N.Y. Bar Serves Bottled Water For $55

It’s not the first thing you think of when you think of bars, but the new drink of choice is also the oldest drink of choice.

Water is the latest trend when it comes to taste and a bit of marketing.

Glass, plastic, carbonated, non carbonated, high mineral content … no, it’s not a fancy drink or a fine wine. Diane Felicissimo is talking about the latest craze — water.

It’s a business making a splash. Americans spent more last year on bottled water than on iPods and movie tickets — a whopping $15 billion.

Via Genova, a water bar in Chappaqua, N.Y. , is cashing in on the craze, stocking water bottles that look more like collectors items.

“I have probably close to 80 different types of waters,” owner Felicissimo said.

This luxury water comes from all over the world and contains magnesium, calcium and even potassium. One brand, “10 thousand B.C.” is a top seller at $30 per bottle.

“They get it from British Columbia, Canada,” Felicissimo said. “It’s a three-day journey by yacht to get to their water source.”

If you want some “Bling H2O,” plan on paying an amazing $55 for less than a liter.

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A woman attending a Christian festival died Saturday after plunging about 45 feet from a bungee-like amusement ride – but the show must go on

OSHKOSH, WIS. — A woman attending a Christian festival died Saturday after plunging about 45 feet from a bungee-like amusement ride.

Workers at the Lifest 2007 event shut down the Air Glory ride after the accident, which occurred about 4:45 p.m. A prayer service was held at 7 p.m. and the music festival resumed about 7:30 p.m.

The woman, whose name and age was not released by Oshkosh police, was pronounced dead at a hospital several hours after the accident.

Lifest is an annual Christian music festival that also features rides and sports.

An announcement about the death was made from a stage just after 9:30 p.m. The music continued but with more mellow worship songs.

Oshkosh Police Sgt. Todd Wrage said few details were available Saturday night.

“What we do know, from the reports we’ve gotten, is that she apparently fell 40 to 50 feet,” Wrage said.

The Air Glory ride is described as a ride whose mechanism is similar to bungee-jumping.

Brian Childers of Kenosha was in line for the ride and witnessed the fall.

Two people went up in the ride, and when they pulled the release Childers said he heard a snapping sound. One person fell and the other remained swinging in the ride, he said.

“(The person) hit the ground and she was not moving at all,” Childers told the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper.

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