New Year's Eve is Almost Here!

Hi All,

New Year's Eve is approaching quickly.  What better time to plan a party than now?  So...how do you create a great New Year's Eve celebration for you and your friends and family?  Read on and learn how to create the party of all parties this year!

WikiHow - How to Throw a New Year's Eve Party

Real Simple - How to Throw the Easiest New Year's Eve Party Ever

UK Mirror - New Year's Eve Party Ideas - Decorate, Eat, Drink and Games

MoneyTalksNews - 10 Tips For Throwing a Great, Cheap New Year's Eve Party

Pinterest - New Year's Eve Party Ideas (with lots of pictures)

Money Crashers - 11 Fun New Year's Eve Party Ideas for Food, Games and Decorations

Penny Hoarder - Step-by-Step Guide to Throwing a Rockin' New Year's Eve Party on the Cheap

Food Network - How to Throw a Family Friendly New Year's Eve Party

HGTV - Host a Sparkling New Year's Eve Party

Delish.com -  29 Crazy Delish Cocktails to Make With Champagne


So there you have it - a start to help you make this New Year's Eve a night you won't soon forget!

Regards,
Stu

Enjoying the Holiday Season

Hi All,

So I wanted to write a blog entry about the holidays but I didn't want to write about how to shop on Amazon or how to get the best deals at WalMart or how to get the most for your money at the end of the holiday shopping season...no.  I wanted something a bit different than the same old, same old holiday post.

So, without further ado...how to enjoy the holiday season and not stress over presents, parties, feeling that you left somebody out on your list or any of the myriad of other ways people are stressed during the holiday season.

 Urbanest - How to Relax at Christmas and Start the New Year with Energy

WikiHow - How to Cop with Post Holiday Syndrome 

WikiHow - How to Relax During the Holidays 

Inc. - 10 Unique Ways to Relax and Recharge During the Holidays 

Health.com - 25 Ways to  Fight Holiday Stress

Simple Family Finance - 14 Ways to Simplify Christmas and Enjoy the Holidays 

NukNuuk - 5 Ways To Relax and Enjoy the Holiday Season 

Eventbrite - Beating the Holiday Blues, How to Relax and Enjoy the Holidays 

So there you have it - 8 sites that will help you relax and not stress over the nearly here holiday season!   Enjoy the links and hopefully you won't stress over the holidays!

Regards,
Stu

The Party's Over....

Hi All,

The end of the year is well nigh upon us.  With just about 61 hours left in 2015 its time to start thinking about New Year's Eve, champagne, parties and resolutions.

For a great summary of the year in computer searching, click on this link from Google Trends - its called A Year in Search 2015. 

For things to do on Long Island for New Year's Eve 2015 click on this link: Long Island.com 2015 New Year's Eve Entertainment Guide and  MommyPoppins - New Year's Eve 2015 Celebrations on Long Island For Kids and Families. 

What's a New Year's Eve celebration without champagne? Indeed, click here for some information about buying champagne and the types of champagne for your drinking pleasure.
Wikipedia - Champagne
Wine.com - Champagne
New York Times article on Champagne
Basic Wine Knowledge - Champagne

Finally, what's a New Year's eve without resolutions and thoughts of changing ones' life in the upcoming year. Click on the next few links to learn all about New Years Eve resolutions.
Time Magazine - How to Keep Your New Years Eve Resolutions
Health - Top 10 Healthiest New Years Eve Resolutions
Bembu - 100 New Years Resolutions - ambitious!
About.com Travel - Top Ten New Years Resolutions
Gaiam Life - 10 Tips To Help Keep Your New Years Resolutions

Enjoy the links - happy new year and enjoy the festivities!

Regards,
Stu

New Year's Eve 2015

Hi All,

The end of the year is coming!  And that means New Year's Eve celebrations are everywhere - so start celebrating!  This blog post will be a veritable, 'all things New Years' Eve' post...

Hosting a New Years' Eve party is a time-honored way to celebrate the new year...click on these three links to learn more on how to host that party!  And have fun - and stay sane - doing it.

Ehow has an interesting article titled 'Hosting a New Years Eve Party.'  AOL - yes, AOL - has an article called, 'Host Handbook: New Year's Eve Party'.

Well, very few New Year's Eve parties have no Champagne....yum.  Click on these few links to learn a bit about picking the right Champagne for NYE (New Year's Eve).

IntoWine is a fun website that discusses wine and accompanying drinks...the linked article talks about New Year's Eve Champagne Recommendations and Ideas.  Click on this link for some videos on how to choose sparkling wines....

Click on this link to learn even more about how to choose the best Champagne for your NYE party.

Readers can click on this link to learn about how to pair food with various types of Champagne - link from Food and Wine.com.  And readers can click on this link - from Delish - to learn about Champagne cocktails.

If you aren't having a party at your house, click on these links to find out where the great NYE parties are on Long Island. About.com has an article titled, 'New Year's Eve on Long Island'.  Short, sweet and to the point!  Go About.com/Travel!  Not to be outdone, Newsday has an entry as well for things to do on Long Island on NYE.  Click this link to read the article.

Finally, the Long Island Press has an entry as well - click here for the article 'Long Island New Year's Eve 2014'.

Okay...one last link...click here to go to Balldrop - which celebrates New Years Eve 2015 in New York/Times Square!  

Enjoy the links - and here's to a happy and healthy new year!  Happy 2015!

Regards,
Stu

New Years' Eve 2014!!!

Hi All,

Well, its that time of year again.  Another year has gone by and we're at the end of December...Its New Years' Eve time.  So get ready for the parties, the Champagne; and get ready for the countdown, and the ball dropping in Times Square...and of course the actual New Year!

So, without further ado...here are a bunch of things that you can on New Years' Eve on Long Island...

If you are into posh parties and elegance, you might want to visit the Garden City Hotel...click here for the link.  For 'just' $175 you ge an open premium bar, live DJ, a 'hangover breakfast bar' and more.

For another gorgeous venue, try out Villa Lombardi's New Year's Eve Candelight Ball in Holbrook.
What's included at Villa Lombardi's you ask?  For $135 you get Live DJ Entertainment, a live simulcast from Times Square New York City,  a premium  five hour open bar, champagne and a really, really excellent menu with options galore for dinner.  Click here for the menu.

Other places that are offering New Year's Eve events include Maxwell's in Islip, Gurney's Inn in Montauk and others.  Click here for a list that will link you to some other fun New Years' Eve parties.

So...how can you pick a Champagne for New Year's Eve that you'll like?  Click on this link from Kitchen Daily which explains 'How to Pick the Perfect Champagne?'   For an alternative take on how how to pick a great Champagne for New Year's Eve, click on this link from the Huffington Post for the article entitled, 'A Guide to Champagne and Sparkling Wine: Choosing a Bottle for New Year's Eve'.

Finally, if you are hosting a New Year's Eve party, click on the following links - the suggestions might make the party even more fun - and take the stress out from hosting the shindig.

From the  Albuquerque Journal comes this blog entry entitled, 'Have a Family-Friendly New Year's Eve Party'.   From the ever popular HGTV website comes this entry entitled 'Hosting a Sparkling New Year's Eve Party'.  Finally, click on this last link - from Money Crashers.com - entitled '11 Fun New Year's Eve Party Ideas For Food, Games & Decorations'.

So there you have it...how to host a great New Year's Eve party, how to pick the Champagne, and how to have fun at the party!  What more do you need for a great New Year's Eve/

Enjoy the links - and of course, Happy New Year!

Regards,
Stu

Save Your Sanity During the Holidays

Hi All,

The last minute rush is getting here. Get ready, get set...go.  There is officially less than a week to go before Christmas Day 2013.  And it is probably getting a bit hectic in your life right about now.

So this is the perfect time to offer up a quick and easy blog entry about 'Saving Your Sanity During the Holidays'. As a matter of fact, that is the title of the first link I'm going to share with you this morning.  Click on this link to connect to the article. Note that the article comes from the Farmingdale Patch - a local, Farmingdale based, newspaper.

This next link comes from a law firm - no, I am not advertising for the firm. I'm just connecting to an article from Panish, Shea & Boyle, entitled 'Exercise Patience and Common Sense During Holiday Shopping'. The article talks about shopping mall safety, credit card safety and long check out lines.

The holiday season brings with it its own set of stresses and strains. Families get together and there is a limited amount of time to get a lot accomplished (shopping, wrapping presents, buying presents, cleaning the house, coordinating plans with family members, possible flights in airplanes and possible pickups at airports...and more.)

Hence the appropriate topic of this last article - which comes from the Mayo Clinic website.  Entitled, 'Stress, Depression and the Holidays: Tips For Coping', the article is timely, well-written, and unbiased.  It also gives a lot of information to the reader on how to de-stress from the holidays.

Here's to a stress-free, entertaining, pleasant holiday season.  Enjoy the sites.

Regards,
Stu