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Grub Street Food Festival- Sunday October 5- NYC

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The 5th annual Grub Street Food Festival is back tomorrow at the Hester Street Fair.

The event takes place on New York City’s Lower East Side from 11AM- 5PM.

Last year Kim, Lucas and I attended the festival for the first time. We had a great time and tried out some awesome food. Check out my post about our experience here. It looks like some of the same vendors will be at the event this year along with some new ones. Continue reading Grub Street Food Festival- Sunday October 5- NYC

11 Summer Music Festivals To Consider

a large crowd of people in a parkBack in college many summers were filled with attending concerts, especially a couple of music festivals. I used to love spending long days at packed venues like Randall’s Island (in NYC) hearing lots of great music with friends.

The two festivals that I had attended were Lollapalooza and HORDE Festival. Both events featured artists performing on multiple stages and traveled around the country to various cities. Lollapalooza still exists after a reboot and only plays a couple of shows per year, HORDE’s last show was in 1998.

I can’t say that I’m really interested in concerts anymore but memories of those music festivals still stand out.

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15 Bizarre Festivals Only Found In the U.S.

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Back in December I wrote about 14 Festivals To Attend Before You Die from Fodor’s.

We finally got to attend one of the festivals that made the list (in September), Oktoberfest. We had an amazing time, drank a ton of beer and would definitely love to go again at some point. Fodor’s list included festivals from all around the world including the odd La Tomatina in Spain.

I love visiting strange sites and attractions and enjoyed learning about the weirdest things about each state recently.

A couple of days back I came across a list of fun festivals from Buzzfeed. After looking over the list of 15 Bizarre Festivals Only Found In the U.S., I wasn’t too surprised that I had only heard of a couple of them.

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Fodor’s: 14 Festivals To Attend Before You Die

a close-up of a logoThis past September, we finally got to attend a festival that I’ve been dying to go to for years- Oktoberfest. We had an incredible time and I’d love to go again in the future.

Fodor’s included Oktoberfest in a slideshow that was of interest to me, 14 Festivals To Attend Before You Die.

Festivals included in the slideshow take place all around the world. Some of the festivals I’ve heard of and would love to check out in person, while some of them were new to me.

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