We took Zeb out to Mannions in Somerville, to celebrate the birth of Zeb Jr. The Guinness girls were up here, complete with bedazzeled Guinness shirts. They had a St. James Gate game and we won some Guinness glasses poky little puppy online with the 250 logo and black & tan spoons. They’ll be beck here Friday and of course on the 24th. Zeb is even drinking a Guinness. Maybe we finally converted him. Congratulations Zeb and Sam on your beautiful baby boy!
We got a press release from Guinness on the upcomming 250 celebrations. Here are more details. I am going to try to track down some information on US celebrations, because though I’ve heard there should be some. I have not seen any details on any. Official or not we will definitely be raising a pint to Arthur on September 24 (which I realised is also my fathers birthday!, he’s not as excited about it as I).
Straight from the horses mouth:
Black Eyed Peas Headline Arthur’s Day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sean Paul Headlines Arthur’s Day in Lagos, Nigeria
Dublin, Ireland – With just seventeen days to go until the Arthur’s Day celebrations begin in Dublin on the 24th September, GUINNESS is today revealing the latest impressive line-up of artists, A-list presenters and international broadcast partners taking part, as the countdown begins to the global festivities.
Around the world amazing talent will perform at Arthur’s Day events including Sean Paul as headlining act at the live show in Lagos, Nigeria and The Black Eyed Peas performing at celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These remarkable global events will see over 60 artists performing more than 60 hours of live music in just one day in events in cities around the world
Joining previously announced artists Sir Tom Jones, Estelle, Razorlight, Sugababes and Kasabian at the Dublin Arthur’s Day celebrations are Roots Manuva, Paolo Nutini, The Magic Numbers, OK Go and White Belt Yellow Tag, along with some of the best live acts in Ireland today including The High Kings, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, General Fiasco, Spring Break, David Kitt, and Oppenheimer.
Hosting the event in Dublin will be Cat Deeley and Ronan Keating who will take to the stage in the St. James’s Gate Brewery, and will be joined by Colin Murray, Michelle De Swarte and Michelle Doherty who will be presenting live from the four studio venues. The Arthur’s Day celebrations will be beamed across the globe from Ireland, UK, US and Africa via broadcast partners SKY, ITV2 and DirecTV
The Arthur’s Day celebrations, to mark 250 years since Arthur Guinness signed the 9,000 year lease on the St James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, will begin in the Irish capital at 17:59 local time with a toast to Arthur and carry on around the world in Lagos, Kuala Lumpur and New York.
In Dublin, 33 events will take place simultaneously, including a major performance at the St James’s Gate Brewery and four studio venues as well 28 intimate gigs at pubs around Dublin hosting local acts and surprise guest artists from the A-list line-up. The full line-up for Dublin studio venues and local acts for pub venues has also been announced today.
New artists announced today are: Born Blonde, Concerto for Constantine, David Kitt, Fiona Melady, Fionn Regan, General Fiasco, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Leopold, Lumiere, OK Go, Oppenheimer, Paolo Nutini, Roots Manuva, Sean Paul, Sharon Shannon, Spring Break, The Coronas, The High Kings, The Infomatics, The Magic Numbers and White Belt Yellow Tag.
As part of the Arthur’s Day celebrations The Guinness & Co. has pledged to donate €6 million to the Arthur Guinness Fund which will be active from September 2009. Arthur Guinness and his family were responsible for some of the most well known acts of philanthropy in Ireland and to honour and continue this legacy we are establishing this fund with the goal of enabling and empowering individuals with skills and opportunities to deliver a measured benefit to their communities.
We got us some iPhones. I thought they’d be cool and all, but they’re really way cooler than I’d imagined. One of the new features on the 3GS is the video camera. You know we had to test that out. Here is our fist pour with it. This entire post has actually been done on the phone, Shot the video, uploaded it to YouTube, and posted it on the blog. That means I can write this thing off right? I am suprised by the video quality.
3GS Guinness Pour
Fridgits are a toy that you put on your fridge then drop a marble and watch it fall down to the bottom. I saw them in the toy box and thought they would make for an awesome pour. We threw them in the dishwasher, cause we didn’t want to waste a Guinness (if that’s not illegal it should be). It kind of reminds me of a fountain.
Guinness Fridgits Pour
This is our last beach pour. We were hoping to do this pour with a sand pint in the background. Our attempts at making this sand pint were a complete and utter failure. We found a neat little sand castle and went to use that, but when our backs were turned someone came through and ruined that. We set up on the remnants of this castle and noticed there had been a couple standing on the beach, with out moving for the last 10 minutes or so. We set up our shot and they cooperated nicely and stayed still for the next few minutes. The ocean is a beautiful thing and there really isn’t anything nicer than watching it with the one you love (except maybe if you both have a Guinness too).
Guinness is for Lovers
We’ve been going to the shore every year for almost ever. Surfing seems to continue to grow in popularity every year. The surfers will come out soon after the lifeguards pack it in for the day. It’s definitely fun to watch. We were out flying kites when we filmed this. It’s kind of hard to incorperate those into a pour video.
Surfers Pour
As you know we were at the shore (beach for you non-Jersians) last week. We have some more videos from that to share with you this week. This pour was done on a jetty. Those things get pretty Buy Viagra slippery once you get out on them. You can see some parasailers behind this one. You can’t beat the beauty of a Guinness with the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean.
Beach House Pour
This pour is in honor of the Sun. The Sun is a powerful thing, not to be messed with. It seems the the SPF 30 suntan lotion applied to my back was nothing for the rays of the sun to get through. I imagine the Sun laughed maniacally while my skin was being cooked by it’s minions. This happened on our first day at the beach. Bending over most of the day while building a sand castle probably didn’t help much. We do have plans to make a sand pint, hopefully we can figure out the physics of that one. Burn Baby Burn!
Beach House Pour
We are at the shore for the week. This should be the first of many pour videos. The house we rented for the week didn’t have any proper pint glasses, and we forgot to bring any. We scoured the boardwalk looking for some pint glasses. We found 2. I like this glass and how the head on the Guinness layers nicely against the green rim. The other glass will show up soon. This pour really reminds me of Clockwork Orange. I guess it’s those white tiles. We would have liked to do something outside, but it was raining.
Beach House Pour
It’s a Woot Off! We love our Woot Offs here. That is where we got our Mr. Beer kit, and oh so many other wonderful things. Nothing helps the day go by quicker than watching a Woot Off. If you have no clue what we’re talking about head over to http://Woot.com to see what it’s all about. Your F5 button will never be the same.
WOOT OFF! Pour