Saddle Up for the Summer’s Best Wild West Festivals

• [Talk a Walk on the Wild Side at a Wild West Fest](#toc_item_0) • [Giddy up!](#toc_item_1) • [The Cultural Impact of the Food Pic](#toc_item_2) • [Say cheese, cheese!](#toc_item_3) • [Natural Italian Wine Is Getting Its Due](#toc_item_4) • [🍷](#toc_item_5) • [Become the Grillmaster You Were Meant to Be](#toc_item_6) • [I’m fired up](#toc_item_7) • [Sign Up for Streamail](#toc_item_8) • [Find Your Next Binge-Watch](#toc_item_9) *Header 728x90 [] I’m already a quite changeable person, so these temperature shifts in New York are really giving me a run for my money. One day it’s humid and I’m feeling like a deflated balloon rendering of a hamburger, the next it’s a linen-in-the-wind day. What are we to do? See the new Top Gun? I don’t know if I can face it. I’m still mad that I wasn’t considered for a role; I think I could have done a really good job playing a bartender at the local fighter pilot watering hole who frequently delivers long, emotionally complex, Oscar-worthy monologues. Today’s stories are bold, beautiful, and blissful. We’ve got everything from Wild West festivals to a new book called Food Instagram to the natural wine boom in Italy to our favorite grilling instruments. Till tomorrow! [- Ned Riseley, Senior Copywriter]( [ [( travel [] [Talk a Walk on the Wild Side at a Wild West Fest]( Did you know there are all kinds of Wild West festivals sprinkled across this nation? Well there are! And you should put on some spurs and head to one, if you know what’s good for you. It’s not all dudes in rodeo shirts, though. There’s a Juneteenth Black Rodeo in Longview, Texas, there’s a jalapeño-eating contest in Laramie, Wyoming, there’s a cowboy poetry gathering in Montana, and there’s a show celebrating Native history in Pendleton, Oregon. [] [Giddy up!]( [( [( food & drink [] [The Cultural Impact of the Food Pic]( A new book titled Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation is looking into the ways that iPhone photos and posting about what we’re eating affects how we think about food, appetite, and lots of other things. We highly recommend reading the book, but we also read it for you and picked out the biggest takeaways in case you’d rather continue reading War and Peace three pages at a time over the course of five years. [] [Say cheese, cheese!]( [( *Sponsored Ads List [( food & drink [] [Natural Italian Wine Is Getting Its Due]( Another book you should definitely check out is Joe Campanale’s Vino, which looks at Italian wine—its history and its current trend towards natural varieties. Lazio is the center of the Italian natural wine boom, according to Campanale, and he’s got the scoop on what makes its climate and its market so conducive to incredible natural wine. Well, would you look at that, it’s wine o’clock! [] [🍷]( [( *720x300 Ad Banner [( food & drink [] [Become the Grillmaster You Were Meant to Be]( To put it simply, here’s everything you need to become the envy of all grillers, the most virtuosic incredible BBQ wizard on the block, the charcoal chairman you were meant to be. We have basting bottles, we have grill grids, we have collapsible caddies! Wow, that’s a lot of grill accessories and a lot of alliteration. [] [I’m fired up]( [( [ [] [Sign Up for Streamail]( [] [Food and drink]( Entertainment Entertainment [Find Your Next Binge-Watch]( [Who to See at Governors Ball ‘22]( *Footer 728x90 Thrillist Editorial - Favorable reviews cannot be bought. Read our [Terms & Conditions](, [Privacy Policy]( Delivered by Thrillist.com, 568 Broadway, Suite 507, New York, NY 10012 [212.966.2263]( Sent to {EMAIL}. Add themove@newsletter.thrillist.com to your safe-sender list so our emails get to your inbox. [View On The Web]( [Content Settings]( [Unsubscribe](