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FASHION/STYLE ______________ 12 bags to own this fall
Perhaps no other accessory can say so much about you!
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ntravenous (IV) nutritional therapy has been used for many years by people with famous names. Now nonfamous people are learning the benefits that it offers. IV nutritional therapy bypasses the stomach and intestines. This means that if you have an upset stomach or are vomiting, you do not have to swallow oral supplements. It’s an opportunity to get most of your needed vitamins and minerals, including trace minerals, in a way other than eating. Many stars use this kind of therapy. IV nutritional therapy can be used in many clinical situations. The beauty of this type of therapy is that it gets into the blood stream and starts its work immediately, with no nutritional potency loss. On many occasions patients respond to treatment immediately, and the effects may last for several days or weeks. More than one session is always recommended. IV nutritional therapy has been used to help treat a variety of conditions, from chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine headaches, asthma, respiratory infections and sinus infections, to flu, colds, muscle spasms, mental
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issues and other ailments. It enhances energy and helps to detoxify the body. Our IV therapy recognizes the importance of magnesium. This mineral is very important for health, driving over 300 processes in the body, and studies show that magnesium deficiency is very common in Americans. Adequate magnesium is added to our therapy. You may be in a healthy state now, but IV therapy boosts your nutritional status. This is important in the prevention of illness. After two or three sessions of IV therapy, most patients wish to continue getting the IV periodically. When patients have experienced a few sessions and are feeling better, they will tell us that they almost always know when they need another session. You may schedule a session with the Longevity Institute by calling 317 574-1677 or by e-mailing us at longevityinstitute@sbcglobal. net. By Arthur J. Sumrall, M.A., M.D. Longevity Institute of Indiana
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Bags to own this fall
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andbags are usually that accessory we spend the most on—and there’s a reason for it. We carry these extensions of ourselves everywhere we go, every day and all the time. Your handbag says a whole lot about you. It hints at your personality, your style—whether classic, trendy, rocker or romantic—and even if you’re organized or disorganized for that matter. It also lets people around us know if we are fashion addicts! Shame on us! (But hey, no judgment here, gal pals!) Let’s take a brief look at this year’s fall handbag trends and what’s turning heads out there. Boxy. Remember when the boxy bags were used exclusively as pieces of luggage? Not in 2015, girlfriend! There’s tons of boxed bags in every size, and let’s just say they are not the most practical, but they are truly a statement piece. For the neat freak, they will come in handy as an overnight bag. Square. The square-structured bags—think Fendi and Celine— are my favorites. They don’t flap, and they can stand on their own, which is such a nice change from the super soft leather styles from a couple years ago. These styles are great for work—polished and appropriate! Slip-Through Clutches. I love this trend because it comes in so handy when you’re carrying your clutch around. It’s an extra something-something that is really practical. Slip your hands through the bag and—boom— you got it!
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Furry. Fur is so strong this season—it’s in pretty much all kinds of accessories. But be careful where you are planning on getting yours. Some websites offer real fur for real cheap, and that’s definitely a warning sign (as in animal cruelty at its worst). Nowadays there are options available to buy fur from places that raise the animals for that
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purpose, and it’s guaranteed to be cruelty-free. When in doubt, go faux. Chunky Chain. Chain straps are still going strong, but a more delicate one is usually seen on smaller bags. If you want to make an entrance that’s big and loud, opt for the plastic or metal chunky chain that shows up on the bigger bags. Tip: When the bag is too loud, go for a minimal look! Fringe. It seems like forever ago that we talked about them, and here they are for their second year in a row. The 1970s bohemian fringe has taken a turn toward sophistication, and you can go for a full fringe look or simply a removable tassel. The latter will extend your bag’s life beyond the trend. Matchy-Matchy. Numerous design houses are making handbags to match the outfits, by using the same patterns or fabrics to construct them. It’s a runway look that could potentially become mainstream—and we can sit and watch the trend fly or flop. Only time will tell, my friends! That’s all for now! As always, I hope to hear from you via one of my social media channels or on the blog. Let me know what trends are catching your attention!
Karina Reske
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a commitment to eat as a family at least five times a week. Here are some tips that have worked for us.
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Bringing dinner back to the family table
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eave the house at 7:30 for school drop-off and head to work. Pick up the kids at school after work, head back to work with the kids, rush off to drop Daughter #2 at soccer or softball practice, and head to cross country with Daughter #1 for practice and an hour of coaching. Husband, Daughter #2, Daughter #1 and I all return home around 7:00 in the evening, exhausted and hungry. Does this sound familiar?
In today’s busy world, it’s no wonder we turn to fast food or find ourselves on different eating schedules most of the time. Our evenings are overbooked, and cooking dinner and cleaning up the aftermath are the least of our worries. As guilty as I am of being overbooked, I hope in my heart of hearts that we all will revert back to evening dinners at the table and fewer after-school activities. Despite my own family’s crazy schedule, we make
Just like everything else on your calendar, unless it’s penciled in, it gets filled in. Pick a time that works most evenings and schedule activities around it. If you know that there is an evening that just won’t work, then do breakfast at the table as a family instead.
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Prepare and Precook Food for the Week
I don’t want to sugarcoat this. This seriously takes planning, time and work. We spend our Sunday afternoons grilling meat and boiling eggs; cooking bowls of rice, pasta, and soba noodles; and preparing loads of vegetables, all to be stored in containers and refrigerated, ready for reheating during the week. This cuts back on cook time, messes and cleanup during the week. Without all this prep, we would end up with a bowl of cereal in front of us or at Taco Bell every night.
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Not Every Meal Has to Be a Big Production
We allow for an “easy meal” night. Typically, this consists of a Crock-Pot meal, breakfast night or homemade pizzas. In other words, we do something that is relatively healthy, doesn’t make a huge mess and consists of an easy cleanup. Bringing the family together for meals takes some work and consistent scheduling, but it’s worth it. Some solid planning and preparation leads to healthy meals, good conversation, technology disconnect and quality family time.
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Young Kim Meet
Young
Kim—owner
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international manufacturing and business consultant, former Director for Hewlett Packard, and self-described “tinkerer.” I ask him: So what’s with the name “Gator”? It turns out that this simple, five-letter word for that ancient reptile embodies Young’s philosophy of managing a successful business. “Look at the alligator and how it’s changed over time—it’s strong and resilient,” he says. “Businesses don’t fail because they go broke—they
Young Kim Young Kim learned early in life the importance of self-discipline. Having moved from South Korea to Chicago with his family in the middle of his first-grade year, circumstances unintentionally threw Young into the third grade prematurely, where aptitude tests showed him at a high school level of mathematics, but with an English proficiency that didn’t even reach preschool level. Most of his childhood was spent studying English, taking piano and violin lessons and
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fail because they fail to adapt to their ever-changing environment and to change with the times.”
learning taekwondo. And the lesson he took away from those early years was that if you work hard and study hard, you’ll do great things—and if you don’t, you have no one else to blame but yourself for your failure. Still, somewhere between the English lessons and the martial arts classes, Young developed a fascination with cars—especially the Lotus—that has stayed with him his whole life and led ultimately to his founding two
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years ago of Gator Motorsport. At age 11, Young saw the car of his dreams pass right in front of his house. He chased after that dream machine until it pulled into a neighbor’s driveway, and he asked the owner just what he was driving. With that, the owner invited the young enthusiast to have a seat inside that white Lotus Esprit S2, and from that moment on, Young was hooked. By the time he was studying International Business at Ball State, he’d scraped
enough together to make that dream of ownership come true. And whereas most college students would probably take immediately to the highway to get their motor runnin’ and catch the attention of the world, Young had other plans. “I took the whole thing apart to get to know it inside and out,” he says. “As in, I took the engine out and everything.” What he was doing was memorizing the entire inner workings of this luxury car. (I witnessed Young’s brilliant power
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of recall, as he talked through a recent call he’d had with a Lotus owner in England who couldn’t figure out what was wrong with his car and had found Young’s name on a Lotus forum.) “My history with Lotus goes back 20 years—I love taking these things apart—it’s my stress reliever,” Young says. “She may be a temperamental British ‘blah blah blah,’ but oh yes, I will win—and it will get fixed. I realized long ago that there’s nothing I can screw up so bad that I can’t hire
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someone to fix it—but I usually can figure it out.”
Colored Poker Chips That realization has the potential to open up doors to all manner of success. Young’s first exposure to business came in the form of his father’s wholesale shop in Chicago, where as a young man he helped double the shop’s revenue in the six months he worked for his family. He also started
his own business in college, building white box PCs. So when Young saw an opportunity to relocate to Indianapolis to work for Compaq, now Hewlett Packard, he jumped. “It was for a customer service rep position,” he tells me. “But in the interview, I essentially told them that I’d been around business all my life—that I’d bring them the fiscal responsibility of running a small business, and in return I wanted them to desensitize me when it came to big numbers. I
wanted to see money as colored poker chips—to shed my fear of doing things in life because such and such costs more and the risks are higher and scarier.” In the 10 years Young Kim worked for the company, he saw 14 promotions, eventually landing in the position of Director for the last three of those years. In this role, Young helped to usher in Compaq’s direct model line of business, and with the green light from senior management, Young proceeded to staff
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the new team for Compaq Direct—in a most unorthodox way. “I hired people from Village Pantry, Starbucks, pizza places—not because of their work experience, but because of the strengths I saw in them that I needed on our team. My goal was to create that perfect team.” I can tell in the way Young talks about his experience with Compaq and HP how much he thrives on accomplishing—on making things happen. And his energy is infectious!
CHILLing Out When you first walk into Young Kim’s office at Gator Motorsport, you may find yourself wondering if this is the workspace of a highly successful business entrepreneur—or that of a school boy. Little Lotus Hot Wheels line the window ledge that overlooks the service shop, and when Young needs a break from staring at numbers on his computer screen, he can look up at the art just beyond another of the windows in his office. There, on a ledge that hangs over the showroom, sits a retired Indy race car in all its glory. “I call it my 3D picture frame,” Young jokes. In 2005, Young started the Indianapolis area Lotus car club, CHILL (Club House for Indy Lotus Lovers). At that time, there were just two Lotus cars in the area, he tells me. Just before Gator Motorsport opened two years ago, there were about 40. Now there’s about 80. “What I love about Lotus is that we actually drive these cars,” Young says. As a group, they go on ice cream runs, coffee events, monthly dinners—and kids are always welcome. Remember Young’s very first encounter with that white Lotus Esprit S2? It’s his mission now to share that excitement with other young car enthusiasts. “I’ll have friends ask me what I want for Christmas, and I tell them I want their most valuable commodity of time. I want them to spent 5 or 10 minutes looking through stacks of 99-cent Matchbox and Hot Wheels to find those little Lotus cars. When you come to
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my house at Halloween, you don’t get candy—you get Hot Wheels. If kids are gawking at my car out in public, I hand ‘em one,” he says. “I love the expression on their face!” Young and the whole team at Gator are very passionate about providing children with positive experiences. “We’ll have a parent stop by our showroom from time to time with kids in tow, hoping for a look around, and every one of us—from my Master Technician to our parts guys—we stop what we’re doing and show them around. And they’re surprised when they get a toy Lotus car when they leave—it really leaves an impression. I’ll get young guys at our Saturday Cars and Coffee events who’ll say, ‘I met you 10 years ago and you were so cool and nice to me—now I get to see these in real life!’ I love those moments.”
Making a Difference Living an active life means different things to different people, but for Young it boils down simply to making a difference. “When I was growing up in Chicago, I saw this big sign that said Sears Tower, and I thought how cool it’d be if there was a Kim Tower one day,” he remembers. “But look what happened to Sears—the environment changed and they didn’t adapt.” Towards the end of his time with HP, Young had a small bout with illness that pointed him in a new direction. “Every time I wanted to leave, they gave me something bigger. I was chasing stock prices and fighting for pennies at the exchange—and I just didn’t feel like I was really making a difference. Suddenly none of it mattered anymore.” The idea of the Kim Tower no longer appealed to him, and he began to dedicate himself to making a difference in the lives of those around him. Now, each day, before he starts working on his consulting accounts, Young logs into social media and posts an inspirational quote of the day. “I get people who I don’t really even know saying, ‘I love reading your
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daily quotes—they give me the inspiration I need—thank you for brightening my mornings,’” he says. “I love making a difference this way.” And then there’s the good works that Young and his team at Gator are accomplishing in the community. He tells me of the trade-in car that the team fixed up into a granted wish for the Makea-Wish Foundation. There’s the company’s involvement with Key to the Cure; Wheeler Mission; St. Jude Children’s Hospital; and Coats, Cans and Cars—an event that Gator hosts each year to benefit the Julian Center. “We’re a small company, but I like to think we do things as though we’re a large company. I’m a firm believer that if I do the right things in life, I’ll be blessed ten-fold later—and somehow it’s always worked for me,” Young says.
The Way of the Gator Young learned discipline from an early age, but money has never been his motivation. “What motivates me is people saying, ‘That can’t be done,’” he says. “People always ask me, ‘What’s my secret?’ There is no secret—I just start when everyone else quits trying. Success is about recognizing an opportunity and working hard to achieve the task at hand.” And although Young has never subscribed to the idea of having a work/life balance—for him, work and personal life all blend together— he sees that even he may need to adapt as the years march on. After all, Young’s significant other has a three-year-old son, and spending more time with the two of them is becoming more and more important to him. “Eventually, I’d like to wind everything else down and just keep Gator Motorsport and Gator Development,” he says. “I’m learning to let things go—let go of control. Everybody I work with has an owner’s mentality. They execute, they have responsibilities—they have pride in their work, and more importantly they hold themselves accountable. I’m very blessed by this, and that frees up my time.” Of course, Young understands that Gator Motorsport is still in its start-up phase and that the first few years will continue to be a lot of work. “I don’t mind paying my dues,” he says, “but maybe in 10 years, perhaps I’ll be content to sort of retire, working a couple days a week... enjoying life, doing what I love to do...and continuing to make a difference in the lives of others.”
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Behind-the-Scenes Young doesn’t exactly consider himself a humble person, but his actions would imply a humility not often seen in the world. “I’m not a big fan of interviews,” he says. “I’ve always been more of a behind-the-scenes guy. When something goes right, I generally like to credit the people around me who helped make it happen. It’s great to pay it forward.”
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she carried a gene that put her at an 80 percent greater chance of developing breast cancer. As she contemplated a double mastectomy, Rhonda underwent an MRI. To her shock, the results revealed there was already early stage cancer present in her breast. Rhonda opted to go forward with the double mastectomy. Today she is healthy and doing the activities she loves. Experts agree: Early detection is the best way to beat breast cancer. The American Cancer Society offers the following guidelines to screen for breast cancer: • Yearly mammograms starting at age 40 and continuing as long as a woman is in good health. • A clinical breast exam about every three years for women in their 20s and 30s and every year for women 40 and older. • Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any breast change promptly to their health care provider. Breast self-exam is an option for women starting in their 20s.
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former patient at Franciscan St. Francis Health, is a breast cancer survivor who owes her health today to early detection. With a family history of cancer, Rhonda’s primary care physician encouraged her to seek genetic testing to see if she was at increased risk for breast cancer. She did the testing and found
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Many women who don’t seek screenings often base their reasons on one of the following points: Lack of Time Research suggests women feel they are too busy or do not have the necessary resources to fit a mammogram into their busy schedules. However, most exams last only 20 minutes.
Franciscan St. Francis Health offers imaging centers throughout central Indiana to provide better access. Financial Concerns Another common worry is a lack of insurance or limited funds. Most insurance companies cover all or part of the cost of an annual screening exam. For people who don’t have insurance, the Little Red Door Cancer Agency provides financial assistance to those who qualify. Visit littlereddoor.org. Misunderstanding the Risk Studies indicate that many women do not schedule an annual screening because they believe they are not at risk. In fact, 70 to 80 percent of all breast cancers occur in women who have no family history. One in eight women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Mammography can find an abnormal growth up to two years before it can be felt by touch. Throughout the month of October, Franciscan St. Francis Health is hosting a Mammothon to help women schedule screening mammograms at any of the hospital’s three locations. During Mammothon, extended screening hours are available to make it easier for women to schedule convenient appointments. Those who make an appointment in Carmel during the month of October will receive a free Vera Bradley gift. Call (317) 528-8555 to schedule.
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As the holidays approach, staying active is more important than ever. It’s hard to avoid every temptation, and starting with Halloween, the opportunities for indulgence seem to keep coming all the way through the New Year. But with the leaves falling and the temperatures along with them, more and more of us will be looking to take our workouts inside. Here are a few local “hot” spots that offer the benefits of a quality workout—all in a comfortable, climate-controlled environment.
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Pilates improves core strength and stability, improves posture, balance and flexibility, and it can also prevent and treat back pain. You’ll see an average calorie burn per class of 500 to 600 calories. Reforming Indy Pilates Studio offers Private Reformer Pilates Session, Group Reformer Pilates Classes and Group Fitness Classes such as TRX, Barre, Mat Pilates, Tabata and Lean Interval Training.
The Hot Room is Indy’s Original Hot Yoga and Pilates studio. Our 60- and 90-minute heated classes are designed to work your entire body, and you will leave rejuvenated, re-energized, detoxed and cleansed. The heated room helps to warm up muscles, prevent injury, allows for a deeper workout and cleanses the body of toxins. The average calorie burn is up to 1,000 calories in a 90-minute session, depending on your body type, etc.
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Fitness Kickboxing at House of Martial Arts 14598 Clay Terrace Blvd. Suite #160, Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 575-9333 www.houseofmartialarts.com Fitness Kickboxing combines cardio, resistance and interval training to give you the most fatmelting workout possible. Kickboxing is a great exercise for stress relief. It also helps to build your confidence and self-esteem. You’ll see an average calorie burn of 600 to 900 calories depending on body style and intensity of exercise. House of Martial Arts offers Fitness Kickboxing, Self Defense, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Kids Martial Arts. Current Offers Fitness Kickboxing: 3 classes plus free gloves for $19.99 Self-Defense: 3 classes plus uniform for $19.99 Children’s Martial Arts: 6 weeks plus uniform for $69
SkyRobics at Sky Zone 10080 East 121st Street #182, Fishers, IN 46037 (317) 572-2999 www.skyzone.com SkyRobics is low-impact, healthy fun that combines calisthenics, core exercises and strengthbuilding aerobics. SkyRobics is one of the most dynamic, effective and active workouts you can get! Don’t worry any level of athlete will feel rejuvenated after this workout. Sky zone at Fishers offers Skyrobic, Skyslam, Open Jump, Ultimate Dodgeball, SkyJam, Skymania, Toddler Time and Skycamp. SkyRobics classes burn up to 1,000 calories an hour on our wall-to-wall trampolines! Current Offers $12 per class (receive 50% off your class by mentioning ActiveLIFE when you book in the month of October)
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Don’t skip a workout because there isn’t enough time to get to the gym or because you don’t belong to one. Here are the top three exercises that you can easily perform at home that will hit your large muscles and core.
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Push-Up Lateral Plank Walks
1. Begin in a plank position with your hands under your shoulders and your body in a straight line.
2. Begin lowering your body to the floor until your upper body is almost touching. (Imagine pushing the floor away from you.) Return to the top position.
left foot out to the left. Then simultaneously step your left hand and right foot to the left, returning to a plank position. 4. Perform another pushup and reverse Step 3, this time traveling to the right. Continue this sequence back to the left and right.
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3. Next, simultaneously cross your right hand over your left as you step your
Traveling Lunge-Lunge-Squat 1. Stand with your feet together. Slowly lift one foot off the floor and find your balance on the standing leg. Shift your body weight onto the lead foot, placing it firmly on the floor. 2. As you step forward into the lunge, focus on a downward movement of your hips toward the floor. Avoid driving your hips forward. Firmly push off with the front leg, activating both your thighs and butt muscles to return to your upright, starting position. Repeat with the opposite leg.
Jumping Jacks
1. Stand with your feet together and your hands down by your side.
3. Next perform a squat. Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart and legs straight, distributing weight over the center of your feet. 4. Squeeze your bottom and brace your core, reaching your hamstrings back. 5. Lower yourself down by bending your knees while keeping your shins vertical (knees behind the toes). 6. Return to standing, and perform a lunge with your left and right leg and then another squat. Keep repeating this sequence.
3. Immediately reverse that motion by jumping back to the starting position.
2. In one motion jump your feet out to the side and raise your arms above your head.
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Oktoberfest in Indiana With the return of fall comes that old Bavarian tradition adored the world over: Oktoberfest. Beer lovers, rejoice!
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ktoberfest is the largest beer festival in the world. Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16day folk festival running from mid- or late September to the first weekend in October. With more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event each year, Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810. By 1960, the Oktoberfest had become a world-famous festival. Since then, foreigners have pictured German men wearing the Sennerhut (German
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Carmel City Center Carmel, IN – October 2, 2015 The popular party band Polkaboy comes to Carmel City Center to celebrate Oktoberfest on Friday, October 2, 2015, at 6:00 PM. Oktoberfest has become an annual celebratory fall event for Carmel residents. It is free to the public and open to all ages. Polkaboy, a 14-piece band that plays a variety of music from polka and waltz to classic rock, will perform on the upper deck of Carmel City Center, along Veteran’s Way. Guests are encouraged to enjoy food, entertainment and fall fun with the Palladium and the Center Green serving as a scenic background. German Fest Indianapolis, IN – October 10, 2015 Join the 7th annual celebration of German-American Day. German food, beer, strong man competition, 5K Lederhosen Run/Walk and Wiener Dog Races. ZwergenLand for Kids ($2) has a play area, arts and crafts, bounce house, fishing pond, face painting and other activities. Two stages of entertainment from noon to 7:00 PM. Beer Games for teams of five members (21+) includes contests such as beer stein holding, cow toss, stein relay and grape stompede (grape stomp competition). Relax your feet after the race by making wine. Proceeds benefit Historic Athenaeum. Cost is still to be determined, but last year it was $8-10. Location: 401 E. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Alpine Hat) and Lederhosen (breeches made of leather), and the girls in dirndl (a type of traditional dress worn in southern Germany, especially Bavaria).
Bristow Oktoberfest and Car Show Bristow, IN – October 11, 2015 Antique, classic car and truck show with live entertainment and food. Free admission.
This year in Indiana, the 1.6 million Hoosiers claiming German ancestry have eleven celebrations of Oktoberfest from which to choose. And if you decide to venture into a nearby state, you can find even more fabulous festivals. If you choose to stay closer to home, here is a list of the Indianapolis area Oktoberfest celebrations.
BubToberfest Zionsville, IN – October 10, 2015 Saturday night, October 10, from 7:00 to 11:00 PM, there will be an event to support the local Boys & Girls Clubs, with live music by Cousin Roger. Food, auction and other fun. Price is $85 in October. Location: Golf Club of Indiana Cardinal Room
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LIFE Magazine Winter, spring, summer, fall—With a hot tub comes a relaxing good time, no matter the season.
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Indoor or Outdoor Hot Tub?
What springs to mind when you think “hot tub”? Time spent alone to recharge? Romantic evenings shared over a bottle of wine? Summertime get-togethers with friends? With so many options for a good time, how can you possibly go wrong? Still comes the question: In, or out?
When it comes to purchasing a hot tub, be sure to think things through before you buy.
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eciding between an indoor and an outdoor hot tub requires you to weigh the pros and cons of each. A backyard hot tub deck or hot tub enclosure is a fairly common addition to many homes, but that does not mean that an indoor hot tub is without its merits. Whichever you choose, a hot tub is an investment that will require frequent maintenance, but it just may be worth the benefits in relaxation and increased home value. Indoor Hot Tub Beginning with the indoor variety, it is important to understand the costs and benefits before you make a decision. There are both advantages and disadvantages to installing a hot tub inside your home.
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Advantages Privacy: By having an indoor hot tub, you won’t be faced with any privacy issues. All Weather: An indoor hot tub lets you enjoy its benefits without exposing yourself to the elements. Disadvantages Ventilation: Wherever you install a hot tub indoors, you must also have a means of ventilating the moist, hot air—or else you will have extreme mold and eventual rot issues. Space: Choosing to locate your hot tub indoors requires that you have a room where it will fit. Cost: Because you may have to build an addition and/or install a ventilation system, on top of the cost of the hot tub and its components, the price will be even higher.
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Outdoor Hot Tub With an outdoor hot tub, some of the costs of an indoor hot tub are allayed, but there are still two sides to weigh if you are considering the outdoor variety.
thrill of having a hot tub is using it outdoors, even if it is raining or snowing. Some of the coziest hot tubs have a trellis over the top, with vine plants covering a portion of it.
Advantages Space: Rather than having to build a separate room or retrofit an existing room to fit your indoor hot tub, all you have to do outdoors is either dig a hole for the tub or erect it in an open space.
Disadvantages Privacy: With an outdoor hot tub you will possibly have less privacy than with an indoor model.
Cost: There is no required ventilation system or the cost of adding or remodeling a room, so the cost is considerably less. You may even be able to surround it with a deck for less money than an indoor hot tub would cost. The Great Outdoors: Part of the
Maintenance: Falling leaves, twigs, bugs and other outdoor debris must be kept out of your hot tub, requiring you to more regularly maintain your outdoor hot tub. Extreme Weather: Although a light rain or snow can be nice while you are taking a soak, a heavy rain or snowfall is no fun, especially when you have to go back inside.
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Fall Colors in the Midwest
Between Labor Day and Thanksgiving comes a lull, where nature’s romance calls the dreamers of the world to seek beauty all around.
Indiana, Parke County, Narrows Covered Bridge. Narrows Covered Bridge was built in 1882 over Sugar Creek by Joseph A. Britton. The Burr Arch designed bridge spans 121 feet in length. seasonal wonders at their peak is always a dicey proposition. In general, the season starts in Wisconsin in late September, arrives in northern Illinois the first or second week of October, and continues rolling south until it peaks in Kentucky in late October or early November. Here we list some of the best places to see fall color in the Midwest. 1. Galena and the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa The gently rolling hills of Jo Daviess County, which lies alongside the Mississippi River in the northwest corner of Illinois, is one of the prettiest parts of the state. The Great River Road National Scenic Byway runs along both sides of the river, from its northern headwaters down to the Gulf of Mexico. But the 125 miles from Galena, IL, south to Muscatine, IA, on the bluffs above the Mississippi offer some of the best glimpses of the river and the trees that border it.
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hen Midwesterners move south and say they miss the changing of the seasons, they are most likely referring to the soulsoothing beauty of a Midwest
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autumn ablaze in yellows, reds and oranges—and not the winter’s below-zero wind chill temperatures. Planning a family vacation pilgrimage to catch these
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2. Cook County Forest Preserves lllinois’ most populous county is home to 68,000 acres of forest land, thanks to the vision of city leaders who, in 1914, formed the Forest Preserve District Board and started acquiring land. In the fall, the urban forests
are a beacon for city dwellers who crave the same satisfying exposure to nature’s fall palette that their rural counterparts get simply by looking out the window. The preserves are great for biking, hiking or picnicking. 3. Chicago Botanic Garden This north suburban spot certainly has plenty of colorful trees, but it’s worth a visit just for its charming 7,500-squarefoot Model Railroad Garden. It features 17 trains wending their way along 1,600 feet of track past nearly 50 miniature American landmarks, such as the White House. The “gardenscale” trains are 1/29th the size of real trains. The exhibit runs through October 25, 2015. 4. Parke County, Indiana Parke County is about 1 ½ hours west of Indianapolis on U.S. 36. Each fall, its world-famous Covered Bridge Festival starts on the second Friday in October and runs for two weeks. The festival honors the 31 covered bridges scattered throughout the heavily wooded county. Five driving routes (color-coded black, brown, red, blue and yellow) include routes that allow you to drive over some of the historic bridges—enjoying the beautiful fall colors all along the way.
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