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MORE MICHELIN STARS FOR
CALIFORNIAN RESTAURANTS
California now offers 100 newly starred Michelin Guide restaurants.
The fourth edition of the Michelin Guide California included a total of 599 restaurants, with 11 Green Stars awarded for leadership in sustainability practices. California is home to 11 of only 13 Green Stars in
North America.
Restaurants included in the new guide are located in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Mendocino and San Diego.
California’s distinctions also include one new three- starred restaurant awarded to Addison in San Diego, bringing the state’s tally of three-starred restaurants to seven (of 14 in the United States).
Seventeen new one-star distinction restaurants are located in Los Angeles, Montecito, Santa Monica, Geyserville, Sacramento, San Francisco, St. Helena and Paso Robles.
AMERICAN JAZZ REPOSITIONS FOR HISTORIC NEW 2023 CALIFORNIA RIVER CRUISE
American Cruise Lines has announced that American Jazz, one of the company’s ten new riverboats, is repositioning from the Mississippi River to the West Coast for brand new California river cruises beginning February 2023 - the first of their kind since the 1940s.
American Jazz’s repositioning voyage is following
a similar route to the historic US mail ships of the Gold Rush era that carried passengers, mail and gold between the East and West coasts.
The ship’s arrival into San Francisco Bay heralds
a historic development in US river cruising, as it is
the first US built riverboat to offer overnight cruises throughout the Bay and California Delta in over 80 years. The new river cruises will sail an eight-day itinerary roundtrip from San Francisco Bay in February and March and again in November and December 2023, cruising the Napa River, Sacramento River and
San Joaquin River.
Guests will explore San Francisco and Wine Country, while visiting vineyards and enjoying bespoke experiences from special tastings to becoming a winemaker for a day.
TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Nestled in the rugged San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival welcomes visitors from all over
the world.
This year’s event, taking place from 15th-18th June, celebrates the festival’s 50th anniversary and includes free workshops, a 2023 NightGrass schedule and a full music lineup.
“Be right back... Just running away from Monday and going straight to the airport.”
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