Daredevil Holiday Gifts – New for 2011
Wild things, wild presents.
Witness the risk-seeking, thrill-hunting adrenaline junkies, those who prefer a leap into thin air over a leap of faith, waltzing across hot coals instead of the dance floor.
Whatever your particular brand of crazy (I say that with love and affection), this season Cloud 9 Living introduces more hair-raising, heart-pounding, scintillating, adventurous experience gifts than any one daredevil knows what to do with--not that they won't try.
Aerial Stunts
Those dreaming of flight have much to get excited about this season, as twelve plane experiences and eight helicopter experiences join the Cloud 9 hangar, like the Ultimate Seattle Scenic Flight and Winnipesaukee Biplane Ride in Boston. True thrill-seekers can get their hands on the joystick with Learn to Fly in Boston(also available now in D.C. and Seattle, among other cities), a beginner's introduction to the sport game art of flying.
New Experience Gifts for July 2011
Taste the best food truck food in Philly on our newest tour
Foodies, Rejoice!
July brings ten, count them, ten! new food and wine experience gifts. From Philly to San Francisco, from Chinatowns to Little Italy’s across the country, culinary satiation is at hand for all.
On the East Coast, check out food tours like Washington D.C.’s U Street Corridor, Georgetown, and D.C. Food Trucks, where nibbling on Cuban sandwiches and Korean tacos, you’ll be introduced to the city’s burgeoning food truck scene. Bostonians and visitors alike welcome a new wine tour in Boston, exploring the North or South Ends, Harvard Square, or Backbay restaurants and wine bars, sampling various wines while getting a little history and culture to boot.
Featured Provider – Exotic Car Racing Provider Jim Switzer
The Featured Experience Provider segment is a chance for us and our customers to get to know more about the incredible individuals that provide our experiences. They are the true masters of their craft, having years of experience providing customers an opportunity to check something off their bucket list. They are entrepreneurs who, in many cases, left steady jobs at large corporations to pursue the American Dream, creating thousands of unforgettable memories for many along the way.
Today we talk with one of our favorite driving experience providers, Jim Switzer, about the company's history, some amazing customer experiences, and what they love the most about their experiences. Among other things, Jim and his company provide some of our incredible exotic car experiences in Las Vegas.
When & why did you start the company?
New Experience Gifts – March 2011
Brewery Tour Guide in Action
Cloud 9’s Got a Brand New Bag
This month, Cloud 9 Living adds eight new experience gifts to the goodie bag. From coast to coast, for foodies and fisherpeople alike, these experiences take you cruising through the locks of Seattle and the streets of New York in search of yet another unique adventure for the record books. Bon voyage!
Three Cheers for Beers!
Introducing three new beer tours: the New York Craft Beer Tour, the Brewery Tour in Brooklyn, and the Seattle Brewery Tour. In Seattle, combine the best of sightseeing in the Emerald City with the best of microbrews under the professional guidance of a National Geographic-featured tour guide. For East-Coasters, the New York and Brooklyn tours prove pizza isn’t Brooklyn’s only master craft. 19th century Old Brewers Row attests to
Sharing Experience Gifts With Others
Some highly thoughtful, creative acquaintance of yours broke through the tedium of gift-giving, reaching into the clouds to bring you a gift experience from Cloud 9 Living.
You went race car driving at the track or sailing on an old-fashioned whaling ship for a lobster dinner cruise.
You learned how to blow glass in a professional studio or how to roll sushi in your own kitchen.
You had the time of your life and still remember the taste of the champagne on your lips as you celebrated the landing of your first sail in a hot-air balloon. You can’t forget how the earth looked beneath you, like a patchwork quilt scrolling by.
Unique Gifts in San Francisco
So you're a native San Franciscan. Or maybe you're like my mother, maybe you've spent enough time there over the years to call it your second home. Maybe it never pops up as a destination anymore simply because you know all you want to know about the city.
But, I ask you, what does the inside of the Moaning Cavern look like? If you can tell me this,
Reconnect with San Diego
It’s easy to take our cities for granted. Maybe we’ve lived there a few years, maybe our whole lives. Maybe we love the city, maybe we’re thinking about leaving. Chances are, the things that once captivated us about our home no longer catch our eye, except in a rare moment.
For San Diegans, it’s easy to say you love living by the ocean, but when was the last time you looked out at it and really saw it?
A Gifted Experience
Gift giving. I take a lot of pride in my gifts, searching around for those perfect somethings to share with the people I love. But as the years go by this gets harder and harder. At a certain point it begins to feel like everybody has what they need, and so the gifts devolve into trinkets, knickknacks that end up beside the bathroom mirror or on the bedside table. And at a certain point, our homes become cluttered with these little things which, at best, serve as reflectors, memory-provokers, reminding us of the people who gave them to us and the memories we share with them.
Which gets me thinking more about the true value of these things: memory.
When I scroll through the list of Best Gifts I've Received, I think of a road trip through the Southwest with my mom, watching dust devils swirl up from the cracked earth, sleeping on the bedrock cliffs of Big Sur,
This Summer’s Best Wedding Gifts
Wedding season is in full swing, and what better way to send off all those happy newlyweds than with an Cloud 9 Living experience they'll remember forever!
This year, forget about giving blenders and salad bowls to your newly married friends and family. Why not reward them with a Romantic Dinner for Two prepared by a private chef in their own home, or a relaxing Couples Massage!
Here's a list of our favorite Wedding Gifts to give this year:
- Romantic Dinner for 2
- Couples Massage
- Romantic Gondola Cruise
- Date Night Pottery Class
- Scenic Biplane Ride for 2
- Full Moon Sail
- Private Balloon Ride for 2
- Sunset Catamaran Cruise
- Gourmet Dinner Cruise
- Catalina 2 Night All-Inclusive
Top Picks for Father’s Day
Father's Day is just around the corner on June 20th! This Father's Day, thank Dad for everything he's done for you with an experience he'll remember forever!
In honor of all the Dad's out there, we've hand-picked our favorite Father's Day gift ideas. Whether the Dad in your life has always dreamed of being a racecar driver, or is a golfer who could use a lesson with a PGA Pro to cut a few strokes off his score - we've got the perfect gift for him.
So this year, make Dad's day with a Cloud 9 Living experience he'll never forget!
- Golf Lesson with a PGA Pro
- Drive a Stock Car
- Drive an Indy Car & Photo Package
- America's Cup Sailing
- Fighter Pilot for a Day
- Aerobatic Biplane Ride
- Skydiving
- Whitewater Rafting
- Family Portrait
- Race a Ferrari
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