New Years' Resolutions

Hi All,

Well, its the new year.  2012 has come and gone and we are 2 full days in to the new year.  Wow.  Click here for a perpetual calendar to find out what day of the week a particular date falls on. Time flies when you are busy that's for sure.

So, now that we've seen the ball drop - click here for a YouTube video of the ball dropping in NYC - a lot of people have made resolutions.  Click here for a list of popular resolutions (source is the Guardian - a UK based newspaper). 

How many of them have you made?  Now, how many of them have you made in the past and haven't been able to stick to?

Now, click on this link to find a decidedly 21st century way to stick to those resolutions.  Note the source is from the Huffington Post.  Here is another link that will help readers stock to those resolutions.

So there you have it. A bit of entertainment - a bit of help to get you to stick to your New Years' Eve resolutions - and it wasn't even difficult.

Enjoy - and happy new year.

Stu

Ways to Spend New Year's Eve

Hi All,

Welcome to the last blog post for 2011. 2012 is just about 32 hours away so I need to get started on this post...

So, how do you spend your New Year's Eve? Well, that's the topic for today's post.

The first entry comes to you care of About.com - from their Long Island, New York section. Click on this link to visit the page where the information comes from.

Some ideas they mention include the Garden City Hotel's New Year's Even Dinner at Rein and Gurney's Inn Annual New Year's Eve Party.

From a website called Activerain.com come these suggestions: Lily Flanagan's Annual New Year's Even Extravagana or New Year's Eve 2012 at the Long Island Huntington Hilton.

From a website called Opentable.com (where you an make restaurant reservations online instantly - and get confirmations of the reservation) comes suggestions from dozens of restaurants in New York City, in Nassau and Suffolk counties'. The site lets you make the reservation in real time and get a confirmation. Information about the restaurant is included - as well as the type of cuisine (American, Cuban, French, Italian, etc...) the restaurant serves.

For a more local perspective, click on this link from the FarmingdalePatch site. This link goes to the patch link for the search 'New Year's Eve'. Some suggestions that appear include Caracara Mexican Grill, Melting Pot, Library Cafe, New Year's Eve Party at Croxley Ales, and an event at the Farmingdale Knights of Columbus.

By the way, did you notice how all the links on the Farmingdale Patch page are local venues? That's because of the local nature of the FarmingdalePatch site - a good site to visit for local information any time of the year!!!

Finally, click on this link for local taxi services (Farmingdale, Massapequa, Bethpage and Plainedge) that you can call in the even that you've had so much to drink that you can't drive.

So, with that all said - have a happy and safe New Year's Eve. And have a great 2012!

Enjoy the links!

Stu

Choosing a Champagne For New Year's Eve

Hi All,

Welcome to the last blog entry of the year. With that simple introduction out of the way, I'd like to talk about champagne and buying champagne for the New Year's Eve celebrations' that are about to occur in the next 2 days or so.

Before you go out to buy champagne it makes sense to learn a bit about this wonderfully bubbly beverage. So...you might do well to click on this link that discusses the various types of champagne. Readers can also find other interesting bits of champagne information on this site. For example, there are lists of champagne appetizers, champagne desserts, champagne toasts and a special link to 'Why we clink glasses?' Neat stuff!

When readers are buying their champagne what should they look for? Indeed, a great question and you can click here for an article on 'How to Buy Good (Inexpensive) Champagne'. Click here for another champagne buying guide...

Before actually serving the champy you have to open it. Click on this link to find out how to open a bottle of the bubbly!

So once you have that bottle of bubbly on the counter (and it is open) how should you serve it? Again, excellent question and you click on this link to find out to serve champy!

Now that you've got the champagne out on the counter, you are probably hungry and need some food. Click here for some ideas of what foods to pair with champagne. Yum - I'm hungry already!

Again, click here for another link on what food to eat with champagne - this link is from HGTV though.

Finally, champagne is darn special. So you might want to give a toast when you drink the beverage. Click here for a link which has champagne toasts in various foreign languages!

Happy New Year!
Stu

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What to Look For When Joining a Gym...

Hi All,


So the holidays are here and the parties are around the corner. First the holiday party for work, the festivities and Grandma's. Don't forget the New Years' Eve party, your significant other's work party and the Christmas Day feast....is it just me or are my pants starting to feel a bit snug?


Yes folks, we have all just entered the holiday zone. The place where belts are suddenly tight, trousers don't fit and well, generally your once comfortable daily clothing is not so comfortable anymore...what can be done to combat these events?


Well, welcome to the blog entry where we can help you find a good gym to join so you can feel better about yourself while at the same time you can lose some of the weight you (me, we, all of us, etc) put on during this festive holiday season.


So you want (or need to join a gym)? Click here to find out which few key questions to ask before actually signing on the dotted line and dropping a few hundred dollars. The link is from an old standby - About.com and is titled, 'Gym Joining a Gym - What You Need to Know Before Joining a Gym'. You can also click here to see an article from Wikihow on whether or not you should join a gym - and what you should think about before actually joining the gym.


Click here for a link from Buzzle entitled 'To Join or Not to Join: Are Gym Memberships Really Worth It'? Why is this interesting? Because if all you need to do is break a bit of a sweat and do some walking, then quite possibly a gym membership is not for you...besides, you might be able to buy weights and conduct your workout from home. Just a thought. But here is a link to a set of weights that can be purchased for your home use.


This link is from Wal-Mart. Please note that I am not giving Wal-Mart the 'Farmingdale Public Library' seal of approval. I just used the link to indicate that weights are available to consumers. Note that you can probably buy weight sets at Target, K-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods or other stores.


Don't forget to use Froogle.com to see which site has the lowest price on the weight set that you are interested in...



Finally, you can click on this entry from Ezine Articles entitled, '10 Reasons To Join a Gym'.


So, now that you have all these resources...get to work and decide whether or not a gym is right for you.


FYI, I might do a follow up entry to this blog entry; the subject of which would be how to get the most from your gym workouts and whether or not a Personal Trainer is right for you.


Good luck exercising and finding the right gym!


Stu



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