{"id":829,"date":"2011-02-18T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/18\/travel-destinations-for-national-margarita-day-february-22\/"},"modified":"2011-02-18T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T17:31:00","slug":"travel-destinations-for-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/18\/travel-destinations-for-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Destinations for National Margarita Day: February 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-mzXyqV1nu2o\/TV6uFX-uRzI\/AAAAAAAABoM\/-QRbgqJI3CY\/s1600\/national%2Bmargarita%2Bday.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 320px;height: 134px\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/national2Bmargarita2Bday.jpg?5203690e6c03b9f30e72bff61a714a37\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><b>Mar-gar-i-ta<\/b>: n. A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass. <b>Cel-e-brate<\/b>: v. To observe a day or event with ceremonies of respect, festivity, and rejoicing.<\/p>\n<p>February 22, 2011 &#8211; National Margarita Day! A perfectly wonderful excuse to Celebrate! There are as many different ways to celebrate National Margarita Day as there are favorite recipes for this iconic drink. Here are a couple of suggestions:<\/p>\n<p><b>Las Vegas<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/browse\/North+America\/United+States\/Nevada\/Las+Vegas-timeshares\">Rent a timeshare in Las Vegas<\/a> and join the festivities at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaritaville.com\/\">Jimmy Buffet&#8217;s Margaritaville<\/a>, which will be offering distinctive Margarita specials and tastings throughout the day. Following are some little known facts about the Margaritaville margarita:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While the margarita may have been created in 1948 on the hillsides of Acapulco, it wasn&#8217;t perfected until Jimmy Buffett&#8217;s Margaritaville opened in a Key West restaurant in the 1980&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>As a Guinness Book Record holder in 2001, Jimmy Buffett&#8217;s Margaritaville in Orlando held a 9 year record for the largest Margarita ever concocted at an astounding 7038 gallons.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Over 4 million margaritas are served annually in Margaritaville restaurants.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>At Margaritaville, margaritas &#8216;on the rocks&#8217; beat out their frozen sibling 60\/40.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Margaritaville Las Vegas sells more Margaritas than any other Margaritaville location with an estimated 1 million Margaritas served annually.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The first frozen margarita machine was invented in 1971 using soft-serve ice cream machine technology. In 2006, Margaritaville debuted The Frozen Concoction Maker, introducing shave and blend technology to home users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cabo San Lucas<\/b><br \/>Head south of the border and from your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/browse\/North+America\/Mexico\/Cabo+San+Lucas-timeshares\">Cabo timeshare rental<\/a> you can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panchos.com\/\">Pancho&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Tequila Bar<\/a>, a veritable tequila museum. <\/p>\n<p>Fodor&#8217;s recommends Pancho&#8217;s with this description: Hundreds of tequilas are available for tasting, and many of the colorfully named brands up on the shelves are no longer manufactured. Schedule a private tasting, at $50 per person, with Bernard Corriveau, the official &#8220;Tequila Ambassador&#8221; of Mexico, who will teach you a bit about the history, production process, and art of this complex liquor. Corriveau, appointed a &#8220;Maestro Tequilero,&#8221; by the Consejo Regalador de Tequila (loosely, the industry&#8217;s Tequila Board), just might be the most knowledgeable person on tequila in Los Cabos. Pancho&#8217;s holds group tequila tastings in English each Tuesday night at 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p>And did you know? On average, Americans consume 185,000 margaritas per hour. Now that&#8217;s celebrating!<\/p>\n<p>(Photo credit &#8211; margaritaville.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar-gar-i-ta: n. A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass. Cel-e-brate: v. To observe a day or event with ceremonies of respect, festivity, and rejoicing. February 22, 2011 &#8211; National Margarita Day! A perfectly wonderful excuse to Celebrate! 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