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The Little Joys of 1. Schedule a weekly friend/ family treat night. Ice Cream Friday anyone? Try reducing added sugar during the week for overall health and to savor your treat night. 2.
Schedule a date with old friends or family once a month. If hosting causes undue stress, then enjoy an outing somewhere fun.
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Have a breakfast dinner night during the week. My kids love this! My family’s favorite meal of the day is breakfast, so we look forward to these nights. Also, breakfast is a pretty easy meal to prep and clean up.
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ealth and happiness seem to go hand in hand. I think that most of us can agree on this, but as Abraham Lincoln put it, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” So how do we find those 4. Find a favorite quiet place little joys in our busy and overbooked lives? and make time to visit it, e.g., I started to reflect on this last month when we planned a three-day camping trip in Wisconsin. I had a short four-day week because I took Friday off to head out of town. Knowing that I had a mini-vacation planned kept me going and upbeat throughout the week. Then, my birthday this year happened to fall on a Monday. Mondays are always difficult, but because it was “my day,” I planned a couple fun things in-between training sessions. It was amazing what that did for my psyche that day and the rest of the week. I began to realize how monotonous our days and weekends have become with work demands and the kids’ activities. Not only that, but we spend all of our evenings planning and prepping for the next day with work, homework, lunches and afterschool sports. While the weeks may pass quickly, they come and go over and over again with little acknowledgment of the small joys that make life fun and alive. So it is that I began to think about my simpler times, 10 years ago or more. I remember that I used to have small weekly routines that I looked forward to and that kept me upbeat and re-energized. It was as easy as a TV night, pizza, ice cream with a group of friends or Friday lunches with my husband and a friend. I know that there are plenty of little joys from day to day if we just slow down long enough to witness and experience them, but sometimes we have to take time to add pockets of fun or downtime into our weekly routines—or life just happens. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want life to “just happen.” I want to live, breathe and witness it.
a park, lake, coffee shop.
5. Declare a vacation day, which can fall on the weekend. Schedule something new, but completely disconnect from work and electronics. I began this over the summer as I felt our summer days quickly slipping by with work. The “mommy guilt” of work and no play was eating at me. With the help of my girls we made a summer bucket list and scheduled each thing until we completed them all. 6. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and slow down for a moment.
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Take in the aroma and combine this with #4, or try setting your alarm 30 minutes to an hour before everyone else in the house wakes up.
7. Start a new book and get lost in it. Shut down the electronics before bed and read—it will help you sleep better and feel better. 8. Try a new hobby. If you aren’t living what you love career wise, then add a hobby doing something that you enjoy or have always wanted to learn. 9. Volunteer your time to help others in need. Sometimes life can get us down, but helping others can put things into perspective. Social media skews our perception of our own lives and what kind of lives others are living. It’s time to limit social media usage! PLEASE stop wasting your time reading about others’ lives—and start living your own. 10. Smile often…be happy : ) If you feel that there isn’t enough time to add one or two things for yourself or the family as a whole, then maybe it’s time to ask yourself what really matters to you and purge the other stuff. Don’t do it all at once, but add one thing and delete another. You’ll feel better for it!
I am challenging you to feel healthier by tuning into the little joys of life. Schedule smaller things daily or weekly (make them a habit and leave room for them), and then maybe add in something bigger once a month. Here are 10 ideas to get you started…
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ncrease your calorie expenditure during and after your workout with a high intensity workout. The following interval workout includes a timed circuit with compound strength moves that will leave you stronger and leaner, in less time. Don’t be afraid to get out of your comfort zone! To get started you will need a set of dumbbells and one exercise band. Make sure to choose a weight and a band resistance that challenges you for one minute. Repeat each exercise for the minute completing as many reps as possible, then rest for 3 to 4 minutes. Repeat 3 more times for a total of 4 rounds.
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1. Alternating Reverse Lunge
Targets: Butt/Hips, Legs - Thighs
• Begin by grabbing a dumbbell in each hand, standing tall with feet hip-width apart, and pulling shoulders down.
• Step back with your right foot and slowly lower until your left knee is at 90 degrees, keeping your shin perpendicular to the floor and torso upright.
• Return right foot to the start and repeat, stepping back with left foot. A
2. Band Goblet Squats
Targets: Butt/Hips, Legs - Thighs
• Begin by placing feet shoulder-width apart on an exercise
band with knees slightly bent. Grab the end of the bands in both hands like a microphone in front of the chest. Hinge at the hips, bend the knees, drop the hips and lower down into a squat while keeping the exercise band at chest height and the elbows pointing down to the floor. Return to standing.
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Cell Phone Cancer Risk
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in Children Finally Legitimized Could this really be true?
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t used to be warnings about cell phone safety were deemed conspiracy theory or quack science. Not anymore. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now recommends limiting cell phone use for children based on a large government study linking cancer with cell phone radiation. The study found exposure to wireless radiation significantly increased the rates of highly malignant heart and brain cancer in rodents. In other words, cell phones caused cancer in these animals. The cells affected in the research animals are the same cells in humans that develop into cancers in adult cell phone users. These results were alarming enough to prompt the AAP to
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warn parents to limit children’s exposure to cell phones and wireless devices.
body and that a child’s exposure should be limited or avoided.
The study also showed cell phones damaged DNA in brain cells.
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Children susceptible to cell phone cancer risk
The risks for cell phone cancer damage are believed to be higher for children than adults. Children have thinner skulls, which makes it easier for cell phone radiation to penetrate and absorb into a child’s brain. Children’s nervous systems are also not fully developed and are thus more sensitive to damage. As a result of this information, the AAP warns adults not to keep cell phones on or near their
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How to reduce cell phone Sadly, it’s almost impossible to imagine a world without cell phones these days, despite the risks. The AAP suggests the following ideas to reduce cancer risk in both adults and children: Choose text messaging as much as possible, and for calls, use speaker mode or hands-free kits. • Hold the cell phone at least an inch away from your head. • Keep calls short. • Do not carry your phone against your body. The amount of radiation you absorb that way may be at an unsafe level. • To watch a movie on your phone or tablet, download it
first and switch to airplane mode to view. This will help you avoid unnecessary radiation exposure. • A weaker cell signal means more radiation because the phone has to work harder. Wait until you have a stronger signal before using your phone or tablet. • Avoid making calls in areas where the phone has to work harder for a signal through metal, such as in cars, elevators, trains and buses. • Do not let a child use a cell phone as a toy or for teething. Fortunately, cell phone cancer risks are now being legitimized through new research, thus increasing awareness. For more advice about general cancer prevention through nutrition and lifestyle, contact our office at (317) 663-7123.
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ONE GLASS AT A TIME
ake one step into Sangiovese Ristorante, and enter another world. Come in and have a seat, order a glass—or bottle—of your favorite wine, and prepare yourself for a fine-dining experience paired perfectly with a warm and welcoming staff—who, if you're not already a regular, will do what they can to make you one. One or two glasses in, you might even find yourself singing Billy Joel's “Italian Restaurant.” (“A bottle of red... A bottle of white... whatever kind of mood you're in tonight...”) It's all part of owner Chris Evans' plan to bring customers a high-class Italian dining experience that makes you feel perfectly at home. Shortly after Chris and I sat down to talk one afternoon before the evening crowd started to pour in, one of the staff interrupted us to inform him that “the entire North Central High School choir” was at the door, wanting to advertise for their upcoming performances of Oklahoma. Chris suggested he get a poster and they'd review it later, and, without even a second thought, added, “If they want a donation, give them a gift card.” I knew right then that Chris Evans was a man who cared as much about his community as he did himself.
A Businessman from the Start Chris always knew that he wanted to be a business owner, but the path ahead wasn't always so clear. “Back in middle school, I would take bubble gum to school and sell it in the student center before school,” he laughs. “I always found ways to make my
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own money—paper route, mowing lawns—I didn't know what it would be, but I knew I'd own my own business.” When high school graduation drew near, though, Chris's grades left entry into college as something less than certain. He planned either to go to IU to study business—or to travel the world if his bid for school was unsuccessful. And as it turned out, Chris managed to do some of both. His SAT scores and teacher recommendations gained him entry into Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, but it wasn't the fit he was looking for. “At the time—it was 1994—I felt the school was grooming individuals to work for Fortune 500 companies,” he says. “Now they have a whole entrepreneurship program, but it wasn't there for me.” So at the age of 21, Chris took a break from school and moved to Montana. “I wanted to be outdoors— to be a snowboard bum,” he tells me. “I had a friend of a friend who was moving out there, and I joined him—I wanted to snowboard, and there was a ski resort there, so it really was as simple as that.” After two years of snowboarding, a stint at a Montana photography school, and suffering through a depressed economy that required him to work two jobs, Chris finally made the move back to Indiana.
The Business of Family and Community It was right around that time that Chris started working at Ambrosia—and met the woman who would eventually become his wife. But for a guy who knows how to run a business, his pick-up skills left something to be desired. “I met her at a bar in Broad Ripple where I'd been hanging out with friends, and I finally worked up the courage to talk to her, and we started dating,” he
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says. What he didn't tell me at first was that he never got her phone number at the bar! “I know—it was almost an epic fail!” he laughs. Thankfully one of his friend's parents knew her parents, and yada yada, the two connected. These days, Chris and his wife are enjoying raising their two young children, ages 6 and 9. I asked Chris if Sangiovese presents a challenge in making time for family. “I've really got a great set up here, I'm blessed to say,” he tells me. “I spend two nights a week at the restaurant, but my manager handles the other nights. I stop by every day at some point, but usually during the day time, so my routine lets me get our kids on the bus, attend their sports events, and be home most dinner times.” Chris understands how valuable family time is, and he counts himself fortunate. “I probably spend more time than the average person does with their family,” Chris says. He points to weekend mornings as their favorite time of the week, waking up slowly, letting the kids crawl into bed with him and his wife, and then getting up to make breakfast. “Watching the kids put the table together is an absolute joy.” But with Chris, the bounds of family extend far beyond the four walls of the house. As an independent restaurant owner, he sees giving back to the community as his responsibility. “It's important to try to give back as much as possible,” he says. “We have chains up and down the street, so when my customers come in and ask me if we can donate to this foundation or that one, I don't think I've ever said no. Hopefully we can help raise money for some good causes.” Sangiovese has been involved with many area charities, including the 20/20 Institute's Through the Looking Glass Gala and the Julian Center.
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And Chris himself volunteers throughout the year at the North United Methodist Church soup kitchen. This year, Sangiovese will host a fundraiser dinner for the Children's Wish Foundation. “It will be mind-blowing for us to raise that kind of money here—it's just unbelievable,” Chris says.
Failure Not an Option Over the years, Chris has firmly established himself as a successful restaurateur on the Indianapolis scene. Before purchasing Sangiovese in 2007, he owned an ice cream and burger shop in Broad Ripple, and before that he had managed and worked at
a huge accomplishment just in the sense of buying my own business, being young and ambitious,” he tells me. But as we well know, that same year saw the start of the Great Recession, introducing a whole new set of worries into Chris's—and countless other business people's—ventures. “It was a scary time,” he recalls. “I was terrified I might not be able to pay my loan, and I felt like my business and my house were all wrapped up in each other—like if I lose, I lose everything.” How did Chris rise above the economic woes? “It was my only choice,” he says. “Failure was not an option.”
the new location.” In preparing for the reopen, Chris explored other city's restaurant scenes—Chicago, New York—and found that modern fine dining was moving away from linen table cloths and an overtly high-class feel. “Our generation eats out differently,” he says. “They still want to eat well and have good wine and cocktails, but nowadays diners want to be casually dressed up—it's an eclectic mix of style. Linen table cloths, for one, conjure a very proper and very formal setting.”
At the start of 2015, Sangiovese reopened
Chris doesn't consider himself to be a particularly religious person, but he still finds himself blessed beyond belief. “I've got
in its current location, 2727 E. 86th Street, and that again proved to be a significant accomplishment for Chris and his team. “I learned a lot from building it myself, hiring contractors, handling mistakes, seeing what worked and didn't work,” he says. I asked him if they lost any customers in the move. (For readers who remember Sangiovese's old 82nd Street location, the current location's decor and atmosphere is decidedly different.) “No, we didn't lose anyone,” he tells me. “Some liked it and some didn't, but that's natural. The previous location had an old-school Italian bada-bing sort of feel, and I decided against that in
awesome family—two young kids, a great wife who supports me, and my parents are wonderful,” he says. “And I've got a lot of awesome, life-long friends.” He also happens to have friends in the patrons of Sangiovese. “What separates us from other restaurants around is service, service, service,” Chris tells me. “Of course we have a nice atmosphere and great food—but that's a given in a good restaurant. I drill it into my team—make sure Mr. Jones knows who you are and make sure you know what he likes because next time he might ask for you. We couldn't ask for a more awesome clientele. Our service is what separates us from the rest.”
Chris takes his restaurant’s role
in the community very seriously. “It’s important to try to give back as much as possible,” he says.
Ambrosia. In his younger days, Chris loved the camaraderie that came with the bar atmosphere—having regular customers, playing “psychiatrist” to many of his patrons, building relationships. “I suppose you could say I morphed from going to the bar and drinking with my friends, to cultivating relationships while tending bar, and eventually to the fine dining experience we've created here at Sangiovese,” he tells me. When I asked Chris what accomplishments made him most proud, it came as no surprise to me that Sangiovese topped the list. “When I bought it in 2007, it was
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Holiday Wine Guide:
Simple rules for great wine and food pairings With holiday entertaining upon us, there couldn't be a better time to look at what it takes to make those perfect pairings.
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Pinot Noirs go best with earthy meals, such as dishes made with truffles and mushrooms. This light-bodied red is full of savory depth and will allow you to appreciate the flavors of everything in front of you. Chardonnays go best with fatty fish and fish dishes with rich sauces, such as shrimp scampi. Champagne goes with anything salty, as the sweet and salty mixture will make for a most delicious combination. Cabernet Sauvignon is fabulous with juicy red meat–steaks or chops–like lamb chops. Bordeaux-style blends also complement juicy red meat well. Sauvignon Blanc typically pairs best with tangy foods, such as scallops with a grapefruit dressing. If you are enjoying a Brie appetizer, pair with a Dry Rosé so that the acidity and fruitiness of the blend can complement your cheesy dish. Pinot Grigio will pair magically with a light seafood dish, such as seared scallops. Malbec, Shiraz and Côtes-du-Rhône are big and bold enough to drink with a heavily spiced barbecue dish. Moscato loves fruit desserts. Enjoy it with a decadent dessert to complement the sweetness! If you are enjoying a spicy dish and must have a glass of wine to accompany your meal, go for a Syrah. The spicy notes of the wine will go perfectly with any spicydish.
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simple ideas to create a beautiful look without overwhelming your schedule. • When decorating spaces, select colors that match your existing décor. This will provide a more blended, harmonizing look to your rooms. • Let the outdoors in. Utilizing nature’s bounty as a source of inspiration makes it easy. Gather pine cones and fresh evergreen branches for your mantle, or arrange in a bowl for a dining centerpiece. Arrange branches in a vase as a “tree” with ribbons and popcorn as adornments. Or add a branch hung from your dining chandelier over the table, with bulbs strung along the length. • Display favorite bulbs and ornaments by arranging in simple clear glass vessels and hurricane jars on your kitchen island. • Add rosemary plants trimmed in the shape of trees. This adds both aromatic and visual beauty.
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• Create a warm welcome along your front walkway with simple luminaries. You can use simple white paper bags with sand in the bottom and a batteryoperated tea light. Or, create a festive arrangement of outdoor lanterns with flameless candles by your entryway. Your guests will be in the spirit before even stepping inside. • Weave lights and greenery or garland up your staircase handrail for easy décor with a big impact. • Instead of one grand tree, place multiple mini trees throughout your home. This spreads the festivities into multiple spaces. • Put out holiday-themed pillows for easy seasonal swapping. • Use wrapping paper to cover hardback books and create stacks of holiday cheer in every room. • Cut single stems of poinsettias and set in simple clear apothecary bottles as an elegant mantle arrangement. The holidays are about bringing family together, but preparing
your home for these festive events can be daunting and time consuming. With a few easy tips and ideas, the process of preparing for your big event will be as enjoyable as when your guests gather to share in the holiday cheer.
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Shovel Racing This sport consists of riders racing down a snowy hill riding on a shovel. It has been practiced on both typical snow shovels and modified shovel-based sleds. Shovel racing started in the 1970s in a ski resort town nestled in the Rocky Mountains of northcentral New Mexico. Lift operators grew tired of taking lifts down the mountain after a day’s work, so they started sliding down slopes on shovels. Naturally, they soon created a race, and the sport blossomed.. Snow Kayaking Snow kayaking is typically done in the back country and occasionally at resorts and ski areas. Races that are held in a modus similar to that of snowboarding are known as a boater cross. In the races, kayakers race to a finish line or point. Powder and back country snow kayaking have steadily increased in popularity, and many videos can be found online, reflecting the increase in the sport's popularity.
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