your community, you have to truly become a part of that community.

    Girl Scouts offers girls the unique opportunity to identify and support issues that are important to them, form partnerships with other people, businesses, and organizations, and create sustainable projects that change the world around them.

    To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit gssgc.org, or call (909) 307-6555.

  • Art,  food,  Gift Guide,  New York,  San Diego

    Celebrate the most romantic day of the year with MarieBelle New York chocolates

    Spread the love early! Shop MarieBelle New York chocolates 2023 Valentines Collection and treat your loved ones! This year’s collection is elegantly presented in a romantic, Rococo-inspired painting reflecting an intimate exchange of love. Featuring handmade pieces of mouth-watering chocolate ganaches, each artfully highlighted with love-inspired designs that tell a story. Evoking all things delicate and dreamy, it makes for an enchanting Valentine’s Day gift, straight from the heart.

    25pc Cupid’s Valentine Heart Box

    Play the cupid and celebrate the most romantic day of the year with this 25 piece box of mouth-watering chocolate from MarieBelle New York’s limited edition Valentine’s Day Collection. Elegantly presented in a fanciful heart-shaped box featuring beautifully scalloped trim in a golden sheen, it opens to present 25 handmade chocolate ganache, each artfully highlighted with love-inspired designs that tell a story. Completed with a pastel ribbon for a picture-perfect presentation, it’s the sweetest token of love you can both share and indulge in this Valentine’s Day.

    Valentines Cupid Milk Chocolate 40g Bar

    Feel the romance this spring with the tempting notes of artisanal-made chocolate in Valentine’s Cupid milk chocolate bars; featuring our handsome and flirty Cupids. These bars are perfect for bite-size snacking and will undoubtedly keep you sweet all season long.

    9pc Valentines Ganache Box

    Celebrate the most romantic day of the year with this 9-piece box of mouth-watering chocolate from MarieBelle New York’s limited edition Valentine’s Day Collection. Elegantly presented in a romantic, Rococo-inspired painting reflecting an intimate exchange of love, this trove of treasures holds 9 handmade pieces of mouth-watering chocolate ganaches, each artfully highlighted with love-inspired designs that tell a story. Evoking all things delicate and dreamy, it makes for an enchanting Valentine’s Day gift, straight from the heart.

    This chocolate product is Kosher.

    Valentines Day Book Gift Set

    Celebrate the most romantic day of the year with this luxurious and elegant book-shaped gift set filled with mouth-watering chocolate from MarieBelle New York’s limited edition Valentine’s Day Collection. Elegantly presented in a romantic, Rococo-inspired painting reflecting an intimate exchange of love, this trove of treasures contains the following delectable delights to evoke all things delicate and dreamy this Valentine’s Day.

    Adorned with a romance-themed sleeve, this trove of treasures contains:

    One 9pc Chocolate Clusters

    One 7pc Valentines Lavender Heart Ganache Box

    One Praline Bars Box

    One 4oz Dark Chocolate Rose Tea Tin

    One MarieBelle Tea Strainer

    One 80g Cacao Market Rose Petal Bar

    One 80g Espresso MarieBelle Bar

    MarieBelle chooses only the finest selection of Criollo cacao beans from all over the world. What the fine Arabica bean is to coffee, the even finer and rarer Criollo bean is to chocolate. Criollo cacao makes up less than 10% of worldwide chocolate production, and as such, is highly sought after by connoisseurs. Chocolate made from Criollo beans has a distinct reddish color, and an equally distinctive complex taste, which can include flavors of caramel, nuts, vanilla and tobacco. MarieBelle chocolates are all handmade by passionate chocolate artisans. Their startling creativity and gift for harmonizing flavors have been the source of continuous innovation in their chocolate-making process and techniques.

    Relish in the sweetest gift for any occasion, available in-store or delivered same day anywhere in the Manhattan area.

    For more information and to view the Mother’s Day 2022 Collection, visit: mariebelle.com/collections/mothers-day-collection

    MarieBelle New York (Soho), 484 Broome Street, New York, NY 10013

    MarieBelle at the Kitano Hotel (Midtown), 66 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 

    For more information about MarieBelle Chocolates, visit www.mariebelle.com.

    Facebook: MarieBelleNewYork | Twitter: @MarieBelleNY | Instagram: @MarieBelleNY

  • Gift Guide,  Los Angeles,  San Diego

    Sustainable Products from the Coconut Coverings that are left out after being consumed, Get CocoBowlz®️ now!

    Surprise your loved one with a homemade, healthy breakfast on that romantic Day. Your loved one is sure to spark conversation when you present your plant-based foods in beautiful coconut bowls from CocoBowlz. The unique coconut shell bowls are made by hand-crafting a reclaimed coconut shell that might otherwise have gone to waste. A sustainable, plant-based alternative to artificially made kitchenware. Truly versatile and durable, these bowls are perfect for serving your favorite appetizers or snacks to your family and guests! The CocoBowlz collection is proudly Australian-owned and adds tropical flare to your tablescape.

    Natural Coconut Bowl

    This natural rough rustic CocoBowlz™ coconut shell bowl is made by hand, crafting a reclaimed coconut shell that might otherwise have gone to waste.

    • Reusable and food safe
    • No artificial creations
    • No mass machine productions
    • No chemicals, no glues, or lacquers used
    • All 100% natural plant-based and organic product

    All CocoBowlz™ bowls and utensils are polished and finished with coconut oil.

    CocoBowlz™ coconut shell bowls are products of nature, produced from 100% real coconuts after their shells are declared “unusable” therefore are discarded as waste.

    SIZES

    The dimension and sizes of our CocoBowlz™ coconut shell bowls generally range between 12cm-14cm in diameter with a depth of 6cm, and an average hold of 600ml.

    Because this is a natural and handcrafted item, there will always be a slight discrepancy in size between each bowl.

    PRODUCTION MATERIALS

    CocoBowlz™ coconut shell bowls are products of nature and produced from real coconuts, individually hand-crafted by craftsmen and women.

    STYLES

    CocoBowlz™ coconut bowls are available in two styles of finish:

    • “Natural” – Rough rustic looking outside with a smooth finished inner.
    • “Original” – Smooth polished looking outside with a smooth finished inner.

    Looking for gift ideas this Valentine’s Day? Sustainable and beautiful… Cocobowlz’ candles are made from repurposed excess coconut shells, saving them from piling into landfills. Cocobowlz’ new range is patterned, giving them a unique, bohemian look.

    Coconut Candles Fruit Infused Range

    Enjoy the warm ambient light and tropical scent of Cocobowlz’ fruit infused coconut candles that will quickly turn your home into a tranquil paradise.

    Featuring your choice of a natural coconut or two-tone coconut shell, hand poured coconut soy wax and a crackling wooden wick, these beautiful candles will sweep you away with their fruity, citrus & coconut aromas.

    All coconut candles are eco-friendly, burn clean, have a lasting burn time of up to 50 hours and are hand poured in small batches in Melbourne.

    🕯️  Your choice of 8 scents:

    • Coconut Lime
    • Coconut Mango
    • Coconut Strawberry
    • Coconut Pineapple
    • Coconut Kiwi
    • Coconut Cocktail
    • Coconut Banana
    • Toasted Coconut

    🔥  Burn time: 50 hours

    📏 Size (approx): D9-10cm

    📙 Care + safety tips

    Burn while reading, bathing, meditating or wining and dining.

    But never leave your candles unattended and always ensure you blow them out before bed.

    CHECK IN WITH YOUR MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AND THE PLANET

    CocoBowlz™ makes it easy to choose your feel-good moments, so you can not just enjoy life, but have a life well-lived. Healthier? Kinder? More active? More thoughtful? Whichever quality moment you want to prioritise today, Cocobowlz™ is here to support your journey. CocoBowlz™ products are made from all-natural ingredients such as reclaimed coconut shells, coconut palm wood and bamboo. You won’t find any nasties in their sustainably-sourced, eco-friendly products.

     

     

  • food,  Gift Guide,  Los Angeles,  New York,  San Diego

    Fun, Foodie V-Day Gifts Unveiled, Like Cute Bundt Cakes

    For all of those foodies looking for a lovely Valentine’s Gifts, GourmetGiftBaskets.com has several offerings that should delight nearly everyone. Here are just a few of the most-popular gifts this season. To see the entire Valentine’s Day collection, go here.

    Valentine’s Day Chai & Bundt Cakes, $99.99 (SKU 5890V)

    Send a deliciously indulgent and relaxing gift this Valentine’s Day with perfect (and distinctive) pairings — Chai and mini-bundt cakes — double chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet. I mean, how cute is this gift, right? Perfect for women, men, grandma, grandpa — just about anyone on your list.

    With Love La Marca Champagne Gift Box, $89.99 (SKU 6679V)

    Say “I Love You” with this perfect gift. It arrives in a gorgeous magnetic keepsake box and includes a selection of delicious treats to be enjoyed with a glass of La Marca Prosecco. S’more Grahams, cheese and crackers, and Raspberry Mule Mix are included. Craft a Sweetheart cocktail and toast your loved one with this wonderful gift you can both share on Valentine’s Day.

    Love Is All You Need Candy Stash, $34.99 (SKU 4836)

    Okay, so this one is for some of the kids on your list — or the adults that never grew up and still have an incredible sweet tooth (like me). The candy stash box features fun-size candy bars and candies in a fun keepsake box. When the candy is gone, it’s excellent for storing jewelry, school supplies, or anything else. Make someone feel extra special with this box of sweet treats.

    GourmetGiftBaskets.com was founded in 2002 with family values and the desire to provide exceptional gifts for all of life’s special occasions. Through years of working in his family’s flower shop in New Hampshire, President & CEO Ryan Abood naturally realized an opportunity to provide handmade, high quality gift baskets. What began with two family members in the basement of a flower shop has exploded into a multi-million dollar company recognized multiple times by Inc.500, Internet Retailer, Enterprise Bank, and more, while still remaining true to its core values of exceptional gourmet ingredients handcrafted with care. As this entrepreneurial family spirit continues in the next generation with the birth of the youngest A bood last spring, this proud family business will continue to exceed gourmet gifting expectations.
  • Las Vegas,  Los Angeles,  San Diego

    Rubio’s Celebrates 40th Anniversary with 99¢ Fish Tacos

    When Rubio’s Coastal Grill, home of The Original Fish Taco®, turns 40 on Wednesday, January 25, California, Arizona and Nevada locations will celebrate the company’s Baja roots. The community is invited to enjoy throwback pricing, 99¢ Original Fish Tacos®, the launch of a new, “remixed” Fish Taco, ’80s-inspired prizes and music.

    Ralph Rubio tasted his first fish taco as a college student during spring break in San Felipe. He brought the recipe home, opening the first Rubio’s in Mission Bay in 1983. Fish Tacos were 99¢ back then, and will be again on January 25. Proceeds benefit WILDCOAST, a non-profit organization working to conserve some of the world’s most significant coastal and marine ecosystems in the U.S. and Mexico.

    On January 25, Rubio’s Rewards members can participate in a contest, both in-store and online, to win ’80s-inspired gear and free Rubio’s. Fifty winners will receive limited-edition Rubio’s bomber jackets, and other prizes. Rewards members earn entries for every visit January 23–29.

    Rubio’s has become the #1 fish taco brand, credited with starting the fish taco phenomenon in the U.S. In celebration of the 40th anniversary, Rubio’s “remixed” The Original Fish Taco, offering a new version of the original favorite. The Baja Grilled Fish Taco features grilled mahi mahi and a special Baja sauce.

    “When Rubio’s opened 40 years ago, putting fish in a taco was pretty revolutionary,” said Rubio’s Co-Founder Ralph Rubio. “Today, The Original Fish Taco is still our most popular, award-winning item, and we’ve sold over 270 million of them. We’re going strong and look forward to 40 more years.”

    For more information, join Rubio’s Rewards and visit Rubio’sFacebookInstagram and TikTok.