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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I went to Glastonbury sober and it was the best year yet'
As a Glastonbury veteran, Katharine Hubbard has spent a decade camping at Worthy Farm in Somerset, but it wasn't until 2023 that the 38-year-old attended the festival without alcohol Katharine Hubbard, a seasoned Glastonbury festival-goer, is set to make her 10th pilgrimage to the iconic Worthy Farm in Somerset this year and she's bursting to tell anyone who'll listen how the world-renowned music and arts event can be just as delightful sans booze. Following an alcohol-free Dry January success two years previously, Hubbard decided to prolong her abstention into the festival season, experiencing her very first booze-free Glasto. Speaking about her decision, Hubbard revealed: "I always do Dry January and I'd read that you need to do it for three months to feel the difference in your body so I didn't drink in January 2023 to March, and then by the end of March, I was like, I'm not really bothered about drinking again. So, I just carried on not drinking through to that Glastonbury and beyond for a bit," and added, "I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be as fun, but it turns out that I was!". Reflecting on her sober experience at Glastonbury, festival veteran Hubbard spoke candidly to all the festival-goers considering a booze-free time. Hubbard sang the praises of sobriety amongst party revellers, stating: "I was a bit worried about not being fun enough. Would I be able to get into the swing of things? Would I be the boring person in the group? But I didn't find that at all," she admitted. "I would actually say out of all the Glastonburys I've been to, 2023 was the best one. It was really amazing." Her night-out with inebriated friends led Hubbard to realise: "One night we were up till 6am and everyone I was with was drinking, but I didn't feel any difference between my experience and theirs." For those gearing up for the legendary music and arts event, Hubbard recommended joining the vibrant dialogue on Reddit's Glastonbury Festival community page. According to Hubbard, the r/glastonbury_festival subreddit, with its whopping 71,000 followers and staggering 3.6 million visits over the past month as per Reddit's statistics, proved to be a hub of festival know-how. Hubbard enjoys the virtual company of fellow enthusiasts, saying: "There's often people on the page who've never been before and it's quite nice to just dip in and give advice." Help us improve our content by completing the survey below. We'd love to hear from you! Whether providing packing pointers or arrival times, Hubbard highlighted an increasing number of posts this year centred around alcohol-free festival enjoyment: "Sometimes it will be about what you need to pack, sometimes it's about what time to arrive on site, but this year I've noticed quite a few posts about people asking what it is like to not drink at the festival and if there any non-alcoholic options. "Sometimes it's pregnant women chipping in because they are obviously not drinking, but for most people it seems to be more of a choice, and it is really nice to see how many people are up for giving it a go. "People won't notice," she said. "If you're worried about how your friends would react, you don't have to share that you are not drinking. People might not even notice. Everyone just takes their own alcohol into Glastonbury and drinks out of miscellaneous bottles, so you can just put in whatever you like. "Mine was filled with water and electrolytes, whereas my friends' bottles were probably filled with 50% vodka and 50% coke, so no one actually noticed that I wasn't drinking. I think that helps integrate you more if you are worried about people being funny about you not drinking. "I think I actually had a lot more energy than anyone else in our group because day drinking in the sun doesn't necessarily make you feel great," reflected Hubbard. "I felt a lot more sprightly, was able to run around the site, and definitely, by the last day, I felt like I had more energy than the rest of the group, because it's pretty gruelling. "They do sell non-alcoholic beer on site, so you can still buy cold drinks on site and feel like you're in the vibe," said Hubbard. "However, a lot of people on the Reddit page pointed out that there only tends to be one type of non-alcoholic alternative at each bar. "But maybe the festival organisers will have identified that and improved it, because it's definitely become more of a trend for people to be looking for non-alcoholic alternatives. "I also had lots of sweeties because I felt like everybody was filling up on beers and stuff and I was getting hungry quite a lot, so I had to pack a lot of snacks just to keep up with everybody," shared Hubbard. "I think at Glastonbury you can do everything sober that you would do drunk because you're not there necessarily to drink," said Hubbard. "You are there to experience the music, the comedy, or the talks. There is so much going on 24/7."
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Mark Hubbard odds to win the 2025 Rocket Mortgage Classic
Rocket Mortgage Classic details and info Watch golf on Fubo! Hubbard odds to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 8:58 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Hubbard odds to finish in the top 5 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic Hubbard odds to finish in the top 10 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic Other betting markets for Hubbard at the Rocket Mortgage Classic Hubbard recent performances Hubbard has played 17 tournaments this season, securing one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes. In his past four events, Hubbard has finished in the top 10 once. In Hubbard's last five appearances at this tournament, he has finished in the top 20 once. His average finish at the event is 32nd.
NBC Sports
6 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Chuba Hubbard wants to play Olympic flag football for Canada
Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard hails from Edmonton, Alberta. And he's already thinking about wearing a flag with a maple leaf in the middle during the 2028 Olympics. David Newton of recently asked Hubbard whether he wants to represent Canada in the flag-football tournament. 'Hell yeah!'' Hubbard said. 'I don't know the process or anything, but I plan to still be in this league and thrive in 2028. So, if they want me to become a part of it, it would be an honor.'' The desire flows from Hubbard's boyhood goal to become an Olympic sprinter. Football changes his priorities. Could a team of Canadian NFL players compete with an American team? 'You're asking the wrong guy,'' Hubbard said, smiling. 'I'm going to say we're going to win no matter what.'' However the Canadian team fares, coach Chad Palmer has already made clear his belief that NFL players will outshine career flag-football players. So if Hubbard wants in, he'll likely have a spot. As long as no one else from the Panthers has dibs on the one Olympic assignment per NFL team.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pierce County hotel slated to go from eyesore to ‘vibrant, attainable housing'
An abandoned former hotel in Fife appears to be the latest project for a group of regional investors that has turned several area distressed lodging properties into new, lower-cost apartments. The former Rodeway Inn & Suites, 3100 Pacific Highway E., was acquired by Fife 119 LLC, affiliated with Sage Investment Group of Kirkland in late May. The property was purchased as part of a Pierce County Superior Court receivership case involving the previous owner, an LLC that listed Portland developer Sean Keys of Fortify Holdings (parent company to the Fife hotel LLC) as its governor in its corporate filings with the Washington Secretary of State's Office. Fortify is also in the business of lodging-to-apartments conversion. Sage co-founder Emily Hubbard spoke to The News Tribune about the project Wednesday. 'This site has been on our radar for a couple years,' Hubbard said. 'It got purchased by one of our competitors in 2022. They bought it right around the time that we we were working on our other projects there. But It never seemed to get out of permitting ... just never progressed.' According to the original complaint filed in October 2024 by Freedom REIT of Maryland, the hotel LLC agreed to borrow up to $10.5 million from the lender in May 2022 to finance the purchase and conversion of the site 'into basic efficiency apartments.' The LLC later defaulted on the loan terms, according to the complaint, among other issues. Sage's purchase price for the Fife hotel was $4.25 million. According to court filings, attorneys for the receiver wrote that the site had received multiple offers and that the receiver 'believes that the purchase price and other terms of the (purchase and sale agreement) are the best terms ... for a sale of the property under the current market conditions, and based on the destroyed condition of the property.' The site experienced a fire in December 2023, and a semi-truck crashed into the vacant building a year later. 'So much workforce housing is needed in that area, and so we just felt comfortable buying another project there,' Hubbard said. Sage plans to turn the property into '121 high-quality studio apartments,' according to a recent release, following demolition and filling of the pool to satisfy remediation terms from the City of Fife in its Notice of Violation of the property issued last year. A recent Facebook post on the Sage Investment Group page, showing a short video of the site, stated it was 'thrilled to announce our latest acquisition: Fife 119!' 'At Sage, we're passionate about transforming underutilized and sometimes even burnt-down hotels into vibrant, attainable housing,' the post read. 'We can't wait to roll up our sleeves and begin the work of bringing this building back to life, creating quality homes for future residents.' Sage is perhaps best known for converting older hotel properties along South Hosmer Street, where several blocks had become a hotbed of criminal activity. In August 2024, Sage announced the first units for lease in its conversion of Hotel Thea to Thea Apartments, 7414 S. Hosmer St. The site, which includes amenities such as a pool, held its grand opening in May. The latest property is the group's third acquired in Fife. Affiliated LLCs with Sage purchased 3501 Pacific Highway E. and 3518 Pacific Highway E. in 2022. Those sites are now Pinnacle Apartments and Pinnacle Point Apartments, respectively. Sage noted in its release that the new addition will bring 'the company's total footprint in Fife to 297 units.' As for the latest acquisition, 'The team plans to include a common community area in the lobby, including a shared kitchen, arcade games, seating area, as well as an outdoor community space.' 'We're confident in our ability to get it going,' Hubbard told The News Tribune. 'We've worked with the City of Fife before, and we have a very good understanding of what they expect with conversions.' She added that if all goes well, leasing could perhaps begin mid- to late-summer of next year, but admitted that would be an 'aggressive' timeline. Also they get to start from scratch, unlike other conversions working with existing architecture. For example, Hubbard envisioned a dog park area at the former pool site. 'It's a bigger lift construction-wise, but we can be more creative with this,' she noted of the project, with a time-lapse footage planned to document the process. 'There's a piece of graffiti by somebody who used to smoke meth in the building and wants everybody to know about it,' she added, describing the current setting. 'And I can't wait to see that transform into something else.' Along with its ambitious site conversions area-wide, at least one Sage project in Pierce County faced recent oversight fallout. In early April, The News Tribune reported that a handful of residents had been living in Sage's Melody Apartments in Lakewood despite city staff declaring the units illegal to occupy and necessary repairs still to be made. The building has remained vacant since the tenants moved out in early- to mid-April. City of Lakewood media representative Brynn Grimley told The News Tribune via email on Tuesday, 'We've completed two inspections. There are still a few things that need to be corrected in order for it to pass its rental inspection.' Grimley added, 'The next inspection is scheduled for Wednesday. The hope is this will be the final inspection, allowing it to pass and be ready for renters.' Hubbard told The News Tribune on Wednesday, 'We've been cooperating with the City of Lakewood and working through all that, and we are excited to make sure that everything's up to standards before they all get released to new tenants. 'We've definitely learned some lessons there, and it's never our intention to have any of our tenants in unsafe situations,' she added. Previous reporting by The News Tribune contributed to this report.
RTÉ News
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Tips on how to enjoy a festival sober, from a Glasto veteran
This year marks Glastonbury veteran Katharine Hubbard's 10th visit to the legendary Worthy Farm in the UK – and she's eager to share that the world's largest greenfield music and performing arts festival is just as enjoyable without alcohol. Her Glasto journey began in 2013, igniting a lasting passion for the iconic festival that has endured for more than a decade for her. Reflecting on her first time at the festival, the 38-year-old admitted: "I really didn't know what I was letting myself in for, because at the time I'd never been camping, I wasn't a huge gig person, and Glastonbury is really, when it comes to festivals, the biggest. When you see it on TV, you just see these huge crowds in front of the Pyramid Stage, which is a huge part of it, but it's so much more. It's so magical. Everyone is so nice, and the spirit of it is really incredible." Two years ago, after a successful Dry January, Hubbard decided to continue her drinking hiatus well into the summer and attended her first Glastonbury sober. "I always do Dry January, and I'd read that you need to do it for three months to feel the difference in your body, so I didn't drink in January 2023 to March, and then by the end of March, I was like, I'm not really bothered about drinking again. So, I just carried on not drinking through to that Glastonbury and beyond for a bit," shared Hubbard. "I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be as fun, but it turns out that I was!" Here's what she wants any Glasto newbies or curious sober festivalgoers to know… You can still be fun without alcohol "I was a bit worried about not being fun enough. Would I be able to get into the swing of things? Would I be the boring person in the group? But I didn't find that at all," said Hubbard. "I would actually say out of all the Glastonburys I've been to, 2023 was the best one. It was really amazing. "One night we were up till 6am and everyone I was with was drinking, but I didn't feel any difference between my experience and theirs." People won't notice "If you're worried about how your friends would react, you don't have to share that you are not drinking. People might not even notice," she said, adding that she happily sipped on water and electrolytes throughout the day. You have more energy "I think I actually had a lot more energy than anyone else in our group because day drinking in the sun doesn't necessarily make you feel great," reflected Hubbard. "I felt a lot more sprightly, was able to run around the site, and definitely, by the last day, I felt like I had more energy than the rest of the group, because it's pretty gruelling." You may be able to buy non-alcoholic drinks on-site Thanks to the popularity of no and low alcohol drinks, there will likely be a 0.0 beer available somewhere at the festival of your choosing. "They do sell non-alcoholic beer on site, so you can still buy cold drinks on site and feel like you're in the vibe," said Hubbard of Glastonbury, although she notes that choice is limited. "But maybe the festival organisers will have identified that and improved it, because it's definitely become more of a trend for people to be looking for non-alcoholic alternatives." Bring snacks for energy "I also had lots of sweeties because I felt like everybody was filling up on beers and stuff, and I was getting hungry quite a lot, so I had to pack a lot of snacks just to keep up with everybody," shared Hubbard.
