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Julie B. Leone is the co-owner of the 443 Social Club on Burnet Ave in Syracuse. She’s smart, creative and extremely interested in offering something special to the city she loves. Her club is unique—the only one of it’s kind available in Syracuse. She is pragmatic and pays attention to the details. She understands that part of the “win” is everybody being part of that win; and not just her interest. She and her husband/business partner Jimmy James go over and above to ensure that their venue is in tip-top shape from the patrons’ perspective, the legal perspectives; and from the transparent perspectives of fair business practices.

I’ve been watching the city, state and nation freak out on this issue. We’ve all been aware of Governor Cuomo’s influence on the state of music affairs across the state.

Musicians and music venues are geting their asses kicked right out of their own livelihoods. If they haven’t walked away from it, they’ve tried to be creative in handling the pandemics version of the “now” music biz. Some shuttered their places. Some went online. Some wait patiently. Some rally. And some are still arguing. Some invent to cope. All are worried.

Julie B. Leone got creative, got busy and got involved.

She changed her venue, spent a lot of money to make it compliant and more importantly she made it safe for everyone. She didn’t make placebic moves to satisfactorily complete an official form. She took a genuine interest to make things right and to make things better. To make things “work.”

Spearheading the campaign #Let the Music Play in Syracuse, she’s gained encouraging momentum to help Governor Cuomo see that the reality in Syracuse is far, far different then the reality Mr. Cuomo sees in New York City. While Mr. Cuomo should be applauded for keeping the rates low in our state, he should also view the state for what it is and what it is not. It is not NYC. While his mandates make a lot of helpful sense in NYC, they are irrelevantly hurtful to the rest of the hard-working state. A frustrating problem, indeed.

Juilie B. is our city’s “David” as she almost singlehandedly takes on this Goliath-sized problem in the entertainment industry. She and Jimmy have closed their venue a couple of times, only to come back with smart creative solutions that comply as they attempt to thrive their way to higher ground. She has momentum. Enough to have thousands of Syracuse musicians and fellow venues in solidarity for the movement #Let the Music Play, with hundreds showing up to a downtown rally in the middle of September.

Here’s what she has to say about Central New York making the right strides to help ourselves handle the challenges of the Covid era while helping to get ourselves back to work.

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It begins with us all getting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s attention enough to discern the reality of Syracuse’s better situation. It is possible for this city to safely get back to work and, we know Cuomo is interested in the tax revenue our industry generates. I’d like to see us all find the strength, wisdom and enthusiasm to take our city back and let it stand and remain on its own better situation.

Together, we can make it happen. And Julie is showing us how.

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Chuck Schiele: I know you’ve been very compliant regarding the guidelines as they apply to venues remaining open.

If I was Governor Cuomo, conducting this dialogue, what would you say? How would you characterize the 443 Social Club in Syracuse swapped their status of Syracuse and it’s 1970’s livingrooms for tables and chairs nightlife population?

JBL: We began adapting our business in the early spring and we’ve changed just about everything.

Inside we swapped out our funky, 1970’s living rooms for tables and chairs that can be easily cleaned between uses. We cut capacity down to about 40%. We added signage and locks to our restrooms to maintain one in/one out and contactless soap dispensers.

We removed most of our bar stools, keeping just 3 that are spaced apart for our single

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Julie B. Leone: In normal times, Syracuse has a vibrant little music community. Right now, we’re all absolutely terrified about the future.

We were just taking our first steps to get things moving again when the latest round of updates were announced in late August…and it felt like a sucker punch to the gut.

We’re all doing our level best to keep our heads above water at a drastically reduced capacity, and not being allowed to advertise or charge for live music cuts us off at the knees.

CS: Please share with us the things you’ve done to make the 443 Social Club safe.

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A Different Tune continued from pg 3 guests arrive, we have them fill out a health declaration and check their temperature.

We also collect contact tracing info for every guest and we keep a dated folder for every night we’re open.

And of course, the obvious stuff – we’ve got hand sanitizer available in several locations, signage to remind guests to mask up whenever they are not seated, rigorous cleaning and our staff is masked 100% of the time.

CS: It seems to me that Mr. Cuomo views NY State through New York City eyes—(and often arguably through the context and perspectives of political agendas)— which doesn’t represent the reality of our situation, here in Central New York. At the very least there is a distortion between our reality as a city and the remedy imposed. In other words, the problem in Syracuse is a very different problem than in NYC. If this is a fair assessment, how would you clarify our reality to Mr. Cuomo?

JBL: I completely agree with that. While I believe the intention is to control spread, we are not NYC. We never had a huge outbreak in CNY and our numbers have remained very low throughout our careful, phased reopening. CNY – and Western NY and the North Country – couldn’t be more different from NYC. Aside from viewing us through a NYC lens, the other issue is that our governor hears “live music” and thinks we are all big venues and we’re incapable of adapting to what’s happening right now. I’ve read the state’s response to the class action lawsuit that was filed in NYC and their defense was that live music events draw large crowds, everyone arrives at once, mingling is inevitable and social distancing cannot be enforced.

That just isn’t reality. We all have different business models and every venue owner I know has adapted. It’s not fair to lump us all into one group and assume we can’t figure this out. The folks who put on live music events are the most resourceful, hard-working people I know and solving problems is what we do.

It’s also important to note that we are not asking to reopen at normal levels. We’re not asking to go to full capacity, we’re not fighting the mask restrictions. We’re not suggesting large general admission shows should start happening. We are simply asking to start a phased reopening plan and that the ticketing and charging restrictions are lifted immediately.

CS: You have your hand on the pulse of this issue. And I know you to be equal parts savvy business person and as a kind and mindful human being. Pragmatic with benevolent intent. What would you suggest at this point to other proprietors to carry on in the most positive way?

JBL: We have to prove to the governor, the SLA and the health department that we are capable of reimagining our businesses and opening safely. The more photos and videos that surface of maskless crowds with no distancing, and the more complaints they receive, the harsher our guidelines are going to be and the longer we’ll be dealing with these restrictions.

We have a social media campaign running that talks about our safety precautions and we even produced a video demonstrating what we’ve done. The more venues that do that, the better.

Be clear in your expectations of your guests, enforce your rules 100% and be vocal in asking for a change from our leaders.

CS: Along the same line of thinking... what would say to patrons of the music, venue and nightlife world?

JBL: If you want live music back, wear the damn mask. Follow the rules. Be courteous and kind to the establishments trying to enforce them. Whichever way you lean politically, we all have the same goal – to bring live music back to CNY. We should be united in this effort.

I would also encourage everyone to support your favorite establishment as much as you can. If they are doing anything all right now, make a reservation, grab a friend, show

“It is possible for this city to safely get back to work and, we know Cuomo is interested in the tax revenue our industry generates.”

Julie B. Leone with friends who attended the Let the Music Play rally guests. We switched to 100% table service and we don’t allow guests to go to the bar to order drinks. We bought a portable, contactless terminal so we don’t have to handle people’s credit cards.

We’ve moved all of our shows outside and right now we’re busy adding heaters, a fire pit and fuzzy blankets so we can keep everything outside as long as possible.

Prior to the updated guidelines, we had switched all of our shows to pre-sale only online in order to control how many people are showing up and avoid handling money at the door. We moved our check in station outside to avoid a bottleneck, and when

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up and spend a few bucks.

Do it as often as you can.

It may not look the way it used to, but we are doing whatever we can to stay afloat. If your favorite joint hasn’t reopened, buy a gift card, buy their merch or see if they have a VIP program.

Hang on to your tickets, don’t ask for a refund right this minute if you can help it. We are fighting for our very survival right now.

CS: These days, I keep thinking how, “necessity is the mother of invention”. It is the essence of evolving. Adaptation in general. And how the time for all this is now. What are your thoughts on this and what have you done to adapt?

JBL: Well, some of the changes we’ve been forced to make due to COVID will serve us well in the long run, assuming we survive.

The change in our seating makes a ton more sense for the types of shows we do and how to use the room. Switching to 100% table service is a good thing too, on many levels. Once the current restrictions on charging for live music are lifted, I think cover charges, pre-sale tickets and minimum required purchases will become more commonplace, which will make live music a more stable, viable endeavor.

And hopefully, people who have missed live music in their life will support it even more when we come out on the other side.

CS: How did the Let the Music Play rally go?

JBL: Really well. We had 100-120-ish people show up and all three news stations were there, plus Syracuse.com and CNYAlive.com. Our speakers all did a great job.

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creepy corners, the place seemed designed to be what Zazzara had in mind: the scare of the century. Or certainly, according to USA Today, one of the top 20 in the northeast.

According to Zazzara, a good haunted attraction is all in the details.

Among those details are actors who portray real, deep characters, not just people wandering around in frightening masks which can be fun all by itself. Beyond fully-realized

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Fright Nights People in our part of the world will often agree: we like our change of seasons. With the changing temperatures come longer (or shorter) nights and days, colorful displays of flowers followed by falling leaves, and finally blankets of snow, and holidays that mark those changing seasons. And many will admit - if not happily insist - that the fall is a favorite because of Halloween.

No longer just one night in one month, Halloween has become a “season” all its own, celebrated through most of October, and Fright Nights is one spooktacular way you can get a head start on October 31st.

Opened last year at its new, BIG location at 1 LePage Place, just off James Street, this warehouse turned scare house is 82,000 square feet of delicious terror that offers live creepy characters, giant animatronics, and scares around every dark corner.

Owner/operator Grazzi Zazzara has been running Fright Nights event for going on 20 years, with a history in entertainment going all the way back to owning and operating a fleet of ice cream trucks. His first foray into a haunted Halloween was a tent in a parking lot, which eventually ended up in the Beef Barn at the fairgrounds, where he remained for many years - growing and expanding each year. Last year, the opportunity to move to a permanent location opened up at 1 LePage Place in Syracuse, and Zazzara eagerly opted in. The sheer size of the event, with set pieces, costumes, animatronics, electrical and audio requirements alone made the decision a fairly easy one to make.

And once you’ve seen the space, you’ll agree. With high ceilings, an old brick facade, lots of room to create mazefilled houses, a haunted ship, creatures that soar overhead and plenty of dark,

characters, each themed house is loaded with the devilish details that make the experience immersive.

Hidden doors open suddenly, black light, 3 dimensional art floats around you, and small, spooky bits and pieces (like a pile of creepy dolls, or a room full of pirate treasure chests) are lovingly crafted to set the tone and make it all feel real.

As Zazzara explained, part of the detail is having a space to call home.

“We don’t have to break it down and move,” he told us. “Beginning last season, we could not only critique each night, and the overall season. We want to continue to make it better,” Zazarro says. “What can we add, where can we improve, what new ideas can we come up with. With a location, we can take our time after we close for the season and put our new ideas into place.”

There are five “houses” that are part of your one-price experience.

Confronting you when you first walk in is Jurassic Dark, a dinosaur-meets-zombie extravaganza - with 27 huge dinosaurs, many of them active (and some surprises we won’t reveal). Penny’s Playhouse is a happy place full of smiling, grinning, playful, clowns. What could be worse? Maybe it’s Lady Lamson’s Cursed Voyage - a shipful of glowing, floating, 3-D terror. But you can’t escape without a visit to Burgen Manor. Named for its creator, fright master Jimmy Burgen, you’ll find room after room in the decaying, blood-soaked, cobwebbed mansion filled with the macabre and the menacing, from the nursery, to the dungeon. And new this year, the massive Fallen Giant has made way for the even more immense Devil’s Dungeon - Slide to Hell. Walk up, and up, and up the stairs, slide into... well, you’ll just have to try it, won’t you? We dare you. (If you really don’t want to do the slide, or if you don’t want to climb - there is a floor level entrance.)

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As usual, there are group rates and discount coupons, with a standard fee of $30 per person for all 5 houses (this year there will be no single house tickets) and Zazzara and his team have done all they can to emphasize social distancing and cleanliness for patrons protection. There will be hand sanitizing throughout the building, and everyone must wear a mask and socially distance. The event is open Fridays and Saturdays from 7 to midnight, and Sunday from 7-11 from October 2 to Halloween. This year, while at-thedoor tickets can be purchased, you’re urged to purchase tickets online to ensure your spot, as attendance at any one time is limited due to COVID restrictions.

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CLASS ACTION PARK is not only the best documentary I’ve seen this year, but will easily emerge as one of the most entertaining movies of 2020.

Engaging, hilarious, thought-provoking, heart-breaking, and baffling, it is the story of one of the world’s most outrageous amusement parks. Featuring interviews from former guests, employees, and victims (yes, victims) it captures an era of absurdity that will likely, and thankfully, never be matched.

Eugene Mulvihill was a slick and ambitious businessman who knew what he wanted out of life. Unafraid to cut corners and endanger others, Eugene Mulvihill he refused to be bogged down by the burdensome

logistical complexities of opening an amusement park. Having spent some time cutting shady deals on Wall Street, he set his sights on creating the biggest, best, and most profitable park that ever existed. This is how Action Park was born.

In 1978, the inhabitants of the sleepy, picturesque Vernon, New Jersey had no idea of the horrors that were set to unfold as the park opened its doors. They, along with most rational people, had surely seen Pleasure Island in PINOCCHIO and viewed it as the cautionary tale it was meant to be.

Though never directly mentioned, it’s like Mulvihill saw this horrifying sequence and discovered his business model. Not to be deterred by silly trivialities like regulations or restrictions, the entrepreneur, who had absolutely no background in engineering, began assembling absurd rides that he deemed exciting. This included a slide that continued on pg 10

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featured a giant loop that defied (and was denied by) gravity, a raging rapids that caused tubes to slam into one another with reckless abandon, a wave pool that was so extreme that multiple people drowned, and an alpine slide that injured some, maimed others, and even killed a guest. Through it all, people came in droves.

Flocking from New York City, they crammed into every inch of the park, drinking, fighting, and insulting one another, knowing full well that the teenagers in charge weren’t going to do anything about it.

The vintage footage utilized by CLASS ACTION PARK serves as an excellent complement to the staggering stories that unfold. In many ways, the doc reminded me of Netflix’s juggernaut, TIGER KING. Not in regards to structure or content, mind you, but just the overall feel of things. As people soar down a slide and then sail into space, or their tube goes up and nearly decapitates the rider in front of them, you can’t help but sit in slack-jawed amazement at the absurdity of it all. Like the ballad of Joe Exotic, I watched PARK with breathless anticipation, wondering what could possibly happen next.

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The majority of CLASS ACTION PARK is a raucous romp, but it takes a serious turn when exploring the needless death of George Larsson Jr. Highlighted by a haunting interview with his mother, it hammers home the point that Mulvihill was so disinterested with the welfare of his guests that he was blind and ignorant to the real-life ramifications of his deadly contraptions. Perfectly willing to lie in a bid to dodge the legal ramifications of his negligence, his shameful response to Larsson’s death is shocking in its blatant dishonesty.

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Santangelo’s In these ever changing times sometimes all you need is great meal in a warm atmosphere to help you put things into perspective. There is no better place to get a meal that makes you feel like everything will be just fine than Santangelo’s. They are embracing the new normal and looking forward to it as a new beginning. Santangelo’s Restaurant has been family owned and operated since 1986 and in that time they have become a true favorite of hungry Central New Yorkers. At Santangelo’s the food is always mouthwatering, the atmosphere is always friendly and the service is always outstanding. Santangelo’s is conveniently located at 673 Old Liverpool Rd in Liverpool, a short 5 minute drive from downtown Syracuse. Santangelo’s is open Tuesday through Saturday for dining inside and on the patio as well as for curbside pickup. Give them a call to book your reservation or place your to go order at 315-457-4447.

Santangelo’s has made some big changes this year. The dining room has been updated with your safety in mind. They have really put the health and safety of the customers and the staff at the forefront. They have hit the sweet spot in the dining room with measures to ensure safety while still managing to keep the warm and inviting feel you have come to expect from Santangelo’s. On the tables you will find the menu and also a link to their menu so that you can choose how you view the menu based on your comfort level.

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expanded, modern, and super clean! You can also look forward to one more renovation coming soon – the patio will be transformed into a four seasons room to be utilized all year long! With all of these changes it’s also important to point out that some things have stayed the same. Santangelo’s is still family owned and operated as they have been for over three decades. I’m told that the next generation of family members have begun working at the restaurant! Another thing that hasn’t changed is the Santangelo’s appreciation for their dedicated staff and loyal customers. They know that everyone has a lot going on and they want to thank you for your patronage and support. They wouldn’t be here without you and they really appreciate you!

Kyle and I arrived at Santangelo’s on a beautiful fall evening. We immediately noticed the beautiful patio area and noted that it will be so great to be able to enjoy it all year long! We were greeted at the door and brought inside where we were seated at a cozy booth. We decided to start our meal with my favorite appetizer, the fried goat cheese.

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Santangelo’s continued from pg 11 with crispy bread, and a perfectly spicy bruschetta with cherry peppers. This is one of my all-time favorite appetizers. We also couldn’t resist ordering the Sam’s Sampler, this sharable dish has hearty clams casino, golden fried mozzarella, fried calamari and generously stuffed mushrooms all served with three tasty dipping sauces! We also enjoyed the warm bread and dipping oil. Kyle ordered a cup of Grandma’s Chicken Soup, a perfect little warm up. I had the fresh and crisp ceasar salad. For our entreés we always have such a hard time making a selection because we know that everything is just so delicious! For my entreé I finally decided on the Shrimp Ala Fina, a gigantic portion of

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cavatelli piled high with shrimp and broccoli, all topped with a seasoned cream sauce. This is one of my favorite dishes on the menu.

After considering the eggplant parmigiano, or the Cosmo’s sampler (chicken parmigiana, homemade ravioli, and cavatelli alfredo) he finally decided on the Seafood Bouillabaisse, a dish with a generous portion of haddock, shrimp, scallops, and clams in an herb butter clam broth sauce with stewed tomatoes served over a heaping portion of linguini. Kyle loved this dish so much he ate every last bite!

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Danger Will Robinson Danger I write today to once again save your life or at least try to. You can’t see or feel or taste the Coronavirus which will directly affect a few people tremendously and most of us not at all. However, there is something else you are constantly exposed to that you can’t see, feel, or taste that is ruinous to your health, and that is glyphosate.

What I’m talking about is the active ingredient in Roundup which started out as a pipe cleaner and then graduated to herbicide but if I understand it correctly is also patented as an antibiotic. None of these things can be good for the bugs in your gut. Not only is glyphosate toxic to the bugs in your gut but it’s also toxic to the lining of your gut itself. This drug blows holes in the gut lining and therefore creates inflammation. Inflammation equals Roundup, herbicide immune system overactivation equals chronic illness.

Most of us have less than 2 square meters of skin surface but the lining of our guts, if stretched out, would equal the surface area of two tennis courts. The lining of our gut

is very thin, one or two cells only, and chemicals like glyphosate directly attack the tight junctions which maintain gut integrity. If that weren’t enough this drug, separate from what it does to the microbiome and to the gut lining itself, is also directly toxic to the mitochondria in almost every cell of your body. Glyphosate also affects your health on a cellular basis since it, in part, resembles the amino acid glycine and gets incorporated into proteins, cell membranes, etc. glyphosate has been implicated in Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Glyphosate has been found, according to the European Working Groups website and many others, to be in breakfast cereals, pasta, flour-based products, oat based products, continued on pg 14

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Cheerios along with other processed foods contain Glyphosate Glyphosate continued from pg 13 and even in most of the red wines that have been tested. Every American has almost certainly measurable levels of glyphosate in our bodies. A study published in Ecowatch in 2016 showed that 93% of Americans tested had glyphosate in their urine. If it’s measured in the urine that means you’ve ingested it and it’s gone through your body to reach your kidneys so it’s affected both the bugs in your gut and your own cells.

Let me put it to you a little more bluntly; this is GOUMET PIZZAS • FREE DELIVERY food poisoning. You are being poisoned slowly but surely. Of course the Bayer Corporation is going to say these are microscopic levels and are considered safe by the government but it’s having its adverse effects on microscopic bacteria, so it’s all relative.

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Map out, as I have, a picture of the United States of America with cancer rates per state. Now superimpose a map showing the greatest amount of glycosade contamination and you will see when you superimpose these two maps that they line up in the scary fashion. This does not prove cause amity obviously but I don’t think you could ignore this obvious data.

Okay, so we can agree that the biome in your stomach is important. You’re nothing more than a fellow traveler to them. Of the DNA and RNA we could recover from your body, human DNA is only 4% of that so there’s a lot of genetic material inside you that can affect your health. What happens to the bugs in your gut is important. You want a tropical rainforest not a desert. You want all kinds of creatures great and small living in perfect harmony not intestinal armageddon.The International Agency for Research on cancer part of the World Health Organization announced on March 20, 2015 that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans”.

The most recent issue of Consumer Reports also addressed the question of pesticides and concluded that many fruits and vegetables have dangerous amounts of pesticides.

They did not specifically address glyphosate because that is found more in the grains, the wheats, the oats etc.

So, if this dangerous chemical whose long-term effects have only begun to be appreciated is found in almost everything we’re eating, what’s the course of action?

How do you preserve your health against this singular act of food poisoning? You have to buy local. You have to know the people who are growing your food and you have to ask them directly what they’re spraying on it. You can’t wash these chemicals off. They are not inactivated by pressure cooking . You have to minimize the processed foods and you’ve got to read the labels. Change your diet like your life depends on it because in point of fact it does.

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Golf

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Online Golf Shopping Vs. Golf Stores This is a tough decision for many golfers... Where to make the next purchase of golf gear, online or at brick and mortar golf stores? Well, some equipment is fine for ordering online, however, certain golf gear purchases should be made in person. Here are some examples of where and when online golf shopping is appropriate and worthwhile.

The best deals in online golf are found for golf gear and soft goods. For example, things like golf apparel and golf umbrellas are very easy to buy online. Every golfer knows the brands they love and can order the appropriate size.

Save money and buy them right from home at online golf stores or other retail websites. There is nothing to fear with golf gear purchases like those because there is no need to hold an umbrella or see if it feels right. Golf apparel from your favorite brand will fit just like the shirts you own or have seen at retail stores, but you will save money because online golf stores do not have the overhead expenses of an enormous retail golf store.

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Another benefit of shopping for certain golf gear online is the immense variety and availability, especially when it comes to golf apparel and popular sizes. Physical golf stores have to limit their inventory and guess how many double extra larges to order for each style and season. There is no reason to shop for golf apparel only to be disappointed that the shirt you like is not available in your size. No problem when you shop online as factory direct shipping is available and inventories are gigantic. Also, look for deals and extra saving when you order a few pieces of golf apparel in one order. You could get free shipping or save money by having one large online golf order.

There are certain purchases that simply should be made in person. Golf clubs are the best example of this and there are two reasons for this. First is that you need to hold the golf club and really should hit a few shots with any club before you spend big money to put it in the bag. Brick and mortar golf stores provide you a place to do this, and online golf shopping simply cannot provide this kind of hands on experience. The second reason is that there is not much money to be saved anyway. Manufacturers put a minimum sale price on golf clubs so online golf retailers cannot blow the golf stores away with their prices. The manufacturers want you to hold and hit these clubs so you can make a good decision with your money.

Another note on brick and mortar golf stores is to consider the fact that most golf courses have a golf shop run by local PGA Professionals.

They are usually small business owners and are also likely anxious to earn your business. Buying your golf clubs, golf balls, and golf apparel there will support them and small business. Though you may save a few bucks shopping elsewhere, they may also be willing to match prices and can provide industry insight and personal experience.

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The Write Stuff

by Nancy Roberts

Hinterland What is a “hinterland?” Depending on which specific definition, it can be the land adjacent to the coastline of the ocean or a large river; or it can be any land that is away from the cities - the back country.

In its own way, both definitions apply to this novel. It takes place near the port city of Boston, and in the unmapped territory of family relationships, mental illness, and in the confusion of the heart. The main characters are neighbors - a elderly mother, Tilly, and her daughter, Ina, who was married to one of two brothers, Nicholas and Stefano, who lived next door, and the wife and daughter (Kathleen and Kate) of Nicholas. Another set of neighbors, Adrial and Manuel, also figure into the tale.

Tangling the relationship is the fact that the Nicholas had been in love with Ina, who is now separated from Stefano. Nicholas had been in prison, and is now returned to his angry, troubled wife, his confused young daughter, and his brother’s wife returned to her girlhood home as she seeks a divorce. And one further complication: Kathleen is a paranoid schizophrenic who attempts to injure, perhaps kill her child.

L. M. Brown is a master of what is not said - the purposeful silences of characters; the missed opportunity for a character to speak, or the economical phrase that is laden with deeper meaning.

Kathleen to Nicholas: “You’re always leaving. Every time I come into a f-ing room you leave.”

Kate, returning from a visit to Tilly and Ina, conducted under Kathleen’s watchful eye. “Mom shouted.”

Kathleen, in court, for the attempted murder of her daughter: she will not speak.

Tilly, in the hospital, to Ina: “You need to get back to your life.”

“Brown writes past the colors and into the substance of the characters, leaving us to populate the scenes with details that suit each of our imaginations.”

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Ina, to Tilly, explaining why she has left Stefano: “He has a child... You were wrong about him. He isn’t one of the good ones.”

Do you begin to read between the lines? L.M Brown’s work, reviewed in this paper before, has always been eloquent in few words, but where short stories can demand such skill of a writer, a novel will sometimes tempt a writer to fall in love with words. As writers are told, you have to “kill your darlings,” but I suspect that Brown is not given to over-writing. This is not to suggest that the writer can’t be descriptive - her descriptions draw the

Author, L.M. Brown reader in immediately to a picture that comes together with perfect clarity. Her description of the elderly Tilly, now in a nursing home, is a lovely, delicate example. We don’t really know what she “looks” like.

We know her hair is fine and flyaway, and that she is slight of build, but not much more. As she sits in her bed, a book in her hand, she is examining Nicholas as he enters her room. “Tilly seemed expectant and proud and he would have hated her for that if he wasn’t so drained.” It doesn’t matter where the bed is in the room, or whether the room is small or large, the covers hospital beige or a colorful quilt from her home. Each of us will draw a picture in our heads. What’s important is that she is, in this reader’s mind, a watchful mother bird of a woman, but proud - such a perfect choice to describe an attitude of watching, waiting, observing, judging. Brown writes past the colors and into the substance of the characters, leaving us to populate the scenes with details that suit each of our imaginations.

What is also surprising is the deep complexity of not only the relationships among the characters, but of each character individually. There are layers upon layers of emotions and ideas, spoken and not, and every character has a history that challenges us to come to grips with it - divorces, mental instability, aging, prison, loves and losses - and in the midst of it all, a little girl for whom everyone is concerned and who quietly struggles to make sense of a world no one has explained to her, possibly because no one can.

Brown is, I suspect, just reaching her stride as a writer, and I’ll look forward to following her career as she continues.

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Sports Take

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Q and A with Ian Eagle I recently caught-up with Syracuse University alum and NFL on CBS play-by-play man Ian Eagle. We chatted about sports being back, his career, his son’s early tenure as a broadcaster, his SU days, how he ended-up on The Hill, the future of the Brooklyn Nets (yep, he does that too), his nickname’s origin and more! Enjoy.

ML: Sports are back. How’s it feel?

IA: I’m excited to be back in the booth, though fully recognizing that this is a small part of what’s happening around the world right now. When I got to the NBA bubble in late July I thoroughly appreciated getting back into the routine of preparation and talking hoops again. The NFL so far has been a unique experience and I give a great deal of credit to the players and coaches for their professional pride and competitive spirit.. The TV presentation has been outstanding and I believe fans at home are still enjoying high-level sports entertainment during these unprecedented circumstances.

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IA: I knew fairly early in my life. The fact that Marty Glickman and Marv Albert had attended SU definitely got my attention. Then when the Big East rose to prominence during my early teen years, I was hooked. Watching games on television from the Carrier Dome was inspiring (Pearl Washington in particular) and when I heard that I could have a chance to call those games for WAER Radio as a student, I knew there was no other school for me.

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SU’s Pearl Washington defending the basket in the Dome Ian Eagle continued from pg 17 ML: Favorite sport to broadcast?

IA: Too tough to call Mike. Similar to asking me to pick my favorite child, I can’t do it. I immerse myself in whatever assignment I receive, and that’s been my philosophy from the start of my career. I began calling the NBA in 1994, so it has a special place in my heart. My first year calling the NFL was 1997 and the next year I added the NCAA Tournament to my assignments. After all of these years those events still strongly resonate with me. I’ve also called tennis, golf, track and field, boxing, lacrosse, volleyball, etc. If your enthusiasm is coming from a real place, the audience picks up on that.

ML: Your son has followed in your footsteps calling LA Clippers games. What’s the most satisfying part about Noah’s early success in the business?

IA: Watching his development as a young adult has been the most satisfying part of this more than anything else. He was always a mature kid, but to see him enter the business and handle himself with the confidence and savviness that’s required to be successful has made our family incredibly proud. He’s developed his own style in a short period of time and already has terrific broadcast instincts. When he told me and my wife Alisa that he wanted to pursue this as a career, we backed him 100%. I explained how

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challenging it would be and he went into it knowing that his name could open up some doors, but ultimately his talent would have to do the talking for him.

ML: Super Bowl pick?

IA: Do you want me to tick off every team that I cover in 2020 Mike??? If we all understand that I’m just giving my early season opinion, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Baltimore and New Orleans playing in the big game in Tampa.

ML: Best sports moment as a Syracuse broadcaster?

IA: 3/4/90 Syracuse beats Georgetown 89-87 at the Carrier Dome. I fulfilled a dream that day, calling the action for this fierce Big East rivalry. Not surprisingly there was a lot of fanfare around the matchup- national TV game on CBS, a then record crowd and two of the best teams in the country. I remember the Dome was rocking and I felt that I had somehow ‘made it’ putting the headset on that afternoon. Hoyas Coach John Thompson was ejected in the 1st 1/2

“Watching games on television from the Carrier Dome was inspiring (Pearl Washington in particular) and when I heard that I could have a chance to call those games for WAER Radio as a student, I knew there was no other school for me.”

and it was a tight game throughout. The ‘Cuse pulled out a thriller in overtime, and it gave me an indelible Syracuse sports memory that’s still vivid more than 30 years later.

ML: What do you hope people say about you at the end of a game you called?

IA: That I’m authentic. I love doing this for a living and my hope is that it comes across in every one of my broadcasts. Being informative and entertaining is the main goal, and that’s regardless of how big or small of an audience you may have.

I try to bring some levity to the airwaves to remind people we’re not performing brain surgery. But I do take the games seriously and do my best to convey the drama and pulse of any event that I’m covering.

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ML: When did the nickname “Birdman” start and who coined it?

IA: NY Daily News sports media critic Bob Raissman started referring to me as the ‘Bird’ in his column in the early 90’s and then Bill Raftery took it to another level when I was paired with him on Nets telecasts in 1995. He’s basically called me ‘Bird’ instead of Ian on every broadcast we’ve ever worked. Years later when we were paired together on CBS college games some viewers thought he was mistakenly calling me ‘Verne’ (as in Hall of Fame pxp man Verne Lundquist) when in reality he was just saying ‘Bird’ like he had hundreds of times before on the local side. The look on his face when I explained the mix-up was priceless.

ML: What excites you most about the Brooklyn Nets’ future?

IA: The sky is the limit for this team. Star power with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

Young talent they’ve helped develop over the last few years in Caris Levert, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris and Jarrett Allen. A new Head Coach in Steve Nash who was a Hall of Fame player with an extremely high basketball IQ and the rare ability to connect with all types of personalities. The borough of Brooklyn desperately wants to back this franchise, and the hope is they can create chemistry and put together a memorable run.

ML: I recently had Bob Costas on my podcast and asked him what’s left to call. What’s out there that you haven’t done play-byplay for that you really want to do?

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ML: Ian, you are the best. Thanks for the time as always and continued success.

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perceive. Their party attends evil. It does not protect our institutions nor the intent of our founders. Equality is feared. Fair elections are feared. Election intrusions are vastly from the right, not the left. I have never seen such misinterpretation of truths and wrong among the able and often successful. Katko accepted 167,000 dollars from the drug companies that caused, by now, most of what this column is about. He is paid and supports them. Believe me, as hideous as it is, that is what they do. I pray that Republicans wake up. Your party is out of touch with its own moral decline.

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We are a society that does not try. We punish the sick. In this instance we riddle their illness with criminality and then lock them up. We should be using this form of criminality as a tool to help them and society. This article will show you how.

Before I proceed, this is also Election Time. Stephen Colbert has made a contribution to America that has been absent in a land that professes democracy and equality.

We are barely democratic. We are not fairly democratic. Many fear and disrupt, and fail to encourage participation out of fear of the desire of our own people. They do not want you to vote. Colbert has taken a vital step.

I hope it is just a “Lead” and others follow.

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I will lose a lot of you in two paragraphs. But you are an ilk that would not help anyway. Trump has proven there are just too many that are okay with evil. It is vital that I remind all of you to vote. And yes, Democratic. Many of the folks I ask to help, are misguided Katko supporters. In glaring view of hideous wrong, they do not

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This article is about good people doing what is right. I must add that I am baffled and grieved that so many with such power that can give birth to relieve suffering just find a way not to do it. In the meantime, what I describe here happens every day. Mostly very young men and women suffer alone in despicable conditions saturated with predators of every stripe, sexually abused, exposed to human degradation and addiction beyond the ability to cope.

Everyone has given up on them as they lay in parking lots, backyards, and dilapidated dwellings, aware, yet helpless over their plight. Large numbers still close to childhood, they curl into little balls and cry. Dismally alone.

Healthy family and love have not been theirs. I was an alcoholic for many years. I paid with everything. Yes, “was”, another falsehood in the recovery world that says once an addict you must always regard yourself as an addict.

Everyone had given up. I was alone and left to die. There, I learned a vital answer: When do you give up on the addicted? The answer is: “Until they make it or until they die”.

(That does not mean one must live with another’s addiction - help must not cause you harm) And here I am nearly 40 years removed from this hell. Listen to me. I know what I am saying.

This is a follow up on my article of December 2017 where I began: I have come to know several of you over the years and I hope at these times that I have earned a regard that will give me your attention for this brief article. If you do read it, I believe you will consider these thoughts and perhaps take steps that will improve fate and providence in an arena of massive human suffering. I offer the difficulty and the solution. I am into my senior years. If one sees things with their best judgement tempered with just

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compassion the wisdom of age can have great value.

This little column affords me a unique opportunity to share. I humbly offer you this wisdom applying human quality as best as can be done with my abilities.

I received a call around 6am the other day from an addicted friend. She has done seven, six month stretches in jail on misdemeanor drug charges. She is an addict that very likely would be fine today if the system were designed to help rather than to punish the literally helpless. (This article explains what should be in place and offers how to do it) She said it was an emergency and that she was behind the Dollar General on Butternut St. I found her laying in the parking lot near the dumpster. Her things were scattered. She had been there all night. She was completely disheveled and crying. Her right hand was swollen double the size of her left and both ankles were swollen. She thinks someone may have hurt her while she was out. She was being harassed by two men. I told them I was there to take care of her. Very fortunately, they left. As that was going to happen. She refused the hospital so I took her to a place she had stayed before. I do not enable, yet when she is in serious trouble or injured help is an imperative. I brought her some groceries as she cannot walk. It has been four days. She is doing better. I took her to 410 So. Crouse for help and they are working on methadone assistance. Her suffering is enormous. As is her addiction. She is one of several, on most blocks of the city. Each vital, each as human and deserving and feeling, as the child in your life that you love and would protect with your life.

Donald Trump has exposed a gaping void in perception and/or empathy within humanity that I had wondered about but never knew for sure really existed. It should not be so difficult to move you. There is a cruelty with power in the collective mindset that restrains the will of the good and allows human suffering. Also, the world is short on heroes. Those willing to stand up and say “enough” and take action. The difference in your profession is that all of you have respect and power and can influence.

Each could begin a “Think Tank”.

You are the protectors of your elite profession. It is your deeds that determine the quality and value of your pursuits. I believe this is central to the high esteem of your profession.

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lights our inner beacon. It is those involved in law, more than any other that give value to all the crimson sacrifice that has protected our founding decency.

When suffering this grave is in place and exponentially increasing, you must, for your charge, and as I mentioned once before, for the honor of your days, use the intelligence and power available to you to cause change, especially when it is a policy change that falls within your abilities to affect.

The city is riddled with crippled youth. A walk down Highland Street or most streets will reveal sadness beyond belief. The inner city is no longer just a place for the poor.

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Message for the Mayor continued from pg 21 jail. It must be confinement. Addicts need emotional triggers to get to recovery attitude.

That very seldom happens in jail or under threat from a court. Torturing the tortured breaks them down. Jail is not a deterrent. All you do is further break down a mind that needs to be strengthened to recover.

What I am proposing here is that a group of Magistrates and/or Barristers develop a “Think Tank” for this purpose. Brainstorm how to determine appropriate need. And then sponsor and change law. Drug court is a wonderful effort and does help some victims.

it has arrived at sound conclusions it is time to write legislation. On one hand you will be seeking funding. On the other you will be revising law compatible with this effort. The easier you make it for a legislator the better your chances. Too much peripheral idea can dilute the main thrust and could endanger passage. Legislation developed by a think tank from your profession will garner attention like no other. That is why this human torment is very much your moral charge. If you so decide, this will happen.

How this affects employment will be a major question. Fortunately, this aspect of the idea can be met with great success and improvement. Prison guards will also work at the rehab facility. It would be invaluable to offer them specialized rehab training.

There are those that are not attracted to the social work aspect. They should be utilized in the real criminal environment. Many will choose the rehab. This can be done not only protecting Sherriff’s and Correctional Guards but by providing attractive options that may also include specialty pay and at the same time offering varied suitable, needed, and skilled quality to current employees.

I am asking you to

“It is real. I know it is emotional triggers that bring addicts around.

This is a huge one.”

Yet its value is inadequate and highly restrained by the complexity and difficulty of recovery. Only a small percentage of drug users or alcoholics are able to meet their demands. Most users cannot follow the rules even when they are well intended and try.

Failures are jailed, emotionally diminished and almost always offend again. Six months or a year in rehab would be priceless for serious addiction. Especially young offenders who have been exposed to very little healthy thought. Whereas six months or a year in jail nearly insures continued addiction, criminality and self-loathing. The think tank should consider all of these ramifications.

While researching for this article I found that Massachusetts has already taken a vital first step. They have embraced the reality that narcotics and alcohol addiction are a public health emergency and not a crime. Women who have substance abuse cases are no longer taken to criminal prison. They’re taken to civil commitment facilities. This is a small inadequate first step. We need bolder action as this disease is invading human structure in every city every day.

In this space I can only hope to offer inspiring idea. The think tank made up of your peers will develop state of the art thinking and course. Once the think tank is confident

use those parts of our humanity that make us worthy of our gifts. I am seeking understanding. I am seeking compassion. I am seeking that you talk about this with each other. I am seeking deed. I am seeking help for that kid, many not even 20, curled up in some God forsaken place, searching for a predator that will abuse them for a fix until, very soon they curl up again hopelessly looking for another predator. Alone, broken and forsaken. These are not words from a guy than can write a bit. They are truths that take place all over the city as I write.

Please, please, you know I am right. There must be a few willing to give birth to this “Think Tank”. Others will follow. Please. I have lived their plight. It is real. I know it is emotional triggers that bring addicts around. This is a huge one. No one is pulling those triggers. Please.

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Technology & A New Normal The term used is “new normal.”

Over the course of recorded history, it’s happened a number of times, both long-term and short. Sometimes it was a war or conquest that changed the way things worked, the shape of the world, the way history was written. Sometimes it was a discovery, like “the New World” by the old (remember we are looking at history through the eyes of the Western story), or learning that you couldn’t sail over the top of the world for trade.

Most recently, it has been technology driving how we manage our lives: the internal combustion engine, automobiles, space ships, the nuclear bomb, telephones, television, the computer, the cell phone.

And of course, there have been plagues and recovery from plagues. Often inadvertently, diseases changed the course of wars or encounters, such as the bubonic plague being brought back from a resistant Orient to Europe with devastating consequences (though it didn’t stop Europeans from venturing out into the world), or smallpox being brought by unwitting visitors to the New World and wiping out huge numbers of tribes who had never encountered it before - the same was true of measles in both the New World and the South Pacific.

Polio was one disease that did, indeed, if only temporarily and in a limited way, shift the way people did things. People would stay isolated if an outbreak showed up, particularly from places where water might be contaminated, as the means of transmission is “fecal-oral,” which is to say through contamination of food or water by infected fecal matter. Before the development of a vaccine, it was a frequent summer-time fear of parents, especially since it could leave patients dead, crippled, or with a nasty post-recovery limitation called “post-polio syndrome,” in which a secondary crippling effect was noted. However, a vaccine was developed, and combined with sanitary improvements, the advanced world rarely sees cases of it - and efforts are being made to eradicate it worldwide.

The 1918 flu, or “Spanish Influenza,” was another remarkable event that did have people wearing masks, and avoiding congregating in large groups - and also probably brought World War I to an earlier than expected end. At first expected to be a seasonal flu, this virus hit young adults more than the very young or the elderly, which in itself was unusual - but also was extremely hard on the troops, and with such massive losses of life, by the time it had run its natural course (and immunity was “herd” level), tens of millions had died, and those waging war simply couldn’t continue. Fate works in mysterious ways.

Yes, people learned - at a city, state, and nation-wide level - to find methods of dealing with a “pandemic,” and many of these methods are in place today as we cope with this latest pandemic. But never before has technology provided us with the alternatives we have today, and the potential they have to create a “new normal” from which we may never return.

One potential change is with education. Schools, from grade school through post-

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graduate, had already discovered the many benefits of the computer to aid education. While the old educational TV programs, recorded and delivered over the air (or via cable) had brought enrichment to the classroom as far back as the 60s and 70s, the computer has enabled groups to gather “virtually” for class. Students have discovered the joys (and pains) of not having to “go” to class, but being able to attend remotely, or better yet, at their own pace via recorded lessons and lectures. Teachers, while many miss the classroom, often find they can be effective online, and some parents have not only gotten used to small groups or online lessons, but find they benefit from having more interaction with their children’s day to day education. While the college experience had already opened to Online Universities, group efforts like Cousera had raised the bar for the quality and rigor of online courses, and could even effectively grant certificates for ongoing education.

Already a growing phenomenon, home delivery of everything from replacement toothbrushes to grocery orders has become more and more the norm as people find it uncomfortable to “mask up” to go to the grocery store, and less time consuming to shop online. Everything from the old standby, Amazon, to your local grocery store, hardware store, and favorite restaurants will deliver or bring your order to your car as you pull up.

I’m old enough to remember when shopping for music involved going to a store, putting on a headset and trying out some music you thought you might like. (Before my time, there were “listening booths” for that!) Then you’d bring home a CD. That form of shopping was soon replaced with sampling your music online, downloading your purchases and burning your own CDs - including cover art if you wanted. Or, simply adding the music to your stored collection, and creating your own playlists. It didn’t take long for people to adapt to the ease of music shopping and using the available technology to enable it all.

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You’d expect your doctor to be limited by the lack of in-person contact. To a degree, this is true - but even doctor’s offices are finding they can get more done, and be effective in some cases, with “virtual visits.” By training patients to report symptoms and even take blood pressures at home, and by “visiting” the office via a video assisted portal, doctors can conduct normal checkups or visits for medication renewals relatively easily.

One doctor reported being able to reopen for regular visits soon, but because patients liked the online visits, were planning to maintain virtual visits for patients who requested them, if appropriate.

Live entertainment has even proved to be manageable, at least to a degree, remotely, using technology. Bands and

comedians quickly adapted to virtual shows, and most people have fairly sophisticated home theatres these days, so picture and sound quality hold up pretty well, and while you might miss the crush of a crowd at a venue for a big band, it’s also possible to gather together with a small group of close friends and family and still enjoy a gathering. Movies are “opening” online in some cases, and the upside to that is not having to get dressed to go to the theater, and plenty of streaming services that will show you your film on your schedule.

And, our sense of “scale” may have, at least temporarily, have adjusted - at least for the older cohorts. Young people, unmarried people, people who are involved in competitive sports or large group activities are still going to want to gather in larger groups. But the ease of getting a small group together, watching a movie at home, spending more “family” time - these things were typical for the average person in times past, and perhaps they will be again.

So, once a vaccine evolves for this flu - and it will - what will we do?

We won’t remain isolated.

People will be eager for get-togethers for dining and drinks and parties and concerts. But other activities may have adjusted permanently.

Work-from-home may have evolved for good, including some jobs that might have eventually adapted, but perhaps not so soon. Schools may remain part-time at school, part time at home or in small groups. Shopping could move past bricks-and-mortar almost completely (except perhaps for clothing!) since it was already well on the way. The open question, it would seem to at least this observer, is how long do we have before the “old” normal is replaced in our habits and infrastructure?

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What’s in Your Wine May Surprise You The holiday season is fast approaching. In anticipation of entertaining and gift-giving, now is the time of year we really start to think about wine. Sure, there will be tons of flashy packaging and labels to help find “the best”, but have you ever stopped to think about what’s actually in your wine?

Heads up: there could be more than you think. The Modern Wine “Factory” Even under FDA regulations, US mass wine producers like many in California can include up to 70 additives in their wines. Colorings like “mega purple” or “ultra-red”, synthetic fertilizers, tartaric acid, powdered tannins, and gum Arabic don’t even have to be disclosed on the label. Once again, consider California wines: overall, many aim for consistency year after year. Mass producing wine in some parts of the world is more like a factory than a vineyard. Though there is something to be said for uniformity, a lot of the magic of winemaking is lost.

It’s no surprise that all-natural and organic wines are gaining popularity year after year.

unique climate conditions where the grapes are grown. Vineyards on two sides of the same hill can produce vastly different characteristics.” Every year nature provides wine makers in Bordeaux a fresh canvas,” says sommelier and wine expert Joel Prato. “This relationship with nature is evident in the unique taste of each Bordeaux vintage.” In continued on pg 26

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Not all wine regions use these artificial tactics.

Natural winegrowing and winemaking are not new to Bordeaux. Not only has this region been making wine naturally for centuries, they are literally required to do so. They believe in the art and science of maintaining the holistic health of the region as well as each individual estate’s ecosystem. Only nature determines the wine.

Artificial enhancement or even irrigation is forbidden. In Bordeaux, it’s more than just the law. It’s a passion for winemaking methods passed down for hundreds of years. It all starts with the “terroir”- the soil and

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What’s in Your Wine continued from pg 25 a place like Bordeaux, the seasons also have a huge influence on the character of a vintage. Weather can make or break a year. For example, a 2013 Bordeaux is a rare sight as fluctuating weather conditions meant many vineyards didn’t have a crop to bottle.

Nature determines production, not factory settings.

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Making natural wine is not always easy. To combat the elements, innovative winemakers like Damien Landouar of Château Gaby are turning heads by introducing techniques like Genodics – playing music to the vineyards to boost their natural immunity. When you can’t count on additives and chemicals, you have to be creative. His vines most likely have better taste in music than most people.

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Streaming Flicks

by BRIAN MILLER

Enola Holmes Netflix has had a number of colossal successes when it comes to original content, but at this point, there is little room for debate as to which series has stood out amongst them all. Since its first season, STRANGER THINGS has been a cultural phenomenon. The rare show that transcends its genre and target age-range limitations, it is a brilliant mix of nostalgic horror, sci-fi, comedy, and drama. While every member of the principle cast stands out in their own particular way, it is Millie Bobby Brown, playing the mysterious Eleven, that rises head-and-shoulders above the rest.

Fellow castmate Finn Wolfhard has already begun the transition into life beyond STANGER THINGS, starring in feature films like IT, IT: CHAPTER 2, THE GOLDFINCH and soon GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE. Ms. Brown, up until this point, has only appeared in one major movie, the woefully disappointing GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS. Her performance was fine, but the overall failure of the film resulted in a rather inauspicious beginning to her movie career.

Any lingering questions as to the viability of Brown’s career in a post-STRANGER THINGS world have now been obliterated with the release of the Netflix film ENOLA HOLMES. Based on a popular series of young adult novels, Brown plays the 16-year-old sister of the world’s greatest detective.

Enola is the youngest member of the Holmes family.

Her brothers Mycroft (Sam Claflin) and Sherlock (Henry Cavill) moved out of the home when she was young, leaving her to grow up with her eccentric, intelligent, and talented mother, Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter.)

Forgoing the traditional route of school, Ms. Holmes Enola Holmes based on young adult novel taught her daughter about art, literature, sports, and even handto-hand combat.

When Eudoria suddenly goes missing, the 16-year-old Enola is devastated. She reaches out to her older brothers who, upon their return, have been away for so long that they don’t even recognize her at the train station. Sherlock, who never took much interest in familial affairs is distant and disinterested, while Mycroft is stuffy and severe, horrified that his sister has not been formally educated. While her charms and whims play well to the viewers, her eldest brother is intent on sending her to a boarding school to squash her whimsical spirit. She begs Sherlock not to let

Mycroft send her away, but the detective fails to grant her wishes.

On the eve of her departure, Enola begins to discover some clues as to the whereabouts of her missing mother. Employing tactics and utilizing deductions that would make Sherlock proud, she flees the home in an attempt to not only find her mom, but also escape the clutches of the dreaded school. As she makes her way to London, she crosses paths with Viscount Tewkesbury (Louis Pathridge). The amiable teen is a Lord attempting to escape his home for reasons yet unknown, and soon, the two forge an unlikely friendship.

The appeal of Sherlock Holmes has never rested on the character’s charm (or lack thereof), but rather, the mysteries that he is meant to solve. In ENOLA HOLMES, the continued on pg 28

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Enola Holmes continued from pg 27 frown, she offers insight that goes well beyond any spoken words. Most importantly, she is believable as the young and scrappy genius who is ready to emerge from the shadows of her famous siblings.

I’m certain this isn’t the last we have seen of Enola, and this film will undoubtedly serve as the birth of a viable franchise. The messages, particularly for young girls, are strong and celebratory, letting them know that they are not defined by their gender or status. Though there are some moments of violence, this is a production that will appeal to a vast array of ages, and will likely be enjoyed the entire family. For those who have watched STRANGER THINGS, ENOLA HOLMES will affirm what you already knew. For those unfamiliar with Millie Bobby Brown and her exploits as Eleven, it will be an introduction to an incredible talent who proves that she will never be beholden to a particular role or genre.

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case of the missing mother and/or the reluctant Lord is not nearly as engaging as the title character herself. The film is directed by Harry Bradbeer who was previously at the helm of the ingenious FLEABAG. As he did in that audacious series, Bradbeer has his protagonist break the fourth wall, addressing the audience directly throughout. What worked for Phoebe Waller-Bridge (who, as the writer/creator of FLEABAG deserves the vast majority of the credit) has the same affect here, allowing Enola to emerge as a charming and wholly endearing young woman. I’m not sure how many others could have pulled this off, but Brown, who also serves as a producer on the film, is so smooth and effortless that she is impossible not to like. With a knowing wink, smile, scowl, or

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make one join in the bullying. Neurons that fire together wire together. We should know our nervous systems function so we can learn how to fortify ourselves and live comfortably in our own skins.

Moving on: the parochial school anecdote about Joe Biden added to the soft spot I developed for him watching him debate Sarah Palin in 2008. Palin talked about her devotion to families. Biden shared his personal experience with family medical issues and the death of family members. Palin stared into the camera and reminded the audience that she was a maverick.

Biden exuded humanity. Palin bared her teeth for the camera. That picture was worth a During the week I wrote this column, I finished the 600 plus page book “The Alphabet thousand words.

Versus The Goddess – The Conflict Between Word And Image,” watched Netflix’s “Social The eyes provide the brain with the most Dilemma,” a documentary about online personal data collection for use in commercial information in the shortest amount of time. and ideological algorithms, and PBS’s “Frontline” documentary, “The Choice 2020: Trump In “The Alphabet Versus The Goddess – The vs. Biden,” a reflection on the lives of the two current presidential candidates.

Conflict Between Word And Image,” surgeon I only know what I know about Trump and Joe Biden from what I’ve read and heard Leonard Shlain suggests that left brain and seen on TV. I’ve read Mary Trump’s book “Too Much and Never Enough.” I like emphasis on the written word has family stories. The “Frontline” documentary included an anecdote told by Joe Biden’s caused us, as readers, to miss right sister. When Joe Biden was young, a Roman Catholic nun mimicked Joe’s stutter in brain oriented wholistic context front of Joe’s class. Joe Biden’s mother immediately visited Sister and let Sister know while at the same time reinforcing she’d better not do it again. I thought of myself in the seventh grade. After I ended an masculine notions of the divine interrogatory sentence with a period instead of a question mark, a nun sent me to ask through the repetition of male the third graders how to properly punctuate a question. Teaching through humiliation pronouns. Way back when, “god” used to be common. Prior to entering seventh grade, I had suffered a severe brain injury. was a “they.” The ancients talked I often laughed and cried inappropriately and uncontrollably, and based on what I know to “god.” People argued and now, I believe I suffered from Pseudo Bulbar Affect. I conclude the “me” related portion reasoned with “god.” of this piece, except to add that humiliation can make one compassionate or it can

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Bodies and Knowledge continued from pg 29 generativity. Girls and women gestate babies inside their bodies and out of their own bone and blood. Men do not. Women matter. Men matter. One size does not fit all in anything.

Words matter. “Red” used to mean communist. Now, “red state” thinkers insist “blue state” thinkers support anarchy and violence in the street. That’s not true. I don’t cry when I see lawn signs stating: “Trump 2020- Make Liberals Cry Again.” People who use media for their own advancement plot their use of words and symbols long before the public catches on. “Frontline’s” 2020 election documentary includes footage of the business fiction “The Apprentice,” suggesting that most people came to learn of Donald Trump’s management skills watching him decisively fire contestants on his TV show.

Netflix’s Social Dilemma Shlain describes how some interpretations of the Second Commandment caused religious leaders to characterize Greco-Roman statues and artwork as idols. Religious groups destroyed many statues and in particular, statues of female deities. The Greek pantheon of gods and goddesses were personifications of human and animal powers and attributes. The Greek goddess Psyche, often shown as a butterfly, represented human consciousness and the human soul.

Since I’m thinking about language, I will use psyche in a sentence: my physical brain injury splintered my psyche. Learning about my own body-mind connections helps me take care of my own body and mind. Most of us learn what our bodies are for in church, in school and from books that contain language rooted in notions of masculine power, feminine passivity, and mixed and often negative messages regarding female

PBS’s “Frontline” documentary, “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

I recommend “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” as good contextual coverage of both candidates. It’s available on pbs.org. You can watch it on your smartphone.

Finally, Netflix’s “Social Dilemma,” suggests that smartphones and social media use are addictive and that by creating addiction to memes with words and visuals, sellers, including sellers of ideology, at no cost to them, gather information on us the buyers so as to focus their marketing.

The show ends with an alarmist statement from architect and systems theorist Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983.) I’ll paraphrase Fuller, technologically, we are marching toward utopia or oblivion and we’ll know where we are when we get there.

Feel not alarmed!

There is much instructive information available, in words and pictures, about how our brains, neurochemicals and senses work to make us feel and think a certain way.

Politicians, tyrants, and cult leaders have always sought to control our attention. We can figure out how they do it. We can choose to think our own thoughts.

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What is Skinny Fat?

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by Jennifer Nastasi Guzelak

Is Being ‘Skinny Fat’ Really that Bad? Deep down, you may suspect your diet could be better. It’d be a good idea to replace those potato chips with almonds for your afternoon snack. You should probably hit the gym a few more days a week and you know that taking that after dinner walk would be in your best interest. You still fit into your usual-size pants and can button them without a problem. So, everything is probably okay, right? Well, maybe not.

You might qualify as “skinny fat” (medically known as metabolically obese normal weight), which, as you’ve probably guessed, isn’t a great thing. What exactly does it mean to be skinny fat, and is it really that dangerous?

While previous research has found that obesity could increase the risk of dementia, new research suggests being ‘skinny-fat’ - slender without muscle tone - is actually deadlier than obesity. In fact, a new study shows that it could be as bad for your brain as it is for your body.

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Basically, it means that looks can be deceiving. Even if you don’t look like you’re overweight, you may be in the same boat facing the same health issues as someone who qualifies as obese. It all comes down to the quantity and quality of your fat tissue.

Not all fat is created equal, and not all people are created equal in the sense of body composition. It’s true that some people who look obese may have completely normal blood sugars, cholesterol levels and blood pressure, while others might register as healthy based on Body Mass Index (BMI), but may have body fat-related conditions like diabetes, elevated cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome.

Calculate your BMI here: https://www.livestrong.com/tools/body-mass-calculator/ Rather than fat being distributed all around the body, if you are skinny fat, it usually ends up being stored inside and around the organs in the belly region. The belly fat is the more dangerous fat! It’s different than subcutaneous fat, which is just under the skin and is most visible. continued on pg 32

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Research agrees that belly fat is dangerous, regardless of how thin or toned your arms and legs may be. It’s called ectopic fat deposition and has been linked to concerns such as insulin resistance (which can lead to diabetes and heart disease), metabolic issues and an increased risk of dementia. Research has suggested that older adults whom have skinny fat body types have been shown to have weakened cognitive performance.

Finally, and most dire of all, being skinny fat could shorten your life. A study published in December 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine involving more than 15,000 people found that men with normal-weight central obesity had two times the mortality rate of those with BMIs that qualified as overweight or obese. Women with normal-weight central obesity had a higher mortality risk as well, though not as marked.

Am I Skinny Fat?

The best way to measure body fat and tell how much visceral fat you have is to have a CT or MRI scan done on your abdominal area. An easier, and less expensive option is to simply grab a tape measure and check your waist circumference.

Using a flexible cloth measuring tape, measure your bare waist (in inches) at your belly button while relaxed. An ideal, healthy measurement for women is below 35 inches, and for men below 40 inches.

If you’re borderline, it’s a good idea to also calculate your waist-to-hip ratio: Measure your waist at your belly button and your hips at their widest point (also

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Sometimes, it’s not easy to know whether you qualify as skinny fat based off of this ratio alone. This is why it’s important to also have blood work done and to speak with a doctor about your lifestyle and your family’s health history, especially if heart disease and diabetes are common among your relatives.

It’s also important to have your body fat percentage measured. This is more telling than BMI. We know that traditional BMI charts, which simply take your height and weight into account, do not reflect your amount of lean body mass, which can negatively skew results. You can get an estimate of your Body Fat Percentage here: https://www.livestrong. com/tools/body-fat-calculator/

How to Go from Skinny Fat to Fit

I have the BEST advice for you! Get your sneakers on and get moving! Even if you don’t see immediate results on the scale, exercise will improve the way your body responds to insulin. Make sure your workout routine includes both cardio and strength training to help build muscle.

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend adults get at least 150 minutes a week or moderate intensity exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity (or a combination). The guidelines also suggest doing strength-training exercises on two or more days per week.

Take a hard look at your diet, too. We all know that keeping a food diary is one of the most effective ways to manage your weight. Processed foods filled with refined sugars and carbohydrates elevate insulin levels, which can increase fat deposits and insulin resistance. Try to have a daily regimen that focuses on plant-based foods with lean protein.

So, How Bad is it Really to Be Skinny Fat?

Unfortunately, it’s pretty bad. The biggest physical indicator is if your fat is mainly stored in your mid-section and you have a dangerous waist-to-hip ratio. Being skinny fat presents several serious health concerns even if it doesn’t look that way from the outside. You might look slim and feel good about easily sliding into your skinny jeans, but if you’re battling obesity-related health issues, then it’s time to make some lifestyle changes. Good luck to you!

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Home Improving While Budgeting As we all know, budgeting and home improvement does not always go together but this article will give you information that could help improve your home and still save a little money.

Home improvement projects regularly scare people off, because many judge that they will pay thousands of dollars to alter one room, because they do not have the skills to do the job them self. They may also feel that the job is costly because supplies and tools are needed.

To the contrary, home improvement does not have to be costly at all. Of course, if you hire a subcontractor or contractor to do the job, you will pay a fortune, but if you have patience and the ability to read and stick to the directions, then you can renovate an whole room in your home for fewer than a hundred dollars. Of course, you will need to change and correlate materials.

Before starting the procedure of improving your home, you will need to system of funds and a schedule to get started. You will need to ponder various notions when considering and preparing home improvement. For example, do you plan to paint your home? Do you plan to tile your home? Do you want carpet in your home?

Going through the final part of this article, you will see just how important budgeting and home improvement can be done which will help save you money and improve your home.

Asking questions is part of analyzing and preparing for home improvement. One of the best tools to have when considering home improvement is calculating what you like and calculating what you want. When I improve my home the first thing I do is explore continued on pg 36

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my mind searching for favorites and what excites and appeals to me. Thus, when I go to the home improvement warehouses, I already have in my brain what I am ready to purchase, therefore this relaxes my quest to improving my home.

If you are short of funds to improve your home, then setting up a financial plan will help you get what you want as well as put away some cash for a rainy day. You may even think about purchasing equipment and tools for home improvement at the companies that propose lower prices and/or purchases with no payments until a particular date. This notion will give you time to get your home better while putting away the currency to purchase the improvement equipment and tools.

Unfortunately, many people go for another home loan to enhance their home.

Receiving loans from lenders regularly lead to debt, and home loans for improvement only leads to paying off your home twice. Thus, elude high interest rates and loan payments and learn to plan your finances to improve your home.

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Let me give you a general view of what one area could cost you for repairs. Say you want to paint a specific room in your home. You will need plaster, sealers, primer, paints, paint thinners, scrapers, screwdriver, paint opening (often come with paint purchases), patches, paintbrushes, tray, and so forth. Now you may think this will cost you a lot of money to improve your home, but to the contrary, you are wrong.

The paint and tools will cost you the most, while the other items will be priced less; thus, primer, sealers and plaster be priced around fifteen dollars if you go to the correct store.

Paint thinners, trays, brushes and screwdriver will cost around fifteen dollars if you go to the right store. Thus, the patches should be purchased with a plaster kit, which will

“If you are short of funds to improve your home, then setting up a financial plan will help you get what you want as well as put away some cash for a rainy day.”

salvage you a few pennies. The paint will cost around twenty dollars per can, depending on the kind of paint purchased.

Therefore, for around a hundred bucks you could alter a room in your home lacking hiring anybody to do the job providing you stick to the instructions.

What about the bathroom, can you alter the room on a financial plan?

It depends on the range of the area, but if you are yearning to tile your bathroom and paint the walls you could get the job done for around a hundred bucks give or take.

If you go to the correct home improvement store and know what you are doing, you could remodel a small bathroom or average bathroom for around fifty bucks.

Learning to create a financial plan and prepare for home improvements can help you to remodel your whole home (if the home is in good standings) for a few hundred dollars.

Furthermore, completing the work yourself, you will recoup you thousands of dollars.

Having this budget and home improvement information handy will help you a great deal the next time you find yourself in need of it.

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by Kristin Merritt

It’s Fall, Y’all!

It’s officially autumn in central New York, and with it comes beautiful landscapes of gold, red, and orange, apple picking, cozy sweaters, football, and Halloween. Autumn also heralds in an ever-expanding array of pumpkin beers to choose from.

It may seem like pumpkin beers are just another fad-type brew, but this would be incorrect. The origin of pumpkin beer actually dates back to Colonial America.

Pumpkins are native to North America and when barley was limited, settlers actually turned to pumpkins because of their high fermentable sugar content. One of the earliest recorded recipes was written in 1771, for “Pompion Ale” by the American Philosophical Society:

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As the colonies were settled and crops became more plentiful as the years wore on, wheat, barley, and rye became the more prevalent ingredients with which to brew beer. Pumpkins still continued to be used well into the 1800s, but became far less common and eventually kind of died out until the 1980s, when craft beer started to take shape in the US. Today, pumpkin beer as we know it is quite different than the brew of our early American ancestors. Whereas pumpkin was the primary ingredient and took the place of the malts back then, today, our “pumpkin” beers are brewed primarily with barley and hops with either natural or artificial pumpkin added into the brewing process along with a variety of different spices including cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg; Think less “squash-y” and more along the lines of pumpkin pie.

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“basic,” thanks to the pumpkin spice craze that has infiltrated all aspects of American-life in the last few years. But the truth is, there are vast numbers of different pumpkin beers out on the market to choose from once the word “Fall” is uttered.

Therefore, clearly, it’s not just a select minority of folks who enjoy pumpkin beers when the weather starts to get a bit cooler, and perhaps we all have a little “basic” taste within us, even if nobody actually wants to admit it.

Personally, I’ll be the first to admit that I love me some pumpkin brews. It’s the perfect bridge to transition from light summer beers into the deep and dark stouts and porters of winter. My suggestion is to sample a few different pumpkin beers, because they don’t all taste the same; some are more spiced than others with different concentrations of each spice, some combine other flavors of coffee, bourbon and vanilla with the pumpkin, and some are sweet while others are more savory. The selection is all up to you!

As with most of my articles, here are a select few of my favorites for you to try on your own: Pumpkin Ale by Smuttynose Brewing Co. in Hampton, NH. (6.1% ABV) – The brewery states that this particular brew is their personal homage to the early days and heritage of American brewing with pumpkins as was described above in this article. They add natural pumpkin puree to their mash in the brewing process along with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and a variety of malts and hops. What’s produced is probably my favorite pumpkin beer that I’ve tasted this entire fall thus far! It’s light and the spices are subtle and not-at-all overpowering as so many pumpkin beers can tend to be. It is one of the most perfectly balanced pumpkin brews I’ve ever had in any capacity, being not terribly sweet and with the ability to actually taste the pumpkin itself. Wegmans is your go-to to find this treat!

Saranac Pumpkin Ale by Saranac Brewery in Utica, NY (5.3% ABV) – This is one of my go-to pumpkin beers every year, and each year I find the flavor profile to be ever-soslightly different, but never drastically so. 2020’s batch is exceptional. (Finally, something good to come out of this year!!) The spice blend of cinnamon, allspice, clove and ginger is well-rounded, balanced and the pumpkin flavor melds seamlessly into the mixture.

Two big thumbs up! Well-distributed, you can likely find this pumpkin brew anywhere beer is sold.

Voodoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin

by New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, CO (6.4% ABV) – Sick of traditional pumpkin beers? Well, have no fear because this eclectic, yet tasty, pumpkin brew is sure to invigorate your tastebuds! This ale is brewed with Saigon cinnamon, habaneros and De Arbol peppers. It has a pumpkin based flavor with a bright dash of cinnamon mixed with a fantastic amount of heat on your palate; You will not be disappointed with this one! Again, pretty widely distributed, you can find this at just about any grocery or specialty beer store alike.

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I must also mention Southern Tier Brewing Company (Lakewood, NY) and all their different varieties of pumpkin beers: Pumking (the original pumpkin brew), Warlock (the stout version), Cold Brew Coffee Pumking, Rum Barrel Aged Pumking, & Pumking Nitro (all three are self-explanatory). Whereas the original is fantastic, all the versions are excellent in their own right. You can find these varieties far and wide over the CNY region.

Pumking is also so popular and well-loved that Southern Tier hosts a Pumking Fest every year at their brewery in Lakewood. Even with Covid-restrictions, they’ve still managed to make it work this year and will host five separate cappedattendance sessions over the course of 2 days (September 26 & 27) this fall. Tickets are affordable but they go very quickly every year. There are also new and exclusive Pumking variants at the event, along with 35+ drafts and they’ll be promoting their new Pumking Whiskey at the event – which is also hitting the shelves of liquor stores every in CNY. By the time this article comes out in print and online, I’ll have already been to this year’s event – and it’s my first Pumking Fest!

Pumpkin brews are a perfect addition to your craft beer preferences this fall. They’re festive, they can be unique or traditional, and there’s just so many to choose from! So pack a few pumpkin brews into your knapsack, take a hike in the Adirondacks or Catskills, and climb to the top of a mountain to sit and admire the fall foliage and views while you partake in an appropriately fall-themed adult-beverage.

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