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JULY 2010
THE W3 LIFESTYLEM I N I Z I N E
TASTY RECIPES INSIDE!
TOP TEN BEACHES
VACATIONTIPS
How to Make Your 2010 Vacation the Best!
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SWEET & STYLISH PARTYCOMING SOON - DATE TBA
JAZZ UNDER THE STARSCOMING SOON - DATE TBA
WELLNESS & SPA EXPOCOMING SOON - DATE TBA
DIVE IN MOVIE NIGHTCOMING SOON - DATE TBA
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Health & Wellness ExpoCOMING SOON
Pool Splash Bash COMING SOON
Dive-In Movie COMING SOON
Jazz Under the Stars COMING SOON
Casino Night COMING SOON
Holiday Party COMING SOON
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Letter from the Manager,
As a W3 Lifestyle designated community our residents receive special discounts and incentives at various retailers and service providers all over Atlanta. Periodically we email these specials out to our residents as well as list them on our Community Facebook page. Some specials are time sensitive so the best way for us to communicate them to you is directly via email. Please make sure we have your current email address on record at the Leasing Office to make sure you do not miss out on these great opportunities. We will also email you every month when your Community Minizine is published online for your viewing pleasure.
We have been designated as the Best of The Best in apartment communities by committing to defined criteria with W3 Lifestyle. Along with this designation come many resident benefits and services. We hope to see you at our next Community Event so that we can show you how much we appreciate our residents…and most importantly – how much we appreciate YOU!
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and receiving the Best of the Best in communities! i take pride in making each and every W3 LifestyLe monthLy minizne for each and every community. i Want you to enjoy What you are reading as WeLL as find the Best of the Best in service around you much Like W3 offers.
WhiLe Writing revieWs this month i thought to myseLf, “WouLdn’t it
Be great to hear from the peopLe from the communities?” and that’s exactLy What i WouLd Like to do! i WouLd aBsoLuteLy Love to hear aBout revieWs on movies, restaurants and pLaces.
this is a great oppurtunity for you to Let out a rave or a gripe as WeLL as get
to knoW one another in your community. aLso i WeLcome photographs of your WonderfuL W3 LifestyLe approved community and going-ons around your toWn! it’s a great Way to make your
m i n i z i n e even more personaL to your area. this of course doesn’t mean i Won’t stop revieWing, it just means that you WiLL receive more With your monthLy minizine!
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it used to Be that When most peopLe taLked aBout their
retirement, the expectation Was to have a three Legged stooL for deriving income When you actuaLLy retired. the first Leg of the stooL Was reaLLy around the pension pLan. you Worked for a company your entire Life. some of your parents or grandparents Worked for 30, 35, 40 years for the same company and When they retired, there Was the reWard of a pension for aLL of those years of hard Work. pension onLy exist today LargeLy in joBs such as state, LocaL, federaL government, or education. very feW puBLic companies actuaLLy offer a fuLL fLedged pension pLan.
the second Leg of the stooL WouLd Be sociaL security. the Way that sociaL
security Was originaLLy Laid out Was to give you the opportunity to get that suppLementaL income in addition to your pension pLan to Be aBLe to enjoy your retirement. the third Leg
of the stooL Was reaLLy around any additionaL personaL savings and investments. in today’s marketpLace With private companies rapidLy decLining their pension pLans, peopLe
concerned aBout sociaL security, it turns out that personaL savings and your investments are reaLLy the pogo stick of your retirement.
one of the things We discuss With cLients is the thought process of considering
setting up your oWn type of pension pLan. one Way to do this is through the use of cash vaLue Life insurance. of course, you’re going to need to consider your tax Bracket, your time frame, and your overaLL risk toLerances. But even if you don’t have a physicaL need for Life insurance in terms of the traditionaL sense of death protection, there may Be an opportunity to use Life insurance especiaLLy if you are a high Wage earner or Business
6 W3 LIFESTYLE - oXYgen FINANCIAL
Your Three Legged Stool Is Now A Pogo Stick?Arthur Benz
Vice President, oXYGen Financial, Inc.
President, oXYGen Financial Insurance,
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oWner to set up a suppLementaL pension pLan. the thought process Behind this is reaLLy aBout putting in more cash than just the part that pays for the cost of insurance. aLL of your cash vaLue WiLL groW on a tax deferred Basis as Laid out in section 7702 of the internaL revenue code. once these assets BuiLd up, someWhere doWn the road you may have the opportunity to puLL the money out on a tax free Basis, Which WouLd Be under section 72a and 72e in the internaL revenue code. one part of the WithdraWaL process is to puLL your Basis of your insurance contract out on a tax free Basis and one part is aBout physicaLLy taking a Loan from yourseLf from the cash vaLue in your insurance poLicy that you WouLd not pay tax on due to the fact it is a Loan. this concept of a suppLementaL pension pLan using cash vaLue Life insurance shouLd Be an important consideration for high Wage earners.
one Way or another, the reaLity is that these poLicies can Be very compLicated
to understand. there are Both good parts and Bad parts to the poLicies. you may Want to consider this as part of your overaLL strategy in retirement. one question you need to ask yourseLf is Which part of your investment portfoLio is reaLLy carved out to Be your “pension pLan” When you actuaLLy
retire. generation x and generation y peopLe don’t think Like this aBout their retirement When doing financiaL pLanning. you shouLd consider With these poLicies that if you puLL out too much money and run out of cash vaLue, you may create a consideraBLe taxaBLe event to yourseLf. in addition, if not managed correctLy By your insurance agent, these
poLicies may end up Being more costLy than the Benefit you receive.
so, Where is your pension coming from
in retirement? Without a pension, you’LL have to hop that pogo stick of personaL savings and investments to your retirement dreams.
request a free financiaL consuLtation: [email protected] or (678) 551-7945
oxygen financiaL, inc. vice president & oxygen financiaL insurance, inc. president arthur Benz is one of the foremost knoWLedgeaBLe professionaLs in giving financiaL advice to the x and y generation. unLess sources are noted, the information is the opinion of the author.
With summer right around the corner, peopLe are pLanning vacations.
from tropicaL destinations to Big city visits, airfare, hoteLs, entertainment and rentaL car costs reaLLy start to add up. vacations don’t have to Be
as expensive as you think they do! here are five great Ways to save money on everything from airfare to entertainment.
1- thoroughLy research airfare costs. fLights tend to Be cheaper midWeek than on Weekends. mondays and fridays can Be the most expensive days to fLy. When pLanning your trip, get creative With the days of departure and return. many WeBsites aLLoW you to seLect a range of dates to search for. try this, and you’LL find that you can save upWards of $100 per ticket By fLying on days you may not have considered.
another great Way to save money on airfare is By searching as many airLines as possiBLe at once. http://WWW.kayak.com searches the WeBsite of aLmost aLL of the airLines, as WeLL as most of the WhoLesaLe WeBsites, such as expedia and orBitz, aLL at once. you can see Who is cheapest
on Which dates, and pLan accordingLy.
finaLLy, http://WWW.farecast.com uses historicaL airLine data to teLL you the Best time to Book your fLight. prices change as the date approaches. sometimes the price goes doWn, sometimes
it skyrockets. farecast uses past data to accurateLy predict Whether the fLight price you are seeing is the Best you can get. if it’s not, the WeBsite WiLL teLL you When you shouLd Book your fLight. it’s a great money-saving tooL.
2- use onLine WhoLesaLers onLy to research hoteL rates. many peopLe think that the Best hoteL rates are found on onLine WhoLesaLer WeBsites, such as expedia, orBitz and traveLocity. this is not true. they are a great tooL for researching rates and avaiLaBiLity, But 99% of the time, the Best rates are found through the hoteL directLy. if you find a rate onLine that is higher than the rate the hoteL itseLf offers you, Let the hoteL knoW, and ask if they can match or Beat the rate. they aLmost aLWays WiLL. they make more money When they Book you directLy, and a 10 or 20
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5 Ways to Save Money on Your Summer Vacation
By: Jennifer Mason, associatedcontent.com
“The best way to save is to do your
research!”
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doLLar discount is stiLL saving them significantLy, versus the 25-35% the onLine WhoLesaLers charge a hoteL to Book the room.
in addition to saving you money, By Booking through the hoteL you have recourse if something goes Wrong during your stay. the hoteL has no Way to issue you a refund if you Book through a WeBsite, as you paid the WeBsite for your stay. the hoteL, in turn, BiLLs the WeBsite. most of the sites have cLauses in their terms of service aBsoLving them from any responsiBiLity and specificaLLy forBidding refunds. you shouLd aLWays Book your room through the hoteL directLy.
3- use nationaL parks as destinations, rather than side trips. you can camp, fish, cook, hike, sLeep and expLore in many of our nationaL parks for under $20.00 per day! some are even free. the most BeautifuL Locations in the u.s. are Within our nationaL parks... they Were specificaLLy seLected for their BeautifuL vieWs, activities and historicaL vaLue. they are made for vacations, But many famiLies don’t even consider them. With over 390 areas in the nationaL park service, and a park in every state except deLaWare, you don’t even have far to go. visit http://WWW.nps.gov/ for information on aLL of the parks in the system, incLuding costs and traveL information.
4- get famiLiar With your credit card Benefits. credit card companies are extremeLy competitive, and have added many Benefits to their cardhoLder’s in order to attract and keep
Business. if you have a card With airLine miLes or hoteL Benefits, use them! many peopLe don’t reaLize hoW fast those miLes add up, and you may have more than you think. use those points or miLes on your vacation. you earned them!
another thing some peopLe don’t consider is rentaL car Benefits. a Large part of rentaL car cost is the insurance you Buy When you rent the car. you may not need to Buy that at aLL! check With your credit card company to see if your card incLudes insurance on rentaL car
costs. many do. many car insurance poLicies do as WeLL, so if your card doesn’t, you may aLready Be covered By your reguLar insurance. if you’re covered, you WiLL save haLf the cost of the rentaL usuaLLy. that insurance is expensive!
5- take advantage of the free things cities have to offer. they are often Better than the expensive things. for fine arts, check LocaL universities’ summer scheduLes. many performances By the fine arts departments are free. stroLL the city and soak up the cuLture. ask a LocaL Where they go When they Want to go out. museums often have free admission days. art gaLLeries are aLWays free, and no one says you have to Buy anything. check out the historicaL sites! most are free or very inexpensive.
you don’t have to Break the Bank on a vacation if you think creativeLy and do your research. the internet is at your fingertips. use it to your advantage, and you’LL save a Lot more than you expect. have a great vacation!
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p90x is one of neWest Workout systems that has come out in the
past feW years. When i think of Workout videos i think of jane fonda and other eighties favorites. this is not that. p90x is very modern and cooL With the trainer, tony horton and his partners Wearing actuaLLy neW Workout cLothes. the WhoLe series is very streamLined and has great graphics to go aLong With the system. needLess to say p90x is promoted WeLL and right to the neW generation of peopLe Wanting to Lose Weight.
When p90x came in i got a package of 11 dvds for each Workout, a Workout
scheduLe and diet pLan. i must say the first Workout i did Was out of order Beacause i Waiting to start the scheduLe tiL it Was aBLe to go aLong With my scheduLe. i did pLyometrics Which proBaBLy Wasn’t the Best one to start With Because i Was LiteraLLy sore for the rest of the Weekend. it kicked my Butt and i feLt every inch of muscLe pain.
it Was nice to have a set scheduLe to go By and the p90x scheduLe kept me in Line. things
started getting Busier in my Life and i started
skipping Workouts. i must say i Worked out for aLmost 2 months and saW no resuLts from the scaLe. other peopLe noticed that i Looked sLimmer and i noticed my cLothes fitting Better. this Was aLL in the Beginning of apriL.
it is noW juLy and i am starting aLL over again, Which is usuaLLy hard But the p90x
system makes it easy to get Back on With the diet pLan and Workout pLan. i just hope i see resuLt sooner this time.
from revieWs onLine, p90x has Been successfuL Wth a Lot of peopLe. there are a
Lot of groups of p90x users to foLLoW and see their resuLts.
overaLL p90x is a great Workout and is a LifestyLe change not just a diet and
Workout pLan. it is something i knoW i’m Looking forWard to seeing resuLts from.
Round Two with p90x
By: Sierra Bennett
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Soup, Salads and Breadsticks, Oh My!By: Sierra Bennett
oLive garden is truLy a famiLy favorite
restaurant for most. Who doesn’t Love thier deLicious saLads and Breadsticks? But seriousLy oLive garden is one of the feW restaurants my friends, famiLy and i agree on. they offer great cuisine WhiLe not Being overpricing Like many itaLian restaurants With the same quaLity do. there is aLso something for everyone. even my finicky friend can find something she Likes at oLive garden. aLso kids are WeLcome Which is aLWays a pLus, With crayons and fun menu puzzLes.
there are aLso pLenty of oLive gardens so Whether i’m in myrtLe Beach, s.c. or in
athens, g.a. i can find an oLive gardent to go to and knoW that i WiLL Be enjoying my meaL.
my personaL favorite dish is the apricot chicken, yes it doesn’t exactLy sound
itaLian But it is refreshing through the sea of heavier pastas. the apricot chicen is fruity and is one of the Lighter menu items, it has a LittLe oLive Branch for heaLthiness. i aLso Love the addition of BroccoLi and tomatos for the side. the apricot
s a u c e
is simpLy to die for it’s so good.
aLso offered is neW cuLinary
masterpieces from oLive garden. i
Like to detour from my usuaL and try something neW and most often that doesn’t aLWays Work out in my favor except at oLive garden.
the Last time i Went to oLive garden i tried their neW Lasagna roLLata aL forno. so
good and Went WonderfuL With the saLad and Breadstics offered With the meaL. i Was LiteraLLy Licking the sauce off the pLate (emBarrassingLy enough). i aLso Was WeLcomed With prompt and extremeLy friendLy service. you couLd teLL that the server kneW What she Was doing and cared What We needed. the Water Was never empty and We aLWays had fresh Bread.
of course to top it aLL off, my friend and i enjoyed a cup of expresso served With a
Biscotti and the BLack tie mousse cake. ending With an andes mint.
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Serves: 5Yields: 5 (2-piece) servingsTotal Time: 1 hr 10 minPrep Time: 20 minOven Temp: 350
Ingredients
• 1whole(s)(3-pound)chicken• 1 pound(s) unsalted fat-freesourdough pretzels• 2tablespoon(s)paprika• Salt• Freshlygroundpepper• 1cup(s)low-fatbuttermilk• 2eggwhites• 2tablespoon(s)Dijonmustard
Directions1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut chicken into 10 pieces: 2 drumsticks, 2 thighs , 2 wings, and 2 breasts (cut in half to yield 4 pieces). Remove skin and trim any fat. Set chicken aside.
2. Place pretzels in a heavy-duty, resealable plastic bag and crush into coarse crumbs. Mix in paprika, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and 2 teaspoons pepper. Divide pretzel
crumbs between 2 shallow dishes.3. In a bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg whites, mustard, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Working with 1 piece at a time , dredge chicken in pretzel crumbs from first dish, then dip into buttermilk mixture, shaking off excess. Coat thoroughly with crumbs from second dish.4. Place on parchment-lined baking pan and bake until chicken crust is crispy and an instant- read thermometer inserted into meat registers 165 degrees F, 40 to 50 minutes depending on piece.
PRETZEL-CRUSTED “FRIED” CHICKENBY Cheryl Slocum, countryliving.com
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Information
(per serving)
Calories 425
Total Fat 7g
Saturated Fat --
Cholesterol 93mg
Sodium 960mg
Total Carbohydrate 53g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Protein 37g
Serves: 8
Ingredients
U.S. Metric Conversion chart
1/2 pound(s) borlotti (or cranberry) beans
3 cup(s) (loosely packed) basil leaves
5 tablespoon(s) lemon juice
2 clove(s) garlic
3/4 cup(s) grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
1/2 teaspoon(s) fresh-ground pepper
1/2 cup(s) olive oil
1 tablespoon(s) olive oil
3/4 pound(s) pasta, such as strozzapreti or penne
1 large (13-ounce) sweet onion, sliced 1/4 inch thick
8 ounce(s) green beans, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1/3 cup(s) white wine
8 ounce(s) cherry or grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
Directions
1.Cook the dried beans: Place the dried beans in a medium pot and fill with 3 inches of water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 1 hour. Drain the beans, discard the liquid and return the beans to the pot. Add 3 inches of water and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer until the beans are tender -- about 45 minutes. Strain, reserving the cooking liquid, and keep warm.
2.Make the pesto: Combine the basil, lemon juice, 1 whole garlic clove, parmesan, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in the bowl of a food processor and puree. Add 1/2 cup olive oil in a slow, steady stream and continue to process for 1 more minute until well pureed. Set aside.
3.Cook the pasta: Bring 6 quarts of water to a rolling boil over high heat, in a large saucepan. Add 1 tablespoon of coarse salt. Place 3/4 pound of the strozzapreti or penne pasta in the water and cook (maintaining a medium boil) until just al dente -- about 9 minutes. Drain the pasta immediately (do not rinse). Set aside.
4.Cook the vegetables: Finely chop the remaining garlic clove. Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions are deep golden brown -- 5 to 7 minutes. Add the green beans and remaining salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute more. Add the wine, borlotti beans, and 1/2 cup of the reserved bean cooking liquid. Cover and cook until beans are warmed and green beans are tender -- 2 to 3 more minutes.
5.Assemble the dish: Place the pasta in a large serving bowl, add the bean mixture and pesto, and toss. Top with the tomatoes and serve warm.
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Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories 414
Total Fat 19g
Saturated Fat --
Cholesterol 7mg
Sodium 515mg
Total Carbohydrate 47g
Dietary Fiber 6g
Protein 13g
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the hamptons is atop this year’s top 10 Beaches List, With coopers Beach on Long isLand, n.y., taking the no. 1 sLot and main Beach in
east hampton, n.y., coming in fifth pLace.
this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Best Beaches List, put together By stephen Leatherman, director of fLorida internationaL university’s LaBoratory for coastaL research in miami. he’s aLso referred to as dr. Beach.
the List Was reLeased today.
“the hamptons are WorLd-cLass Beaches and are proBaBLy Better knoWn to europeans than most americans,” Leatherman toLd Livescience. “this is the first time that a ny Beach has Been the nationaL Winner.” (Both coopers and main Beaches did make the List Last year, coming in at third and sixth, respectiveLy.)
Leatherman naiLed doWn his choices Last Week, and With the precarious guLf oiL spiLL creeping cLoser to shore, he had to knock the fLorida panhandLe Beaches off the List just in case the gunk made its Way to these Beaches aLong the northernmost stretch of the state just aBove the guLf of mexico.
even so, fLorida did get some Love, With siesta Beach in sarasota and cape fLorida state park in the keys getting pLacement.
here are the top 10 Beaches for 2010:
1. coopers Beach (southampton, n.y.)
2. siesta Beach (sarasota, fLa.)
3. coronado Beach (san diego, caLif.)
4. cape hatteras (outer Banks, n.c.)
5. main Beach (east hampton, n.y.)
6. kahanamoku Beach (Waikiki, oahu, haWaii)
7. coast guard Beach (cape cod, mass.)
8. BeachWaLker park (kiaWah isLand, s.c.)
9. hamoa Beach (maui, haWaii)
10. cape fLorida state park (key Biscayne, fLa.)
Located on the east end of Long isLand, coopers Beach is the main stretch of sand in the viLLage of southampton, Which aLong With east
hampton make up the famous resorts caLLed the hamptons - Where the rich and famous reside and frequent during the season. the turrets of cLothing designer caLvin kLein’s mansion are among the vieWs visiBLe from coopers Beach.
though officiaLLy onLy 500 feet (152 meters) Long, coopers’ sandy shores extend for 7 miLes (11 kiLometers). and in addition to Being far Beyond the reach of the guLf oiL sLick, the Beach Was aLso spared any damage from the storms this past Winter that pummeLed the u.s. northeast coast.
in other Words, the perfect spot to spend memoriaL day. “i WiLL Be traveLing to southampton on sunday and WiLL certainLy Be at coopers Beach on memoriaL day With some friends,” Leatherman said. “i WiLL Be incognito.”
as With coopers, aLL 10 Beaches Were chosen from Leatherman’s survey of 650 puBLic Beaches aLong the u.s. coast of the atLantic, guLf and pacific. he uses 50 criteria for ranking Beach quaLity, incLuding sand softness, frequency of rip currents, size of Waves, presence of shoreBirds, Water coLor, the presence of oiL and tarBaLLs, Whether it’s overcroWded, puBLic safety, maintenance of grounds and other factors.
“this is the first time that a ny Beach has Been the nationaL Winner.”
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toy story 3
By: sierra Bennett
toy story 3 Was a deLight to see, it Was fun and fresh WhiLe keeping the characters and storyLine
reLataBLe. i got the oppertunity to see toy story 3 in 3d Which is something i suggest everyone doing. this instaLLment focuses on the toys, Woody, Buzz and the gang feeLing sad that their oWner andy doesn’t pLay With them as much since he has groWn up. the movie starts off With a cute montage of kid andy pLaying With his toys, then to present day of andy getting ready to go off to coLLege. the toys are prepared to go up to the attic, Which they are sad aBout. WhiLe packing them andy accidentLy puts the toys in a garBage Bag and his mom picks it up. the toys end up getting in the donation Box to sunnyviLLe daycare. the story Begins Where Woody Wants to get Back to andy and the other toys are okay With Being donated Because they feeL Left out. aLong the Way, Woody tries to the gang to reaLize andy does What them.
i don’t knoW What it is aBout toy story 3 But it Brought me Back to my chiLdhood and hoW much
fun it Was to Be carefree. it made me Want to Be a chiLd again. i aLso Like the anaLogy they toys had With What a parent might feeL When their chiLd goes to coLLege.
this is a great movie for chiLdren and aduLts aLike, it’s not cheesy or keeps a short attention span.
aLso pixar again does a great joB With animation and i Look forWard to seeing What is coming up next With pixar!
it’s compLicated
By: sierra Bennett
it’s compLicated just came out on dvd and it Wasn’t a movie
i expected to see to Be quite honest. hoWever on e of my friends mentioned she enjoyed thought it Was very funny. i ended up Watching it With my mom since it had some of her favorite actors in it. i Was reaLLy surpised to find it funny and charming. i Was afraid it Was
going to Be predictaBLe. some parts Were But there Were enough funny m o m e n t s and tWists to keep it entertaining.
st e v e m a r t i n
has aLWays Been one of my favorite comic actors and his per formance Was no e x c e p t i o n . there Was a party scene, that i can’t give aWay, that Was extremeLy funny and had my mom and i roLLing in Laughter. meryL streep Was aLso of course WonderfuL and naturaL as a divorcee/mother. the stand out to me Was the office’s john krasinski as the soon to Be son-in-LaW. he Was Witty and sharp tounged.
coming up next month:
groWn ups and inception
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rodeo drive. Worth avenue. oxford street. the champs-ÉLysÉes.
Brimming With Luxury items that Lure the WeLL-heeLed into their upper echeLon retaiL reaLms, the high streets of the shopping WorLd make no secret of their purchasing priorities: Luxury goods destined for a-Listers and moneyed mavens and misters With a preference for Big-name Brands puLLed straight from ceLeBrity Backs and gLossy magazines.
if your shopping tastes tend more to the one-off and ecLectic end of the spectrum (not to mention the affordaBLe), give the high streets a miss and make tracks for the offBeat shopping LocaLes instead, Where the emphasis is on styLes With organic and LocaL inspiration.
have faith, shoppers -- not everything has gone mass market! here are 4 offBeat shopping streets, sourced from around the pLanet, Where you can set your sights on retaiL therapy of the non-chain genre.
upper king street -- charLeston, south caroLina
inject some southern styLe into your WardroBe With a visit to king street -- But Be sure you have your Bearings right if it’s edgy you’re after. the LoWer end of king street (handiLy caLLed LoWer king) offers LittLe out of the ordinary -- chain retaiLers found in most major american maLLs aBound, With a croWd mostLy of the aBercromBie & fitch and gap variety. But the farther you venture aLong, the edgier the shops and the shoppers get. upper king street is fLat-out funky. from independent jeWeLry ateLiers to hat Boutiques Like magar hatWorks -- Where the head-candy is foLded Like so much veLvet origami and emBeLLished With peacock and pheasant feathers -- it’s a meeting of design-oriented minds. get Lost in a WorLd of Boho-chic and uLtra-femme Women’s threads at B’zar, a fashion Boutique that aLso seLLs quirky gifts in the form of vinyL toys from japan and unusuaL Books.
north orange avenue -- orLando, fLorida
the city of myriad outLet maLLs and endLess theme-park diversions is the Last pLace most pLastic-pushing patrons think to exercise their freedom to charge. But What the european tourists Who descend in droves on the upscaLe maLL at miLLenia miss is one of orLando’s LittLe knoWn zany shopping streets cLose to doWntoWn on north orange avenue. don’t Let the string of antique shops make you think it’s aLL fuddy-duddy here. dotted BetWeen those dusty denizens are unique Boutiques such as dÉjà vu vintage (no WeBsite), a tiny shop that Looks Like an overstuffed cLoset accessed By time traveL. the proprietress, a Lanky redhead Who goes By the name red roBin (“i’m not sitting here making it,” she’LL Laugh, if you ask Where she finds aLL her stuff ), is your guide as you rifLe through racks to find that perfect vintage kimono, antique hatpin or ‘70s party getup. a feW doors doWn at Boom-art (no WeBsite), a husBand and Wife
team Who Were once circus cLoWns Breathe neW Life into vintage furnishings and dÉcor items By Livening them up With comic-strip art. for exotic home
furnishings, cross the street to Living morocco, Where cameL-Leather Lamps painted With henna and eLaBorate mosaic taBLes are sourced during the oWner’s Buying trips to marrakech and fes.
josefstrasse -- zurich, sWitzerLand
it’s amazing the difference a 180-degree turn can make in sWitzerLand’s Banking capitaL. head south out of the main train station in zurich, and you’LL find yourseLf in the uBer-chichi shopping zone of the Bahnhofstrasse, home to prada, gucci, BuLgari and aLL their Big-name cousins. But set your sights north of the hauptBahnhof, to the neighBorhood of zurich West, and surprise yourseLf With zurich’s hottest fLedgLing design scene instead. knitWear gets the x-factor at Beige sWiss styLing, a Women’s fashion Boutique Where the highLights are skirts and dresses in Luscious merino WooL rendered With eye-popping retro patterns. a feW doors doWn, at sWaLLoW-d, designer tamara rist creates coLorfuL handBags and WaLLets from deck-chair canvas and vinyL. and for sWiss-chic home decor, hit einzigart, With its curious range of haute-design Lighting fixtures and furnishings and out-there gag gifts such as Whoopee cushions.
ponsonBy road -- auckLand, neW zeaLand
neW zeaLand’s Biggest city may Be overshadoWed on the fashion front By its Brassy and Beachy trans-tasman cousin, sydney, But auckLand’s Burgeoning design scene is nothing to scoff at, With taLented antipodean designers cropping up faster than a neW zeaLand minute (But sLoWer than a neW york one) in the hip doWntoWn hood of ponsonBy. if you can tear yourseLf aWay from the cozy cafes serving kiLLer coffee (speak Like a kiWi and order a “fLat White” if a Latte is your usuaL preference) aLong ponsonBy road, the retaiL therapy WiLL not disappoint. super feminine dresses in Light-as-air faBrics and vintage jeWeLry star at Women’s cLothing shop Widdess, home to auckLand designer yvonna vanhuLzen’s designs. and for one-of-a-kind handmade sheLL jeWeLry Wrought from neW zeaLand’s impossiBLy BeautifuL BLue and green paua sheLLs, hit sheLL shock, a feW doors doWn.
offBeat shopping streetsecLectic Boutiques aBound
By terry Ward, traveLchanneL.com
“Where you can set your sights on retaiL therapy of the non-
chain genre.”
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chronic acid refLux may frequentLy Wake peopLe up at night, even When
it doesn’t cause heartBurn symptoms, a smaLL study suggests.
the study, of 39 aduLts With gastroesophageaL refLux disease (gerd) and nine gerd-free aduLts, found that those With the digestive disorder tended to Wake up more often during the night -- an average of three times per night, versus just under tWice per night for their gerd-free counterparts.
their sLeep disruptions Were often reLated to refLux episodes, as measured By a proBe that Was pLaced in the esophagus overnight.
yet, the study found, most of the aWakenings Were not spurred By perceived heartBurn symptoms; gerd patients reported sensing symptoms in onLy 16 percent of their sLeep disruptions.
the findings, though Based on a smaLL group of patients, suggest that gerd may Be contriButing to poor sLeep more often than has Been suspected, said senior researcher dr. ronnie fass, chief of gastroenteroLogy at the southern arizona va heaLth care system in
tucson.
in an intervieW, fass pointed out that When doctors evaLuate patients for nighttime gerd proBLems, they typicaLLy ask aBout symptoms. hoWever, the current findings suggest that “some Wakings WiLL Be symptomatic, But many WiLL not Be,” he said.
fass suggested that peopLe With gerd teLL their doctors if they are Waking up frequentLy during the night, even if they do not feeL that heartBurn symptoms are the cause.
then they might see Whether gaining Better controL of the gerd improves their sLeep, fass said.
some Ways of managing gerd incLude Weight Loss, if needed; avoiding foods that spur symptoms and eating smaLLer, more frequent meaLs; and, for nighttime proBLems, raising the head of the Bed 6 to 8 inches using Wooden BLocks under the Bedposts.
medications for symptom reLief incLude
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antacids and acid-reducing drugs knoWn as h2 BLockers -- such as ranitidine (zantac) and cimetidine (tagamet). another cLass of drugs, knoWn as proton-pump inhiBitors (ppis), can Be prescriBed to heLp prevent acid refLux episodes, particuLarLy in peopLe With more-severe gerd.
the current study, puBLished in the journaL cLinicaL gastroenteroLogy & hepatoLogy, Was partLy funded By takeda pharmaceuticaLs, Which makes the ppi medication prevacid. fass serves as a consuLtant and researcher for the company.
the findings are Based on 39 middLe-aged aduLts With gerd Who had Been having at Least three heartBurn episodes per Week for the previous three months, aLong With nine heaLthy aduLts.
aLL participants underWent overnight sLeep monitoring, Where a device Worn on the Wrist recorded their movements and a proBe pLaced in the esophagus measured instances of acid refLux. those on h2 BLockers stopped using the medications at Least three days prior to entering the study, and any ppi use Was stopped at Least three Weeks Beforehand.
overaLL, the study found, 90 percent of gerd patients Woke up at Least once during overnight monitoring, With the majority of the aWakenings (52 percent) Being associated With
an acid-refLux episode.
in the heaLthy comparison group, 78 percent Woke up at Least once, But never in reLation to acid refLux.
fass and his coLLeagues aLso found that in gerd patients, the refLux episodes usuaLLy came not Before, But after they Woke up. if the acid refLux usuaLLy happened after, and most aWakenings Were not accompanied By heartBurn symptoms, it is not cLear Why gerd patients tended to Wake up more often, according to the researchers.
one possiBiLity, they say, is that nervous-system activity that heLps stimuLate acid refLux actuaLLy rouses peopLe from sLeep Before the refLux occurs. Why these episodes WouLd so often Be symptom-free is aLso uncLear, But one theory is that sLeep reduces the sensitivity of
the esophagus to stomach acid.
hoWever, fass and his coLLeagues note, some past studies have found that the Large majority of acid refLux episodes seen in gerd, regardLess of the time of day, may actuaLLy not trigger cLear symptoms.
source: http://Link.reuters.com/reB53m cLinicaL gastroenteroLogy & hepatoLogy, onLine may 31, 2010.
“study shoWs that aduLts With
gerd Wake up on an average of three
times per night versus those Who are
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