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R4 Press Release: X-Golf A different take on the centuries’ old game
R8 The Baking Coach Cinnamon Swirl Cookies Cinnamon roll taste in cookie form 8 Fashion & Beauty Winter Fashion Practical and trendy staple pieces to carry you through the season.
14 Health & Wellness
Healthy Focus All Year
Committing to daily choices that are in your health’s best interest
R18 Home & Garden A New Year plan
Resolve to live better in 2025
20 DINING GUIDE Find a great local restaurant R22 Travel
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26 Foodie Vue: La Porta
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ome may find January cold and dreary, but that doesn’t mean your outfits have to be. It’s a new year and time to put your best foot forward to set the tone for the next twelve months! Dressing for the winter months can be laborious. Layering to stay warm leaves you overheating, and bundling yourself in clothes leaves you looking bulky. It’s important to have a few staple pieces that are practical and trendy to carry you through the winter season. A pair of faux leather pants or leggings. Switching from jeans to a pair or faux leather pants upgrades the simplest of outfits. They can be paired with a simple sweater, or a blouse; or it can be worn with heels or dressed down with sneakers. Either way, a pair of these is a must. Sherpa overcoats are another must this winter season. It’s important to pick a Sherpa overcoat that lays flat. Many create a rather bulky look, especially with sweaters and scarfs. Be sure to try before you buy. However Sherpa overcoats are E V E R Y T H I N G this year! Throw it on over your workout outfit for the gym, or over your jeans and booties for lunch. They can fit any occasion as long as they are accessorized right. Another leading item this year is a black scarf. Be sure to find one that is interesting through texture or pattern. On those bitter windy days, nothing keeps you toasty like a scarf. But be sure it’s not too loud in color, something simple and classy to wear with any ensemble; it should however have some appeal to be unique. Last but not least! RED! Cherry red is in! Especially in leather. Perhaps a red leather bomber jacket, or an adorable red leather clutch to hold your red lipstick! Either way, red is THE color this season. Be sure to not overdo it, pops of red in an ensemble is perfect. Stay warm this winter season, and stay stylin! My name is Gabriella Calderale, I am 27 years old and I studied Journalism at Stony Brook University. I am currently a cake decorator at my family’s bakery and look forward to continue to do what I love.
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Keeping up with a Healthy Focus All Year W hen it comes to a new year, there is naturally a feeling of a fresh start. It feels like a clean slate. However, it really is a time for growth and building on our prior experiences. Everything we do follows us, for better or for worse. So, what can you learn from when it comes to your health? Ask yourself what worked for you in the past? And on the flip side: what did not work for you previously? There are common patterns I see which include an extreme health kick or a yo-yo diet. When motivation sets in, a diet occurs and oftentimes a strict exercise regimen takes place. But then inevitably something happens, throws them off course, and they are back in old routines which land them in poor health. The only way to get out of the cycles that lead to nowhere is mindset. Committing to a healthy lifestyle is making daily choices that are in your health’s best interest based on the options available to you. You have to be able to ebb and flow with life. Don’t get down on yourself if you go off course, just start again the next day or the next week. Healing is not linear. There are ups and downs. You just have to forge ahead. The key is not going back to old patterns for a long period of time. There may be setbacks, but don’t fall way off. Catching yourself before you get too deep is the best way to go. Being kind to yourself with the changes that you want for yourself is essential. We don’t learn from being perfect. We learn from experience. 14
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Sometimes that includes making mistakes. When it comes to our health, sometimes we need the physical symptoms of a bad food choice to point us in the direction of better nutrition options. The more you make better food choices for yourself, then that gives the body the ability to respond to a poor food choice. However, if you are constantly choosing poor food choices then your body won’t be able to sense how good you can feel. Constant poor food choices just leave your body feeling less than optimal and you won’t get the alerts clearly that poor food is bad for you. Poor food just leaves you in a constant state of poor health. The only option is to add in the good as often as you can. Naturally your taste buds will crave the good food. Your microbiome will change. Physical and mental changes will occur when positive changes in diet and mindset take place. When you shift your focus to eating clean food full of antioxidants, fiber and phytonutrients you shift your health. Cravings melt away naturally. Fake food will not consume your daily living. You have to make a choice to rise above the chemically laden so-called ‘food’ that steals your wellness. The only answer is nutritious food and we all know deep down good from bad. Try your best this year - cheers to 2025! In Good Health,
Dr. Dawn Siglain ND, LAc Dr. Dawn Siglain is a Naturopathic Doctor, Licensed Acupuncturist, & Reiki Practitioner who believes in the body’s innate ability to heal itself when treated with nature and understanding. Combining both western and eastern modalities allows her to address patients’ needs in their own specific way. Any questions please reach out: drdawn@wellnessmatters.care. www.wellnessmatters.care. 631.680.6624. Follow me @drdawnnd @wellnessmattersny www.facebook.com/drdawnnd.
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anuary and the new year remind us all of the possibility of new beginnings for ourselves and our family. We resolve to live better, be healthier, more organized, more focused, more _____ (you fill in the blank). Yet most of these resolutions dissolve by February or sooner. Is it because we want to be all of these but don’t actually have a plan or do we just have unrealistic expectations? Over the many years I have been a designer and I have given seminars on clutter control and organization, (mostly in January!) I’ve listened to countless married couples in crisis because one spouse is the neat freak and the other is the ____ (well you know). Hoarders notwithstanding, (that’s another issue altogether,) I have been able to help folks to more comfortable co-habiting by a few simple rules. The first order of business is to acknowledge that a clean, organized, clutter free home is healthier, more efficient, less costly and more ego building than one that is not. It all starts with this affirmation and then a plan – a realistic one with short term goals and long-term goals. Each goal achieved will spur you on to do more. Cleaning out the entire garage, attic, walk-in closet, kitchen cabinets, etc. can be a great goal long-term, but probably won’t ever actually be accomplished if it overwhelms you in its entirety. (Where to start – not enough time-energy-motivation?) If, however, a huge
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GAME DAY BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP Servings: 3-4
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• ½ cup sour cream
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• ½ cup hot sauce
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1. Heat oven to 400 F. 2. In bowl, mix shredded chicken, cream cheese, sour cream, 1½ cups shredded cheese, onion powder, garlic powder and dried dill until combined. Add hot sauce; mix until combined. 3. Transfer mixture from bowl to oven-safe dish. Top with additional shredded cheese, to taste. 4. Bake until cheese is melted, approximately 15 minutes. 5. Top with blue cheese crumbles and chopped green onion. 6. Serve warm with chips and vegetable sticks.
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