The Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos play their season opener tonight (8:30 p.m. ET, in case you weren’t sure). Fans will be flooding the stadium in Denver, and for those who can’t catch the next flight to Colorado, a local bar with the game on will do just fine, too.
Our friends at MapQuest Discover have found the must-visit bars, restaurants and venues should you find yourself in Baltimore or Denver this season.
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Parents — and easily annoyed travelers — know just how difficult flying with kids can be. One airline offers a free nanny service to help keep the little ones entertained and quiet, while a second is planning to roll out their program by the end of the year.
There’s only one caveat: you’ve got to be flying to or from the Middle East to take advantage of the program.
United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airways plans to roll out the nanny program by the end of December, according to NBC’s Today show. More than 300 crew members have gone through training at Norland College, a prestigious U.K. nanny training school, with 200 more slated to undergo training by the end of December.
Bahrain’s Gulf Air offers a similar program, according to its website.Ethiad’s nannies will “offer an extra pair of hands to help settle kids, age-appropriate games and activities, or advice and support for frazzled parents,” according to Today. Each plane will have an assortment of toys and craft projects that will hopefully keep the children distracted from the fact they’re trapped in a pressurized metal tube while flying 40,000 feet in the air in defiance of God’s will.
If you’re looking to snag some in-flight childcare, but don’t want to drop several thousand dollars for a ticket to the Middle East, Nanny in the Clouds allows you to find your own personal Marry Poppins who happens to be traveling to your destination. The usual fee is $20 an hour for a cross-country flight, but if your kids are particularly rambunctious, you can be sure that your fellow travelers will take up a collection to help you pay the costs.
The body of a vampire has been excavated in Bulgaria, the Sofia Globe reports.
Archaeologists excavating at the historic site of Perperikon uncovered the grave of a man weighed down with a ploughshare over his chest. This was a common folk practice to keep a body from rising from its grave as a vampire. The individual was a man aged about 35-40 and he was carrying coins dated to the 13th and 14th century.
The discovery is part of ongoing excavations at Perperikon, an important city in eastern Bulgaria that was occupied from at least 5000 BC through the Middle Ages.
Last year archaeologists found several vampire graves in another part of the country. And these aren’t the first to have been discovered. Usually they have iron stakes or nails through their hearts. Only one other has been found with the ploughshare treatment.
If you’re visiting New York this fall (and you should, it’s the best time to go), and you like football, there’s an important thing to keep in mind. Jets and Giants fans may seem to run the show, but many — if not most — people in this city hail from somewhere else. And they’ve brought their football allegiances with them.
New York has a bar for almost every pro football team’s fans (and countless college teams as well, but that’s another can of worms). Some teams have a few bars to choose from. Others, like the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints, share one space (usually peacefully, though that 2009 NFC championship game sure made things exciting…). Most of these spots are a microcosm of the place they’re cheering for, dishing out potlucks, swag and a chance to meet other people from your hometown. At the very least, you’ll have someone else cheering for the same touchdowns and interceptions that you are.
So don’t cut your NYC trip short — stick around on Sunday and cheer for your team at one of these bars:
| Team | Bar |
| AFC North | |
| Baltimore Ravens | SideBar, Wharf Bar & Grill |
| Cincinnati Bengals | Phebe’s Tavern & Grill |
| Cleveland Browns | Manny’s on Second |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | Reservoir Bar, Public House, Hibernia Bar, Irish Exit |
| AFC South | |
| Houston Texans |
Idle Hands Bar |
| Indianapolis Colts |
Keats Bar |
| Jacksonville Jaguars |
Legends |
| Tennessee Titans |
SideBar |
| AFC East | |
| Buffalo Bills |
McFadden’s, Kelly’s |
| Miami Dolphins |
Traffic Midtown East |
| New England Patriots |
Professor Thom’s |
| New York Jets |
You’re in New York. If you can’t find a bar playing the Jets you’re not looking hard enough. |
| AFC West | |
| Denver Broncos |
Mustang Harry’s, Butterfield 8 |
| Kansas City Chiefs |
Village Pourhouse |
| Oakland Raiders |
The Watering Hole |
| San Diego Chargers |
Deweys Flatiron |
| NFC North | |
| Chicago Bears |
Overlook Bar, Triona’s, The Gael Pub |
| Detroit Lions |
Mercury Bar East |
| Green Bay Packers |
Kettle of Fish |
| Minnesota Vikings |
Bar None |
| NFC South | |
| Atlanta Falcons |
The Watering Hole |
| Carolina Panthers |
Brother Jimmy’s Upper East Side (draws a small crowd) |
| New Orleans Saints |
Bar None |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Stillwater Bar & Grill |
| NFC East | |
| Dallas Cowboys |
Stone Creek |
| New York Giants |
Again, close your eyes and point your finger and you’ll find a bar playing the Giants. |
| Philadelphia Eagles |
Shorty’s, Wogies, Merrion |
| Washington Redskins |
Redemption, The Australian |
| NFC West | |
| Arizona Cardinals |
No dedicated bar |
| San Francisco 49ers |
Finnerty’s |
| Seattle Seahawks |
Carlow East |
| St. Louis Rams |
Dewey’s Flatiron (There isn’t a huge following but this place draws occasional fans) |
Did we miss one? Add your favorite football bars in the comments below.
In 1953, the BBC filmed a train trip from London to Brighton. They did it again in 1983, thirty years later. And now, they’ve filmed it a third time and spliced all three recordings together, side-by-side. It’s fascinating to see what’s changed in sixty years — and moreso, what hasn’t.
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