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5 Perfect Gifts For That Crazy-Adventurous Friend

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5 Perfect Gifts For That Crazy-Adventurous Friend

We all have that friend who loves living on the edge and whose health and safety is a constant concern.

Since we’re approaching holiday season, we’d thought it’d be great to supply you with a list of gifts for that friend who really earns their health insurance. Who knows, maybe you’ll find something here that you love and want to get for yourself. Just have health insurance.


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Flying Hammock

Don’t let the giant turbines scare you away, this gift is the ultimate treat for thrill seekers and hammock lovers. Pay no mind to all of those warnings against drones and the scary internet videos depicting accidents due to their sneaky little engines.

The girl in the bike had the right idea; stay away from the rotor blades!!!  

Roller Buggy

Does your friend have kids? This stroller/scooter allows them to have their fun and also spend some quality time with their child.

There’s no way something could go wrong with this, right?

Wearable Sleeping Bag

Why waste time changing into clothes when you’re camping? Wouldn’t it be easier if you were just able to wear your sleeping bag?

SelkBag has got you covered, with multiple features and removable parts so that you don’t have to worry about the extra stuff when you go camping. Like clothes.

A total game changer.

Foot Powered Bike

Because pedaling just isn’t fun enough, the Fliz Bike has removed those pesky little things and added nothing. So your feet are now the pedals.

We don’t know how fast the bike goes but it’ll definitely help in burning more calories.  

Work baby!

Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit

If watching “The Walking Dead” isn’t enough for your thrill seeking friend, you can always bring the apocalypse to them. You can gift them with all the necessities in one nifty kit that includes various things, from night vision goggles, to KEVLAR gloves, to really cool looking knives.

How To Spend Black Friday If Shopping Sounds Crazy

Sam Jones
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How To Spend Black Friday If Shopping Sounds Crazy

If you’re among the lucky ones who doesn’t have a retail or service industry job demanding you run crowd control on a nightmare shopping day, you probably have Black Friday off. That’s pure bliss — unless all of your friends are working, or are part of the hoards of holiday shoppers.

In the spirit of turning your apartment into a bunker to avoid the outside world for the day after Thanksgiving, we’ve got you. Here are a few ideas for how to spend the day.

Get Super High, Duh


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You’re full to the brim from the Thanksgiving feast and ended up with quite a few Danksgiving leftovers, edible and otherwise. What better time to start experimenting with wacky food combinations than when you have a fridge full of mix-and-match options at your disposal?

Get Steamy In Bed

While everyone’s out hitting the mall at the crack of dawn, enjoy the peace of a quiet apartment and get re-acquainted with your sweetie or most recent cuffing season buddy. Check out our guide for inspiration: “15 Super-Hot Sex Ideas To Celebrate Marijuana Legalization.”

Start A New Tradition


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Ever heard of Pie Night? No? Then start carving a new notch in your belt, because a potluck for pie is too good to pass on. Read more about this tasty tradition and others, here.

Binge On Feel-Good Vibes

This year is almost over, thankfully — 2016 has been rocky for many of us. Start stockpiling happy vibes to face the last month of the year. Watch hero cyclists battle blobs, this guy chug a gallon of pumpkin spiced latte and survive (we think), or these cool cats who are so ready to chill. Whatever existential or literal hangover you’ve got from yesterday will disappear.

Do Your Homework

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Now that recreational marijuana is legal in several states, it’s likely that yours is either one of them, or soon to follow suit. Whether you’ve never partaken, it’s been a while, or you’re just in need of a refresher, there’s much to learn. Start reading up on the laws, etiquette, and what’s right for your personal needs in the Fresh Toast HighWay section. You’ve got a whole, peaceful day off to do it.

Make a game plan

Now that you know what kind of high you’re seeking or what’ll heal what ails ya, head to the Fresh Toast directory of retailers and dispensaries near you. One or two might even be offering special deals on this Black Friday. Or do it tomorrow. It’s Friday, after all.

Three Cheers For Black Friday: A Beer Geek’s 2016 Holiday Wish List

Jacob Uitti
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Three Cheers For Black Friday: A Beer Geek’s 2016 Holiday Wish List
Black Friday. It’s a day of dread for many. For others, it’s a definitive signal that Santa Clause is already greasing the steel struts on his sleigh. It’s gift giving time, and for that special person in your life who is a beer geek, we have some ideas. 
 
Often it can be hard to know what to get your partner, friend or parent. Many of us are so lucky that we have all, or most, of the things we need. And spending money at that trendy sock store downtown just doesn’t seem right. So, what could prove worthwhile? How about some items that will be conducive to an experience, an event, a night together around a table, sipping suds and telling secrets into the late winter night? 
 

Tavour

When I was in college, all I wanted was someone to deliver me crappy cheap beer so I wouldn’t have to leave my apartment and go into the cold and pick out a six-pack to drink while studying Socrates. That beer delivery, for me, never came. But now, it exists! 
Tavour is a Seattle-based company that delivers hand-picked artisan craft beer to your door. The service, which stocks about ten mind-blowing options at any given time, can be accessed by going to their web site or downloading their app. And it serves it’s home state of Washington as well as twelve other states from California to New York. 
 
For a gift, we recommend setting up an account and having the beer delivered to your loved one. Pick from barley wines, imperial IPA’s, saisons, Christmas ales and hopped reds. Surprise someone who loves beer with options they’d never be able to get from bottle shops where they live. Want an imperial stout from California but live in Denver? Tavour has you covered. 
 

Glassware From True Beer

You ever come out of the kitchen holding two ‘glasses’ of champagne poured into blue plastic Solo cups? Yeah, that feeling sucks. And it’s the same thing when you are trying to impress someone and you’re holding a beer poured into water glass. 
But avid beer drinkers can avoid this altogether with a few nifty pick-ups from TrueBeer. It’s a little known fact that some beers require certain glasses. Lambics drink well in tall flutes to keep the flavor; Trappists prefer squat, wide glasses so that they can breathe; and some pale ales just look damn cool out of a mason jar. 
 
You can now get all of these varieties and more with the simple click of a button, plus have them shipped to your — or your loved one’s — door for the holidays. *Clink, cheers!*
 

The Brewer’s Tale

Part of appeal of being an avid beer drinker is learning about the history of the concoction. How did beer sustain early people? How did the brewing process grow from simple beer to nuanced saisons? In The Brewer’s Tale, readers can find all about it. 
 
Author William Bostwick goes through a number of origin stories for different brewer types: from monks to farmers to the early days when women ruled the beer industry from their kitchens. The book is a fantastic pastiche of brewers and brewing history and should be given to any beer-interested scholar. 

Fresh Playlist: Black Friday 2016 Inspiration and Vibes

Brendan Bures
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Fresh Playlist: Black Friday 2016 Inspiration and Vibes

Virtually every Black Friday shopping experience involves long waits, petulant conversations, and general fatigue. It is not an easy day to shop. But you ain’t getting that TV deal any other time, so embrace the capitalistic onslaught of terror that is Black Friday.

To do that, music might help. Most stores play either staid, diluted top 40 records or dull, bloated ambiance. These will serve you little to keep your call and spirits high throughout the day. That’s why we’ve provided these 10 records sure to provide a needed soundtrack boost on your Black Friday 2016.

Childish Gambino—“Sober”

The recent and exciting turn Childish Gambino made into funk and soul had its inception here. This tropical pop hit and the rest of his Kauai EP will sprinkle some much-needed sunniness into your day.

Brian Eno—Ambient 1: Music for Airports

Perhaps the best ambient album ever produced, Brian Eno’s classic will lift you above all the pettiness and sweatiness and ugliness surrounding you on Black Friday.

Isaiah Rashad—“Free Lunch”

TDE rapper Isaiah Rashad creates vibes raps. His tracks either playfully bounce, like this one, or slow roll, allowing their word clouds to loll. Cilvia Demo and The Sun’s Tirade will package clever and refreshing wordplay with those textures.

Beyoncé—“Sorry”

Because it’s Beyoncé but also because you’ll encounter at least three to four experiences while out where phrases like “Middle fingers up” and “Boy, bye” will prove absolutely vital.

Francis and the Lights feat. Bon Iver—“Friends”

When you inevitably receive your third or fourth stink eye of the day from a cashier or irate shopper, smile and sing along with Francis: “We could be friends.” Yes you’re allowed to add some sarcasm if you want.

A Tribe Called Quest—“Electric Relaxation”

Classic Tribe is a no-brainer. Those guitar licks alone will mellow you out. Also can’t wrong by just spinning the new album, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. “Movin Backwards” is a personal favorite.

Motion City Soundtrack—“Everything Is Alright”

Don’t overthink this one. We all could use some commiseration on a day like Black Friday. This is for between shops when you’re feeling run down and worn out. You’ll appreciate this one.

SZA feat. Chance the Rapper—“Child’s Play”

Much of SZA’s debut album Z wraps you and your anxious thoughts into a warm quilt. SZA fluctuates from soothing whispers to emotional croons, not so much to say everything’s okay, but that you’re allowed to feel this way. Listening will save you an emotional breakdown or two during the day.

Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole—“Black Friday”

Kendrick and Cole lit the internet on fire by dropping this on Black Friday last year, fueling long-circulating rumors the two would release a collaborative album. I remember rewinding these tracks multiple times as I laid on the beach, oblivious to the sun setting and families roaming the sands. Let’s hope another surprise waits this year.

 

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Black Friday Deals!

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Black Friday Deals!

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Here’s What We Have to Look Forward to On Black Friday

Taylor Berman
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Here’s What We Have to Look Forward to On Black Friday

People lining up outside stores at the crack of dawn the morning after Thanksgiving so they can fall further into debt buying heavily discounted items for their families is now a beloved American tradition known as Black Friday. Each year, millions of shoppers flock to big box retailers like Walmart and Target for deals that often involve items available only in limited quantities, which of course means that some of those millions of people come to blows over who gets what. Below are some of the better videos of people duking it out for cheap smart phones, TVs, computer monitors, and more.

Here’s a compilation from 2014, which among other things shows people really battling it out over a limited-number of big screen televisions.

Watch a six-minute compilation from 2015 that opens with an all-out brawl and ends with hundreds of people literally stampeding into a store as its security gates open. In between, people angrily grapple over computer monitors and TVs as onlookers shout “World Star!” Fun!

And here’s a relatively-mild one from 2010 that shows just how many people are willing to stand outside a Target at 4 am.

Complex compiled ten of the “best” Black Friday incidents from last year, including a condescending Santa with a megaphone and two women punching each other over who gets to buy a $30 bicycle for children.

And finally, here’s a seven minutes “supercut” of Black Friday chaos from 2013, which includes a brutal fight in a parking lot and another during which someone is tackled through a door.

Now I feel depressed!

Messy breakups, deranged antics, pets gone wild. The Internet car-crash you can’t turn away from. For more, check out “New Zealand Man Takes His Homemade Jet Boat Out On Flooded Streets,” “Watch: Deer Trapped in American Eagle Store Smashes Through Front Window,” and “Cops: Florida Man Stabbed IHOP Waiter In Retaliation For Food Poisoning.“

These Three Guys Are Suing Chipotle For Feeling Way Too Full

Sam Jones
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These Three Guys Are Suing Chipotle For Feeling Way Too Full

If you’ve been to Chipotle recently, you’ve likely spotted the sign for their “featured item:” A chorizo burrito. The photo drips pork sausage and white rice and black beans, shown oozing from an overstuffed flour tortilla. Under the tempting image the sign boasts, “300 CALORIES.”

No, you haven’t entered a fever dream state where burritos full of greasy pig and simple carbs don’t make you fat. This creation is literally impossible under one thousand calories, and a few LA dudes are attempting to see this false advertising through to justice.

David Desmond, filed a complaint this week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, according to LAist, claiming that he “felt excessively full and realized that the burrito couldn’t have been just 300 calories,” after eating the entire thing. He soon found solidarity in the suffering of others. From LAist:

Edward Gurevich purchased an uncannily similar burrito at a Chipotle location in Burbank, he too was alarmed at the burrito’s apparent size. Though he was also under the impression he burrito he purchased contained only 300 calories, the burrito he ultimately consumed likely contained three to four times that value. The same thing happened to Young Hoon Kim, who also claims he felt bloated after he consumed a purportedly 300 calorie burrito at a Chipotle location inside the Century City Westfield mall.

If you’re feeling victimized, there’s hope for your food baby woes: They’re claiming this could be grounds for a class action lawsuit, on behalf of everyone who’s eaten at Chipotle in the past four years.

Crunching the numbers in Chipotle’s own nutrition calculator, busts 300 calories before even adding anything to that parachute-sized tortilla. Stuffing in all of the ingredients listed on that ad — chorizo, white rice, black beans, fresh tomato salsa, a “sprinkle” of cheese — tips the scale at around 1025 calories, 315 of which come from fat. Maybe that’s what the sign means? Calories from fat? Sure, why not. But you’re also getting 2690 milligrams of sodium, about 390 milligrams more than the max amount the FDA recommends for adults.

For some fast food perspective, a Big Mac is about half as bad for you, and treating an entire medium cheese pizza from Domino’s as a personal pie would only be a little bit worse. Do what you will with that information.

Take A Ride Aboard “The 7-11 Of The Great Lakes”

Sam Jones
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Take A Ride Aboard “The 7-11 Of The Great Lakes”

You can’t get a shriveled-up Big Bite hot dog on the S.S. J.W. Westcott. But the boat’s reputation for 24/7 service involving just about anything you might want on the Detroit River earned it the prestigious nickname: The 7-11 Of The Great Lakes.

The world’s only floating post office, the steamer carried some one million pieces of mail in the 1950’s, many of them SWAK (or “sealed with a kiss,” for those born after a time when an emoji-laden nude meant love). They delivered coffee, cigarettes, toothpaste, televisions and toilet paper, according to Atlas Obscura — and the occasional pizza and homemade Ramadan meal to soldiers stuck on the water for months at a stretch.

But it’s not all Seamless for Steam Boats: Over the last 142 years, they’ve pulled drunk skinny dippers and bridge-jumpers out of the water. You know your night’s taken a weird turn if you wake up on a historic steam boat in the Detroit River.
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Are You Ready? Best #ThanksgivingFails Of All Time

Alyssa Clark
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Are You Ready? Best #ThanksgivingFails Of All Time

Ah, Thanksgiving. The prepping, the traveling, the family. It can all be just a little bit (read: very) stressful. Enter #ThanksgivingFails.

In the short amount of time before it’s all over, there are so many things to be done. Whether you need to arrange travel plans, figure out what dishes to make, or just mentally prepare yourself for that one family member who wants to make their obnoxious political views known, we feel you.

So, before you start panicking about who’s got the mashed potatoes covered and if there will be enough vegan options — the green beans slathered in canned gravy will not suffice — enjoy these #ThanksgivingFails from the families who most definitely ended up ordering takeout.

Turkey Fire!

The little boy at the end had his priorities straight: “GET THE TURKEY!”

Fido Gets His

#baddog #thanksgiving #labs #thanksgivingfail

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Actually, this was the plan all along.

Dining Room Blazin’

Dining room table on fire. Happy Thanksgiving! @rlatulipe #thanksgiving #fire #help #smoke #hilarious

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Who said they liked their turkey a little crispy?

When Dinner Attacks


This is how we feel about that one talkative aunt.

From Pie To Pudding

I shall call this “Why We Always Make Two.” ??????

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Only the highest quality for the family.

Pizza For Dinner

Saga of a half fried turkey on the blog ☺️ #thanksgivingfail #endedupdelicious @wlbowie

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Half a deep fried turkey coming up.

Sides Of Fire

mom may have burnt the marshmallows on the sweet potatoes just a little #oops #fire #thanksgivingfail

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When Turkey-day needs a little chill.

And one last video compilation to get you in the holiday spirit.

We hope your Thanksgiving goes a little more smoothly.

Liquid Kitchen® Presents: Boozy Sparkling Punch For A Crowd

Kathy Casey
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Liquid Kitchen® Presents: Boozy Sparkling Punch For A Crowd

The holidays can be overwhelming enough this time of year but especially for anyone hosting a big meal. When you are roasting a turkey, whipping potatoes and dodging every political conversation that your family throws at you; how do you even think of fixing up individual cocktails for your guests too? There is no time to be tied to the bar when you are putting out fires so here is a Boozy Sparkling Punch to be your next holiday cocktail savior!

You can make the base up to a week in advance to free up your time for everything else. Just store refrigerated until the big night and right before guests arrive, dust off that punch bowl that’s been in your closet for the last 5 years, fill with punch base, add a fun ice ring (if you’re feeling creative) and pour in a bottle of bubble. Make sure you get the first cup and start drinking before it all disappears!

Boozy Sparkling Punch for a Crowd

(Yes, you can easily double this – you may need to!)
Makes about 16 – 20 servings

Spiced Syrup

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 12 each whole cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, broken up

Punch

  • 3 cups gold rum
  • 1 cup brandy or cognac
  • 1 cup guava or passion fruit nectar
  • 1 cup pomegranate juice
  • 1 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1½  teaspoon Peychaud’s or Angostura bitters
  • 1 bottle brut sparkling wine or champagne, chilled

To make the syrup: combine syrup ingredients in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer slowly for about 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool to room temperature before proceeding with recipe. Or you can prepare the syrup up to a week in advance and store refrigerated.

To make the punch: in a large punch bowl (or large container such as a stock pot or pitcher) combine the Spiced Syrup, rum, brandy, juices and bitters. Stir to combine. (At this point you can refrigerate the punch for up to 5 days in advance)

Present in a large punch bowl. Add sparkling wine/champagne right before serving. Serve punch in an old fashioned glass over ice or large ice balls.

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Kathy Casey is a chef, mixologist, and is known as the Original Bar Chef. Her newest book is D’Llish Deviled Eggs, which is a great accompaniment to any cocktail. Follow Kathy on Twitter and Instagram. For more great cocktail recipes, visit www.LiquidKitchen.com.

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