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BEAUTY/COSMETIC ___________________ 8 MULTIVITAMINS IN AN IV? BELLY UP TO THE BAR FOR A MYERS COCKTAIL.

Jennifer Magley

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Multivitamins in an IV? Health Benefits of the Myers Cocktail

Treats symptoms in a wide variety of diseases.

Myers Cocktail—also called a “Wellness” Cocktail—is a nutritional vitamin treatment that is administered through an IV (intravenously). Myers Cocktail was originally used by a physician in Baltimore, named John Myers, who invented this nutritional treatment just for his patients.

In 1984 Dr. Myers passed, and his time tested formula was championed by Dr. Alan Gaby. Dr. Gaby, who serves on the board of advisors for the American Holistic Medical Association, has educated physicians worldwide about this very innovative and convenient treatment for anyone desiring a more rapid bioavailable nutritional balance.

What is in the Myers Cocktail? A Myers Cocktail has magnesium, calcium gluconate, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin C, all mixed in sterile water for administration.

Myers Cocktail is made without preservatives, and it is not mixed until time of treatment.

How safe is the Myers Cocktail?

Myers Cocktail is a very safe, well-tolerated treatment by most, if not all, patients. The only known side effects from IV therapies in the past occurred when IVs were made with preservatives, but these IVs are pure nutritional vitamins with no preservatives at all. Patients sometimes report that they can taste the vitamins in their mouth; but this usually only lasts

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for a minute or two and is only at the start of the treatment. I have had some patients who have had a warm sensation or flushing in the body and lower extremities, due to the rapid rise of magnesium. This can be decreased by a slower infusion.

Why is it better to have an IV versus just taking your regular vitamin supplements orally or even having an injection?

When vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are infused intravenously, they go directly into your bloodstream to fuel your cells. That means they avoid the potential loss of potency and poor absorption in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that is a characteristic of nutrients taken orally. IV administration of nutrients can achieve blood concentrations

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n today’s uncertain world, it’s a comfort to know people full of hope and positive energy—people who truly believe that tomorrow will be better than today. From the moment I met Jennifer Magley for lunch recently, I recognized in her this incredible spirit of joyous optimism.

While we chatted and looked at our menu options, she asked me if I “did bread.” I laughed and said, pointing to my slight paunch, “Look at me!

Yes, I do bread.” She laughed, but assured me that everyone’s story of health is an incredible one. Jennifer’s laugh has an infectious quality to it, and her smile radiates positivity. This is a woman full of the joy of living.

As founder and owner of Open Gym, the state’s first fitness concierge business, Jennifer Magley’s passion lies in providing Indiana residents the opportunity to experience the best of what small, independent gyms and studios in our communities have to offer.

“With Open Gym, you can go to unlimited classes at over 40 different gyms in central Indiana,” Jennifer explains. “We’re the first and only business of our kind in Indiana, but the concept is wildly popular in other big cities.” The element that distinguishes Open Gym from other similar services is what Jennifer calls the “Sweat Small” philosophy. We’re all familiar with the “shop small” movement in local business, and Jennifer believes it’s time for us to sweat local, too. “We team up with independently owned gyms, with people who have started their businesses on passion,” she says. “Whether it’s hot yoga, cycle, barre or bootcamps, we have some of the highest quality facilities locally owned here in all of the Midwest.” Currently, Open Gym offers 500 different classes—and Jennifer does her best to get around to all of them.

I asked Jennifer what the reaction to Open Gym has been from the local gyms she’s partnering with. “They love it,” she says. “We fill open spots in fitness classes, and the gyms get to choose the classes and how many spots they offer. They share their passion and get new

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people in the door. It’s a win-win for everyone.”

A LITTLE DIFFERENT START Jennifer seems to have been born with a passion for fitness—and the fact that her father, David Magley, played professionally with the NBA may have something to do with this. But Jennifer recalls that her road to success in tennis started out on the playground at the tender, talkative and energetic age of three. “When my dad retired from the NBA, he’d take some of the local kids with him to play basketball in the park, and he’d take me along,” she tells me. “I would talk and talk and talk, and he finally gave me an adult-sized racquet and some balls and told me to go hit it against the wall and come back when I’d reached ten.”

Hitting racquet to ball became an absolute obsession for the young Jennifer. Waking herself up to practice in the basement before school was the norm, and by the time she was 13, she found herself at a considerably

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level around play tennis professionally was her dream, and in pursuit of that dream, Jennifer moved from her home in Kansas to attend IMG Academy, the largest sports academy in the world, in Bradenton, FL. “My upbringing at IMG Academy was a little different,” she says.

During those first years at IMG, Jennifer trained eight hours a day, every day, under the direction of Nick Bollettieri, known for coaching more than a dozen of the world’s #1 tennis players, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles. She remembers and cherishes the respect that all the athletes at the academy had for each other—and since no one knew who would be “the next big thing,” everyone was treated as though they were. “They call IMG the ‘toughest playground in the world,’ and it was,” Jennifer says, “yet there was still a dignity in the daily cut-throat competition.” She says it wasn’t

unusual to hop onto a stationary bike right next to Michael Johnson, Derek Jeter, Serena Williams and Vince Carter, all working out right in a row.

Jennifer’s training at IMG Academy yielded good things for her. While a student at the University of Florida, she traveled to China as part of the American Express USA Collegiate All-Stars team, and and she went on to win the NCAA Team Championship.

After graduation, she competed professionally in the WTA. When all was said and done, Jennifer had represented the United States in 20 different countries.

“I learned in my travels how fortunate we are to live here in the United States,” she says.

“But it’s also eye-opening to know there’s such a big world out there where people are living, dreaming, breathing and desiring the same things as I do.

In moments of frustration in life, the biggest thing that helps me get out of that funk is gratitude, and I think that’s something I’ve learned through travel.”

MEANT TO BE BETTER Gratitude has a constant hand in the joy that Jennifer feels in her life, and she makes it part of her daily routine to cultivate her awareness of good. “I start each day with a gratitude practice, finding five quotes that inspire me,” she says. And in the evenings, after her two young boys are fed, bathed and tucked into bed, Jennifer writes down five things she’s grateful for— and she never misses a day.

Another key to Jennifer’s joyful living is her belief that the best is yet to come. The motto she lives by is: “If it’s not meant to

be, it’s meant to be better.” I did challenge her by asking if it might be harder to live life this way as the years roll on. She doesn’t think it will be. “I’m on a journey of improvement, and I feel that each day will lead to a better perspective on the situation,” she says. “Sometimes we find ourselves haunted by the ghost of what ‘could have been’—that moment of ‘I wish,’ where you’re haunted by where you think you should be. When that happens, I tell myself that I accept where I am and I know that my tomorrow, I decide today.”

Just how does Jennifer stay so positive, balancing life as a business owner and single mother? I asked if there even is such a thing as balance in her life. Her answer hit me like a brick wall—in a really good, eye-opening way. “I thought recently about what it’s like to reach the top of the mountain,” she says. “No one wants to live on top of the mountain—it’s cold, windy and miserable—but you still want to get there. Like the mountaintop, balance is elusive and brief. The journey— the planning, the struggle, overcoming setbacks—that’s where the majority of your time is spent. When you think of the climb as a form of balance, rather than the mountaintop itself, you enjoy a new sense of peace during chaos. You know that peace isn’t only at the top.”

FOSTERING COMMUNITY Now that Jennifer no longer plays tennis competitively, she’s had to find other outlets for that competitive, hard-working nature that’s so much a part of her. “I feel that my greatest competition right now is against

“Active living means living your best life,” Jennifer says.

“That feeling after you use your body in a new way or read something that opens up your mind. It’s like when a cool wind whips your face, you feel refreshed. Anytime you have that feeling, knowing that you did something that changed you, you are living an active life.”

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You don’t have to think about what you’re doing, and there’s an energy there, a feeling of doing this and surviving this together. That’s what drew me to classroom fitness.”

Open Gym’s community support extends beyond the walls of the gyms they partner with, donating 10% of the company’s proceeds to The Patachou Foundation.

“I really enjoy serving meals at Chase Legacy Center through this Foundation,” Jennifer says. She also very excited over Open Gym’s involvement with “The River,” a safe place for women to come and wash their clothes and grab a shower or haircut.

“We’re partnering with various nonprofits to do this,” she says. “These women are some of the most vulnerable and valuable in our community—they’re the working poor, the homeless, or those in transition. As a single mother, I relate to these issues, as it’s only by the grace of God and support of my family that I’m able to live as I do.”

supportive parents. She laughs lovingly as she sums up her childhood: “Growing up, my dad was always, ‘Did you give your best effort?’ and my mom would ask ‘Did you have fun?’ and ‘How was your outfit?’

They loved me no matter if I won or lost.” Nowadays, raising her own two sons, ages three and one, to be good men is at the top of

FOREVER GRATEFUL In her characteristically upbeat way, Jennifer shared with me just how fortunate she’s been to have such strong and

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Jennifer’s to-do list as a mom.

“We’re

the sum of our dominating thoughts, I believe, and so that’s what I’ve started with my sons,” she says. “We have mantras like ‘Good boys become great men’ and ‘Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.’” She’s even introduced a nighttime saying, beyond the usual “Goodnight, sleep tight.” Each night before the family goes to bed, Jennifer says to the boys: “Every day with you is the best day of my life.” For Jennifer, a good day is a day you’re around people you love and who love you in return. “That’s what good is,” she says. “Helping them have that definition to draw from will hopefully guide them in their lives.”

Jennifer couldn’t be happier about the rapid growth of Open Gym, and she says the company is already looking at other cities to expand into. “We’re so excited to be at the front of this fitness movement in Indiana,” she says. “In the next ten years, I see thousands of Hoosiers getting active and living their best lives through fitness classes.”

Visit Open Gym online at www.opengymindy.com.

To learn more about Jennifer’s time as a top collegiate athlete, check out her debut book, Division I.

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COLD…FLU...WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Know the difference.

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makes winter more intolerable than being sick. Recognizing the differences between cold and flu symptoms can help you zero in on what’s ailing you and help you get the relief you need.

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hen the symptoms of a nasty cold begin, it is most likely the work of a virus.

The most common viral infections involve the nose, throat and upper airways. The common cold is a viral infection.

Children experience about two to six colds a year, while adults average about one to three.

A cold usually starts with a sore throat. Other symptoms may include runny nose, congestion, cough and possibly a slight fever. There are several hundred different viruses that can cause a cold.

The symptoms of a cold generally last about a week.

You are contagious during the first three days, which means you could pass along the cold to others. The best choice is to stay home from work or

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school and get some rest. If your symptoms don’t improve, it could be a bacterial infection which is usually best treated with antibiotics.

Flu symptoms are usually more severe than cold symptoms and come on quickly. Symptoms of the flu include sore throat, fever, headache, muscle aches and soreness, congestion, and cough.

The flu is also a viral infection, but it can lead to lifethreatening complications.

Amanda Houchens, MD, family physician with Carmel Family Medicine, notes one of the best ways to avoid getting the flu is to get a flu shot every year. The flu virus is still a threat even into the early spring months.

Doctors can prescribe flufighting antiviral medicine if it’s

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given within a few days after symptoms start. “These antiviral drugs work only against flu viruses—they won’t help reduce symptoms of the common cold,” said Dr. Houchens.

Flu symptoms usually improve over two to five days, but it’s not uncommon to feel run down for more than a week. A common complication of the flu is pneumonia, especially in young children, the elderly, or people with lung or heart problems.

If you experience shortness of breath, call your doctor. A common sign of pneumonia is fever that comes back after having been gone for a day or two.

Both cold and flu viruses enter the body through mucous membranes in the nose, eyes, or mouth. Each time you touch one of these areas, you

could be infecting yourself with a virus. That makes it very important to keep your hands clean, with frequent washing with warm soapy water to prevent both cold and flu symptoms.

To treat both the cold and the flu try taking the following steps: •Take antihistamines to help relive a runny nose and sneezing.

• Take ibuprofen or acetaminophen to reduce the pain.

• Try decongestants, such as Sudafed, to reduce swelling in the nasal passages which relives feelings of pressure and improves the air flow.

• Drink plenty of liquids and rest as much as possible.

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am a firm believer that the couple who works out together stays together.

Not only

are you spending quality time with each other, you are also sharing a common goal and interest.

You will boost your mood, offer support and encouragement and build Here are three exercises that can be done together and at home for a fun total-body workout.

a foundation for all-around strength, health and happiness.

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Wheelbarrow Push-Ups Start in a traditional pushup position with your partner holding your ankles in their hands. Bracing your core, do as many push-ups as possible while maintaining good form. With each down motion, have your partner add in a squat. Repeat for 10–12 reps.

Bodyweight Squats

Stand facing your partner at arm’s length, with feet shoulderwidth apart. Grasp each other’s opposing forearms, forming an X. Maintaining a secure grip, squat down together until your thighs are about parallel to the floor. Hold for two counts, then slowly return to starting position.

Repeat for 10–12 reps.

Sit-Up, Stand-Up

Start in a traditional sit-up position with your partner facing you. Grab your partner’s left hand with your left hand.

Your partner should take a staggered stance with their left foot back and their right foot outside your left foot. Hold onto your partner’s hand, and while maintaining a secure grip, perform a sit-up, coming up to standing position with the help of your partner pulling you up onto your feet. Repeat for 10–12 reps on each side.

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Every Mile in Winter Is Two George Herbert said, “Every mile in winter is two.” I can’t agree enough! It seems the cold, long and dark days make every task seem harder. From getting out to shop and load groceries, to pumping gas or taking the dog for a walk.

We may find ourselves anxious, sad, restless, irritable and tired. Unfortunately, we can’t change the weather, but seasons will come and seasons will go.

You can run away for a week or two to Florida or someplace warmer, but eventually you end up back in the Midwest and back to reality. So how will you ever survive the next couple of months? I have said it before and I will say it over and over again: Change your mindset.

When I moved away from Indiana for two years to live in sunny Puerto Rico, I was sure

that I would never miss another winter. I couldn’t wait for warm weather year round and plenty of sunshine to go with it. Although I fell in love with the hot sunny days, to my surprise, I missed the change in seasons.

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Crunchy Carrot, Pea and Chicken Salad Ingredients 1/3 loaf ciabatta, cut into 1-inch cubes 3 tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/2 lb. baby rainbow carrots, halved lengthwise 6 c. torn Little Gem or romaine lettuce 2 c. shredded rotisserie chicken 1 c. cooked fresh or frozen peas 1 small fennel bulb, halved, cored and thinly sliced Mustard-Chive Vinaigrette* Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss together bread, oil and garlic on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Bake, stirring once, until golden brown and crisp, 10 to 12 minutes.

Cook carrots in boiling salted water in a medium saucepan over high heat until crisptender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and run under cold water until cool.

Gently toss together lettuce, shredded chicken, peas, fennel, croutons, carrots and vinaigrette in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. *To make the mustard-chive vinaigrette, whisk together ¼ cup olive oil, 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, 1 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh chives, ½ minced small shallot, 1 ½ teaspoons Dijon mustard and 1 teaspoon sugar. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

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Roasted Cod with Olives and Lemon Luscious strawberries and creamy avocado mingle in a honeyed lemon dressing to create this simple and elegant salad. Try tossing some raspberries in there, too!

Ingredients 2½ tbsp. lemon juice 3 tbsp. honey 3 tbsp. olive oil 1/2 tbsp. Sea Salt 1/4 tbsp. Freshly ground black pepper 2 avocados 8 oz. strawberries Directions Whisk the lemon juice, honey, olive oil, salt and pepper together.

Arrange the avocados and strawberries on six salad plates.

Drizzle the vinaigrette over the fruit salad. Serve immediately.

Avocado and Strawberries with Honey Vinaigrette Luscious strawberries and creamy avocado mingle in a honeyed lemon dressing to create this simple and elegant salad. Try tossing some raspberries in there, too!

Ingredients 2½ tbsp. lemon juice 3 tbsp. honey 3 tbsp. olive oil 1/2 tbsp. Sea Salt 1/4 tbsp. Freshly ground black pepper 2 avocados 8 oz. strawberries Directions Whisk the lemon juice, honey, olive oil, salt and pepper together.

Arrange the avocados and strawberries on six salad plates.

Drizzle the vinaigrette over the fruit salad.

Serve immediately.

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THE ART OF WALL HANGING

By Rebecca Scott Interior Specialist at Arhaus Furniture

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With more than half of a room’s surface area being taken up by wall space, it is an important part of making your home uniquely yours. Whether collecting wall décor from travels, local artists or family heirlooms, how to display these treasured pieces is a difficult prospect for many. Here are a few guidelines to help you make the best use of your wall space.

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If an art piece is being hung on a bare wall with no furniture items, then a good rule of thumb is to hang it with the center of the artwork around 5’ to 5’6” off the floor. This way, the average person is enjoying the piece at eye level, and it is a part of the overall décor in the rest of the room.

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If there is a case good below the item, such as a buffet or console, then hang the artwork low enough for it to become a part of the overall display. This means items placed on the piece of furniture should connect with and overlap with the artwork above. This allows all of the items to create a unified picture that is more appealing to the eye than the two disjointed items that would otherwise result if the artwork is hung too high.

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Landscape Trends for the Home

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s the winter months drag on, it’s that time of year to be planning your gardens and looking ahead to those landscape projects you hope to accomplish in time for summer.

Trends for 2016 are really more of a continuation of the last few years, with technology, custom features and sustainability/ native planting becoming the standout landscape wants. Fire pits, outdoor fireplaces and built-in outdoor grills complete with traditional kitchen components like a refrigerator

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and sink are now ubiquitous with the backyard entertaining space. Technology, however, has pushed these specialty projects to the next level. Not only do homeowners want gas fire pits, LED landscape and patio lighting and water features, but they want to be able to control them from their smart phones and integrate them into the “smart home.” A remote system can be added to almost any portion of a homeowner’s garden and customized to his or her needs. Hot tubs and pools

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shrubs and beautiful flowering perennials that will highlight your property, provide food for bees and other important wildlife, and often survive Indiana’s harsh climate changes without the normal irrigation and fertilization required of many non-native plant selections.

Sustainable design solutions such as permeable paving and creating rain gardens to catch storm water runoff are just a couple of the options open to homeowners, and many of those can result in tax-breaks from local municipalities.

and outdoor speaker systems are also highly customizable and use can be extended well into the colder months with appropriate heating and lighting.

Sustainable design and the incorporation of native plants also continues to be an important goal of homeowners locally. No longer does “growing native” mean you have to submit to an unruly garden that looks less like a prairie and more like an abandoned lot. Your designer can help you choose trees,

If you’re looking to install any of these projects, from an outdoor kitchen to a native lawn replacement, it is important to discuss with the landscape architect your family’s unique needs early in the design process.

It is our duty as designers to maximize your goals within the budget and space your unique space offers. We can often help flesh out those early ideas and dream scenarios with a very feasible master plan. Once you have that master plan in place, it is much easier to phase your construction and planting projects to get the most bang for your buck, and to avoid making costly mistakes or installs that will only have to be moved or damaged in the next building phase. The most important part now, in these dreary winter months, is the planning process, ensuring that you can enjoy your new outdoor living room (or kitchen!) this summer. Cheers to the upcoming growing season!

Michael Painton is a residential landscape architect and owner of Seasons by Michael, specializing in master plans, outdoor kitchens and unique patio spaces. He has a graduate degree in landscape architecture from Ball State University and currently serves the greater Carmel-Indianapolis area. Contact him about your landscape or design needs at michael.c.painton@gmail.com or at (573) 576 0970. Follow his work at Facebook.com/seasons. by.michael

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Eastern Bhutan

The last remaining Himalayan Buddhist kingdom, Bhutan, is distant by most standards. Flying in requires a plane nimble enough to navigate around mountain peaks and land in Paro Valley, the main tourist hub, where the number of hotels has tripled over the past decade as the once isolated country opens to

more visitors. Then there is eastern Bhutan. This far-flung region remains largely unexplored by tourists. But the arduous two-day journey there by 4x4 delivers many rewards.

“You are the first foreigner we have seen in 22 years,” exclaims a surprised monk welcoming an

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American trekker to his mistshrouded outpost near Mongar. In Lhuntse village, women display their vibrantly hued silk wares to Bhutanese traders, who travel here from the capital city of Thimphu in search of precious kushutara textiles.

Family homestays fill

in for hotels, offering travelers a place to sleep and dine on traditional dishes, including ema datshi, spicy chilies and cheese, often served with red rice. This is Bhutan at its most welcoming—the perfect adventure combination.

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Danube River

Flowing almost 1,800 miles from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, the Danube River has been the main thoroughfare through central and eastern Europe for millennia.

Herodotus called it the “greatest of all rivers” 2,500 years ago, and it still may be. Winding through ten countries, it’s like a medieval version of Route 66, except your stops will be at 13th-century Gothic churches rather than diners, and you’ll be treated to views of Transylvania instead of tumbleweeds. Imagine the spires of the palace-bedecked capitals of Vienna and Budapest slowly rising above the trees as your boat glides around a bend.

Then picture docking beside Old World towns such as Regensburg, Germany, orphaned by the modern highway system but enjoying a tourism rebirth via the burgeoning number of Danube River vessels.

Back in 1933, as he sat beside the Danube, famed travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote: “I lay deep in one of those protracted moments of rapture that scatter this journey like asterisks. A little more, I felt, and I would have gone up like a rocket.”

Cruise along this legendary river, and you may feel the same.

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“I love you! God loves you!” repeats Johnny Barnes, a 92-year-old Bermudian who waves at passing scooters and cars each weekday morning at a roundabout in Bermuda’s capital of Hamilton. “We may seem very proper,” says taxi driver Larry

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Rogers, “but we are also an eccentric island.” Indeed, scratch the immaculately gardened surface of this British overseas territory, and you’ll find a place brimming with personality.

Every year, participants in the Non-Mariners’ Race vie to construct the shoddiest vessels to

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see who sinks fastest; descendants of Native Americans proudly hold powwows; and policemen and businessmen insist on wearing knee-high socks with their shorts, no matter what the rest of the world may think. You can beat the crowd headed to Bermuda for 2017’s America’s Cup by going now. And don’t forget to say hello to Johnny.

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In Brazil, where idyllic beach escapes come a dime a dozen, the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte is ready to reveal that it’s more than another sunand-surf getaway.

Famed for nonstop sands, sea salt products and the world’s largest cashew tree, this region known as Brazil’s elbow is where the Atlantic

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The state capital, Natal, three hours by air north of Rio de Janeiro, reigns over a coastline that racks up some 233 days of sunshine a year.

Recently, the state’s arid interior region, the historically poor sertão, has been seeing unprecedented love and investment

from both the public and private sectors. The sertão is rich in local culture (clay figurines, woven palm mats) and cuisine (sun-dried beef, cassava fries). It also is the cradle of forró, a rambunctious musical blend of accordion, triangle and zabumba drums that sends couples twirling much as it did

region on its World Heritage List.

Plans for a new wine center, the Cité des Vins de Bourgogne, will further celebrate this hallowed terroir.

Rent a bicycle to taste your way along the Route des Grands Crus, which includes oenophile-magnet vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet. At neighborhood haunt La Grilladine, in the medieval town of Beaune, pair the beef bourguignonne with one of the local vieilles vignes (wine from old vines). End the day at Hôtel

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during World War II, when the area housed U.S. troops who used the state as a “Trampoline to Victory” in North Africa. To this day, Rio Grande do Norte is one of the most welcoming and sun-splashed places in Brazil.

Le Cep, in Beaune’s historic heart.

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