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Resilience and Repair

For both Unitarian Universalist and Jewish congregations beginning again for a new year, practices such as truth telling, accountability, mutual care, contemplative practice, and organizing for justice reconnect us with each other, our ground of being, and our values. This fall, we come together after the hottest summer on record, leading us to renew our commitment to the planet as well. The spiritual themes of return and renewal for UU and Jewish communities at this time of year resonate with the three aspects of climate resilience: mitigation, adaptation, and justice. This sermon was written by the Rev. Lyn Cox and delivered to The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick, NJ, on September 17, 2023.

I live in a neighborhood that is abundant with tall, mature trees, set into rolling hills and hollows. Most of the homes were built in the middle of the twentieth century, new enough to welcome diversity, old enough that our neighborhood is run by the city and not by a homeowners association or gated community corporation. 

Forested back yards mean that the sunlight is in the front yard, where the road creates a clearing, and so those of us who grow vegetables have our gardens in the front. I have gotten to know the other gardeners on my street, and I know the neighbors who walk their dogs or take their fitness walks past me when I’m out in the yard. We trade excess tomatoes and basil in the summer, and exchange seeds along with our Purim mishloach manot baskets of hamantaschen cookies in the spring. We share stories about which crops are growing better or worse than they used to, trying to adjust what we plant and when to the way the changing climate affects our little hillside. 

Our neighborhood’s age also means we have elevated power lines, the kind that are easily brought down by falling trees. It is not at all uncommon for us to lose power in a thunderstorm or windstorm or after a heavy snow. Messages on the neighborhood email list keep track of who has power, who has a fireplace with a kettle where neighbors can come warm up their coffee, who has ice and a cooler, and which café is open for people to come and charge their phones. I wouldn’t say we have completely overcome the problem of isolation and individualism in American life, but there are glimmers of interdependence. 

September means that, on sunny days, more walkers are taking advantage of the cool air and stopping for conversations while I’m trying to reduce the chaos that the garden has become. It means the occasional extra squash shows up on our doorstep. And it means hurricane season, when we are more likely to get one of those storms. So, in the fall, we are called together in community, drawn by the patterns of sun and rain to remember that people need one another. And, in these times of increasingly frequent extreme weather events, we know that we need one another more than ever. 

What we are learning, at least on a small scale, is climate adaptation, which is part of climate resilience. The Union of Concerned Scientists says:

Climate resilience is about successfully coping with and managing the impacts of climate change while preventing those impacts from growing worse. A climate resilient society would be low-carbon and equipped to deal with the realities of a warmer world. (They continue)

There’s only one real way to achieve climate resilience: cut the heat-trapping emissions that drive climate change while adapting to the changes that are unavoidable–and to do so in ways that make the world more equitable and just, not less. 

The Union of Concerned Scientists describes three aspects of climate resilience: mitigation, adaptation, and justice. Mitigation means working to slow down the pace of climate change. Adaptation means “adjusting the ways we live, work, and play” so that we can care for one another given the realities that are already here. Justice means prioritizing the needs and the agency of those among us who face the greatest harm from climate change, such as people of color, people living in poverty, people with disabilities, seniors, and young children. 

The three aspects of climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and climate justice mirror some of the religious themes we lift up in UU communities and some of the themes lifted up in Jewish communities as we renew the liturgical year in the fall. In UU communities, we have practices of honesty, assessment, and repair that mirror the mitigation aspect of climate resilience. We have spiritual and community practices of grounding and transformation to keep us in relationship with each other and with the Spirit of Life, and these resonate with the adaptation aspect of climate resilience. In UU communities, we have strategies and practices that move us toward equity, healing, and liberation; these are connected with the justice aspect of climate resilience. 

Meanwhile, the Jewish-UU’s among us and our Jewish friends, family, and neighbors observing the High Holidays may be reflecting on teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah; sometimes translated as turning or repentance, spiritual practice or prayer, and righteousness or justice. All three are understood to be practices that are both individual and communal. Jewish environmental activists are quick to point out the relevance of teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah for facing up to the realities of climate change; for finding energy and hope in spiritual community for the work ahead; and taking action to care for each other and the earth so that all may thrive. [Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action is one place to start if you are interested in organizing for the planet from a Jewish perspective.]

If those definitions of teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah went by too fast, don’t worry, I will come back to them. My point here is that mitigation, adaptation, and justice–the three aspects of climate resilience–have spiritual and religious resonance, especially this time of year. 

First, let’s talk about mitigation. This is the first thing people usually think of with respect to climate action. This is the calling that is drawing some of our folks to public witness today, and we thank them for giving voice to this imperative. Nationally, we must fund the scientific research that gives us reliable data, we need to pay attention to that data, and change our policies and economic practices accordingly. As I just quoted from the Union of Concerned Scientists, switching from coal and gas to renewable energy is essential. Investing in clean and convenient public transit is essential. I am sure you are familiar with the whole menu of policy changes that go along with climate mitigation. 

For UU’s, climate mitigation is an aspect of our practice of speaking the truth in love. In our environmental consciousness, we take stock of what is actually happening with the climate and what is actually happening with strategies for fossil fuel elimination, we acknowledge harm, and we begin to put strategies in place that are within our power to do. 

Facing up to the truth is both spiritual and embodied. Becoming awake to reality, and being able to hold that reality without running to illusion or distraction, are some of the gifts of meditation. It takes strength of mind, heart, and soul to acknowledge truth and harm, and to conjure the hope and imagination necessary to turn toward change. 

On the practical side, our mitigation strategies are both local and global. Locally, we can use green energy when we have the opportunity. We can put time and talent and treasure into maintaining the building for maximum fuel efficiency. Your flexibility with remote work for your Minister, Music Director, and Administrator is also an aspect of mitigating climate harm. In the wider world, working with our denominational partners such as UU Faith Action, UU the Vote, and Side With Love, we harness our collective power to advocate for just, equitable, and sustainable state, national, and international policy. 

In Jewish communities around the High Holidays, making teshuvah, turning toward community and right relationship and away from harm, is one of the three points of emphasis. Teshuvah sometimes gets translated as “repentance,” and it’s important to understand that that word has different resonance in the Jewish tradition than it does in the Christian-dominated general understanding. 

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is the author of this year’s UUA Common Read, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World. Drawing on the twelfth-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides, Ruttenberg describes the phases of teshuva and reads them through a trauma-informed lens. She writes that teshuva includes confession, starting to change, making amends, delivering an apology, and making a different choice in the future. It’s a relational process, not performative. 

The confession aspect, where we acknowledge the harm we have caused, is about basing our actions in truth. In our personal relationships and in our relationship with the earth, we need truth before we can begin repair. Teshuvah as applied to climate resilience means acknowledging what humans have done to the planet and turning toward change. 

During the High Holidays, Jewish communities listen to the sound of the shofar, a wind instrument made from a ram’s horn. The sound wakes up the people and calls them to turn again toward truth, connection, and right action. When I go to interfaith public witness events, it is not uncommon for my Jewish colleagues to bring a shofar. Sometimes we all need a signal that it is time to rally, time to rise, time to come together for transformation. Yet the sound of the shofar doesn’t last forever. At some point, the musician takes a breath. As we continue  teshuva, turning toward change, we add the phase of deepening our connections and adapting to life in right relationship. 

The second part of climate resilience, adaptation, is about how we invest in our communities and change the ways we live, work, and play, given the reality that climate change is here. Once again, the action steps available are individual, local, and global; with corresponding needs for institutional connection and collective organizing. We can start with something achievable on a smaller scale like planting trees in areas with a lot of asphalt to reduce extreme heat. Out in our cities and towns and statewide, we can advocate for investments in the electrical grid so that we have fewer power outages during extreme weather. Our organizing partners at the UUA and UU Faith Action New Jersey and experts like the Union of Concerned Scientists can help us to focus our work on the concrete, big-picture parts of adaptation. 

That being said, the adaptation that weaves into climate resilience is more than technical solutions and policy platforms. It is a question of how we care for each other and keep each other as safe as we can given the changes that are already taking place in a warming climate. We invoke the attitude of the two siblings in this morning’s Time for All Ages story, holding the wellbeing of others in our thoughts and letting a sense of abundance infuse our encounters with others. Adaptation means we must connect more deeply and truly and broadly than we have before, because we understand our interdependence more thoroughly than we ever have before. 

Connection and interdependence are theological words for us as Unitarian Universalists. Climate resilience is a conversation that belongs in spiritual community. In our songs, and our art, and our fellowship, and our learning, we are a people of imagination. We hold up a vision for a better world, and we do our best to create a foretaste of that better world among us. Mutual care and the practices of centering and connection that help us to keep that care flowing are some of the core purposes of a congregation. 

Maintaining the energy for life, let alone for climate action, requires that we also make time for love, for art, for awe and wonder. Anger and fear are real, and we need to acknowledge those feelings and cope with them, and also have room for the whole range of human experience so that we don’t burn out. [Joanna Macy is a Buddhist and Deep Ecology scholar who has written about this extensively. You can also check out the book Climate Resilience by Kylie Flanagan, which contains interviews with 39 climate leaders.] The practices of connection–connection with each other and with the ground of being–enliven our days and help us to stay on the path to a just and sustainable world. For people who pray, prayer might do the same. Yoga, hiking, creating fiber art, or singing are other practices that we can think of as spiritual. They are ways of being fully present, and can be gateways to understanding ourselves as part of something larger than ourselves. 

In Jewish community, this point resonates with tefillah, practices of prayer and spiritual connection. The ways of being that help people to feel rooted in their community and tradition, the habits that help people to find serenity and comfort in their higher power, the experiences that invoke a sense of awe and wonder, these bring strength to the individual and to the whole. People who are grounded and connected are better able to keep their commitments and to act in congruence with their values. Jewish climate activists suggest that tefillah encompasses not only formal prayer, but also everyday practices that show gratitude for the abundance with which we have been entrusted and that sanctify our interdependence with the earth. These practices can include things like composting, growing native plants, and using a rain barrel, especially if they are practices learned and shared in community. [If you are part of the Jewish community and interested in spiritual connections between people and the planet, check out Adamah, an organization that does classes, camps, and retreats.] An orientation of mindfulness can be part of adaptation and climate resilience. 

Even as we aggressively cut emissions, we know that it will take decades to mitigate the carbon pollution that is already here, and so we must adapt to a changing climate. There are community and public policy strategies for the practical parts of adaptation, and we will pursue those in our congregations, neighborhoods, and advocacy organizations. Yet we also need to remember that adaptation requires flexibility and cooperation. It is spiritual work, and we can support our ability to adapt with individual and collective spiritual practice. 

The third aspect of climate resilience is climate justice. We are aware that the people who have contributed the least to global warming are the people who are most at risk from its effects. In our local communities, we see this when fossil fuel plants and trash incinerators are located near the homes of marginalized people. We see it when the U.S. military shirks its responsibility to clean up shipyards and testing sites where they have left toxic waste around low income communities and communities of color. We see it when an extreme weather disaster is imminent and there is no credible plan to evacuate people with disabilities or low-income people without cars. Climate change affects everyone, and the harm falls disproportionately on those with the least privilege. 

Climate justice, therefore, prioritizes the needs and the agency of communities that have been marginalized as we make plans for mitigation and adaptation. As Unitarian Universalists, whether we approach describing ourselves from the perspective of the eight principles or from the perspective of the values and covenant in the proposed Article II revision, our UU movement has the pursuit of justice written into its DNA. Whether climate justice should be included among our concerns is not really a question. What we do need to consider is how we go about that work, and how we see the connections between other issues and climate justice. Advocacy for policies that keep people housed and protected from extreme weather is climate justice. Agricultural policy that dismantles institutional racism against farmers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color is part of climate justice. When we work with coalitions and community partners, and when we heed the leaders of organizations representing groups of people who are most affected by a given issue, we are more likely to notice the connections and to be part of the transformation toward a just, equitable, and sustainable world. 

Similarly, the UU-Jewish members among us and our Jewish family and friends add tzedakah to teshuva and tefilla as one of the three watch words for the High Holidays. Tzedakah can be translated as philanthropy or charity. Many families have a tzedakah box where children can put coins or a percentage of their allowance to donate to a worthy cause. But, more literally, tzedakah means justice or righteousness. [Aviya Kushner has an interesting exploration of this word in The Forward.] In Jewish wisdom, material support for those in need is about a realignment of resources. Tzedakah, righteous action, is an ethical obligation, not a spontaneous whim of pity or goodwill. So, Jewish activists organizing for equitable transit planning and clean air in low income communities are also performing acts of justice and righteousness; they are also doing tzedaka. [T'ruah is a Jewish organization doing human rights work, related to climate justice insofar as everything is related to the climate. Their name comes from one of the sounds of the shofar.]

As the autumn brings us together with a combination of weather patterns and liturgical traditions, we are reminded once again that we are part of something larger than ourselves. We are in a community of communities, interdependent with other people and the planet and the universe as a whole. As Unitarian Universalists, the Ingathering season reminds us of practices like speaking the truth in love, accepting accountability, caring for our neighbors in concrete ways, committing to contemplative practices that help us to adapt, and organizing for justice. Meanwhile, our Jewish neighbors are applying teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah to their own ethical commitments as they observe the High Holidays. And people of all faiths and no faith are waking up to the possibilities of climate resilience, combining the work of mitigation, adaptation, and justice. 

Climate resilience is broad and complex. We could be overwhelmed by all of the possibilities and connections, but the good news is that there are a number of places to start. Each one of us is called to accept our gifts and to use them in the spirit of love, and we each have a unique way of responding to that call. Some are drawn to mutual care, some to policy advocacy, some to public witness, some to building coalitions and community organizing, some to creating the moments of beauty and reflection that help sustain the community. It is a new year, time to begin again. The way you travel the path ahead may be uniquely your own. Yet let us travel together as we move toward repairing the world with sustainability, care, mindfulness, and justice. 

May it be so. 

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Commercial Coffee Grinders

This kind of grind is utilized with drip coffee machine. These type of coffee manufacturers normally work simply by pouring over the water on the grounds in a filter that has a flat bottom. , if you make use of an electrical maker on the various other hand you might have to experiment with the particular grinds that you have.. By doing this you manage the coffee extraction better. Great grind This kind of grind is the one which is used with espresso equipments. These kind of equipments are normally the most effective kind for brewing. If you have an older version of an espresso maker or you utilize vacuum pots these kinds of grinds are the ideal to make use of, extra-fine grind. Getting the most effective coffee extraction is all linked to grinding your coffee beans correctly. If you grind you coffee fresh you can obtain the most effective coffee possible. Remember that you ought to never grind your coffee for even more than 2 minutes prior to you start developing. Also though there are uneasiness regarding the sick impacts of coffee on human body, modern researchers refuse such concerns and suggest that coffee if consumed moderately is valuable to health. Coffee cultivation and processing as well as the coffee equipment manufacturing are now flourishing. When the intake became widespread, the methods of developing coffee additionally underwent adjustments. Doing so will certainly protect against the accumulation of calcification, lime or other mineral deposits as well as maintain the device performing at peak ability. Do a fundamental regular cleansing by running a pot of water and vinegar or water as well as lemon juice through the equipment as soon as as well as following it up with a plain pot of pure water. Then, when every couple of months or annually, depending upon exactly how tough your water is, do away with mineral deposits making use of a coffee maker descaler or decalcification option. If your device has an integrated water filter, make sure to change it as required. A filthy water filter can taint every pot of coffee as well as deposit harmful molds or germs that have actually built up inside the filter unit. This care is no various from the modifications you would make on any other water filter - as an example, in your fridge. If you use a multiple-use metal or mesh filter, consider replacing it regarding yearly. While metal or screen filters are designed to be washed and reused, fine premises of residue can obtain stuck within. This not just blocks the filter, yet can likewise affect the general taste of your java. If the taste of your beverage is essential and also you don't want it to taste like it was made by a neighborhood car shop, after that some degree of very little and also affordable treatment should be offered to your coffee maker. Keeping a clean equipment benefits you 2 ways - it will last a lot longer and also your coffee will taste excellent pot after pot. Keep in mind, wash it after every usage, use mild soap, rinse well, decalcify the machine on a regular basis, and also change the water filter and your grounds filter on an organized basis. In the quest to make the perfect mug of coffee you can try any kind of selection of coffee machine, however if you aren't placing in fresh, effectively grounded beans, the reward will certainly remain to elude you. A hand coffee mill is probably the most effective way to ensure that your beans are perfectly ground for whatever developing method you select to use. Known as a hands-on coffee grinder or coffee mill, a hand coffee grinder will certainly need the normal acquisition of entire baked coffee beans. Forget that pre-ground things. The response is simple: freshness. Coffee beans consist of unique oils. Those oils are what provide coffee its flavor. As quickly as a coffee bean is roasted, those oils are drawn to the surface and also began to leave. After concerning a month, roasted beans have actually lost just concerning every one of their original taste. Grinding the beans accelerates that process by additional subjecting the oils to the air. Obtaining the finest coffee extraction is all linked to grinding your coffee beans properly. If you grind you coffee newly you can obtain the finest coffee possible. Coffee cultivation and handling as well as the coffee machine production are currently thriving. In the pursuit to make the ideal mug of coffee you can attempt any selection of coffee manufacturers, however if you aren't placing in fresh, correctly based beans, the reward will certainly proceed to elude you. Known as a hands-on coffee grinder or coffee mill, a hand coffee grinder will certainly require the routine purchase of whole roasted coffee beans. Read more at https://thinkhealthylivecreative.com/

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Metro Family Spotlight: March 2019

The owners of Metropolitan Bakery are often asked the same question: “Is Metro a family business?”. In the traditional sense the answer is no -- but Wendy Born and James Barrett haven’t spent the last two plus decades working alongside just employees. No matter a six month stint or a twenty year career, they ensure everyone that works at MB feels a sense of belonging. They’re a tribe of “Metroites” -- a diverse community of talented folks who lend their unique skills to a small but mighty company that, after 25 years, persists in an ever changing landscape of trendy competition. Born and Barrett would argue it’s equal parts their product and their tribe that keep them going day after day -- year after year. 

Metro Family Spotlight is a new monthly series highlighting our very awesome community of undergrad and graduate students, artists, dancers, musicians, philosophers, business owners, writers, coffee snobs, sports enthusiasts, world travelers, hippies, and bon vivants. These are our people.

John & Maddie 

John

Hailing from Hillsborough, NJ (major Jersey pride from this guy), John has worked at MB for five years with a quick sojourn somewhere in the middle. At Temple University, John majored in philosophy and minored in English, and right now he’s setting his sights on law school. Where and when to be determined. 

When John isn’t crafting beautiful espresso drinks at Metropolitan Pizza & Cafe (yes, he’s also a coffee snob), you can find him bumming around East Passyunk Square, saddled at McGlinchey’s Bar, seeing a show at Union Transfer or the Sin Bucket, playing music, reading, writing, or eating one of his favorite Metro snacks. He thinks you should try our Salted Sour Cherry Chocolate Cookie, Cannele, or Tarragon Chicken Salad on the Pain au Levain loaf. 

Maddie

Born and raised in northeast Philly, Maddie has spent nearly four years at MB. Acting as our assistant manager, she can be found manning up to three different locations in one week -- something she finds keeps her work-life more interesting. On why she loves Metropolitan, Maddie says, “It feels like a family. I love coming into work knowing our customer’s names and what’s going on in their lives.”

Maddie double majored in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, and Psychology at Temple University (Go Owls!). When she’s not at Metro, you can usually find her babysitting the-Children-of-Center-City-Philadelphia, baking (chocolate chip cookies in particular), hanging with friends, practicing yoga, or biking around the city headed to do one of the aforementioned things (she always wears her helmet). Her favorite Philly spots are Penn Treaty Park or any of Fishtown’s many dive bars. 

Maddie’s Metro recommendations: San Francisco Sourdough -- because you just can't go wrong with a classic white sourdough bread. Chocolate Croissants or the Chocolate Chip Scones -- because butter and chocolate is SUCH a good combo. And the Coconut Layer Cake -- if you don't know why then you haven't had it! 

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01.06.2017 - Van Gogh Ear's Cafe. Union City, NJ

[20qs20somethings]

Emily, 24

1. Can you use three to five words to describe our generation? Obsessed with technology, motivated.

2. Talk about a person or an experience that has helped shape you into the person you are today? Honestly, it was when my mom passed away when I was 10, which is why I say that I grew up really fast. I was only 10 and something clicked where you sort of just grow up immediately from that. She had cancer and it made my family really close, my dad, my sister and I. I think without that experience, I would not be the same person. I’m extremely independent, I’m a huge hard worker, my dad is a hard worker and I think all of that was because of that moment in my life. It’s sad and upsetting and no one wants to lose a parent, but I also feel like it made me the woman I am today, and I wouldn’t want to be any other woman. I like my life, where I am, how close my family is, and the people that I’ve met because of that. 

3. Selfies: Thoughts? I think they’re okay. My boyfriend and I take selfies all the time. I like sending selfies on Snapchat because it’s fun but I wouldn’t take a selfie and make that my profile picture.

4. Who or what is your biggest motivator in life? My dad. He has a hundred degrees, he does a hundred things a day. He’s a doctor, he works at the hospital, he works at NYU, he makes movies, he takes photographs, he loves learning, and so that makes me want to work hard if not harder than he does. Not just so that he’s proud of me, because he is. But I feel very lazy when I have nothing to do and he’s running around. He’s a big believer in there’s something you can learn, no matter what it is. So if I have a day off, he’ll be like, “Why don’t you google how to learn a new program about video editing so you have a new skill? Go read a book, take a class, come to the hospital so you can watch what I do.” He really pushes me and I think that’s great too because the more independent you can be from your parents, the better. Especially at our age, there are a lot of things you need to become independent about and I think my dad is my biggest motivator.

5. Do you believe in love? Yes! I do! I think it’s not as like fairy tale as everyone says, but I think when you find the person where everyday is easy, it’s easy.  I don’t like fighting, I think everyone can have a calm conversation when something is wrong. I’ve been in a couple relationships and when you’re worried about how the other person is feeling, thinking or how they feel in a situation and you don’t know how to ask what’s wrong. When you find someone you love, it’s easy and comfortable. You’re never bored of that person or want to get rid of that person, all you ever want to do is see that person and have date night on the couch, see a show or go exploring, you just want to be with them all the time. 

6. Fill in the blank: “Happiness is _______” Happiness is being with the people you love.

7. What are your thoughts on race? I grew up in Edison, NJ and went to a high school that was very diverse, where white people were the minority basically. I never thought that I was ignorant, but I never thought that the rest of the world wasn’t like our town. Then I went to college and it was a culture shock because it was extremely white, which was fine. But I sort of then understood where everyone was coming from when they talked about race, because I never thought I had white privilege from where I came from. My father was a big advocate of working hard for what you do and earning everything. So when I went to college, race was talked about all the time where high school, it wasn’t. It turned me onto this idea that this country is still racist and there’s a lot of issues regarding race, and I don’t think those issues will go away, but I think it’s great because of social media that it’s talked about all the time. Same thing with being in New York, I didn’t really think race was an issue because you see all different kinds of people and I love that. It’s hard and I completely understand where my friends are coming from. I do think it’s a big issue in this country and I don’t think it’ll go away, but I hope that we can change people’s minds.

8. Who or what brings you the greatest joy in your life? My family.

9. How did you feel after November 8th? A little shocked, I was in New York waiting to get on the train when it clicked he was going to win. For a majority of the year, I kept thinking he was going to pull out or this wasn’t going to happen. I think this election changed the game completely. Not just because of him but in all sense of the word politics, something has changed. A lot of people are hoping he does a good job and proves us all wrong. As a woman, it’s hard to listen to all the things he says because 10-15 years ago, anything he would’ve said would’ve taken him out of the race immediately. I think the problem is he’s not respecting the office. If you’re going to be our President, you need to respect the office and learn how to be a politician, you can’t just do whatever you want. I don’t agree with his ideology. It’s a respect issue, he lies a lot, flip flops, contradicts, and I don’t think he’s respecting us. Your job is to protect us and serve us and make the country better for the people who live in it. 

10. Is college overrated? No, I think it’s very important, I think you learn a lot going to school no matter what you go for. I think you learn how to grow up and be an adult. I love education and learning, I don’t think it’s overrated at all. 

11. Would you rather have security or fulfillment in your work? That’s a current battle because being a non union actor, there’s no money and I’m getting the most wonderful fulfillment out of it. But there are days when I say, “I don’t have any money, help!” Then I get a show and it’s the best feeling ever so definitely fulfillment, but I would also like to get paid more. 

12. What do you want out of this life? I want to be happy, surrounded by the people I love and no stress. I don’t want to ever be that person who goes to work and hates their life. I think happiness is my big thing. If I’m 30 or 40 and I wake up in the morning and I’m not motivated. I don’t want to be afraid to switch.

13. What’s the most annoying thing about you? I’ve been told I’m very loud sometimes. I think I’m loud.

14. How do you want to be remembered? As a nice girl, a nice person to be friends with. 

15. What are qualities that you value? Independence, Drive, Being fun, Focused, Intelligence, Humor

16. What do you hope 30 will look like? I have a couple of goals, hopefully broadway, I want to live in the city, I want to have a puppy. I want to have a sort of stable career so that I’m working all year instead of having the choppy months. 

17. Do you consider yourself a hopeful person? Yeah, that’s like the number one thing they teach you in acting school. You can’t play a character that doesn’t have any hope. A lot of the times, my wonderful acting teacher, Larry Singer, whenever we would be stuck in a scene or don’t have motivation, he would say that “you don’t have any hope." Just that phrase, even if it’s the worst scene, you need that essence of hope and just that hope will flip your brain. A life without hope is sad. 

18. What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned so far? Don’t rush your life, don’t look towards the goal. It’s good to have goals, but it’s not about the endgame, it’s about enjoying the journey and the ups and downs. I’m a big believer that when you’re having a breakdown and you’re stuck, that’s when you’re on the cusp of something happening. Whenever I’m down and I’m not booking shows or not being seen, it’s that week later that everything clicks. You have to enjoy the down and are allowed to be down. I’m also a big believer in if something happens and I get really upset for a day, I allow myself to be upset for a day, cry, do whatever I need to do and the next day I go to the gym, make a video, create my own art, take a class. I think you can’t sink into that, you need to fuel all those negative emotions, release them, and go do something that makes you happy the next day and that’s all about the journey, it’s up and down and you have to ride it. 

19. What’s the hardest lesson you’ve had to learn? It relates to theatre, but some people book Broadway and some people don’t. You can’t compare your life to anybody else’s and that’s a very hard thing to do especially in theatre. That my journey is not someone else’s journey.

20. What is the best piece of advice you want to leave the world with? Life is too short. Find your friends, find happiness in whatever you want to do. If you want to travel the world, do it. I think a lot of people don’t enjoy the day to day and you have to. Find your people, travel the world, go dancing, follow your dreams, follow your heart. If you make a mistake, cool, fix it. Play in the snow, drink your coffee. Nobody can tell you how to live your life. Go live it.

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Life & Style, February 15 -- part 2 of 2

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Page 20: Gwen Stefani is planning the wedding of her dreams to Blake Shelton and they have their hearts set on tying the knot in St. Barts -- Gwen admitted that she didn't want her wedding to be a COVID situation but the Caribbean island's restrictions are minimal -- 20 of their closest friends and family members including her sons Kingston and Apollo and Zuma would be flown out by private jet for a three-day $2 million celebration and they have a couple of venues in mind like a 19th-century Catholic church that's in Gustavia that Gwen can totally envision herself saying I Do in

Page 21: Teresa Giudice and boyfriend Louie "Luis" Ruelas are showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon -- the RHONJ star took the NJ-based businessman on a trip to California with her daughters Milania and Gia -- Teresa feels like a teenager again and she's in love and doesn't care who knows it -- her girls like Luis too and they love how much happier their mom has been since he came into her life

Page 22: Cover Story -- Olivia Newton-John and daughter Chloe Lattanzi -- after enduring decades of health ups and downs, Olivia and her only child find solace in music and nature and each other

Page 26: How Katy Perry found peace at last -- while Katy has struggled with depression in the past, becoming a mom has led to a new sense of fulfillment -- Katy says fiance Orlando Bloom is a positive influence and an anchor

Page 28: Jennifer Aniston's lonely birthday -- as Jennifer turns 52, the single star finds that, unlike in previous years, she's not in the mood to celebrate

Page 30: JoJo Siwa on coming out as LGBTQ: I'm the happiest I've even been -- YouTube sensation JoJo shares her joy at finally living her truth at age 17 -- JoJo always felt different but never in a bad way and she's had crushes on boys and girls and the decision to come out now just felt right

Page 32: Who Lives Here? Reese Witherspoon

Page 38: Beauty Beat -- get glam this Valentine's Day with the prettiest of products -- Miranda Kerr and Olivia Munn

Page 40: Diva or Down-to-Earth? Ryan Phillippe replaces the shingles on his roof -- down-to-earth, Busy Philipps gave her dog Gina a bath and a blowout at home -- down-to-earth, Heidi Klum requires a beauty brigade on the set of Germany's Next Top Model -- diva

Page 42: Social Stars Posts of the Week -- Salma Hayek lounging on a hammock over the ocean, Gabrielle Union and husband Dwyane Wade in the waterfalls in Jamaica, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson combed out the tangles in daughter Tiana's hair, David Beckham reflecting over a cup of coffee

Page 44: Horoscope -- Aquarius Jennifer Aniston turned 52 on February 11

* They're Not Together, But They Should Be -- Gemini Josh Lucas and Aries Lily James

Page 46: Made Ya Look -- former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay shows off her fit form during a virtual Zumba class

Page 48: What I'm Into -- Meredith Marks of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

[brookston]

Holidays 8.17

Anchor Steam Week begins [until 8.23]

Archeology Day

Baby Boomers Recognition Day

Balloon Airmail Day

Black Cat Appreciation Day

Cartoon Day

Cupcake Day (Australia) [3rd Monday]

Discovery Day (Yukon Territories, Canada)

Drink Coffee at the Office from a Sippy Cup Day

Engineer’s Day (Colombia)

Festival of Diana (Ancient Rome)

Hartjesdagen (Little Hearts Day; Amsterdam/Haarlem, Netherlands) [Original holiday 3rd Monday]

Independence Day (Gabon; from France, 1960)

Independence Day (Indonesia; from Netherlands, 1945)

Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaica, Rastafari)

National I Love My Feet Day

National Massachusettes Day

National Meaning of "Is" Day

National Nonprofit Day

National #2 Pencil Day

National Termite Protection Day

National Thrift Shop Day

Odin’s Ordeal begins (Norse) [thru 25th]

Pike Place Market Day

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

Portunalia (Festival of Keys; Ancient Rome)

RSPCA Cupcake Day (UK) [3rd Monday]

San Martin Day (Argentina)

Stay Home With Your Kids Day [3rd Monday]

Vanilla Custard Day

Weird Contest Week begins (Ocean City, NJ) [3rd Monday thru Friday]

Wrench Day

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Black Cat Appreciation Day

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Cupcake Day (Australia) [3rd Monday]

Discovery Day (Yukon Territories, Canada)

Drink Coffee at the Office from a Sippy Cup Day

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Festival of Diana (Ancient Rome)

Hartjesdagen (Little Hearts Day; Amsterdam/Haarlem, Netherlands) [Original holiday 3rd Monday]

Independence Day (Gabon; from France, 1960)

Independence Day (Indonesia; from Netherlands, 1945)

Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaica, Rastafari)

National I Love My Feet Day

National Massachusettes Day

National Meaning of "Is" Day

National Nonprofit Day

National #2 Pencil Day

National Termite Protection Day

National Thrift Shop Day

Odin’s Ordeal begins (Norse) [thru 25th]

Pike Place Market Day

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

Portunalia (Festival of Keys; Ancient Rome)

RSPCA Cupcake Day (UK) [3rd Monday]

San Martin Day (Argentina)

Stay Home With Your Kids Day [3rd Monday]

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[poop4u]

Dug Up at Dogster: December 2019 Dog Events and Premieres

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Don’t let winter get you down — get up and out into these great December 2019 Dog Events and premieres. Don’t see your dog event or premiere in our December 2019 Dog Events list? Then email your dog event to dogstermag@belvoir.com.

December, 2019 through January 2, 2020: SPCA Holiday Windows

Macy’s partners with the SF SPCA to find forever homes for pets. Prospective adoptive puppies and kittens are unveiled in the windows of the Macy’s Union Square store. (Tomas Ovalle/AP Images for Macy’s)

Santa — along with all of us holiday shoppers — need to jingle on over to the 33rd Annual Holiday Windows, where we can check out the SF SPCA’s adoption center at Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco. Those sweet pups in the window are looking for that furever home, and every year SF SPCA finds hundreds of pets new homes with this wonderful program. Feel like volunteering? You can sign up for two-hour greeter shifts at the Windows in late October at the Holiday Windows website.

December, 2019 through January 2, 2020: Blue Buffalo Home 4 The Holidays

It’s back — the three-month pet-adoption campaign started by Helen Woodward Animal Center, beginning October 1, 2019, and running to January 2, 2020.

Join in this annual, three-month pet-adoption campaign dedicated to placing orphaned pets into happy, loving homes, started by Helen Woodward Animal Center, working along with thousands of partner animal organizations. It has become the largest pet adoption campaign on record, saving over 15 million pets since its inception in 1999. The 2019 pet adoption drive begins October 1, 2019, and runs through January 2, 2020. For more information, visit home4theholidays.org.

December 1, 2019: Pet Photos with Santa

All pets — cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, exotics, etc. — are invited to attend the Pet Photos With Santa event at the Paumanok Veterinary Hospital in Patchogue, NY. Photo sessions go from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Donation is $50, which benefits Partners in Restorative Animal Assisted Therapy (PRAAT), Friends of Fire Island National Seashore (FFINS) and Pets Over Paralysis (POP). Call 631-475-1312 to make an appointment. Keep pet leashed, caged or in a carrier. For more information, click here.

December 4 — December 7, 2019: Eric Ginsburg’s Fridge Art Fair Farewell Victory Tour

See artist Eric Ginsburg and his Fridge Art Fair when they return to Miami, FL, this December.

Eric Ginsburg’s Fridge Art Fair returns to Miami, FL, this December in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Art Week, heading to the art-centric Downtown Miami and its landmark Eurostar’s Langford Hotel. Renowned artist Eric Ginsburg and Fridge Art Fair founder returns as the Fair’s Director and Lead Visionary curator after a year sabbatical from Fridge Art Fair to explore the concept and illusion of living as legendary director and artist John Waters pet Siberian Husky, named “ Aqua Net” in Baltimore. Maryland. Special guest curator is Victor Pedelty. Welcome to what might be your final chance to fit into the fridge! Shake hands with Oatmeal-The-Panda, Hug Sir Pug-A-Lot, High-Five Popsicle the French Bulldog, and celebrate Charm City home of Babe Ruth, The Star-Spangled Banner, Ginsburg’s Master John Waters, David Hasselhoff, Jada Pinkett Smith and Kathie Lee Gilford. More at fridgeartfair.com.

December 7: Foster’s Future 2nd Annual Holiday Brunch

Foster’s Future hosts its 2nd Annual Holiday Brunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our House Restaurant in Farmingdale, NJ. Cost is $30 per person and includes brunch buffet, coffee, tea and soda. Check out the gift baskets, door prizes and more. Get tickets through PayPal or by mailing a check to Foster’s Future at P.O. Box 123, Hazlet, NJ 07730. Include the name(s) of those who will be attending. Foster’s Future is a nonprofit (501c3) program that provides funds and services to pets in need. Its goal is to reduce the number of pets placed in shelters and/or euthanized due to a lack of services.

December 8, 2019: Yappy Hour at Pup Plaza

Drink wine for a good cause at Pup Plaza’s Yappy Hour on December 8th in San Jose.

If you are in San Jose, CA, get on over to Pup Plaza for Yappy Hour from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. You’ll love the beautiful custom label for the wine being sold with Mutt Lynch Winery in Sonoma — fundraising for the Silicon Valley Pet Project (www.svpetproject.org.html). The wine will be featured at the Yappy Hour event, where Mutt Lynch will be pouring various selections from its winery. Cost for event is $10 advance and $12 at the door. The Silicon Valley Pet Project opened Pup Plaza in San Jose for community engagement, outreach and education, with the ultimate goal of reducing pet homelessness, saving lives and helping the community become part of the solution.  To date, the organization has rescued and re-homed more than 1,100 from the San Jose Shelter since its inception in 2014. Reservations and information: info@svpetproject.org

December 13, 2019: Premiere of Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Check out the second Shaun the Sheep movie Farmageddon premiering in theaters on December 13th.

Bitzer the dog is back with Shaun the Sheep and the rest of the flock in the sequel to 2015’s animated Shaun the Sheep movie. They’ve added an alien who resembles a cute floppy-eared dog (IMO). The alien just happens to crash land near Mossy Bottom Farm, and, of course, Shaun the Sheep and gang help the alien get home while staying out of the clutches of a sinister organization. Stars Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour (to name a few) and directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan. See release dates across the globe at shaunthesheep.com.

December 17, 2019: Premiere of Well Groomed

Don’t miss the documentary Well Groomed’s premiere on HBO Sports on December 17th.

If the mocumentary Best in Show has taught us anything, it’s that we are obsessed with the world of the dog competitive professional. HBO Sports is bringing us a true dog documentary that gives us a look into the world of creative and competitive dog grooming. The film by writer and director Rebecca Stern chronicles an entire year following a group of professional groomers and dog lovers who transform their beloved dogs into works of art, getting to know them and their dogs in and outside the competition ring. Debuts in December on HBO, plus also to be available on HBO On Demand, HBO NOW and HBO GO. Air time 9 p.m. ET/PT. More at HBO.com.

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I’m still in awe that I was able to travel to NYC a couple weeks ago. I’ve been dreaming of Manhattan since I was a little girl, and somehow I convinced my sister that we should do a weekend trip to the Big Apple. Our two days in NYC cost as much as a week on a Caribbean island, but I don’t care. It was soooo worth it.

I’m going to tell you the story of our weekend. Fair warning: it’s really long, but it’s worth it. For some weird reason, every time my sister and I travel together, something goes wrong. When we went to DC, we got a flat tire in the middle of nowhere at 2am and then had to turn around—postponing our trip by a few days. Thankfully, Peyton and I decided to fly to NYC instead of going on another road trip. We thought that would be a lot easier (we were wrong).

We had a rough start to our Saturday morning. Our alarm went off at 5am, we scarfed down bowls of frosted flakes, quickly got dressed, and then made our way outside. It was absolutely pouring, and it was cold. We shared my tiny umbrella and tried to stay as dry as we could as we walked the 10 minutes to the streetcar station at Bloor and Spadina. I had planned our route to Billy Bishop Airport, and I checked online every day for a week to see if the streetcars would be operational that morning. The websites said everything was running the way it should. However, when we got to the station, a notice was posted on the door telling us that the streetcar wasn’t running, and we’d have to wait for a shuttle bus (which could show up as early or as late as it wanted). Typical Brittani: I panicked. We only had 45 minutes to get to the airport, I had no idea when this bus was going to show up, and I reeeeaaally didn’t want to waste the money I’d saved for the trip on a cab. Luckily the bus showed up in a reasonable amount of time, and it dropped us off where another streetcar would pick us up. After another transfer, and then another, we finally hopped off the streetcar right out front of the airport. I’d never been to Billy Bishop before, and I guess the tunnel under the water is pretty cool. But damn, there are so many stairs to get back up to airport level. Thank god for escalators!

Thankfully there wasn’t a line at security. After we’d deposited our belongings and shoes in the little plastic bins, they waved us through and we were one step closer to New York! Billy Bishop is great, because in the “Porter Lounge” they have a refreshment area where you can take all the water, pop, coffee, tea, and juice that you want. Oh, and did I mention they also had a table covered in shortbread cookie packages? I think I grabbed eight and stuffed them in my bag (I lived off the shortbread in NYC). Soon they were calling for us to line up for our flight. I started squealing with excitement. We pulled out our passports, we got to our seats, and then it was time for takeoff. We were sitting on the city-side of the plane, so we got to see some pretty awesome views as we flew away from the 6.

We watched a bit of “Sing” on Peyton’s iPad, and then I bugged her until she turned off the movie and started playing the Hamilton soundtrack. We were going to New York; it only made sense to prepare for the show we were seeing that afternoon. I may or may not have started singing/rapping into a water bottle. It may or may not have been captured in a photograph.

The flight was pretty quick: 68 minutes from takeoff to landing. We got off the plane in Newark, New Jersey, and got kinda lost in the airport, but two middle-aged men who were on our flight helped us figure out where we were going. We bought two tickets on the New Jersey Transit (basically NJ’s GO system), hopped on a train, and made our way to Manhattan!

Penn Station was so friggin busy. We kinda just followed the flow of people until we saw signs of where we wanted to go. We ended up on 7th and Fashion Ave (Peyton pointed out after we got home that The Devil Wears Prada shows the same street signs… so cool!) As we’re walking down the street, we look up and see the Empire State Building peeking out from behind another skyscraper. It was 11am at this point and we were starving, so we stopped at the first food place we found: Wendy’s, across the street from the Empire State Building.

After satisfying our hunger, we headed back out in the cold and walked up 5th ave until we found the New York Public Library. Again, I squealed. Maybe that time it was more like a squeak. Either way, I was excited. The building was beautiful; old architecture always makes me happy. We popped inside for only a moment—I wanted to see the stairs where they filmed Carrie Bradshaw’s failed attempt at a wedding in Sex and the City. The security guard said we couldn’t take pictures until we’d paid to go inside, so being the sassy monster that I am, I snapped a photo of the marble staircase, said “Just took a photo,” and walked out the door. YOU CAN’T CONTROL ME, Mr. Security Guard!

Down the street from the library is Grand Central Station. Man oh man, it was massive. People always say that Union Station is just a smaller Grand Central, but I think it’s more of a miniature of Grand Central. There were over 100 train platforms. Union Station has at max. 26. The ceiling of Grand Central is painted with constellations, and it was beautiful. I think Peyton even snuck onto a train platform… see, I wasn’t the only rebel on that trip.

We also saw the Chrysler Building down the street from Grand Central, but we kinda didn’t care too much about it so we just looked at it from afar.

After Grand Central we saw the holiday windows at Lord and Taylor (kinda like the Bay windows in Toronto… except bigger), St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Saks Fifth Avenue! We popped into for just a few seconds, but the setup was beautiful. It looked like a winter wonderland, interspersed with really expensive makeup and handbags and shoes and ohmygod I could’ve spent a ton of time in there. But it was really hot, and we still had our coats on, so we left after about a minute.

  We kinda stumbled upon Rockefeller Center after we left Saks. It’s just across the street, actually. They were still setting up the massive Rockefeller tree behind a tall tower of scaffolding, but we saw parts of it. I can’t believe how big that tree is, and that it’s real! They must have to airlift that thing into the city. In pieces. I could tell Peyton really wanted to go skating at Rockefeller Center, but the line was huge and we were on the clock.

Down the street is Radio City Music Hall, and the NBC building (aka where The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon films). There was also some random food festival on 6th ave so the whole street was shut down. It was pretty cool though. After that, we had one destination in mind: Times Square. It’s so crazy. I swear, an epileptic wouldn’t be able to handle it; the amount of flashing lights and electric billboards is insane. And there were sooooo many people! Thank god we’re both okay in a crowd, because there was no personal space to be had.

By this time it was about 1pm, and so we made our way down the street to the Richard Rodgers Theatre to see HAMILTON! When we bought the tickets back in September, they were the last two seats in the house, and we were in the second last row in the Mezzanine. I had opera glasses in my bag just in case, but the view of the stage was actually really good from our seats.

Peyton and I stocked up on Hamilton merchandise (t-shirts for us both, a cup for Peyton, a shot glass for me), and then a sassy black usher (she called herself that) told the entire balcony section that the only bathroom in the theatre was 66 steps down the stairs in the basement. She said “you have been warned. Go before the show, or fight to get all the way down there before the rest of the theatre at intermission.” She then went on to say, “You may L-O-L, but you cannot text your BFF throughout the show. Turn the phones off.” She was great, and also, like 60, so that made it even better. The show started soon after that, and I was in heaven for the next 3 hours. I’d been waiting to see that show for so long, and my dream finally came true. Now I don’t have to fight against the massive hordes of people trying to get tickets for the Toronto run in 2019/2020. I saw it on Broadway!

After the show, the cast stayed onstage and explained the charities they were raising money for. All the Broadway shows were collecting donations for AIDS/HIV research, and they made a little competition between each show to see which cast come could up with the most. So, at that Hamilton show, they auctioned off a shadow box frame with a signed poster inside that the producers presented the cast on opening night. They started the bidding at $500. It sold for $3500. Could you imagine that? Going to the theatre, paying a ridiculous amount of money for the ticket, and then dropping another $3500 on a poster and frame? Whoa, I wish I could drop that kind of cash. Anyways, the cast was awesome, and I’m glad they could raise the money for a good cause.

As we left the theatre we found that it was pouring outside. We shared my tiny umbrella again and found our way up 7th Ave to our hotel on 57th. We were actually across the street from Carnegie Hall (and apparently a few doors down from the most expensive apartment building in New York City). I went up to the desk to check into the hotel, and the man told me that we’d been upgraded to a suite on the top floor. Apparently they’d oversold the hotel, and since we were only staying one night, it was easier to upgrade us then to upgrade anyone else. So there we were, on the 17th floor, occupying a 2 room suite with a massive bathroom and a kitchenette. No complaints here! At that point, the room was actually worth the amount I paid.

It was about 5:45pm so Peyton and I dropped off our big backpacks, changed into our nice clothes and our high heels, and then headed back out in the rain. We wanted to eat at this cool diner near the Gershwin Theatre, but the line to get in was around the block, so we ended up eating at a McDonalds across the street. Two classy-looking girls in the back corner of a Mcdicks restaurant… Yeah, that was loads of fun.

After we’d eaten, we walked across the street and into the Gershwin. It’s more of a modern theatre than the Richard Rodgers, but it was still incredible to be in the theatre where Wicked was born. We sat down in our second-row seats (yeah, we went from second last row for Hamilton to second row for Wicked) and soaked in all the amazing feels from being on Broadway.  The show started, Peyton and I were blown away, and even though it was the fifth time we’ve seen the show, it was by far the best. The Glinda actress was so ditzy (she played the character really well), and the Elphie actress was throwing out notes that I’m pretty sure Idina Menzel doesn’t even know exist. After the show, the cast did the same charity announcement, and they auctioned off a costume piece for $500.

When we left we saw that the rain had finally stopped, so Peyton and I went back to the hotel, changed into our boots and normal clothes again, and then wandered to Times Square. We just had to see what it was like at night. It was just as busy, if not busier, but it was very cool to see.

We made it back to the hotel around 12:30am, and we crashed hard. I think I fell asleep in under a minute. In my own bed. In the suite. In NYC. I slept so well that night 🙂

(End of Part 1… to be continued)

Let’s Hear It For New York (Part 1) I’m still in awe that I was able to travel to NYC a couple weeks ago. I’ve been dreaming of Manhattan since I was a little girl, and somehow I convinced my sister that we should do a weekend trip to the Big Apple.

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Angelo David Salon, New York City’s leading luxury hair salon for Couture Hair Extensions, Wigs & Additions, partnered with New York radio station 95.5 PLJ for the 3rd Annual Blow Out Breast Cancer Event in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Proceeds from the event went to our friends at Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF), an international research organization dedicated to curing and preventing cancer. The popular event continues to grow, and is now adding participating salons; this year, Gumdrop Hairdressing, located at 46 Church Street, Montclair, NJ joined the cause. Attendees at the Gumdrop Hairdressing event included Nicole Coultas, VJ Moscaritola, and Jeanna Sheridan.

Angelo David Salon offered a special $25.00 price on blowouts, from which 100 percent of the proceeds will go to SWCRF. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’Oeuvres as their hair, nails, and makeup was transformed by Pisacreta’s team of beauty experts in the festively decorated salon. In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Angelo David Salon is also offering a limited edition Pink Wet-&-Dry Pocket Hair Brush, which is available for $18.00 at Angelo David Salon and AngeloDavid.com. $4.00 of the proceeds will be donated to the SWCRF.

During the charitable event, attendee were able to take part in a silent auction. Items up for grabs include an Angelo David Salon customized couture clip-in bang; a signature facial and skincare products from La Prairie; two tickets to Off-Broadway shows Drunk Shakespeare, Hot Mess, This One’s For the Girls, and 20th Century Blues and four tickets to Off-Broadway show Gazillion Bubble Show; a gift box from Hamptons Salt; women’s sunglasses designed by MODO; Molami headphones; a gift certificate to Exhale Spa; a gift certificate to Advanced Derma Laser; a pair of sterling silver and pave rhodolite earrings by Margo Manhattan; at-home makeup application by celebrity artist JP Ramirez; a one hour styling consultation with celebrity style expert George Brescia; and dinner for two gift certificates from New York City restaurants including T-Bar Steakhouse and Lounge, Benjamin Steakhouse, La Pulperia, and Primola in New York City and Union Cantina and 75 Main in Southampton, New York.

Guests included Carrie Preston, Aviva Drescher, Marion Waxman, Angelo David Pisacreta, William T. Sullivan, Courtenay and Daniel Hall, Margo Manhattan, Avanti Gupta, Kelly McCarthy, Lud Merka, Joanne Martin, Gerijo Matyka, Robyn Pisacreta, Valeri, Pam Kosove, Carol Sue Gershman and 95.5 PLJ personalities Annie Leamy, Joe “Monk” Pardavila, John Mingione, and Ralphie Aversa.

Event sponsors included BELLA Magazine, Popchips, Elchim Milano, Benjamin Prime Steakhouse, 95.5 PLJ, and SWCRF. Attendees were gifted exclusive gift bags which included Hamptons Salt Himalayan Pink sea salt; Popchips; Redken hair products; an Angelo David Flex Brush and VOL hair masque; the most recent issue of BELLA Magazine; and Illy Italian espresso-style coffee. Guests were also treated to red chocolate chip cookies from Baked in Color.

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The 3rd Annual Blow Out Breast Cancer Event Hosted by @angelodavidhair & 95.5 PLJ @waxmancancer @lawlormedia #events #charity Angelo David Salon, New York City’s leading luxury hair salon for Couture Hair Extensions, Wigs & Additions…

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This Is Why city Is So Famous!

Here's What Market Insiders Claim Concerning city.

Everybody recognizes India as a divine nation with varied cultures, faiths as well as varied individuals. The museum would certainly have excelled too, however a lot of points were damaged or out of whack, that it wasn ´ t enjoyable to walk around in there as well as try things. Outside the International and Domestic terminals you'll public transportation options that will take you right into the city of Johannesburg. You're constantly mosting likely to find adverts from people in Workshop City trying to find people who want to share their rental fee. The NJ Transportation train will certainly take you straight from the Newark Flight terminal to Penn Terminal in New york city City in HALF AN HOUR for $13.00 one way. Then when you choose a resort with 5 stars you will certainly have the greatest hotel for your needs. From where the magnificent city of Dubai ends, begins the spectacular desert of Dubai. Excellent to see Edinburgh in there - we made use of to live there and also it remains my (male's) favorite city in the world. Just what this leaves us is the figuring out variables of Las Vegas being the much more preferred beginning point of numerous trips to Southwest National Parks, and also Zion being the park of option for these journeys as a result of it being the closest to Las Vegas. The major factor behind this name is the a great deal of gardens, all-natural parks, and many tropical trees around the city. City areas deteriorate without personal financial investment renewing real estate supply. This luxury hotel is within a 10-minute stroll from Esplanade Mall, Esplanade Theatres, as well as Raffles City.

7 Ugly Truth About city.

A lot of individuals probably never found out about Belgian city Bruges prior to recent Colin Farrell film In Bruges In fact, Bruges (Brugge in Dutch), is among one of the most stunning and also well maintained middle ages cities in Belgium with Renoir canals, opulent design, Flemish art and stay-a-while coffee shops. . NY is very multi-cultural as well as there is so much to do and also a minimum of most of the locations are still open up the city don't shut-down at 1 am. L.A. is my second favored area much like NY yet is much more easygoing and also is much slower. Yet do not allow this put you off Copenhagen as a fantastic destination for holidays for disabled travellers, due to the fact that we at Could Be Done have assembled a wonderful plan to the Danish resources with a lot of easily accessible routes around the city. Try to find Singapore Airlines Flight Bargains to explore a few of the well-known galleries like the Metropolitan Gallery of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Gallery and also the American Gallery of Natural History.

Five Ways To Tell You're Suffering From An Obession With city.

Four Katyusha rockets slammed into the northern coastal city of Naharia Thursday early morning, one of them landing straight on an elderly people' facility. The worldwide city has actually been prepared with Main, Greater Second as well as Senior Senior high schools within its precincts. The most effective component, normally you could walk right as much as the window without the long haul! The city location at some point overtook several neighboring cities and incorporated them right into the city appropriate. On average, the city of New York can assert 6,650 dining areas from the chic Lespinasse to the greasiest corner diner - one of the most dining establishments in any kind of one put on the continent. Downtown L.A.'s Municipal government, Union Station, Millennium Biltmore Resort as well as the Bradbury Building have actually been showcased for years. Incidentally, I'm from Chicago as well as I concur with those that have said it belongs on this listing. Visitor normally pertain to Bokaro Steel City to see the steel plant and also to see the process of steel making. The City after the City events, which form an authentic string of events, present a succession of circumstances that illustrate a wishing for a various type of city. We packed our equipment on the cart they rolled out for us however to prevent the idea we took our luggage in ourselves. The Museo Archeologico Nazionale (National Archaeological Gallery) has a fantastic collection of Greek and also Roman classical times. Old City Helicopters - an excursion of St. Augustine from the best seat in your home, from a helicopter! In Ho Chi Minh City there are great deals of galleries that will certainly provide you an impact of the Vietnam Battle, the Vietnamese refer to it as 'The American War'. The flight terminal has a cutting edge business and also meeting centre in the Arrivals Hall of the Domestic Terminal. New york city certainly is in the top and also Chicago, well, sorry people ... experience hendrix chicago (click the following website) is number 1 ... as well as to say that there is nothing to do in Chicago is simply FOOLISH! Las Las vega' proximity to one-of-a-kind prizes of nature such as Red Rock as well as Grand Canyon, Colorado River and Death Valley makes Sin City appealing travel destination not just for party goers however, for nature enthusiasts also. It's a truly remarkable city to walk around, cycle or take a moped ride around. There behaves to sit down, consume alcohol something, loosen up. There are lots of areas to see: museums, bars as well as restaurant, stores, Tivoli park, performances. If you like purchasing you should visit BTC City where are thousands of stores, lots of movie theaters, theme park and a lot more. By Air: Pune's International Flight terminal is located at Lohegaon as well as is served by both nationwide as well as worldwide providers which connect the city to the myriad various other major cities of India along with those abroad. This was in the very early 1900s at the beginning of the City Beautiful movement, whose most remarkable payment was Daniel Burnham's 1909 strategy of Chicago.

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Coffee Grinder: One Good Cup Coming Up!

The intense and also abundant taste of coffee from a pour over coffee manufacturer is noticeably various from a drip device. Coffee fans all across the globe will vouch for the exquisite flavor and also splendor of the coffee made from a put over coffee manufacturer. Numerous electrical coffee making makers are readily available these days, many people like to brew their favorite mug of coffee in the standard method. Northbridge Selling is one of the North West's leading vending machine suppliers and also operators of combination vending devices, completely automated coffee equipment, coffee tea vending makers, Espresso Coffee manufacturer, water vending devices and also water coolers. Press the switch on the front and also below is your coffee. You can additionally mount a fully automatic coffee device in your workplace (if you are a start-up)? You will likewise find that certain business espresso equipments do not have the exact same boiler for brewing water as well as preparing steam, which implies you, will certainly not require to switch from one brewing mode to one more in such an equipment. You will certainly likewise discover different industrial coffee machines including the pump driven espresso manufacturer, as well as the automated coffee maker. You can select the one that fits your spending plan best and which generates far better in addition to constant top quality of coffee. It is the top quality of coffee that a certain business coffee machine can give which will decide the concern of whether to purchase it or not. You need to also make certain that it does not need as well much fine tuning to satisfy consumer's demands. The demand completely top quality coffee that is readily available quickly is what drives large industrial espresso maker makers right into incorporating into their products simply such attributes. Before you choose one specific maker make certain that you find that the time it takes to make the espresso fits in with your general needs, and you will not discover yourself investing a whole lot of time and money on upkeep as well as that its operations are easy to perform, as well as the taste of the espresso is constant as well as consistent. Why do not I obtain twelve cups of coffee from my 12-cup brewer? It's the vacations and the prolonged household is remaining at your location. You make a complete pot in your brand-new 12-cup Cuisinart. Relatives jockey for their morning joe, however just the very first five in line obtain their fill. The pot is vacant. Urgh! You recognized you would certainly have a houseful-- that's why you got the large maker. Coffee machine mug dimensions are not standardized. The variety of ounces that comprise a "cup" varies by producer. The very same business can also have designs that differ amongst themselves. As an example, in a Bodum 3-cup French press, a "mug" procedures 4 oz. Yet if you are using the 8-cup Bodum French press, a "cup" comes in at 4.25 oz. Wait! Bodum additionally makes vacuum makers as well as a "cup" in among those is around 5.7 oz. Baffled? That way you can get coffee beans as well as mill the precise quantity you need, providing you the freshest coffee grounds possible time after time. Probably the cheapest kind of coffee mill, the crusher tries to compress the coffee bean right into grounds by merely forcing it to explode. This method does function and also would certainly be an enhancement over store got coffee grounds, it's major stumbling block is the end outcome is uneven, unequal coffee grounds that will certainly restrict you to the kinds of coffee you can make. Coffee enthusiasts all across the globe will vouch for the exquisite taste as well as splendor of the coffee made from a put over coffee maker. Numerous electrical coffee making machines are readily available these days, a lot of individuals like to brew their preferred cup of coffee in the traditional method. It is crucial to choose the appropriate kind of coffee making machine to experience that incomparable cup of coffee. One of the most significant benefits of utilizing a put over coffee making device is that you can change the strength and also taste of the drink by altering the proportions of components made use of to make a cup of coffee. Northbridge Vending is one of the North West's leading vending equipment providers and operators of combination vending machines, completely automated coffee device, coffee tea vending equipments, Coffee Coffee manufacturer, water vending equipments and also water coolers. Find out more at https://thinkhealthylivecreative.com/

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Build-Outs Of Summer: Think Coffee In Brooklyn, NY

We are just on the other side of the dog days of summer and the Build-Outs of Summer keep on rolling. Our next stop is Think Coffee, a Brooklyn-based chain that sees coffee as more than just a beverage but as a vehicle for change. Through initiatives of their own making—like Social Coffee Project, a Direct Trade-like program aiming to benefit farm works as opposed to farm owners—Think wants to use their cafes to help make a difference where the coffee they source is grown.

Think’s newest location—their 10th in New York—will be home to not only a cafe, but a bakery and a roastery, their first foray into the art of turning coffee brown. It’s a sign of good things to come for Think, which in turn may mean a sign of good things for those positively affected by the Social Coffee Project.

As told to Sprudge by Noah Welch.

For those who aren’t familiar, will you tell us about your company?

Think is a locally-owned chain of NYC coffee shops. We currently have 10 locations in Manhattan. The three founding principles of our company are to purchase our coffee as responsibly and mindfully as possible (we are pioneers of Social Project Coffee—more on this below), to treat the environment with the utmost care (for one thing, all of our disposable products are compostable), and to support local non-profits who do community based work in the neighborhoods where our stores are located (10% of profits go to them).

Can you tell us a bit about the new space?

10 Devoe will be a roastery-bakery-cafe with ample seating. For six years now we’ve imported our own coffee but left the act of roasting to the amazing Red House Roasters in Union City, NJ. This space is our foray into roasting and distributing our own coffee, baking our own pastries, and ramping up our wholesale program.

What’s your approach to coffee?

Social Project Coffee: 98% of the coffee we use is directly linked to social or environmental projects that benefit either farm workers (generally not the landowners) or their communities. Many coffee premiums don’t specifically address the needs of the people who are at the lowest end of the purchasing chain—for example, the daughter of a picker who doesn’t have access to feminine hygiene products and drops out of school because of it, the farmer who has a small plot of land but a leaky roof over her head, the picker who lives through the off-season without potable water.

Our approach is to address these issues where they exist as a component of the price of green coffee. To us, if a farm is swank, advanced, and financially robust, there’s not much value in purchasing from it, regardless of how awesome the coffee is. Our coffee isn’t a commodity so much as a means of connecting with and supporting the people most often overlooked by the market. Our goal as Social Project buyer is to ensure that the premium we pay for coffee goes where it is most needed, which makes us different from a Direct Trade buyer.

Any machines, coffees, special equipment lined up?

We’ll be roasting on a Loring Kestrel. Otherwise, we’ve got the classic Think lineup—a three-group Synesso Cyncra, a Mazzer Robur-E for espresso, a Mahlkönig Guatemala and FETCOs for drip, some V60s. Plus we’ve inherited this beautiful wood-burning pizza oven.

What’s your hopeful target opening date/month?

August/September

Are you working with craftspeople, architects, and/or creatives that you’d like to mention?

Our principal architect is Craig Shillito at Cycle Projects. Cycle is cool because they design each store a little bit differently, depending on the neighborhood and the inherent characteristics of the space. We’ll have some local artists paint murals on the interior walls. It’ll be pretty.

Thank you!

No, thank you!

Think Coffee is located at 10 Devoe Street in Brooklyn, NY. Check out their official website and find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Coffee Vs Tea

Just think of being able to wake up to a warm fresh cup of coffee that has actually currently been made for you. There are several various other handy alternatives that you can find featured in the Cuisinart coffee manufacturer as well, as well as numerous of these models are provided at very sensible costs. Whether you are an individual who is looking for a style as well as design that supplies the option of just making one mug of warm java to tantalize your taste buds with, or if you have a demand for a much larger quantity that is used in the larger 12 mug dimensions, you can be assured that you will quickly be able to discover the best Cuisinart coffee manufacturer to match your individual demands. Bringing the coffee factory into your house is undoubtedly a good concept due to the fact that you will no longer have to spend exactly how lots of dollars for a solitary mug of coffee and also the atmosphere is different. When you want to bring the coffee store right into your kitchen area, you will certainly not need a great deal of points other than coffee beans, coffee filter and also coffee manufacturer. Coffee makers provide the finest solution when it comes to the ideal coffee nonetheless you would certainly require the coffee bean or combination that is ideal for your preference. It is very tough to find a high quality coffee that has been matured, and several coffee producers do not also adhere to this technique since Java is such a fast export that is in high need. Java is in fact the second most traded product in the globe next to oil, so it just makes sense that coffee producers want to press out their beans as rapid as feasible. If you're looking for aged coffee, after that you do need to maintain in mind that not all aged coffees will certainly be up to the same level. You do not have to fret since you can select a blade coffee grinder if your budget plan is restricted. Since it is like a standard mixer, this grinder type is quite affordable as well as easy to run. If you intend to get a burr electrical mill, after that you have to prepare a bigger budget plan but it provides a total control. 2. Take into consideration just how much coffee you plan to grind each day and the power of the coffee mill. According to reviews at Coffee Machine Online Shop, normally, a mill runs from 150 to 300 watts. 3. If you mean to grind a large part of coffee beans simultaneously, you can select a mill that has a larger receptacle. Some grinders are even able to grind concerning 1/4 extra pound at when; it saves time due to the fact that you can grind a particular amount of coffee which can be consumed for a number of days. 4. See to it that the grinder you pick offers some type of cylinder. 5. If it is essential, you have to pick a mill that has an automobile off since it will turn off instantly even if you forget that you are grinding the coffee beans. The Dutch grown coffee readily in Ceylon and also in their Eastern Indian swarm of Java, which came to be the resource of coffees' nickname. Fifty years later on, an official survey discovered 19 million coffee trees on Martinique, as well as eventually its estimated that ninety percent of the world's coffee spread from this one seedling. Hills Bros. became the first company to vacuum pack coffee, altering the coffee sector from a regional one to a also nationwide and local one. Bringing the coffee factory into your home is undoubtedly a good concept due to the fact that you will no much longer have to spend just how numerous bucks for a single mug of coffee as well as the ambience is different. When you desire to bring the coffee store right into your kitchen area, you will not require a lot of points other than coffee beans, coffee filter and coffee maker. Coffee manufacturers give the best service when it comes to the ideal coffee however you would require the coffee bean or blend that is excellent for your preference. It is really difficult to discover a high top quality coffee that has actually been aged, as well as numerous coffee producers do not even adhere to this method due to the fact that Java is such a fast export that is in high demand. Hills Bros. ended up being the first firm to vacuum pack coffee, altering the coffee market from a neighborhood one to a local and also even nationwide one. Read more: https://thinkhealthylivecreative.com/