Different Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day with the One You Love! Posted 2/9/2010 4:33:00 PM

A Night on the Town:
Cirque du Soleil: Alegria at Conseco Fieldhouse - February 11th - 14th at various times
Cirque du Soleil brings Alegria to Indy at the perfect time! Purchase tickets at Ticketmaster

Indiana Repertory Theatre and Capitol Grille - February 14
For $125, you get dinner at Capitol Grille and two tickets to that evening's performance of "Romeo and Juliet" at the IRT.

Bubbles and Sweets at Easley Winery - February 14
$10 per couple, includes two glasses of Pink Paradise sparkling wine or sparkling grape juice and assorted chocolates.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Hilbert Circle Theatre - February 12, 11 a.m.
Valentine's Romance with Tony DeSare. Coffee Pops Series concert features conductor Jack Everly and pianist/vocalist DeSare celebrating American pop music, including jazzy interpretations of classic tunes -- from Harold Arlen to Chuck Berry to Prince.

A Romance of Wine & Chocolate: Indy Wine Trail - ...
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The Best of the Super Bowl Commercials Posted 2/8/2010 4:08:00 PM

In order to get over the heartbreaking outcome of the Super Bowl last night, I went through and watched some of the ads I missed from last night.

Ads I loved:
Google: A guy's life through Google. This one was my favorite because it told a great story without going over the top with a celebrity or animal. It was beautifully simple.
Snickers:Betty White playing football. You can't really go wrong with Betty White.
Doritos: House Rules. The one with a little boy intimidating his mom's date was pretty good. This was the one exception to the rest of the terrible Doritos commercials.
Budweiser: Overall, Budweiser gets my award for Best Overall campaign because they had the most consistently funny and entertaining ads. My favorite was the Bud Light House.

Losers:
Taco Bell: Charles Barkley "rhyming" about their $5 NBA Box. I can't think of any Taco Bell ad in ...
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33 Days to the Oscars! Posted 2/2/2010 10:21:00 AM

Only 33 days until Hollywood's biggest night! This morning, Anne Hathaway and the Academy President Tom Sherek announced the nominee's for this year's Academy Awards.

"Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" lead the pack with 10 nominations each. Sandra Bullock receives her first nomination for "The Blind Side," while Meryl Streep earns her 16th for "Julie & Julia." Christopher Waltz is going to be hard to beat in Best Supporting Actor after his amazing performance in "Inglourious Basterds."

The Best Picture category is especially interesting with films from every spectrum, from the Pixar-animated "Up" to the James Cameron hit "Avatar" to a surprise nomination for "The Blind Side" in the same category. Breaking global box office records, I see "Avatar" as the film to beat, but as we all know, you can't always predict who's going home with the statue.

Here's a list of the notable nominations, but you can find ...
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Painting the Mural of the World at the Indianapolis Home Show! Posted 2/1/2010 10:08:00 AM

So as I wrote about last week, The Indianapolis Home Show is now in full swing the Indiana State Fairgrounds. I had the pleasure of helping at the Mural of the World exhibit at the Home Show, and it was a great time!

Now, I know when you go to the Home Show, there are hundreds and hundreds of booths trying to get you to purchase their product or lure you in to get your business. But the Mural of the World is totally FREE and really just a great way to show what we can do together as a community when we all put in a little effort. Every person who participated, walked away saying, "This was so much fun!"

If you missed it this weekend, you can still catch the Mural of the World this Saturday and Sunday for the last two days of the Home Show. The ...
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