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Gin is an interesting spirit in that there are people that love it (cough, cough Ofkie) and those who have had a bad experience with it. Despite having a few gangry moments (gin + angry = gangry), I do love gin. Since Saturday is World Gin Day and I spent the better part of Thursday writing gin tasting notes. Here are a couple of my favorite gins that should be readily available in most areas in the US. Continue reading
Today is National Tequila Day and there are numerous ways you can help celebrate this important national holiday. Whether you are a straight up, on the rocks, in a cocktail or a frozen margarita kind of person, today is the day to show your support for this alcohol originating south of the border.
Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant. The most important thing to check when it comes to your tequila is that it is made with 100% agave. The other stuff is called mixtos and they are crap — loaded with sugars and added coloring. Mexican laws demand that the Tequila must be made in the state of Jalisco and a few other limited areas.
Check your labels and get your glasses.
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According to Tom Corley a financial planner who studied 350 rich and poor people, wealthy people have some daily habits in common. He wrote the book, Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. While the book strongly states that these habits make you more successful and as a consequence, more wealthy, you have to wonder if it is the chicken or the egg here. Let’s start with the book’s definition of wealthy – $160k/year in earnings and holding assets of $3.2 million. Poor was defined as income under $30k/year and less than $5k worth of assets. So what are the daily habits that the wealthy have in common? Some are quite interesting…. Continue reading
My husband sent me this lovely Youtube video that spurred much laughter and discussion. It perfectly illustrates the differences between problem-dwellers and problem-solvers. Continue reading
Today’s doubling of the government student loan interest rate led to some interesting conversations for me this weekend. A good friend likened those government and private loans to the whole sub-prime mortgage predatory lending scheme: encouraging the loading up of debt by financially unsophisticated people. I think he might be right.
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Unless your goal is to spray people in the face with champagne or launch the cork into a friend’s eye, opening up a bottle of bubbly isn’t a dramatic event. Momof3 is here to help you harness your inner savoir faire versus your inner frat boy.
First of all, you need to know that the ‘pop’ of the champagne cork should not be a big pop like you hear in the movies. If you are doing it right, it will sound more like an ‘angel’s sigh.’ Additionally, never, ever use a corkscrew on a champagne bottle. You could seriously hurt yourself. Continue reading
I’m not a believer in New Year’s resolutions. I have always felt that if you need to change something about yourself, there is no need to wait until January 1.
I do like to indulge in making predictions for the new year, and I’d like to hear what you think will happen in 2013. Continue reading
It was often hard to remember, but I was one of the lucky ones. Very lucky ones, in fact.
My sole issue was that I didn’t have power. While I did have a generator for keeping my fridge cold and sump pumps working, it did not connect to my hardwired furnace. So the house was bone chillingly cold. So cold that despite having power and heat for over 18 hours now, I cannot shake the shiver in my bones. Steaming baths, hot showers and a trip to my health club’s sauna have not helped. Still, I know how lucky I am. Continue reading
Back when I was a sophomore in high school, I loved writing verbose, overly-wrought sentences to express my ‘intellect.’ Invariably, Ms. Egan would get out her red pen and circle a sentence and write RO in big letters. Yes, I committed the grammar error of a run-on sentence. Continue reading
