| ONLINE UPDATE: New owner plans to add music to Meson de Mesilla | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 11:04:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | MESILLA — Cali McCord said her right brain and left brain work together well. The former country music singer is very creative, but also enjoys working with numbers and running a business. She hopes the two sides of her personality merge well when she takes over the restaurant and overnight lodging business Meson de Mesilla. "I'm really excited," she said. "I want to make people happy. If they come in and feel they have value for their money, then it's great." McCord, 50, plans to take over ownership the first of November. At that time she will close the doors and remodel the restaurant, bar and hotel. "As soon as we close down we're going to sell every stick of furniture," she said. "All the kitchen equipment is going. I'm redoing everything." When the place reopens in February, she plans to sing six nights a week with a jazz band at the restaurant, which will be named Torch.... | |
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| | | Cartel plays Beta Bar tonight | | Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:17:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | Punk pop band-of-the-hour Cartel joins As Tall as Lions, Boys Like Girls and Holiday Parade for some action at 8:30 p.m. today at the Beta Bar, 809 Railroad Ave. Cartel is no doubt still glowing like a light bulb from its Aug. 23 TV debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and its slot on the most recent Warped Tour. You may have seen Cartel's video for the song "Honestly" on MTV, MTV2 and FUSE. The tune is from the band's new album, "Chroma," which Performing Songwriter magazine lauded as "tightly wound punk pop in the vein of Green Day." Regarding As Tall as Lions, it's coming off a sold-out show at the Knitting Factory in New York and a rave in Alternative Press that gushed about singer Daniel Nigro's "Jeff Buckley-esque range." .... | |
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| | | Holiday packed with events | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 11:04:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | The biggest challenge this event-packed Labor Day weekend will be deciding where to go and how long to stay. There's the Taste of Colorado festival downtown, where all kinds of culinary delights can be sampled. If beer is more in line with your taste, there's Oktoberfest at the Beaver Creek resort to check out. Just don't drink and drive; the State Patrol will be out in force. Music lovers can head for Copper Mountain for two days of Copper Country concerts or jam with various groups at the Janus Jazz festival in Aspen. People who enjoy arts and crafts should head out to Boulder, where the Hometown Fair will be held along the Boulder Creek path. But if you want more grit and action, check out Thunder in the Rockies in Loveland, where motorcycles, stunt shows and martial-arts demonstrations are mixed with live music and comedy.... | |
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| | | Visitors travel for miles to attend festivals | | Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 5:03:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Every year, thousands of Nebraska residents travel to attend festivals, and AAA Nebraska spokeswoman Rose White said she's no different. “I try to attend as many festivals as possible," White said, adding that she attends them with her husband and their two college-age sons. “We went to Red, White and Q in Bellevue. We're going to a car show in Beatrice next weekend."Her personal travels aren't limited to the Nebraska state line, she said.“We go to things regionally as well," she said. “We saw more than 3,000 classic cars in Des Moines recently. I have a passion for cars. I have a passion for out-of-the-ordinary type activities."Having grown up on a farm, White said she also enjoys agriculture-based events.“If there's a horse barn, you can bet I'll be checking it out.... | |
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| | | Create your own Italian holiday with old movies | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:05:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | While stranded at the airport in Venice, where my family and I ended our 11-day "leisure tour" of Italy, I gave some thought to how different cultures view leisure time. We take vacations. Europeans go on holiday. The word holiday, based on the English words holy and day, has evolved into meaning a special day. Going on holiday is a lovely expression. Unlike vacation (meaning to vacate, to make void), the word holiday captures the festive and divine spirit of leisure time with the family. WORLD CUP MANIA Italy is an enchanting place for a holiday, particularly when you arrive in Rome, like we did, on the day that Italian soccer team vied against the French team for the World Cup. Mobs of people, many carrying Italian flags or painted in the flag's green, white and red colors, crowded the piazzas to watch the championship game on large outdoor screens.... | |
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