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Are You Confused About Which Supplements Are Best For You? You’re Not Alone

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As we experience a growing attention to health in our society, we see body-conscious people taking on a comprehensive approach to their physiology. They are buying pedometers, joining gyms and meticulously watching their food intake.

Unfortunately, not everything our body needs can always be obtained through food. Sometimes we have specific concerns that require specific intake. Consequently, we may need to purchase supplements to address those concerns, and we find ourselves snowed under with an unbelievable number of products with an endless list of promises.

Perhaps the best indicator of how many such products are available is the fact that there are entire stores devoted to the sale of them. If you are in search of a supplement, you may be so puzzled by how to proceed that you want to give up.

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Drink of the Week: The Waldorf Gloom Lifter

The Waldorf Gloom Lifter.Last week found me possibly a dollar short and definitely a day late for St. Patrick’s Day, but at least the drink was good. The Gloom Lifter was essentially a whiskey sour with egg white, made with Irish whiskey rather than the more cocktail-typical North American varieties. Now, we have the Gloom Lifter’s more upscale cousin, the Waldorf Gloom Lifter, which is essentially a Clover Club with Irish whiskey and a bit of brandy standing in for gin.

If you want to find the original source of today’s drink, you’ll have to pick up a copy of “The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book,” a book dating back to the pre-Prohibition era which I don’t currently own. The recipe, however, is floating around the Internet in a number of iterations, now including this one.

If you found the Gloom Lifter a bit on the dry/overly simple side, this is a drink for you. It’s also a drink I’m willing to bet you might have a hard time getting at today’s historic and pricey Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, as it’s not on any of their online menus. If you did, it would likely cost you about $20.00, plus tip. Lucky us, you can make this one at home for probably less than a buck and enjoy a bit of bygone elegance on the cheap.

The Waldorf Gloom Lifter

1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
1/2 ounce brandy
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 egg white (1 ounce of packaged egg white)
1/2 ounce grenadine or raspberry syrup

This one has egg white again, so the drill is pretty much the same as always. Combine the liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker without ice for the so-called dry shake. Watch out for the interesting chemical reaction which can cause the top of your shaker to pop off. In any case, if you’re going the safe route and using a pasteurized, packaged egg white — and I’ll note that I haven’t noticed any decline in the quality of the final product whatsoever while doing this — you won’t have to shake it for more than a few seconds for the egg white to be fully emulsified.

Next, add plenty of ice and shake again, vigorously as always, and strain it into one of your larger cocktail glasses. This is a big drink that needs a big glass.

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New Urbanite Select smartphone cases from Ballistic

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Ballistic has introduced slimmest series yet of smartphone cases, offering an elegant, pocketable design and lightweight, premium materials. The new cases are crafted with real wood and leather, as you can see in the photos above. We tried the black leather case for our iPhone 6 and liked the look and feel of the case. The cases are equipped with Ballistic corners, raised lips and a six-foot drop protection.

The cases are available in Dark Ash Wood, White Ash Wood or Buffalo Leather for iPhone 6/6S, iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus, Samsung Galaxy S 7 and Samsung Galaxy S 7 Edge. You can find them at the Ballistic store.

Online shopping explodes in popularity

Ugh, shopping. Darned women and their shopping, right? In 2016, that could get you killed by a feminist with a sniper rifle. That isn’t the point though. The real point is that there is no longer such a thing as shopping being a woman’s thing. If you have ever been on the Internet, you’ve probably had the guilty pleasure of browsing through the new range of power tools on eBay and other shopping sites. This type of online shopping, or ecommerce, is one of the most popular activities and businesses in the world today, no matter what gender you are.

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