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tellywoodtrash · 4 years

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shaadi mubarak 01+02.09.20 lb

01.09.20

oh ho kusummmm, don't be so rukhiii rukhiiiii. this is a delicate momentttttt.

the actual physical discomfort preeti is in while stepping into the house. my hearttttttt.

kusum is so hella mad and wants to smack the shit outta.... well, someone, that’s for sure.

the actress playing juhi has heavyyyyyyy dalljiet as anjali vibes no?

preeti is having TUMHARAAAAAA SASURAAAAL!!!! waala breakdown. sis chill for a sec.

kusum been knowing that this shit was coming. she looks so damn mad.

priyanka FORSHO has history with tarun. i get the feeling he might have rejected her coz she's not "refined" enough or some such thing.

"beta hi khota nikla toh bahu ko kaahe sunaana?" 100% nailed it.

i fully get how kusum can be perceived as callous but she's just someone with duniya ki samajh and doesn't bother sugarcoating her words for effect. she speaks the plain truth, not what anyone ~~wants to hear.

also she is totallll self confidence goals.

"ram ji ki laathi kaise maathe pe baaji!" lmaooooo

oh no preeti heardddddddddd.

sumedh running to do damage control, bless his heart.

kusum like BRO DON'T YOU TRY TO SHUT ME UP I'M STILL THE BOSS OF THIS HOUSE SO HELP ME GOD

the badly cgi'd exteriors are so blah. like, surely you can devote a day or two to taking some establishing shots and then use them over and over?

poor KT can't shake the visuals from his head.

KT really the rudra of this house huh. a spoilt, doted on lil BABY man.

lol mom and chaachi are instanttttt shippers.

cheesy man has secret center of angst.

ouff again with this sasuraal waala ratttt.

juhi is best beti.

GOD WHO MAKES THESE DUMBASSSSSS FUCKING RULES ABOUT WHO GETS TO LIVE WHERE ITS BLOODY 2020 FFS SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT HAS COLLAPSED JUST DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

juhiiiiii asking ALL the rightttt questions.

yes juhi you establish that haq!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lmao kusum is so me.

great, piyu has a new reason to hate juhi's fam.

GOOD LORD SHE'S SUCH A FUCKING DRAMA QUEEEEEEN. she's second on the list of "ASSHOLES WHO NEED TO DIAL IT DOWN, WAY DOWNNNNNNNNN" after tarun.

kusum trying to find some peace of mind.

oh ho, piyu has a backstory, where she was shipped off to gaon by her parents for some reason. ok i feel a little bad for her (but not thaaaaat much also.)

juhi sambhaale toh kitne maaon ke draamey sambhaale aaj???!

BETI KE GHAR KA PAANI TAK BLAH BLAH BLAHHHHHHH

sumedh ko koi sach mein koi mantriii banao. he is best man for the job.

KT is always expected to perform the dialogues of his movies, like some kinda circus monkey?????

KT and his mom are veryyyyy wholesome.

ummmm, literally none of these people said any of these things, preeti. ainvaaayi khayaali khichidiiiiii of unpleasantness you're cooking in your head.

this fucking samaaaj is the jaddd of allllll problems. fucking burn it all down to the grounddddddddddddddddd.

02.09.20

KT wants to call chaabi waali to check on her. sweet.

great, preeti left her phone over at tarun/rati's.

OMG THIS BITCH. NAATAK?!!?!? MY GODDDDDDD, FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU RATI.

KT didn't believe a worddddd of that bs.

bless this man's empathetic heart. he Soft.

RATI I SWEAR TO GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD I HOPE THIS GHAR OF YOURS FALLS ON YOUR DAMN HEAD.

and tarunnn, i wish you'd fall into a moat filled with hungry crocodiles.

sumedh is trying to find diplomatic solution while kusum eavesdrops lol.

oh i think sumedh and juhi handle some kinda family business together. sweet.

SUMEDH BE SETTING HUSBAND GOALSSSSSSSS. YOU RAISED A GOOD ONE, KUSUM.

lmaoooooo kusum and her ramji sayings are my fav.

my god, bohut hi besura bhajan chal raha hai subaah subaah.

i wish the walls of this house weren't so AGGRESSSIVELYYYYY BLUE. it makes the space look claustrophobic and dark.

(recently painted an accent wall in my living room, and this comment is a result of having read 30 thousand home decor blogs in a week.)

every time i see that wall hanging over preeti's face in that photo, i lol. kusum you're so deliciously petty.

khatarnaak music and ainvayiiii ka tevar for kusum.

LMAO THE MISLEAD WITH THE TWO MUGS OF TEA. KUSUM YOU PETTY ASS B I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

juhiiiiiiiiiiiii is literalllll sunshine.

and sumedh got them a special pass to go to some mandir in pushkar. god bless these twoooooo kidsssss.

preeti has enough self-flagellation and guilt to put the best of catholics to shame.

LMAOOOOOOOOO KUSUM RUNNING AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TO HIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AND DO NAATAKKKKK.

i guess to get some attention + to get preeti to stay home with her???

yupppppp, she fully wanted quality time with preeti.

hahahahaha raajeshwari sachdev is honestly a gifttttttt that i didn't expect from this show but i'm soooooo glad it gave me.

askjfhkdsjfshksjf kusum's comments on youngest daughter's (kajal?) dungarees.

kajalllllll fully knows how mummy works. i like her best of the sisters.

"purkhon ne aakhein di hai ya cctv? kuch bhi na chupe thaanedaarni se!" hee hee heee

kusum + kajal tying for best maa-beti jodi with preeti + juhi.

"door se dikhaana tha toh photu kheench ke bhej deti; nimbu kharchne ki kya zaroorat thi???" hahahahahaha

lmao kusum tum juhiiiii ki saas ho ya preeti ki.

GOOD LORD WHAT IS THIS NAAGIN MUSIC?!?!

kusummmm ainvayiiiii mein tang kar-ing preeti to see till what extent she'll bend over backwards to accommodate the nakhras.

i mean, i don't blame preeti for wanting to leave this place.

oh god KT's mom is gonna do some totally unnecessary matchmakingggg. LITERALLLLY WHO ASKED FOR THISSSSSSSSSS??!?!?!

stop calling a 40 year old man A LADKA, jesus. daaant haath mein aa jayenge phir bhi desi maaa ke liye apna raja beta LADKA hi hai.

kusum is totalllly miffed at preeti's over-formal, farmabardaaaar behaviorrrr.

OH HOOOOOO KUSUMMMMMMMM TAAAANA MAT MAAROOOOOOOO

I SHALL NOT BE FOOLED BY THE RED HERRING PRECAP I'M SOOOOOOOOO FUCKING HYPED FOR TOMM'S EPPPPPPPP IT'S GOING TO BE FUCKING GLORIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thisdiscontentedwinter · 5 years

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A long-ass response to nonnie dude

First of all, you said nothing about what made this cute guy accomplished. So he’s cute and has married rich? So what? What are his actual accomplishments? Has he mastered a difficult skill? Has he made himself a better person with more integrity or self-discipline? You need to rethink the definition of success. “Not to mention, I feel like a failure since I thought I had been doing better for a whole year” Doing better doesn’t mean “doing better than other people” or “doing better than random people on the internet who only portray the things that they want you to see,” it means doing or being better than you yourself were before. Congrats, you have succeeded! You’re right, time isn’t stopping. So you have two choices in life: 1) follow your passions and do what makes you happy 2) not do what makes you happy, and live and die miserable, regretting your life as you live it, and regretting it when you’re dying, and all the while you will be inflicted by guilt, regret, anxiety, and depression, etc.

And you’re saying that it’s too late to do number 1) because you’re already 26 and can’t earn money from it right now? (As if it’s not possible to earn money from it later!) I can’t formulate it into words how ridiculous it sounds to me that you can’t do what makes you happy if you can’t earn money from it. Is happiness only worthwhile if it comes with money? Lol, what sort of nonsense. “Reading and looking at beautiful works of fine art makes me feel elated and alive, but I can’t do it because it doesn’t make me money!” You see how nonsensical this is? (How many fics - or traditionally pusblished books - do you think would exist if people only wrote for money, not for the love of it?) You’re going to die one day, so what the fuck do you have to lose by doing what makes you happy? You have your life to lose by doing what makes you unhappy, btw. So you’re 26. Let’s say you live until 66, ‘cause I slept 2 ½ hours and did 3 hours of taekwondo today and don’t want to do any math - so you have 40 years left. 40 years (and you’ll probably live longer, if you take proper care of yourself) is enough to master several skills, or several instruments and several languages, if you wish to stick to only those two. Even if you only master them by age 65, you spent your life doing the things you love doing, so wtf did you actully lose by doing them? Also, why do you measure success by money? Isn’t doing what you love and developing yourself as a person, whether you ever get money for it or not, a much better measure of success? Or do you consider all the artists who were ahead of their time and died in poverty failures, or think they should’ve done something else since they never earned money from their art? If not, why do you have this double standard for youself? “I’m 26 now, but I feel I can never get away from my parents’ rules & influence.” That’s literally nothing but a feeling you have. It’s not actually stopping you, which you’ll notice if you actually do something outside of your parents’ influence. People are always justifying how they can’t do things because of some feeling or other, but it’s possible to have the feeling and choose to work from another part of you - a part that’s courageous, for instance, or passionate about music or languages. Feelings are irrational as shit, and you’d do well not to think you are your feelings, but look at them logically and as moods that will pass. I was really jealous a couple of months ago, but I looked at it objectively, deemed it bullshit, had several good laughs over how dumb my own feelings were, and did nothing about my jealousy except logic it away. I didn’t take it to heart - it’s just a feeling, a fleeting thing based on the experiences I’ve had in my life. It doesn’t really have much to do with reality. Your parents aren’t stopping you here with feelings - you are. Idk what your living or financial situation is, but if you’re only able to do what you love secretly, then fucking do it secretly. If it helps, I took until 30 (I’m 32 now) to figure out what I want. I absolutely wasted my 20s. I could now throw in the towel because of my age, and my life thereafter would be a fairly meaningless passage of time, going from one thing to the next. But time (my life) will pass regardless of what I do with it, so I can waste it or do something fucking useful with it, whether it brings me financial success or not. And let me tell you, I’m far happier broke and uneducated than my highly educated saving-for-a-house friend who lets her parents’ and society’s bs get to her, and determines success by external markers - marriage, owning a home, etc. She doesn’t like her job despite being educated for it: she chose it for financial security, which she isn’t even getting like she thought she would. She has so much anxiety and depression and feels like a failure because she’s not married and doesn’t have her house, despite her being way more successful than I am in all of these external ways. Measuring success this way will only bring discontentment, because there will always be people richer and whatever - but also because it’s external. I believe that real, lasting happiness comes from internal things - such as sense of accomplishment by skill acquisition, i.e. mastery; growing as a person via self-reflection, or devoting yourself to a cause bigger than you, such as a charity or art, etc. I think you know this, too, because you said music and languages instead of money and a good-looking partner! (Speaking of looks - you will be far more attractive when you speak several languages, sing, and play an instrument or two, whether you make a penny for it or not. If you live a bitter, regretful life, even if you’re a rich engineer, you will be less attractive, 'cause it absolutely shows. If you want to be more attractive, do what makes you happy.) Also, you are FAR ahead of most people because you know what you want. Most have no clue and thus spend their lives passively consuming and ignoring the fact that they’re wasting their lives in meaningless mediocrity. Your problem now is that, having achieved this knowledge, you can’t waste away your life and make-believe that it was well spent - you’ll know it wasn’t, because you know what you really want. So you can choose a life of increasing anxiety and physical & psychological sufferings, or simply do what you love. It’s that simple. Here are a few of my favourite quotes to end this long thing (whoops, sorry) with: “Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, in all the small uncaring ways.” (Stephen Vincent Benet) “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” (Marcus Aurelius) “Your task is simply to find the one or few things that you can excel in, and then make it your primary business in life to excel in those ways. To do otherwise, to disregard the treasures with which you are at least potentially gifted, is simply to waste your life - a path to nothingness.” (paraphrased from an Academy of Ideas video - I highly recommend them, the self-improvement playlist is a wake-up call after wake-up call. I listen to them regularly and take notes. You can find Academy of Ideas on YouTube.) “You’re no longer a child but an adult. If you’re negligent and lazy, keep delaying and making a collection of one good intention after another, naming day after day on which you’ll start to take care of yourself, you’ll just go on without getting better, and you’ll live and die miserable.” (Epictetus) “We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it.” (Seneca) “If you plan on being anything less than you’re capable of being, you’ll probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” (Abraham Maslow) “If we delay the changes necessary in our life to truly live a fulfilling life, awareness of our mortality will give rise to nagging and increasingly intense feelings of guilt and regret. We will have chosen the safe road - the road of death, and we’ll spend our remaining days fleeing from the fact that we’re wasting our life.” (paraphrased from an Academy of Ideas video, or from The Way of Individuation by Jolande Jacobi) (All of these quotes I took from Academy of Ideas, actually. Good stuff.)

DW: I think there’s some great advice in here, and--so importantly to the original anon--there are a bunch of us out here who think you’re doing an amazing job at turning your mindset around and learning to become more forgiving of yourself, and more proud of your accomplishments!

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wineanddinosaur · 4 years

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What Do Instagram Home Bartenders Do Now That Everyone Is a Home Bartender?

Bars the world over were closed for several months this year, and are only just now opening. During that time, professional bartenders have been furloughed, at home, and unable to employ their craft. But some bartenders, like the Portland-based Jordan Hughes, better known as @highproofpreacher, have always worked from home. Over the last few years a small community of Instagram home bartenders (or “drinkstagrammers”) like Hughes has emerged, ostensibly amateurs who have built entire careers and even become minor celebrities by offering their own cocktail recipes and cocktail photography to increasingly large audiences, like Hughes’s 25,000 Instagram followers.

I’ve always had a bit of a fascination with the Instagram home bartenders. I’d long theorized that their massive followings were not based on them making great cocktails or demonstrating interesting techniques, but rather in them photographing drinks well and, often, offering a pretty face behind those drinks. But, if I was wrong, and people did follow them for the recipes and bartending ideas, now should be their time to shine — everybody is at home and anybody who wants a “fancy” cocktail has to make it themselves. So just how has the Covid-19 crisis impacted home bartender influencers?

“People are on their phones now more than ever and looking for more ways to not only connect with others, but to feel some sense of normalcy,” says Jordan Hughes. “I think that’s why so many people are jumping into cocktail-making during the pandemic.” Spirits category sales data and upticks in online cocktail class reservations, among other factors, support Hughes’s assertion that home bartending is on the rise.

And the surge in interest in home bartending is not limited just to the United States. “I’ve definitely had a spike in people reaching out [since lockdown procedures began],” says Matthias Soberon. The Belgian man is a music teacher in Ghent, but in his side hustle he’s @servedbysoberon, a home bartender Instagram account with some 56,000 followers from all over the world. While Soberon’s beer-loving homeland doesn’t have much of a cocktail culture, especially for drinks-making at home, that hasn’t mattered much. Soberon says many people have been contacting him wanting to know what cocktails are easy to create aside from the usual suspects like Manhattans. “[It’s] especially people not usually on Instagram,” he says. “A lot of people who like to go out for a drink on a regular basis.”

“Viewership has gone up for sure,” says Miguel Buencamino, the home bartender behind @holycityhandcraft, which has 25,500 followers. He began quarantining at home in Charleston on March 13. But he actually has another theory why his following has improved. “Since the pandemic hit I have been creating way more content,” he says. “Because I’m creating more content, people are engaging more.”

A software engineer who loved to cook, Holy City Handcraft had started as a food blog in 2015 before Buencamino started noticing that his occasional cocktail posts always got the most engagement. Now all his work is cocktail focused and, since the pandemic began, he’s left his day job in software engineering to devote full attention to his brand. He’s producing more video content and, instead of just the pretty cocktail photos he once posted, he’s trying to make them more instructional. “People are more curious these days,” he explains. “Before, people would just look at a photo, like it, and move on.”

But now, he says, they’re sticking around. Sticking around to see his technique for smoking cocktails or watch his #BacktoBasics video on how to make an Old Fashioned. Maybe some people like to stick around more because Buencamino has the best home bar setup of any of these influencers with a full wall of bottle shelving and a lengthy wooden bar he built himself. You almost feel like you’re in an actual bar watching him make his drinks, wanting to strike up a conversation with him.

“The amount of questions have gone up and I’ve started explaining, ‘OK, this is why I’m doing this,’” says Buencamino. “Lots of people are now trying to recreate the cocktail experience from the comfort of their own home because they don’t have a choice.”

Yet, I’d heard from industry friends that some other Instagram home bartenders were floundering, with their incomes down perhaps 70 percent. Hughes told me that alcohol company-sponsored Instagram partnerships — the way many of these home bartenders earn the bulk of their incomes — took a major dip when the lockdown first happened. Getting paid to produce content on press trips and work at branded pop-up bars are also off the table at the moment.

On the other hand, Andrew White, a private events bartender in Brooklyn, believes some Instagram home bartenders are struggling during this pandemic lockdown because, with all the attention now turned toward bartending at home, they’re finally being put under the microscope as never before. “Everyone is thinking they can do something like an expert when in reality they are only part of the way there,” says White, who briefly toyed with being a home bartender influencer himself, building his following to around 12,000 as @thecrafttender. “Being an excellent photographer and being photogenic doesn’t replace the 10,000-hour rule [of actually bartending].”

White is alluding to the fact that these drinkstagrammers are now facing stiffer “home bartender” competition. He points out that, in the past, “real” bartending pros were too busy working at their actual bars to build any sort of online presence and fame. Scour Instagram and you’ll find very few full-time bartenders with followings that creep into the five or six digits like the drinkstagrammers. Thus, many had to turn to these home bartenders to act as proxies for promoting their bars and brands on Instagram and other social media.

“But, with the absence of a bar to sell, the pros are now being instructional,” says White.

If, in the “before times,” Instagram had acted as a proxy for glamor — pretty people doing pretty things — now, during the quarantine, it’s become more about helping your followers learn how to get shit done, just like the experts. Thus, lots of “real” bartenders like Estelle Bossy and Sother Teague have begun offering instruction on, say, making a Negroni or how to produce draught cocktails. Meanwhile, publications have been hosting nightly cocktail tutorials on Instagram Live, featuring notable bartenders like Shelby Allison of Chicago’s Lost Lake and Orlando Franklin McCray of Brooklyn’s Nightmoves.

My favorite Instagram home bartender of the quarantine has been Naren Young, the award-winning former bar director at Manhattan’s Dante. “You know shit is getting weird when yours truly posts a random cocktail video,” Young wrote on Instagram on March 28 as he almost sheepishly began his home bartending career by making the de rigeur “Quarantini.” Previous to that, he’d never posted any sort of bartending tutorial on Instagram, using his account (and his modest 13,000 followers) to post images of his travels, food and drink he’s enjoying, friends he’s visiting. Two months into quarantine, however, Young had posted a cocktail video almost daily — over 40 Instagram videos in total by now.

Unlike many of the anodyne and brand-friendly home bartender influencers, Young doesn’t play it safe because he doesn’t really seem to give a fuck. He’s wildly funny, sometimes crass and profane, and often dressed in something a little bit wacky, like a bathrobe or a tuxedo jacket and bowtie sans shirt. Young’s videos offer little glamor; unlike the home bartender influencers, his videos have low-quality production values (his roommate holds his iPhone to film) and, believe it or not, he almost entirely lacks any sort of standard bartending equipment. Early on he was using sealed plastic Tupperware to mix drinks, and a novelty New York Yankees shaker to put together a Watermelon Martini.

“There are so many people out there that also don’t have any tools and therefore are probably too intimidated to make a drink, but they want a nice cocktail,” says Young, who has respectfully not posted any new bartending videos since the Black Lives Matter protests arose in early June. “So with these videos I wanted to take the stigma away that fancy drinks can only be made by professional mixologists. That’s BS. There’s a whole bunch of ‘tools’ that can be appropriated and turned into bar equipment on the fly and you don’t need to spend any money or have any formal training to execute.”

Indeed, by the end of each of Young’s videos you’ve inevitably learned something, and the drinks always look absolutely delicious. Still, Dr. Jessica Spector thinks it’s beside the point to compare these professional bartenders to the Instagram home bartenders. “These worlds have nothing to do with each other. Does it hurt home basketball players if Lebron James comes down to practice at their local Y?” asks Spector, who teaches about drinks culture at Yale University. “It’s not like Naren Young is the real celebrity and isn’t it quaint that Soberon is a celebrity in this little world?”

Spector believes that drinkstagrammers form a unique community, and their followers are specifically there for that, not necessarily to learn how to make a cocktail worthy of a slick Manhattan bar. In fact, she tells me many of her college students have told her they mainly enjoy this community aspect and would find, say, an overly serious “How to Make a Negroni” video insufferable.

“It has nothing to do with the circumstances in the world now — it was a community before this [the pandemic] and it’ll be a community after it’s over,” says Spector. “People bond more with their community in times of crisis.”

Most of the drinkstagrammers I spoke to likewise agree that all the bartending pros flocking to Instagram don’t impact them one bit. In fact, Hughes has been using some of his income of late to help out local bartender friends who are out of work, and has been trying to get them involved in his sponsored Instagram partnerships.

Buencamino, meanwhile, counts himself a fan of many of these star bartenders and is celebrating the fact they are now online more. “I’m not worried, I’m actually super stoked that these people I look up to are starting to do more content,” says Buencamino. Like Spector, he considers what they do almost a different art form, one more raw and real.

Of course, if we’re being honest, the truly most influential Instagram home bartenders of the quarantine have been neither furloughed professionals nor home bartender drinkstagrammers — they’ve been celebrities. And, even if they are making cocktails nowhere close to “correctly,” they are racking up viewership numbers way bigger than the rest of drinkstagram ever has before. Walton Goggins getting 67,000 views for making a Gimlet with the unexpected inclusion of muddled mint and cucumber. Stanley Tucci suavely shaking (shaking!) an unbalanced Negroni and still netting nearly 1 million views. Ina Garten mixing a comically gigantic Cosmo, and nearly blowing up the internet. “It’s always cocktail hour in a crisis!” wrote Garten.

Indeed, whether pro, amateur, nobody, or celebrity, everyone is making cocktails on Instagram right now, but it’s not affecting the drinkstagrammers. They just keep doing what they’ve always been doing, and their followings continue to swell.

“I feel bad saying this, especially since so many of my industry friends are left without work, but ever since the pandemic hit I’ve been absolutely slammed,” says Hughes. “It’s the busiest I’ve ever been in the three years I’ve been doing this.”

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isaiahrippinus · 4 years

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What Do Instagram Home Bartenders Do Now That Everyone Is a Home Bartender?

“But, with the absence of a bar to sell, the pros are now being instructional,” says White.

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johnboothus · 4 years

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ekisverenfirmalar-blog · 5 years

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Chef Eric Ripert Shares His Favorite Recipe From Mom

Firstly, you need to develop a strong constitution and mission. The reason why these are important is because while many businesses fail, some succeed and they require a lot of commitment and personal sacrifice. You have to ask yourself if you’re passionate about your mission enough to dedicate at least five years of your life to it. To teach our kids to be tough and with each blow life delivers to knock us down, we need to get up, dust ourselves off and pick up where we left off.

Secondly, learn how to hire and recruit properly. As someone who loves helping people, and at worst – a ‘rescuing type’ – this has stumped me along the way. I focused too much on serving people’s needs and wants – or hiring roles that I was comfortable with such as non-technical ones instead of more software engineers. The key is to identify the core Business needs and hire around these in a ‘jobs to be done’ framework.

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Finally, become great at both operating and growing your business. Operations is important because it keeps your business running well, and marketing is important because well, growth is everything in a startup. In the first few years, depending on the type of business you have, I’d say it should be a mix of 20% operations and 80% growth. That a business journey can also be a spiritual journey. I’m someone who is interested in personal transformation as well as professional development – and didn’t think I would get much of this through building businesses. I have wanted to spend a few months in India exploring myself and the world for as long as I can remember.

Thinking big and small: I can be thinking two years down the track while managing a project’s daily to do list. A dreamer and doer so to speak. This is super useful when starting businesses as it combines a visionary with someone who is practical and focused, so you can get achieve a fair bit with one just person.

I love sleep. I need sleep. It’s hard to talk about sleep when there may be parents reading this but I definitely love a solid eight hours. I usually get to bed by 11.30pm and wake around 7.30am. I then spend 30 minutes working from bed and replying to emails, which goes against every zen or productivity guru’s advice.

One thing I’ve been exploring lately is redefining what success actually means. Recently, in Silicon Valley, we’ve seen many unicorn startups grow to the point where their ethics, culture and community relations break. I want to see more examples of companies that are growing but also having a positive impact on the planet. I’m over the growth-at-all-costs way. Women CEOs and female founders are particularly well placed to lead this change. I also think it’s a great time for business, government and technology to come together and focus on solving real issues. If I could have any superpower, it would be the power of flight. But I can’t. So I have to fly in a plane like a regular human being and sadly, that costs money! But it doesn’t always have to burn a hole in your pocket. Here are five of the best ways to find cheap flights.

Devote 80% of your energy to the most important 20% of your activities. Remember that you can’t be everywhere, know everyone, and do everything. And avoid multitasking: it can cost you 40% efficiency. Remember the last time you had a brilliant idea at 2 a.m., but it sounded sort of ridiculous when you woke up the next morning? To reject popular thinking you must be OK with feeling uncomfortable. Also remember When you’re strategic, you reduce your margin of error. Simply having vague ideas of where you are and what you want to accomplish will get you no where. The keys to being strategic: 1. break the issue down, 2. ask why the problem needs to be solved, 3. identify the key issues, 4. review your resources, 5. put the right people in place. Henry Ford once said, “Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into smaller parts.” Try new routes to work, meet new people, read books you might even consider boring. The key is exposure to new ideas and ways of life.

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The Addictions Academy Hires Tricia Parido, Kevin Parker, and Maria Trantino as New Instructors for Their Acclaimed Nationally Certified Addiction Recovery Coach Program

https://authoritypresswire.com/?p=27893 Dr. Cali Estes, The Addictions Coach and Founder of The Addictions Academy recently announced they have new staff members heading up several of their live Nationally Certified Recovery Coach I programs. The Addictions Academy's Professional Recovery Coach Certification and Training Program teaches participants how to handle clients that are looking for help from drug addiction and alcohol addiction. A Recovery Coach’s function is to assist a client with Substance Use Disorder in finding the appropriate path to sobriety. "A Recovery Coach sets the parameters of the conversation, listens and contributes observations and questions, provides a roadmap for success, and assists the client to achieve their desired goals," explained Dr. Estes. She continued, "An action-based Recovery Coach accelerates the client’s progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choices, actions, and responsibility. Recovery Coaching concentrates on meeting the client where they are now, where they want to be, and holding them accountable as a team to get there." The Addictions Academy is the global leader in addiction recovery coach training and certification and the only Recovery Coach Academy to offer two levels of recovery coach training. Recovery Coaches focus on the now going forward. They listen, observe, and ask the question that ultimately leads to success through effective action planning. Estes said, “All three of these instructors have an unbelievable amount of experience and passion for client success. I'm still pinching myself, we're thrilled to have them on board." Tricia Parido (BS Psych, IMAC, NCPLC, CATC III, NCIP, NCPCM) is the Owner and Director of Turning Leaves Recovery, Life and Wellness Coaching. Based in California, Tricia will be the Live Instructor in California for National Recovery Coach I Certification in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. "I am seriously passionate about the professionalism of the Recovery Coaching and Addiction Treatment industry. I have devoted a great deal of my life studying and engaging in the creation of an effective program that generates successful outcomes for all levels of addiction severity," Parido said. As an instructor for The Addictions Academy, she brings over 30 years of addiction-related experience. Kevin Parker and Maria Tarantino will be facilitators for the Nationally Certified Recovery Coach live courses being held in the Northeast Region. They are both based in the Manhattan area. Kevin Parker has a bachelors in psychology and has 20 years of experience with addiction. He spent thirteen years in active addiction using everything from cocaine and heroin to every pill known to man. 7 years ago, he overdosed ended up in a coma losing his leg and nearly his life. Parker has been clean ever since and never stopped helping and inspiring people into sobriety and living the life of their dreams. He is now a speaker, certified recovery coach, professional interventionist, an author, and trainer. "I use all my training and experience to relate and serve the clients I work with as an addiction coach. I speak to kids in schools and help deter them from ever using drugs in the first place. I volunteer in the hospital and helps amputees and recent overdose patients cope and assimilate back into society," Parker reported. "My life revolves around helping people create a life they love to live while being clean and sober and living with true purpose." Maria Trantino obtained her BA in Psychology from St. John’s University and has an extensive background in education. She spent most of her career thus far working with various non-profit organizations doing both hands-on work with clients and training agency employees. Maria is passionate about helping people and loves to teach and train on areas of her expertise. In 2013, Maria obtained her CASAC-T and began working in the field of addiction as a counselor. Over the years, Maria has visited countless rehab facilities as a keynote speaker and educator on the topic of addiction. "In order to further help people battling with addiction, I became a Nationally Certified Recovery Coach and Family Coach through the Addictions Academy and will now be an instructor, I'm delighted for this new chapter!" exclaimed Trantino. The nation's opioid crisis has reached new proportions in 2018, continuing to increase from the unbelievable 70,000 deaths we saw in 2017. Overdose deaths are now higher than deaths from H.I.V, car crashes, or gun violence at their peaks. Dr. Cali Estes and The Addictions Academy have been offering a wide-ranging assortment of advanced training for years in an on-going effort to counteract the growing addiction problem. The Academy has more than 30 faculty teaching over 40 courses in five different languages. Program graduates can be found in 23 countries helping address the addiction problem worldwide. For more info on The Addictions Academy, go to https://theaddictionsacademy.com. To learn more about Dr. Cali Estes, The Addictions Coach, visit https://theaddictionscoach.com.

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Bodybuilding Myths

There are a lot of myths in bodybuilding. When I was young, I took many things at face value. I just didn’t think there was a whole lot of written material meant to entertain me at best or mislead me at worst.

I eagerly perused bodybuilding periodicals from cover to cover in search of what would satiate my desire to obtain a muscular physique. I spent thousands of dollars on supplements that were probably all worthy of the fate that befell a bottle of colostrum I purchased in 1990.

I chucked that half-used product in to a ravine near where I lived.

Early Bodybuilding Mistakes

So naive was I in my quest for muscle building success that I easily adopted counterproductive training methods along with the worthless supplements. One of these, a protocol claiming to add an inch of arm size in 24 hours, sent my arm training progress backward for no less than two entire months.

It called for any muscle building enthusiast who could devote one long day to the gym to perform biceps and triceps workouts every hour for an eight-hour period. This left my arms so over-trained that they performed about as well as wet noodles for seemingly endless subsequent workouts.

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Seventeen years later, I’m seeing much of the same hogwash I fell for in my youth as it’s reformulated for new audiences. The reason I know this is that I subscribe to a couple of popular bodybuilding newsletters.

I make it my business to keep up with what’s out there and, putting it mildly; some of it’s looking less than scrupulous.

Without mentioning any names or products, here’s a synopsis of some of the possibly dubious presuppositions I’m expected to believe in order to shell out the bucks for today’s ‘hot’ bodybuilding products:

“Secret” protein formulas from the past can speed up muscle growth.

Increasing a muscle’s “pump” will cause an anabolic effect.

Eating liver tablets will increase muscle mass.

“Bulking up” (i.e. gaining fat with muscle) is necessary for muscle gains.

The first on this list would be funny if it weren’t so friggin’ maddening. I’m asked to believe that a mid-twentieth century nutritional guru possessed a since-lost secret formula that accelerates muscle growth.

But what should I expect in an era of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘The Secret’? Many seem wont to believe something vitally important was lost and buried in the historical shuffle.

In the marketing for this secret formula, it’s implied that the guru’s mid-century program went from bodybuilding obscurity to stardom by using a protein formula of precise amino acid ratio balance. Funny thing; when I look up more objective online information about the relationship between this bodybuilder and his mentor, I find the bodybuilder attributes his success to an effective training protocol instead of an esoteric protein formulation.

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This is not surprising to me. As I’ve shared with so many people who’ve noticed my unimpeded muscle building gains: Until you get your tissue breakdown/recovery ratio mastered, everything else is just money-wasting BS. Once you do get it mastered, you might not notice much difference (convenience notwithstanding) between the effects of an exotic protein powder and those of an over-stuffed turkey sandwich.

And now even more marketing buzz is being built around nitric oxide products for their ability to create a ‘pump’ in the muscles. Interestingly, I actually like these products for the value I can extract from them. If you’re doing a photo op, this increased pump can have your musculature appearing just a bit more swollen. Anyone who sees my latest pictures posted on my blog can witness the decent vascularity that’s partially attributable to my trial of this product.

This doesn’t mean, however, that getting a pump will equate to better bodybuilding gains.

Believing so kind of reminds me of the economic fallacy referred to as the fallacy of composition. It’s the mistaken belief that what’s true for the part is always true for the whole. If you consider ‘the part’ as being your workouts during which your arms feel bigger than before you began the training, it doesn’t stand to reason that your arms are necessarily recuperating faster between workouts (the whole).

Remember, full and strength-compensatory recuperation between workouts is what results in muscle growth.

Moving on to the third item on the list: Yes – I’ve even received newsletter advice to buy liver tablets. Damn… I never thought this one would work its way back to the bodybuilding shelves.

The belief that special benefits can be derived from eating specific animal organs is a throwback to nomadic tribes believing they gained courage from eating the hearts of lions. Does desiccated liver contain protein? Sure – but so does a dozen egg whites.

Bottom line: protein synthesis for muscle recuperation will take its sweet time even if you have excess protein in your body – regardless of the source of that protein.

This leads us to the final bullet point mentioned; the bulking up myth.

Many of us thought this died in the 90s, but it seems to be making a current comeback via the Internet.

Personally, I’m frustrated to see so many under individuals being mislead toward excessive calorie intake when they haven’t even conquered the challenge of ‘how to gain muscle’. If you don’t first get an effective muscle breakdown/recuperation ratio in order, excess calories will only bog down your system. Not only can this cause fat gain, it can slow down muscle growth.

Think about it: Your body needs energy for all its functions – including building muscle and digesting/processing food. You definitely don’t want the latter to start competing for energy with the former. That’s a prescription for becoming fat, lethargic, and un-muscular.

Don’t fall for bodybuilding myths

If you want to build a nice physique, beware of what misleads so many into the frustration of plateaus and unfulfilled desires.

Look first at your workout strategy and make sure your tactics are sound. This can prevent you a lot of natural bodybuilding heartache; the kind of frustration that leads to chucking a thirty-dollar bottle of supplements from your backyard into a distant ravine.

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Bodybuilding Myths

I chucked that half-used product in to a ravine near where I lived.

Early Bodybuilding Mistakes

Good Bodybuilding ideas

I make it my business to keep up with what’s out there and, putting it mildly; some of it’s looking less than scrupulous.

“Secret” protein formulas from the past can speed up muscle growth.

Increasing a muscle’s “pump” will cause an anabolic effect.

Eating liver tablets will increase muscle mass.

“Bulking up” (i.e. gaining fat with muscle) is necessary for muscle gains.

But what should I expect in an era of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘The Secret’? Many seem wont to believe something vitally important was lost and buried in the historical shuffle.

The Most Important Bodybuilding Trick

This doesn’t mean, however, that getting a pump will equate to better bodybuilding gains.

Remember, full and strength-compensatory recuperation between workouts is what results in muscle growth.

Moving on to the third item on the list: Yes – I’ve even received newsletter advice to buy liver tablets. Damn… I never thought this one would work its way back to the bodybuilding shelves.

Bottom line: protein synthesis for muscle recuperation will take its sweet time even if you have excess protein in your body – regardless of the source of that protein.

This leads us to the final bullet point mentioned; the bulking up myth.

Many of us thought this died in the 90s, but it seems to be making a current comeback via the Internet.

Don’t fall for bodybuilding myths

If you want to build a nice physique, beware of what misleads so many into the frustration of plateaus and unfulfilled desires.

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Bodybuilding Myths

I chucked that half-used product in to a ravine near where I lived.

Early Bodybuilding Mistakes

Good Bodybuilding ideas

I make it my business to keep up with what’s out there and, putting it mildly; some of it’s looking less than scrupulous.

“Secret” protein formulas from the past can speed up muscle growth.

Increasing a muscle’s “pump” will cause an anabolic effect.

Eating liver tablets will increase muscle mass.

“Bulking up” (i.e. gaining fat with muscle) is necessary for muscle gains.

But what should I expect in an era of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘The Secret’? Many seem wont to believe something vitally important was lost and buried in the historical shuffle.

The Most Important Bodybuilding Trick

This doesn’t mean, however, that getting a pump will equate to better bodybuilding gains.

Remember, full and strength-compensatory recuperation between workouts is what results in muscle growth.

Moving on to the third item on the list: Yes – I’ve even received newsletter advice to buy liver tablets. Damn… I never thought this one would work its way back to the bodybuilding shelves.

Bottom line: protein synthesis for muscle recuperation will take its sweet time even if you have excess protein in your body – regardless of the source of that protein.

This leads us to the final bullet point mentioned; the bulking up myth.

Many of us thought this died in the 90s, but it seems to be making a current comeback via the Internet.

Don’t fall for bodybuilding myths

If you want to build a nice physique, beware of what misleads so many into the frustration of plateaus and unfulfilled desires.

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Bodybuilding Myths

I chucked that half-used product in to a ravine near where I lived.

Early Bodybuilding Mistakes

Good Bodybuilding ideas

I make it my business to keep up with what’s out there and, putting it mildly; some of it’s looking less than scrupulous.

“Secret” protein formulas from the past can speed up muscle growth.

Increasing a muscle’s “pump” will cause an anabolic effect.

Eating liver tablets will increase muscle mass.

“Bulking up” (i.e. gaining fat with muscle) is necessary for muscle gains.

But what should I expect in an era of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘The Secret’? Many seem wont to believe something vitally important was lost and buried in the historical shuffle.

The Most Important Bodybuilding Trick

This doesn’t mean, however, that getting a pump will equate to better bodybuilding gains.

Remember, full and strength-compensatory recuperation between workouts is what results in muscle growth.

Moving on to the third item on the list: Yes – I’ve even received newsletter advice to buy liver tablets. Damn… I never thought this one would work its way back to the bodybuilding shelves.

Bottom line: protein synthesis for muscle recuperation will take its sweet time even if you have excess protein in your body – regardless of the source of that protein.

This leads us to the final bullet point mentioned; the bulking up myth.

Many of us thought this died in the 90s, but it seems to be making a current comeback via the Internet.

Don’t fall for bodybuilding myths

If you want to build a nice physique, beware of what misleads so many into the frustration of plateaus and unfulfilled desires.

The post Bodybuilding Myths appeared first on Fitness Tips for Life.

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Bodybuilding is not necessarily fitness I have been working out off and on since I was 15 years old and one of the problems with...

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A C T U A L E N G L I S H S L O G A N S S E E N O N T - S H I R T S W O R N B Y P E O P L E I N A N D A R O U N D T H E M E T R O P O L I T A N T O K Y O A R E A

As witnessed and then compiled by Todd, commencing August 16, 2002. - - - -

Warning to non-Japanese and native English speakers: before laughing uproariously at the following list, please consider the multitude of t-shirts and other items sold in the west with kana printed on them (not to mention all the westerners with kana tattoos whose only knowledge of its meaning comes solely from what the tattooist told them it meant) and what said kana might actually mean in Japanese.

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"WE HAD A RORTY TIME" - seen on a 20-something Japanese woman on the Saikyo line, Ikebukruo station, August 16, 17:45.

"YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING EVALUATE" - on a twenty-something chap in lovely downtown Urawa, August 28, 13:00.

"HYSTERIC 3 MINUTE COOKING" - on the back of a large pink t-shirt worn as a dress by a 4-year-old girl, also in lovely downtown Urawa, August 28, 16:30.

"GUNS FEVER" - on a black t-shirt worn by a slacker-type dude, Shibuya, August 30, 18:30.

"MARIJUANA KEEP ATTACKING IT ALL THE TIME" - on a clearly pro-pot baseball shirt adorned with rainbow pot leaves, worn by a mid-20's guy, Saikyo line, September 6, 18:10.

"DAD CHIMP SAID...ALL VERY BEST" - in brown "old west" font on the back of a white t-shirt worn by a woman in her late teens, with her friend, in a sticker-making arcade (that's something you just gotta be here to understand), Shibuya, September 14, 21:30.

"NEED $5 TO SEE THE MONSTER" - on a white sweatshirt worn by a guy with bleached hair in his early twenties, on the Saikyo line, September 22, 14:15. The word "MONSTER" was silkscreened backwards, as it would appear in a mirror.

"NO MORE IS GOOD" - on the front of a white hoodie, with another slogan on the back reading "REMEMBER WORLD'S RULES," worn by a 20-something woman on a mamachari, near Kita Yono station, September 29, 15:38.

"SEEK OUT TRAP" - black t-shirt, worn by 20-something guy, Yoyogi station, October 4, 19:45.

"BORN TO LOSE" - not funny in itself, except it was on a t-shirt worn by a 20-something guy going into Shinjuku's busiest off-track betting facility to place his bet on the ponies. Shinjuku, October 27, 13:45.

"THE BOMB WENT KABOON IT WAS REALLY LOUD" - on a black t-shirt in omiya station, 4pm sometime in September.

"BE IMPRESSED AND THEY GATHERED TOGETHER TO MIZPEH A PRAYER IS PUT" - on a black sweatshirt, on a 20-something hipster guy with bleached hair, K-T line, February 6, 2003, 18:00.

"AUTOMOBILE - EMOTION AND CONFIDENCE" - on an old guy's baseball hat, Musashino line, March 8, 2003, 16:30.

"MADE IN WORLD" - in huge block letter on the back of a cool kid's shirt, Omiya Muji, March 9, 2003, 15:00.

"LET'S TAKE A CHANCE AND DEVOTE ALL YOUR LIFE TO THE GAMBLING" - in pink capital letters, on the hood of a turquoise hoodie worn by a girl in her late teens, Yamanote line, March 21, 2003, 13:35.

"CAMOFLAGE IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR YOUR PROTECTION IN SPACE." - baseball shirt, guy in late 30's, Hibiya line, May 3, 2003, 16:45.

"LIFE AT YOUR OWN RISK - HAVE THE STAGE TO ONE SELF" - back of black hoodie, worn by punk kid on mamachari, near Saitama University, May 14, 2003, 12:20pm.

"CHOOP I FEEL AN URGE TO VISIT YOU, FLOWER CHILDREN" - on the back of a 10-year-old girl's t-shirt, Kawasaki station, May 25, 2003, 16:45.

"ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A BULL BOY" - sooo close to having it right! on the back of one of my basketball teammate's t-shirt, Kawasaki marina recreation centre, May 25, 2003, 18:30.

"JUDGING THE CASE" - the brown t-shirt of a hiphop kid, Ikebukuro station, May 26, 2003, 16:36.

"A BRIEF NOURISHES NEW DREAMS IT'S PEACE OF MIND CALLED COMFORT" - black longsleeve t-shirt worn by greying hipster, Saikyo line, July 16, 2003, 20:20.

"G-DEPT PREVENT: INGRESS" - Utsunomiya line, July 8, 2003, 18:50.

"Do you Thinks My Collture? - in hot pink type, Saikyo line, July 14, 2003, 19:46.

"GIRL WE HAVE NO READY MADE LOVE IN STOCK" - Indeed. Mom's turquoise t-shirt, Kawasaki station, July 19, 2003, 17:10.

"BREAK DOWN FAIRY MINX THAW EVEN" - girl's t-shirt in Akabane station, July 22, 2003, 16:00.

"PREVAILING BOBSON ELASTIC TEMPERMENT BS" - 12-year-old boy's purple t-shirt, Saikyo line, August 6, 2003, 11:35.

"I LOVE THE PINK PANK FAWN" - Pink t-shirt on twentysomething woman, Omiya Loft, August 7, 2003, 18:54.

"WATCH OUT SEE WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT IT HAPPENS" -t-shirt of woman walking dog, Tokiwa, Urawa, August 20, 2003, 9:05.

"VELVET SNOOZER" - pink trucker hat, high-school girl, Saikyo line, August 22, 2003, 23:55.

"WELL, I'M GONNA DRON NOW" - t-shirt in Times Square mall, Shinjuku, August 29, 2003, 18:30.

"AFTER A STORM CONES THE CALM - SHE FELL ASLEEP AS SOON AS SHE GOT INTO BED" - back of grey tanktop, woman in late 20's carrying Burberry bag, Utsunomiya line, September 4, 2003, 16:05.

"TIMES CHANGE AND WE WITH THEN RN-43062" - red t-shirt, Shinjuku station, September 14, 2002, 21:55.

"PEACE AND DIGNITY ROAD TRIBUTE TO THE SELF-INDULGENCE BLUE HEART" - black long-sleeve t-shirt, Saikyo line, September 18, 2003, 16:40.

"JUVENILE DELINQUENCY NOHELL MOTORCYCLE" -black longsleeve t-shirt, Omiya station, October 4, 2003, 13:40.

"WE SUGGEST SNOB" - black long-sleeve t-shirt, Shibuya, October 10, 2003, 19:30.

"SUPER SONIC SLIMMY STAR NO FUTURE" -back of black button-down shirt, women in early 20's, Saikyo line, October 13, 2003, 13:50.

"7468-01 BEVERLY L. ANGELS IT'S A FOR YOUR HEALTH BOWL!" - back of cream-coloured hoodie, Tabata station McD's, October 14, 2003, 17:20.

"NUMBER WORTH PLENTYS MEAN" - back of a black hoodie, college student, Keihin-Tohoku line, October 21, 2003, 20:23.

"CHAOS BRINGER" - back of a cheap-looking fake-goretex outdoorsy/MEC-stylee jacket, Saikyo line, October 24, 2003, 17:40.

"SEEING YOU GIVES COURAGE PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS LEISURELY" - back of grey hoodie, 20-ish guy with a Nirvana "Nevermind" tote bag, Keihin-Tohoku line, October 25, 12:50.

"HER NAME IS SNOW WHITE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD? + BANANA FISH" - cool black hoodie, Keihin-Tohoku line, November 5, 2003, 17:50.

"I CONTINUE TO WALK ON THE WONDERFUL WORLD ROAD" - back of hoodie, Omiya station, November 16, 2003, 13:50.

"I'M MINT MINT BONJOUR" - back of a powder blue tracksuit jacket, Shinjuku Station, December 6, 2003, 12:48.

"THE QUEEN GRACED THE OCCASION WITH HER PRESENCE AN EVERYDAY OCCURENCE" - back of longsleeve t-shirt, Tabata McDonald's, January 6, 2004, 17:30.

"YELLOW CORN SLEDGEHAMMER HIGHWAY THE 3RD" - arm of yellow & black "freshie"-style outdoors shell/jacket, Tokaiko line, January 9, 2004, 18:10. Front and back of jacket read "HIGHWAY MAGICIAN."

"EARTHLY PARADISE BY THE STREAM INCEDE MILITALY INFULUENCE RIDER'S CLOTHING" I-embroidered in gold thread on the back of a middle-aged man's olive drab sport jacket, Tokyo station, February 15, 2004, 15:30.

"SEX POT REVENGE BY THE ROADSIDE REVENGE DECONTROL OF WAR NO FEBLE BASTARD" - "J-punk" black vinyl patch on back of hoodie worn by j-punk, Utsunomiya line, February 25, 2004, 20:30.

"Let's give The third Bet?" - bottom of back of hoodie, Atami, March 27, 2004, 13:30.

"WANT TO CHOOSE GOOD FRAME YOUR DREAM" - back of navy t-shirt, Saikyo line, April 24, 2004, 14:55.

"TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY IT IS ALWAYS THE SUN TO THE HEART" - it is indeed. White t-shirt, Ueno station, April 29, 2004, 15:10.

"BLUE NAIL WAVE" - man's black t-shirt, Musashi Urawa station, April 30, 2004, 20:05.

"TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE" - back of white t-shirt worn by three-year-old, Shibuya, May 1, 2004, 16:25.

"DREAMIN' OF JUICY" - Shibuya Zara store, May 1, 2004, 17:30.

"CLUB SASARI WINE STAR" - on a seven-year-old girl's t-shirt, Saikyo line, May 3, 2004, 12:30.

"I'M A BALLOON SELLER" - but she definitely was not. Woman's t-shirt, Tachikawa, May 29, 2004, 16:30.

"MONKEY CREATES NEW GENERATION" - they certainly do. Black t-shirt worn by pimply-faced teenager, Tachikawa, May 29, 2004, 16:35.

"BLACK GANG MAGIXSON" - on the back of a white "gansta"-wear stylee track jacket, in the Maruetsu, June 4, 2004, 13:05.

"GRASP THE NETTLE" - back of orange t-shirt, Kokubunji station, June 4, 2004, 22:40.

"G#O#D PRAYS TO GOD" - white t-shirt, Seibu line, June 5, 2004, 12:55.

"CAUTION SPACE TORNADO OGAWA" - back of black t-shirt, Family Mart, June 11, 2004, 08:10.

"NO OVER FLOW CUSTOMS GIRL" - woman's white t-shirt, Ageo Ito Yokado, June 13, 2004, 12:02.

"IF SPRING COMES MANY BUTTERFLIES WILL FLOCK IN MY GERDEN" -butt of woman's black t-shirt, Minami-Urawa station, June 20, 2004, 14:49.

"DON'T CONDEMN OUR JOBS" - lime-green t-shirt, Ekoda station, June 22, 2004, 19:12.

"HARRY HYS NO MUFF TO TUFF" - back of twenty-something woman's pink t-shirt, Ikebukuro station, June 22, 2004, 19:25.

"TEMPTATION DO YOU WANT TO BE A FINE MOOD?" - yes, please. Back of black t-shirt, Saitama Shintoshin, July 9, 2004, 12:30.

"MASTURBATE EMPHASIS BE-FASTIDUOUS" - front of baseball t-shirt worn by clearly oblivious mid-thirties guy, Akitsu, July 10, 2004, 13:00.

'"FEED THEM! THROW TRASH! YOU DESTROY DEER LIFE, DON'T YOU?" -back o red tshirt, Nishi Kokubunji station, July 11, 2004,11:40.

"they think we're satanic" - white t-shirt, near Tachikawa, July 25, 2004, 13:50.

"NINE OF YOUR NUMBER LUCKY!" - green t-shirt, Kita Yono, July 27, 2004, 12:35.

"DON'T HAVE A COW IF I'M GROOVY" - back of woman's t-shirt, Akitsu station, July 31, 2004, 14:15.

"the color has NEVER faded. the color has NEVER relation!" - back of white t-shirt, Shinjuku station, August 2, 2004, 14:45.

"SUN DOWNERS REAPERS" - in an exact reprodution of the L.A. Lakers' logo, on a 10-year-old's t-shirt, Saikyo line, August 6, 2004, 17:50.

"FRJ PINEAPPLE IS MY BUSINESS" - woman's navy t-shirt, Ueno station, August 7, 2004, 15:02.

"SPLASHES USUAL POP EVERYONE WANTS ITS REFRESHING" - back of woman's white tank top, Maruetsu, August 8, 2004, 16:50.

"HIGH WIDE AND HANDSOME" - woman's white t-shirt, Omiya station, August 10, 2004, 15:02.

"THE TIME IS RUNNING SO QUICKLY THEREFORE WE ARE WORRYING COMMUNICATION ABOUT LAKE OF" - back of white t-shirt, Urawa, August 12, 2004, 08:30.

"KEEP SURFING Beach Clean for your enjoy sufing HE IS NEW SURFER!" - white t-shirt, Seibu Shinjuku line, August 18, 2004, 12:32.

"HEY! SUCK MY BLOOD KNEE" - yellow t-shirt, Higashi Murayama station, August 28, 2004, 18:24.

"I LOVE GESTS" - white t-shirt, with the text superimposed on the afro of a silhouetted figure seen through a keyhole, Yono Honmachi post office, August 31, 2004, 13:40.

"CASH FOR SLANG" - back of green t-shirt, Ebisu Wendy's, September 11, 2004, 17:05.

"YES, FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING" - black t-shirt, Omiya station, September 15, 2004, 17:01.

"COUNT THE NIGHT BY STARTS LIVE YOUR DREAM SMILE & HAPPY" - back of kids' t-shirt, Kita-Yono Book Depot, September 18, 2004, 17:00.

"THE NATURAL FLAVOR NEVER STOP SMOKING" - back of a white, long-sleeve t-shirt, done in imitation of The North Face logo, Cocoon shopping mall, September 20, 2004, 13:10.

"YOU GUYS ROCKS" - front of J-guy's pink t-shirt, Saitama Shintoshin, September 23, 2004, 17:15.

"HOLD ON LIKE GRIM DEATH" - in cheerful silver sparkly ink, on woman's black t-shirt, Shinjuku station, October 1, 2004, 15:45.

"WOMEN AND GUNS" - on J-guy's tshirt, accompanied with an illustration of a naked woman wrapped around a giant revolver, Shibuya station, October 1, 2004, 17:25.

"NO FUTURE DRINKING THE MORNING AWAY AFTERNOON WILL PROVE A MISTAKE" - well, if you drank the morning away, what do you expect? J-girl's t-shirt, Shibuya, October 1, 2004, 18:18.

"CONVERSATION LIE OF NONEXISTENT" - girl's white sweatshirt, Takanodai station, October 10, 2004, 12:15.

"CAN SHE WITH THE WyRLD?" - back of white sweatshirt, with a drawing of a green four-leaf clover beside it, Shinjuku station, October 16, 2004, 18:00.

"PLEASE LET ME KNOW, IF YOU CAN" - beige longsleeve tshirt, Omiya, October 21, 2004, 17:00.

"FANCY POCKET GIRLS" - back of girl's beige hoodie, Chuo line, October 24, 2004, 14:00.

"LEAD STORY PLANET We say "How do you do?" when we meet somebody. It's against nature." - black t-shirt, Kawagoe, November 7, 2004, 13:07.

"IMPRESSIONS IN MY MIND NOT TO BE MISSED" - mom's yellow t-shirt, Kawagoe, November 7, 2004, 13:40.

"LET'S FEEL THE NATURE POWERFUL ENGINE" - old man's grey baseball cap, Keihen-Tohoku line, November 13, 2004, 13:30.

"ADORABLE SISTERS GO WEST!" - on junior high school girl's black hoodie, Kawagoe Animate shop, November 14, 2004, 15:00.

"THAT'S LUCKY TO STILL BE WITH US" - back of a grey "gangsta"-style hoodie worn by J-mom, Urawa, September 19, 2004, 13:15.

"WE HOPE TO ALWAYS HAVE AN POEN MIND" - back of woman's t-shirt, Franz Ferdinand concert, Shibuya Ax, November 29, 2004, 18:30.

"THE RACOON DOG MUST BE EXHAUSTED! IT'S SO EASY TO TELL" - well, sure it is, with a *racoon dog*. Back of black t-shirt, Shinjuku station, December 4, 2004, 15:00.

"TOWN IN CANADA 99" - girl's black trucker hat, Shibuya, December 25, 2005, 14:05.

"GORDON & SMITH CONFIDENT THE WORLD" - and why wouldn't they? Back of teacher's navy hoodie, Yono Hachiman elementary school, January 17, 2005, 08:35.

"FREE JAH CURE" - J-hipster's white t-shirt in RUN DMC-style logo, Ueno, February 24, 2005, 16:15.

"strong will To tell the truth, he lied" - woman's tote, Kanda station, March 2, 2005, 15:33.

"WEST VIRGINIA 7 APPALACHIAN THIS MAP IS CORRECT" - back of kids' t-shirt, Chuo line, April 7, 2005, 16:40.

"SURF WITH GHOST" - ok! White t-shirt, Shibuya, June 7, 2005, 17:23.

"TAKE IT EASY WHO BREAK YOUR BACK? DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT" - back of turquoise t-shirt, Tachikawa station, July 3, 2005, 12:15.

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And now for something different...

This post doesn’t really have anything to do with fostering, but it does have something to do with my life and health. And I use this blog as a way to express my thoughts and feelings about life. Mostly, my life centers around P and Baby C, but I’ve had something else on my mind for almost a year now, and perhaps if I share this story, others can give me some direction, learn from my experience, or sympathize/emphasize with this crazy health situation. I would also like to preface this post by saying there’s a lot of personal stuff in here that the fellas, in particular, may not want to read. Ladies, you’ll be fine, but unless you’re an open minded dude you might wanna sit this one out. Either way, here goes…

I’ve talked before about my infertility and the issues I’ve had with my lady parts. Basically, I’ve been told there’s no eggs in the basket and even if there is, they’re old and chances are, won’t make a baby. Boo. Anyway, this diagnosis creates another issue for me and that, my friends, is early menopause. I’m freakin 35 years old, so that’s a lot to digest. I’m 5 years into this diagnosis too, as I was told when I was just 30 years old. Since then, I have gone through hell in the female department. Without actually being pregnant, going through labor, and giving birth, as far as I’m concerned, I’ve served my sentence in the hellacious female issue department. My periods were so bad I sent myself right into anemia. I felt weak and useless. Pale and gross. Aunt Flow set up shop in my body and would stay for MONTHS. Bitch. I lost complete faith in my body and was always frustrated and…well….sad. It was a constant reminder of what my body couldn’t and wouldn’t do- reproduce. All I was producing was anger…and a lot of tears…and ya know, grossness.

So..in December 2016, I started getting a harsh, sharp pain in my left side. It took my breath away. It was so bad, it hurt to stand up, walk or sit for periods of time. I lived with a steady flow of Ibuprofen and my heating pad constantly at my side. I went to the chiropractor. I went to an urgent care clinic. This was right before Christmas, and our first Christmas with P as our adopted son, so I was determined, even though I felt like garbage, to make it a magical Christmas. But my body didn’t go for it. I remember baking Christmas cookies with P and wanting to just cry because of the pain. I finally went to my family doctor, who ran a slew of tests, XRays, and a CT Scan of my abdomen. It was concluded I had an ovarian cyst and some “concerning lymph nodes,” that could be reactive from the cyst. They referred me to my OBGYN and wished me luck.

Not seeing this as an urgent situation, two weeks later, still in pain, I go to the lady doctor, who does an ultrasound and decides “Nope, that cyst is too small and couldn’t cause this pain or those lymph nodes” and referred me back to my family doctor. She put in an IUD (worst freaking pain ever) and said that would take care of the early menopause crap (Why she hadn’t done this years ago, I’ll never know but yes, indeed, it helped!) Anyway, Christmas came and went, and my pain actually got more tolerable. Result of the IUD? Who knows. I think it was actually resting and not doing much over the holidays.

In January, after another CT Scan (#2) and blood work, I went back to my family doctor, who told me a story about her aunt having uterine cancer. Uhhhh, why was she telling me this???? With the cyst, the location of the lymph nodes, the early menopause issues, the infertility stuff, and the pain, she thought it was all uterine related and recommended a complete hysterectomy. She thought it was all GYN problem related and again, referred me BACK to my OBGYN, who again, said no, and referred me to a surgeon to do a biopsy of the lymph nodes. During this ordeal, as you know, we got the call for Baby C, and suddenly I had a newborn to take care of. My pain in my side was gone, but I was still feeling like crap most the time. Sleeplessness from a newborn? Perhaps? Or something else? So, in February, I went to the surgeon, who looked at my blood work and scans and said, “Nope, you’re fine. They’re reactive lymph nodes to lady problems, and they’ll probably clear up with time. Plus, your pain is gone, and the IUD is working, so that’s all well and good!” I was relieved and thought that was the end of it, even though I continued to feel sick and tired. I chalked it all up to having a newborn and being stressed with all foster parenting involves, and continued forward.

BUT…by March, I could barely stay awake during the day. I was sweating like crazy and was running a constant fever. I went back to my family doctor and literally cried and said, “Please figure out what is wrong with me! I’ve got two kids to take care of!" She, again, ran more tests, and another CT Scan (#3). Turns out, I had Mono. I was so grateful! I had a diagnosis! No more cancer, no more scary thoughts! This was all mono! No hysterectomy! Yes, I felt like absolute crap, but at least I knew what it was now! I struggled to finish the school year, with a newborn, a toddler, and mono. But, I was thanking God I had lunch and a plan period back to back, and my boss was ok with me taking naps in my car when I didn’t have students. I controlled the fever with Tylenol and ibuprofen, discovered a love of iced coffee and shots of espresso, and took frequent naps when I could.

By July, the mono symptoms were subsiding and I went back for a check up with my family doctor. Confident that these lymph nodes had gone away with the mono, I agreed to yet another round of tests and another CT Scan. (If you’re keeping track, this is Scan #4. Pretty soon, I might be radioactive.) Once again, it showed those concerning lymph nodes in my abdomen. Still there! My blood work was a bit funky too. And my doctor was super concerned again. She wanted a definitive diagnosis. So did I! Ugh. So, she referred me to an oncologist. I was scared just hearing the word. Oncology is cancer! Do I have cancer? Are we back to this?

A month later, again, in no hurry, not seeing any urgency in any of this, I went to the oncologist. He ordered more blood work and a CT Scan of my neck and chest. He told me he wanted to see if those concerning lymph nodes were also in other parts of my body. Plus, he said, doing a biopsy of the nodes in my abdomen would be impossible without a big surgery, and it’s much easier to biopsy lymph nodes of the neck. So, off to CT Scan #5. The results came back about a week later and my family doctor called me this time with the news. She told me “Be prepared, you might be sick, Jess.” Apparently my neck was filled with “concerning” lymph nodes, just like the ones in my abdomen. I asked if it could all be mono related and she said it wasn’t likely because the mono should’ve cleared up by then. So..back to the oncologist I go a few weeks later. He told me the same thing as my family doctor, and referred me to an ear, nose, and throat doctor to get his opinion on doing a biopsy of my neck. It’s September by this time, guys.

So, last week, I went to the ENT, who wasn’t even there. I saw his nurse practitioner, who told me that he’d talk to the doctor and get back to me on what we’d do next. I literally spent $40 copay to have him tell me he’d have to wait and talk to the doctor. Seriously. This week, a receptionist from the ENT doctor’s office called me and told me that that the actual doctor “cannot take your case right now. He thinks it is too ‘complex’ and since he only works a few days every other week, he feels you should see someone else, so they can devote more time to your case.” So, I was dumped by my local ENT. And guess what guys? There’s no other ENTs in this area!! So, I’m going to have to be referred to another ENT 1.5-2 hours away from my home. This is absolutely ridiculous.

It’s almost October and I STILL don’t have an answer. I STILL have “concerning” lymph nodes all over my body and I STILL don’t know what’s causing them! I STILL feel like crap most days, but better than I did in the depths of mono. I honestly haven’t felt like myself since November of last year. We’re going on almost ONE YEAR of this crap and I still have no answers. I’m certainly hopeful it’s NOT cancer or anything very serious that’s growing or multiplying inside me, because all of this back and forth bureaucratic doctor BS is making my head spin. I’m now waiting for this new ENT to call me with an appointment, to hopefully do the biopsy of my neck, and to hopefully, finally get a definitive diagnosis! Is this why people, who finally get a diagnosis, are already at their death bed? Or at Stage 4 Cancer? Is this really how health care in this country works? Or am I just choosing the wrong people? I certainly don’t feel like I’m dying and definitely have high hopes it’s nothing too serious, but still. It worries me my family doctor is concerned. When does this end?

In other news, I’m still reeling from last week’s incredible disappointment. I’ve been hugging and kissing my littles a lot more the last two weeks, especially Baby C, who I fear, our time together is short. It’ll all make sense in the end, I know. And I’m hoping the same goes for my health. The court system and the health care system are two things that I’m incredibly frustrated with right now, but I’m hoping and praying, it all makes sense soon. And big hugs and a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who has sent good thoughts, prayers, love, support, and alcoholic beverages my way. You guys make me smile!

Until next time, Mama Jess

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Hyperallergic: 9 Art-Filled Summer Day Trips from New York

OMI International Arts Center (photo by Panagiotis Gavriiloglou)

After a long, cold, painful winter (was that just me?), summer is finally here! The sun is out, temperatures are rising — time to get out of the city and take some day trips. Ones that involve seeing art, of course.

To help you gear up for July 4th weekend, Hyperallergic editors and staff writers have picked our favorite art-filled getaways, all within three hours of New York, almost all accessible without a car. Whether you’re looking to enjoy nature or take air-conditioned refuge from the heat, we’ve got a recommendation for you. We dare you to go somewhere you’ve never been.

Newark Museum

Jeffrey Gibson, “Come Alive! (I Feel Love)” (2016) at the Newark Museum (photo by Christopher Green/Hyperallergic)

When: Wednesday–Sunday, 12–5pm ($15) Where: 49 Washington Street (Newark, New Jersey)

This fantastic little museum is rarely visited by New Yorkers — their loss — but it’s definitely worth the easy trip by car or train (it’s a leisurely 15-minute walk from Newark’s Penn Station). The museum has reinstalled its Native American galleries, with an impressive new commission by Jeffrey Gibson, and its historical American art collection is one of the best in the country, with a strong emphasis on African American artists. And make sure not to miss the large Tibetan collection, which includes a Buddhist altar consecrated in 1990 by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. —HV

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 30 min by train; 25 min by car

Zimmerli Art Museum

Alexander Kosolapov, “Malevich Sold Here” (1989) at the Zimmerli (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic)

When: Tuesday–Friday, 10am–4:30pm; Saturday–Sunday, 12–5pm (free) Where: 71 Hamilton Street (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Wandering the galleries of the Zimmerli won’t exactly deliver the blissful, sun-soaked summer experience you’d get from, say, visiting Storm King, but it will offer an art history lesson. This often overlooked museum is home to the world’s largest collection of Soviet nonconformist art: over 20,000 works by more than 1,000 artists spanning 1956–86. It’s a movement I’d wager most of us aren’t well-versed in, and the display at the Zimmerli gives a fascinating overview of the many ways in which artists rebelled against the Soviet system. While you’re there, you can also take inspiration from the only full set in the US of Honoré Daumier’s Celebrities of the Juste Milieu (1832–35), 36 comically expressive terracotta busts that lampoon politicians and personalities of his time. —JS

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 1 hr 5 min by train; 45 min by car

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Installation view of William Powhida: After the Contemporary at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (photo by Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)

When: Monday, Wednesday–Saturday, 10am–5pm; Sunday, 12–5pm ($10) Where: 258 Main Street (Ridgefield, Connecticut)

This underappreciated regional museum often organizes ambitious little shows, giving many emerging and mid-career talents fantastic opportunities to develop their art. This season is no different. William Powhida’s complex, text-heavy show imagines the natural extension of the current fascination with art as luxury commodity (hint: get rid of those pesky, rebellious artists so you can stabilize the asset). There’s also a Tony Matelli sculpture that pokes fun at Classical sculpture with the strategic placement of bronze watermelons, a large conceptual project by Kay Rosen, the first museum survey of the work of Suzanne McClelland, and the anxious futurism of Beth Campbell. —HV

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 1 hr 30 min by train and taxi; 1 hr 15 min by car

OMI International Arts Center

OMI International Arts Center (photo by Panagiotis Gavriiloglou)

When: Sculpture park open every day during daylight hours; visitor center open 11am–5pm (free) Where: 1045 County Route 22 (Ghent, New York)

For one month, I was lucky to call the OMI International Arts Center my backyard. I took leisurely, daily strolls through its peaceful fields, which are punctuated by often enormous sculptures — each given plenty of space to itself — and fruit trees. The outdoor art rotates regularly, and this summer you can expect to see works by Alison Saar, Paula Hayes, and Tony Cragg, among others. Situated in the Hudson River Valley, OMI’s 300 acres of land are not all paved and tidy, so prepare to wander into windy, wooded areas. You can also rent a bike or golf cart, schedule a guided tour, or simply set up at one of the many picnicking stations. The visitor center and gallery likewise has rotating exhibitions and a charming café. If you like, you can even spend a night at the center, just be aware that artists-in-residence will be wandering the premises. On your way to or from OMI, hop over to Hudson, where you can see stunning views and the glimmering natural light that has influenced painters from the region. —EWA

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 2 hr 20 min by train and taxi; 2 hr 15 min by car

Parrish Art Museum

The interior of the Parrish Art Museum (photo by Benjamin Sutton/Hyperallergic)

When: Saturday–Monday, Wednesday–Thursday, 10am–5pm; Friday, 10am–8pm ($12) Where: 279 Montauk Highway (Watermill, New York)

The Parrish’s Herzog & de Meuron–designed building, which opened in 2012, is a real show-stealer. A kind of stretched-out minimalist barn that seems to go on and on and on, it’s an aesthetic experience unto itself. The work inside can be a mixed bag, as the institution’s focus on artists with a connection to the Hamptons and the east end of Long Island sometimes feels like a handicap, but it has outstanding holdings of paintings by William Merritt Chase and Fairfield Porter, as well as works by Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Eric Fischl, Dorothea Rockburne, Alex Katz, and more. —BS

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 2 hr 30 min by train and taxi; 1 hr 50 min by car

Wassaic Project

The Wassaic Project (photo by Allison Meier/Hyperallergic)

When: Friday, 5–7pm; Saturday, 12–7pm; Sunday, 12–5pm (free) Where: 37 Furnace Bank Road (Wassaic, New York)

The Wassiac Project is now open year-round, but summer is when its programming really shines. Its towering grain elevator, which rewards the long climb to the top with an incredible view of the railroad tracks below and surrounding valley landscape, is currently filled with work by 53 emerging artists as part of the exhibition Vagabond Time Killers; artist studios are lodged in a nearby former livestock barn (with film screenings in the auction ring). Started in 2008 in the hamlet of Wassaic, the nonprofit transformed the disused manufacturing site into an arts center meant to support creators and involve the local community. You can easily make it a day trip on Metro-North, or you can take advantage of weekend camping at the upcoming Heather Metal Parking Lot event (July 15–16), which will celebrate the cultural influence of heavy metal music and offer a bonfire and artists’ projects for overnight guests. The August Festival (August 11–12) features two days of dance performances on the porch, and at the tail end of summer, the annual Sandwich Club Summit (September 23) invites sandwich enthusiasts to eat, mingle, and partake in a grilled cheese bar. —AM

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 2 hr 35 min by train; 1 hr 50 min by car

Dan Flavin Art Institute

Dan Flavin Art Institute (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic)

When: Thursday–Sunday, 12–6pm (free) Where: 23 Corwith Avenue (Bridgehampton, New York)

The Dan Flavin Art Institute looks like a farmhouse surrounded by a white picket fence; you wouldn’t expect to see contemporary art inside. But Flavin himself designed the flow of the space, moving visitors through a series of neon works made by the artist between 1963 and 1981. Their colors bounce off the simple white architecture, creating a mesmerizing fun house of light. Downstairs, in the rotating gallery, paintings and ceramics by Mary Heilmann — some of them never before shown outside her studio — add another layer of playfulness to the place this summer. And don’t miss the small room of artifacts from the building’s previous life as a church, including an apposite neon cross. —JS

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 2 hr 40 min by train; 2 hr 10 min by car

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Interior courtyard at the Wadsworth Atheneum (photo by Benjamin Sutton/Hyperallergic)

When: Wednesday–Friday, 11am–5pm; Saturday–Sunday, 10am–5pm ($15) Where: 600 Main Street (Hartford, Connecticut)

Hartford, Connecticut, is probably not the first place you’d think of taking a summer day trip, but the Wadsworth Atheneum is an absolute gem of a museum that’s well worth the trek. From its exceptional collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and European paintings — including Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Self-Portrait as a Lute Player” (c. 1615–18) — to its gallery devoted to Enlightenment-era Wunderkammers, collection of US decorative art, and robust contemporary art program, there’s more than enough here to regale you during a daylong visit. My personal favorites include the gallery filled with objects and artworks made in response to the French Revolution and the impressive holdings of American modern art — Georgia O’Keeffe’s “The Lawrence Tree” (1929) captures the quintessence of a starry summer night. —BS

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 3 hr by bus; 2 hr by car

The Big Duck

The Big Duck (photo by Allison Meier/Hyperallergic)

When: Sunday–Friday, 10am–5pm; Saturday, 10am–3pm (free) Where: 1012 Flanders Road/Route 24 (Flanders, New York)

If you’re on your way to Montauk, Sag Harbor, or the Hamptons — or simply want to drive through Long Island — definitely stop in Flanders, where a giant White Pekin duck has roosted on land since 1937. The simply named Big Duck is an impressive sculptural feat, with a framework consisting of plastered-over wood and chicken wire that’s been glued and stapled together, no nails involved. Its innards take the form of a gift shop filled with all things waterfowl-related. You’ll find the bird on Big Duck Ranch, home to a museum dedicated to the history of Long Island duck farming. It’ll be particularly festive this weekend, decorated for the first time ever to celebrate the Fourth of July. —CV

Travel time from Midtown NYC: 1 hr 30 min by car

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