Ready-to-drink Cocktails

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Jose Cuervo Authentic Peach Lemonade

Authentic Cuervo® Margaritas, made exclusively with Jose Cuervo® Tequila, are the world’s number one ready-to-serve margaritas. Delicious on the rocks or blended with ice. Try the newest flavor — Peach Lemonade

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 1.75L • $16.99, Sale $14.99

Hornitos® Tequila Seltzer

Made with real Hornitos Plata Tequila and allnatural flavors, it has zero sugar, is low-carb (3.6g), and has only 112 calories. Available in lime or mango.

Available where beer is sold. 4-pack • $11.99

Tooters, On the Beach

A seductive blend of juicy peach and luscious berry combines the best of both worlds in this classic, easy-going cocktail.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. $9.99

Buena Gave Ranch Water

Based in NH, and with only FOUR ingredients, our cocktail has the perfect balance of sea salt, carbonated water and lime juice, all while allowing just the right amount of blue agave spirit to shine through.

Available where beer is sold. $14.99, 4 packs

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1800 Ultimate Strawberry Margarita

The Ultimate Margarita® is the #1 premium margarita. Made with real tequila, the extract of lime and ready-to-serve- just pour and enjoy. Delicious on the rocks or blended with ice. Try the newest flavor — Strawberry.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 1.75L • $19.99, Sale $17.99

Jameson Whiskey Ginger & Lime

This perfectly mixed combination of Jameson Irish Whiskey, Ginger Ale and lime makes for a refreshing lower ABV option for summer. Enjoy chilled, straight from the can! AVB: 6%

Available where beer is sold. 355ML 4-pack • $12.99

Loyal 9 Lemonade

Made with real lemons and vodka, and at a 9% ABV, these non-carbonated cocktails focus on flavor above all else. Available in four lemonade flavors: Lemonade, Mixed Berry Lemonade, Iced Tea + Lemonade and Watermelon Lemonade. Chill and enjoy!

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 355ml 4pk • $12.99

Bulleit Old Fashioned

Bulleit Frontier Whiskey is proud to introduce a new premium line of whiskeybased ready-to-serve cocktails to its award-winning portfolio. Bulleit Crafted Cocktails offer up timeless, perfectly crafted drinks, ready to pour straight from the bottle with the Bulleit Manhattan and Bulleit Old Fashioned.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 750ML • $29.99

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Rustic Spirits Margarita

Homemade margarita — just pour. Always fresh. Started over 10 years ago in a basement, today Rustic Spirits Margarita is available in every New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 750ML • $16.99

Playamar Tequila Hard Seltzer

From the No. 1 selling tequila brand comes a refreshing 90-calorie tequila hard seltzer. Now available in four flavors, lime, grapefruit, mango and black cherry.

Available where beer is sold. 355ML 4-pack • $11.99

Fishers Island Lemonade

Fishers Island Lemonade is America's Lemonade Canned Cocktail, and is made of premium vodka,barrel-aged whiskey, lemon and honey. Fishers' award-winning taste is full-flavor, refreshing and gluten-free with a 9% ABV.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 4-pack • $16.99

Slrrrp Alcohol-Infused Gelatin Shots

Cinnamon Whiskey Hotshots combine the sweetness of cinnamon and the spice of premium whiskey. We’re sure they'll heat things up at your next shindig.

Available at NH Liquor and Wine Outlets. 50ML • $17.99 • Sale $14.99

Seeking Better Shut-eye?

Melatonin, along with good sleep habits, might help

After all we’ve been through the past couple of years, you’d think we’d be exhausted. Sleep struggles have significantly worsened during the pandemic, however, a phenomenon some medical experts refer to as “coronasomnia.”

If you’re among the 60% of people who, since the start of the pandemic, have found that Mr. Sandman plays hard to get, you might wonder if you should try one of the over-the-counter melatonin supplements advertised as sleep aids. Melatonin comes in a range of doses and forms, from capsules and gummies to transdermal patches.

Melatonin supplements boost the body’s store of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the body’s circadian rhythm, or internal clock, and sleep. “As we get into evening and night when it gets dark, our natural melatonin increases and that helps us to fall asleep. During daytime, melatonin declines and that helps us to stay awake,” explains Safana Mushtaq, M.D., a primary care physician at St. Joseph Family Medicine and Specialty Services in Milford.

Research indicates that melatonin supplements can provide relief from certain sleep-related conditions. It is especially likely to help people who are wired as night owls to fall asleep earlier, for example, and there is evidence that it can alleviate jet-lag symptoms.

But because melatonin is considered a dietary supplement, it is not closely regulated by the FDA, which makes it difficult for the average consumer to be confident of the effectiveness and contents of melatonin supplements, including the concentration in melatonin products, Mushtaq says.

Some individuals should avoid taking melatonin, such as pregnant and breastfeeding women and people with depression. Otherwise, melatonin supplements are generally considered safe for short-term use, although they can interact with medications and can cause side effects such as nausea, irritability, dizziness, anxiety, depression, nightmares or vivid dreams and daytime sleepiness to the extent that driving or operating a machine can be difficult or dangerous, Mushtaq says.

Many doctors stress that melatonin should not be considered a silver bullet that will eliminate sleep struggles. If you experience insomnia or other sleep difficulties, talk to your doctor so that your sleep quality and lifestyle habits can be evaluated as an initial step that helps pinpoint the root cause

Spiff up your sleep hygiene

Sleep is essential to health. To promote restorative sleep, stick to lifestyle habits that support what’s known as “sleep hygiene.”

Examples of sleep hygiene include avoiding TV, cell phones, tablets and similar electronic devices for at least two hours prior to bedtime; limiting caffeine intake to morning hours; and not drinking alcohol after dinner. Bedroom temperature should be kept at around 60 to 67 degrees, and if you are in the habit of taking naps, you should restrict them to 20 minutes or less in a location that is different from the bed you sleep in at night.

To further support quality sleep, eat healthful foods, get the recommended amount of exercise, and maintain a similar sleep schedule day to day — including weekends.

For more sleep-hygiene tips, visit the National Sleep Foundation at sleepfoundation.org.

of the problem. Some people, for example, might learn that a medication they take interferes with sleep, or that they have a disorder such as sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome, which typically call for their own form of treatment.

Additionally, while the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic have undoubtedly contributed to the surge in sleep woes, an increase in electronic screen time is also often to blame. Light exposure is a huge enemy of quality sleep, and one of the top culprits of sleep troubles in an age when most people gaze at a screen of one sort or another throughout the day and into the evening. Because fading daylight triggers the release of naturally occurring melatonin, light exposure from a laptop, phone, TV or similar device stifles melatonin secretion toward the end of the day and leaves us feeling awake and unprepared for sleep.

“We need to set ourselves up to transition to sleep,” says Mark J. Integlia, M.D., a pediatric gastroenterologist and medical pediatric specialty director at Elliot Health System. Activities within two hours of bedtime should help us “wind down,” he says. Caffeine intake should be limited and should cease by 4 p.m. — preferably by mid-morning because caffeine remains in the bloodstream for hours. “We are a way overcaffeinated society,” Integlia says. “Going to Starbucks at 3, 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon is not setting yourself up for sleep.” Alcohol should also be restricted and not consumed, many experts say, beyond dinnertime, or at least within three to four hours of bedtime.

Healthful eating and exercise also promote quality rest. “Exercise is wonderful to help us get to a place where our bodies are going to be looking for that rest and looking for that sleep,” Integlia says.

Given the general disrespect for sleep that pervades society these days, getting quality rest isn’t easy. “There is a war on sleep,” Integlia says. “Most people do not value sleep. You hear comments like, ‘You can sleep when you die.’ But sleep is critical not only for our body but also our mind.” NH

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Getting Back in the Game

For many, like Charlie Sherman, early retirement has led to unretiring

BY LYNNE SNIERSON / ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN R. GOODWIN

Just like seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady, many of those who recently retired are finding that relief has turned to regret, so they’re boomeranging back to work.

During what is known as “The Great Resignation,” when millions of workers quit their jobs due to the onset of the Covid pandemic, there was a rush among the senior set to call it quits on a career. Economists with the investment firm Goldman Sachs estimate that two-thirds of those who stopped working over the last two years were 55-plus, and a high percentage of them put in their papers for an early retirement they previously hadn’t planned.

Now, with vaccines widely available and the pandemic shifting into an endemic, there is far less concern among this vulnerable population about getting seriously sick. So these days, the trend for baby boomers is “The Great Reversal.”

By this spring, the proportion of retirees returning to the workforce had climbed to 3%, which is the highest percentage since back in March 2020, according to federal labor statistics.

But why?

It’s because their dreams of a wonderful retirement didn’t materialize into reality. The reasons vary, though usually it’s because of a shortfall in finances, the lack of intellectual stimulation, the loss of co-worker camaraderie, the loss of daily structure, the loss of identity, the loss of a sense of purpose or simply boredom. For most, it’s a combination of those factors.

“Once I retired, I said, ‘It’s time. I’m ready for retirement. This should be good.’ But after only a few months, I was going out of my mind. Then I said, ‘This is brutal,’” says award-winning radio and television news anchor and reporter Charlie Sherman, who is one of the best-known broadcasters in New Hampshire and New England. “I went back to work out of sheer boredom.”

Sherman worked at a radio station on the Seacoast before transitioning into television, where he spent 14 years as a sportscaster at WMUR-TV and another three years as the main news anchor at WNDS-TV. For the next seven years, he hosted the popular morning talk and news program, “The Charlie Sherman Show,” on WGIR-AM radio, and then he was the weekend news anchor on the dominant radio station in the Boston media market, WBZ-AM.

When Covid hit and the vaccines had yet to be made available, working in Boston was no longer an option.

“I was commuting up from Florida to do the WBZ gig, so flying back and forth during the pandemic was not a good idea,” says Sherman, who maintains residences in New Hampshire and Florida. “So I reluctantly retired for good. Or so I thought. Having worked at something since my paper route at age 11, I was suddenly without employment. I was bored stiff. Fast-forward to last year. With all my shots and the pandemic finally winding down a bit, I knew I had to do something.”

But like so many seniors, Sherman, who also spent several years as the executive director of the New Horizons homeless

UNRETIRING TIPS

Maybe you retired but find you’re dissatisfied, or it isn’t financially feasible, and now you want to go back to work. Here are a few tips how to make that U-turn, or if you should. 1. Decide if you still have the drive, determination, and physical and mental abilities to succeed in the job. 2. Determine if full-time, part-time or working as an independent contractor is best. 3. Understand the impact on your taxes and how this will affect your Social

Security, pensions and other benefits. 4. Evaluate if your competencies and skills, especially regarding technology, are up to date. If not, know what it will take and how much time you’ll need to ramp up. 5. Don’t market yourself to employers as a regretful retiree. Instead, key on your qualifications, experience and passion for the job. 6. Expand your network and build relationships. 7. Know your deal-breakers. 8. Most important, be certain this is what you really want. shelter, soup kitchen and food pantry in Manchester, found that even though he has the experience, the résumé and the talent, things would be decidedly different this time around.

“I love the TV business, but no one is looking to hire an overweight, balding senior citizen. I inquired about a part-time radio gig, but pretty much everything is satellite or voice-tracking,” he says.

A survey done by resumebuilder.com finds that 40% of those 55-plus who want to work again have considered switching careers or jobs, either by choice or by necessity. The availability of part-time work, remote work and flexible hours in the current labor market make those attractive and viable options.

“I told my wife, Michelle, that I’ve got to find something to do, something that I don’t look at like a job. There are two golf courses in the community where we live, so I walked down to the clubhouse, which is one mile from my house. I went into the pro shop and said, ‘I’m looking for a job,’” Sherman says. “I turned down the offer of a full-time job, then they called the next day and offered me part-time work as a starter and ranger. My only question was, ‘How soon can I start?’”

Sherman, who was a vice president at Indian Head Bank before transitioning into broadcasting, says he gets paid $10 per hour and all the free golf he wants.

“The money wasn’t going to make me rich, and I don’t play a lot of golf, but it was something to do. I accepted, and the job is a lot of fun. I’m like the official greeter of the golf course. I meet a lot of interesting people and have interesting conversations. I’m outdoors in the sunshine, and even though I’m not much of a hacker, I am working in the sports field,” he says.

Of all the incentives to go back to work, perhaps none is more important than staying connected to others and staying in the game of life.

“It gets me out of the house, and it gives me a purpose,” says Sherman, who is now embarking on his fifth career. “That was the worst part of it,” he adds. “I began to feel like I had no purpose, especially after being so active and working all my life. Before I took this job down here, I started to question what my relevancy was. Now I’m having so much fun.” NH

Small Miracles

I’m not handy. Luckily, my husband is. When he put new guts in an old lamp (a large ceramic owl) for our daughter, she was amazed. That lamp, from a local antique shop, sat for months in the dark. Now its owl eyes are alight. Oh, joy.

Sometimes even the handiest of handy-persons overextends, resulting in what some call an “Oh-shoot.” (Others describe it more colorfully.) Like the time Hub nailed his hand to the crossbeam with the power nailer. Or when replacing fascia on the eaves, he threaded a corner board through the rungs of the ladder, effectively nailing the ladder to the house. Or the time Hub and his brother, Nub, installed a pump at camp to pump water from the pond.

“You installed it backwards,” I reminded the brothers on a trip down memory lane.

“No,” Hub said, “we didn’t install it backwards, we wired it backwards.”

Nub poured buckets of water into the pump to prime it. But the prime never took. As fast as Nub poured the water in, that’s how fast (unbeknownst to Hub and Nub) it gushed out the other end. Oh-shoot.

“Hub,” I asked, “What’s a particularly ignominious oh-shoot?”

“If you’re changing your car’s oil,” he said, “make sure you know the difference between the oil plug and the transmission fluid plug.”

“Oh,” I said. “Have you ever mixed them up?”

“Yas.”

For years, a local named Callum was a go-to guy for non-handy folks with camps, cottages, villas and mansions on The Big Lake. When he retired, he passed some of his customers on to Laura’s handy husband Steve. He sent three different letters out. One (to the nicest customers) said, “Here’s Steve’s number. He’ll take care of you.” One said: “Thanks for your business. Here’s your keys. Good luck.” And the last said: “I think just as highly of you as you have of me all these years.”

Which reminds me of Lucy, housekeeper and handy-person for Doc Johnson, an oldschool Yankee. When Lucy decided, after 48 years, to hang up her broom and hammer, she didn’t hold back: “Doc Johnson, I’ve been taking care of this big house of yours for 48 years and you never once told me I was doing a good job.”

Doc shot back: “Never said you wa’n’t.”

Once, Laura and Steve needed to leave the state for a family function. But how could they abandon their clients in their 30-odd camps, cottages, villas and mansions? Callum helpfully advised: “Just put a message on your answering machine saying, ‘We’re gone for a few days. If it’s an emergency, call Callum.”

So they did.

After a couple of days away, they called Callum to see how things were going. They got his answering machine. “Hi, this is Callum. I’m out of town for a couple weeks. If you need something, call Steve.”

An elegant solution.

Laura said Steve was philosophical about the whole handyman gig. Summer people would call in a frenzy because, say, the hot water in the washer didn’t hot up. He’d go over. Move the hot water hose from the cold water hookup to the proper one. Problem solved. Every day was a new challenge: clogged drain, leaky faucet, ceiling fan not fanning, door swelled shut, tree on the roof, weed-whacker won’t whack, smoke puffing out of the fireplace, rodents.

When he came home after addressing yet another dire emergency, if Laura asked how it went, Steve would say, “OK.” Or “Fine.” Or “No biggie.”

“We’re they pleased?”

“Oh, yuh,” he’d say. “Another day. Another miracle.” NH