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Hemp Is A Natural Superfood With These 7 Extraordinary Boosters

Brendan Bures
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Hemp Is A Natural Superfood With These 7 Extraordinary Boosters

For as much education currently happening regarding marijuana and its health benefits, the dialogue around hemp can seem rather stilted. Perhaps due to its long association with head shops and stoner culture, hemp products get a bad rap. If you asked around, chances are you’ll encounter just as many people who don’t know the difference between hemp and marijuana as those that do.

But hemp contains numerous advantages all its own, particularly in the health department. Nowhere is this clearer when it comes to hemp protein, which is generally recognized as the most complete plant protein. It’s also a superfood, in that ingesting will supply your body with numerous health advantages. Hemp protein contains all 20 amino acids found within the body, including the nine essential amino acids.

Hemp protein is made by grinding down hemp seeds into a usable powder. Friendly reminder: It won’t get you high. Instead hemp protein will just ingest your body with all sorts of healthy minerals and fiber. Here are the 7 benefits of using hemp protein.

Anti-Inflammatory

Hemp protein contains all the essential fatty acids in the ideal ratio your body craves. Better yet, hemp has the hard-to-find gamma linolenic acid (GLA). These work together with other nutrients to reduce inflammation, especially after a taxing workout.

One study published in the Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatism found that arthritis symptoms were reduced by 20% due to consuming the GLA in hemp protein.

Weight Watcher

If you’re trying to lose weight, you need protein. That’s why when trimming fat, it’s important to start your day with some source of protein to get your metabolism moving. Ingesting hemp protein in a smoothie will go a long way to ensuring healthy protein levels.

Hemp protein is also well-known as an appetite suppressant. It helps you feel full for longer, meaning you won’t be as likely to grab for the potato chips or sweets.

Healthy Heart

There’s an amino acid found in hemp protein called arginine. Inside your body it transforms into nitric oxide, which improves circulation and blood flow of arteries to the heart. It’ll also lower your blood pressure and therefore reduce your risk of heart disease.

Hair Care

Also found in hemp is Vitamin E, which has antioxidant qualities that will also prevent heart disease. But Vitamin E, working with those essential fatty acids, is a natural conditioner to your scalp, alleviating dry, itchy, or irritated symptoms.

And thanks to the perfect ratio of omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 in hemp, it will increase healthy hair growth while also adding a natural sheen and luster to your hair.

Increased Productivity

You may want to reconsider that afternoon coffee and replace it with a dosage of hemp protein. Hemp is full of iron, zinc, and magnesium, which can provide useful energy, especially if you’re on a plant-based diet. As we’ve mentioned, hemp protein also contains all the healthy fatty acids which can give you twice as much energy as carbohydrates. And because it’s a protein, it takes longer to digest, meaning your energy boost will last longer as well.

Fiber Rich

When using traditional protein powders like whey, you’re also introducing lactose into your body. Lactose can have multiple effects to your digestive processing, especially if you’re lactose intolerant. Just a little lactose can leave you feeling bloated or gassy all day.

But hemp powder contains no lactose due to it being a plant-based protein. Instead hemp will actually boost your digestive system, as it’s rich in whole food fiber. Hemp’s effects have been compared to superfoods like chia and flaxseed.  oosting just as much as chia and flax, hemp seeds are a good way to ensure you get enough whole food fiber into your diet.

Strengthen Immune System

Hemp contains the globular plant proteins edestin and albumin, which produces antibodies, hormones, fibrinogen, and enzymes. Those globular proteins also help enzymes function properly in the blood plasma, strengthen the immune system and reducing the risk of illness.

Global Cannabis Market Will Hit $150 Billion By 2025

Terry Hacienda
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Global Cannabis Market Will Hit $150 Billion By 2025

The global legal cannabis industry will be worth nearly $150 million in seven years, according to a recent report from Grand View Research. That’s quite a jump from the $9.3 billion estimated value in 2016.

According to the study, the cannabis market is expected to witness significant growth because of legalization in a growing number of countries and increased demand for both medical and recreational purposes.

As countries begin to liberalize laws related to marijuana, the market is expected to witness a surge in demand. Currently, the majority of the cannabis is sold through illicit channels. To curb this illegal trade, governments have started legalizing marijuana in order to monitor the products that enter the supply chain and reap benefits through taxes levied on these products.

In North America, it has been reported that roughly three-quarters of today’s cannabis trade is illegal, which has reduced to about 30 percent in states where marijuana has been legalized. This, in turn, has prompted several countries to initiate legalization programs.

The report shows that North America accounts for the largest share in the global market. In 2016, the United States accounted for $7.2 billion in revenue. Canada has an established medical cannabis market and is scheduled to legalize recreational use at a federal level this summer.

Europe is anticipated to emerge as the largest market for legal cannabis by 2025, with a 55.6 percent. Several countries in Europe have legalized it for medical use. Countries such as Germany, Poland, and Italy are anticipated to emerge as strong markets.

Latin American countries such as Uruguay and Colombia are planning to capitalize on their climate and affordable labor force to emerge as exporters of cannabis.

Israel has become a leader in cannabis research and is a key supplier of technology to U.S. and Canada. With legalized use of cannabis for medical purpose, Israel is anticipated to witness high revenue growth. Australia legalized medical marijuana in February and the country plans to boost local production in the following years.

This Is How Much Meghan Markle And Prince Harry’s Wedding Is Expected To Cost

Amy Hansen
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This Is How Much Meghan Markle And Prince Harry’s Wedding Is Expected To Cost

It’s not going to be a small wedding. When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tie the knot at Windsor Castle on May 19, they are going to be celebrating in style, and luckily for them, Kensington Palace is picking up the tab. But if they were to write a check, they’d want to have a well-inked pen on hand, because their celebration is going to cost eight figures. EIGHT FIGURES!

Whereas the venue and/or wedding dress is often the biggest expense, in the case of Meghan and Harry, security will be the most costly expense.

Bridebook has broken down the overall cost of the couple’s wedding and excluding security and the honeymoon, the cost is expected to be over 100 times as much as the national average for the U.K., coming in at $43,251,913.30 (£31,969,873). Now, that’s a party!

That’s also about $10 million more than Kate Middleton and Prince William’s wedding.

Here’s the breakdown rounded to the nearest US dollar:

Venue – $473,514

Catering – $386,928

Drinks – $261,109

Dress – $405869

Floristry – $148,819

Photography & Videography- $22,999

Cake – $67,645

Stationery – $27,058

Music –  $405,869

Trumpets – $121,761

Decoration and Production – $175,876

Wedding Rings – $8,117

Bridesmaids Outfits – $6,764

Flower Girls and Page Boys Outfits – $2,297

Church Fees – $237

Groomswear – $10,823

Hair and Makeup – $13,529

Entertainment – $74,409

Wedding Favours – $4,059

Toilets – $47,351

The Honeymoon $162,348

Security – $40,586,880

According to Bridebook, they based these numbers on an analysis of more than 170,000 weddings via Bridebook.co.uk‘s wedding planning tools and budget calculator, and a review of over 70,000 wedding industry suppliers’ price estimates listed on Bridebook.co.uk’s wedding venue and supplier directory.

This New App Will Change The Way You Buy Cannabis

Terry Hacienda
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This New App Will Change The Way You Buy Cannabis

Have you ever enjoyed a particularly wonderful cannabis experience and wondered “Why is this so much better than last time?” Well, one high-tech startup will help you answer that question and you don’t have to have a degree in chemistry.

Cannabinder, a Seattle-based technology startup launched its flagship product, an app that makes it simple for cannabis consumers to understand and compare products in a store or online. The revolutionary app leverages cannabis product chemical data to create individual profiles and turn them into an intuitive and unique graph, called the Cannastamp.  

“When it comes to understanding your cannabis experience, it’s all about whole plants chemistry. The Cannastamp provides a quick way understand this without a chemistry degree. The Cannabinder app does the heavy lifting and puts it to use with reliable product recommendations,” said CEO Tom Heller.

Heller believes the cannabis industry is in dire need of some standardization beyond THC and CBD content. Terpenes play a major role in how cannabis affects the user and Heller wanted to bring that to the forefront and create an easy way to understand the complex chemistry of cannabis. 

Heller said he wanted to create something that brings real value to every cannabis user. He knew it needed to be simple to understand, but have enough depth to it to be intriguing to someone with more knowledge to pursue. Cannabinder announced the launch of its beta product with Heylo Cannabis Extracts, Confidence Labs. 

For Daniel Luebke, director of marketing for Heylo, the concept is revolutionary. “The Cannastamp allows Heylo to visually display our strains terpene information directly on the box in a simple and thorough manner,” Luebke said. “The Cannastamp will revolutionize the way consumers buy cannabis, moving the entire market toward understanding the chemistry of the plant. Heylo has always labeled our products with terpene information, but until now we haven’t had an elegant way of integrating terpenes into the retail selection process.”

Heller is bullish on his belief that consumers will learn more about what they are consuming. “Due to the infancy of the legal cannabis market, several products exist with similar names but varying chemical profiles. It can be very confusing and cause terrible outcomes when you want to repeat a good experience,” Heller said. “Our solution was to create a simple and engaging graph that illustrates the cannabinoid and terpene profiles of every cannabis product on the market.”  

When you visit Cannabinder.com, you can use the app to search various strains and find chemically similar cannabis products making it easy to explore new products with confidence. Soon Cannabinder will be releasing its namesake feature, allowing users to create an account and add Cannastamps to their binder and rate them to get truly personalized cannabis product recommendations.

Cannabis strain names are nearly impossible to follow and often are not a good indicator of what the product actually is. Even more troubling, there is no oversight on naming cannabis products, so consumers never truly know what they are getting. But with Cannabinder’s help, consumers will have an easy way to track what works best for them.

According to Heller, the beta release will be available in the Seattle area first before branching out to all legal cannabis markets.

“We are extremely excited to see Cannabinder get into the hands of the everyday consumer,” Heller said. “This has been a passion project for all of us. We think we can really help a lot of people with this.”

Image courtesy of Cannabinder

6 Simple Ways To Become The Biggest Bridezilla Of All

Maria Loreto
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6 Simple Ways To Become The Biggest Bridezilla Of All

Weddings drive people crazy. A day that’s supposed to celebrate love and commitment between two people can easily become a living hell for everyone involved. If you’re planning that special day with here are 10 easy steps to becoming the worst. Don’t be that person:

Talking About Your Wedding Nonstop

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Just don’t ok? We all hate people who brag, especially when it starts getting repetitive. If people ask you about your wedding, just be quick and to the point: yes the party will be amazing. Your friends will love you forever.  

Get Pinterest-Obsessed

Pinterest is like the ultimate land mine for weddings and wedding planners (We all know where they get their inspiration). While the website offers some pretty cool ideas for possible wedding themes and decorations while helping you save some money, it can also make you believe like you can do anything with a pair of scissors and a good attitude, which is sadly not the case. Put Pinterest down.

Forget About Your Fiancé

You know, that person who’s getting married to you. Try to remember that the wedding is a celebration of your love and not just a way to make your childhood fantasies come true. Be mature about it, and really enjoy the moment.

Drive Your Bridesmaids Crazy

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We’ve all seen the movie. Don’t drag people down your rabbit hole of anxiety, especially your closest friends who haven’t done anything wrong. People get crazy with their bachelorette party, engagement party and wedding party, expecting their bridesmaids to put up with all the costs and party planning. 

1 Week Diets

If you want to lose weight before the big day, make sure to commit to your new diet for at least a month in advance. Those crazy one week diets will only add to your stress, and that helps no one.

Inconvenient Time & Place

Destination weddings are amazing but they also ask for a lot of money from friends, so be sure to plan something where that will work out for everyone, and that the people you really want to have there will be able to make it. 

This Woman Bakes Cakes That Are So Realistic It’s Freaky

Amy Hansen
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This Woman Bakes Cakes That Are So Realistic It’s Freaky

You could call her a baker, but she’s more of an artist with an emphasis on edible masterpieces.

Jess Leung of Pandora Cake Shop in Hong Kong made her first cake when she was 15 years old to impress her then boyfriend (who is now her husband).

According to EJ Insight, it wasn’t long after Leung made her first cake for a friend that she quit her job working at a jewelry outlet and started making cakes, taking orders online.

Now, she has her own shop where she dedicates her time to helping others create the type of realistic cakes that have made her famous.

“Students can see how much effort an instructor has put in designing a cake. I often encourage my students, telling them that it’s all right if it is not perfect, but it has to be original,” she told EJ Insight.

These are just some of the cakes in her repertoire:


“My principle is that I would never copy other people’s works,” she told EJ Insight. “All my works are my own creations.

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In 2015, she won three awards at the Cake International including Best in Show for a Bruce Lee cake and two others featuring Cantonese opera artists.

In a storybook ending as sweet as her cakes, it turns out that all the while Leung was baking for her beau to win his heart, he didn’t have  much of a sweet tooth. When she found out, he tried to smooth things over by buying her a miniature model of a cakery named Pandora, which became the name of the couple’s bake shop when they opened in 2014.

(h/t Insider)

8 Absolute Must-Have Bar Accessories Dad Wants For Father’s Day

Warren Bobrow
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8 Absolute Must-Have Bar Accessories Dad Wants For Father’s Day

If I was to suggest several must haves for Father’s Day, I would recommend some items that are esoteric, yet attainable on the national market. And why my recommendations? I have, according to many, the abilities as a “taste-maker” so please allow me that small slice of an opportunity to share some of my Father’s Day gifts for the home cocktail bar.

1. Mezcal

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If you are like my friend Brendan Edwards, your cocktail bar has many hundreds of bottles in it. None of them you will recognize. This is a blessing in an age of industrialization of the liquor industry. Friends like Brendan don’t only have one kind of Mezcal, he might have a dozen or more. So, let me please recommend a Mezcal that I think is entry level, but doesn’t drink like it: Del Maguey is the name, and their VIDA Mezcal makes for a wonderful and thoughtful gift. It will cost about 30 or so dollars.

2. Rum

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A wonderful bottle of aged rum makes for a thoughtful gift for a Dad or even a Granddad. But before you grab the darkest one on the shelf, please allow me the chance to teach you a little something. The darkest one may not be the oldest rum. Far from with the addition of caramel coloring to make your brain think that dark means old. Actually, it’s the opposite.

Dark rum is usually colored to give it the appearance of what your brain says is old. Rum, like whisky gets lighter as it gets older, not darker! Does your rum add caramel? I’ll bet you that it does. Find yourself a bottle of Foursquare Rum. There is no caramel in the bottle, nor glycerin, nor is this bottle chill-filtered or heavily filtered. Nope, none of those things are done to Foursquare. It’s not cheap plonk and you’ll pay handsomely for the pleasure. But isn’t Dad worth it?

If you are up in Massachusetts, grab a bottle of Privateer Rum. It’s hard to find outside the state, but if you’re near the North Shore, get some for Dad.

3. Gin

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If your dad likes gin, may I suggest a wonderful gin, available almost all over the country named Barr Hill. This gin is not your usual London Dry style nor is it a pure botanical gin. Barr Hill is thoughtfully crafted from raw honey and local grains from the lush state of Vermont.

The raw honey comes from local hives and has an aroma of wildflowers and crushed granite. It’s lovely stuff, perfect for a gin and tonic- made with cane sugar tonic water of course!

4. Bourbon Whiskey

A fun bottle of bourbon whiskey should be on the shopping list. I’m pretty sure that Barrell Bourbon is available nearly everywhere and you should definitely try to find a bottle or two for dear old Dad. If he loves a truly luxury mint julep that no one on his block will ever have, listen up. Google “barrell bourbon” and find a highly limited-edition bottle for Dad. I’ll bet he won’t look at his favorite bourbon the same way again.

5. Rye Whiskey

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Rye Whiskey is getting hotter and hotter. I’ve done some recent tastings of the new Barrell Rye whiskey, but most won’t be able to buy it; it has such limited availability. If you have developed a palate for Rye, I’d find the Hudson Spirits Manhattan Rye. That little bottle (375ml) looks gorgeous on Dad’s bar. It really makes a thoughtful gift and I’m pretty sure you can buy it almost all over the country. You can also find Redemption Rye on the market. It’s delicious stuff and makes a better mint julep thank most rye that I’ve tasted recently under 75 dollars.

6. Cocktail Tin

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If your Dad still is using a glass and tin for their cocktail shaking endeavors, it’s time to throw these dangerous vestiges of another era out and get some really nice, shiny new cocktail tins. Koriko  makes the most gorgeous weighted mixing tin that money can buy. I have many mixing tins in my kit, but my weighted Koriko tins are so elegant to use. They make me look like a professional. (Even more, because they are just so easy to shake…). They can be found on the interwebs or your local mixology store.

7. Glass Beaker Set

Are you still shaking your gin martini cocktails? Stop it right now. Gin is never meant to be shaken in a Martini. It must be stirred. I know this discussion will raise some eyebrows, but at the end of the day — a gin Martini is a stirred Martini. End of story. To make the best gin based Martini, you must use the perfect glass vessel to do so. I use a scientific mixing vessel for mixing my Martini cocktails. These containers can be found at any laboratory supply company- usually through Amazon.

Dad will appreciate the science lab quality of mixing a perfectly formed Martini in a handsomely designed graduated cylinder. His drink will be exceptional and will not disappoint, nor will it be diluted by too much water from the melting ice in a hand shaker. A Martini is a strong drink. Drinking a Martini is a serious endeavor. Please let me encourage you to build this cocktail like your Dad would want you to… with reverence and amble good manners!

8. Stainless Steel Stirrer

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What are you mixing your drinks with? A piece of wood? If you want to up your bartending game in the home bar, make sure that your cocktail mixer is made of stainless-steel. Sometimes you can muddle (smash) your ingredients on one side, and find a bar spoon on the other side. I’m a fan of the one from Cocktail Kingdom, it’s weighted nicely and fits nicely in the hand.

If you follow my advice and purchase any of these ingredients or tools your home bar game will certainly look professional. And if you are at all a cocktail nerd like my above-mentioned friend, you don’t have just one set of cocktail mixing cans- you have many of all different sizes and forms! Dad has great taste! Make him look better by giving him the best tools that money can buy!

Here Are 8 Of The Most Unhealthy Chain Restaurant Meals Ever Created

Amy Hansen
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Here Are 8 Of The Most Unhealthy Chain Restaurant Meals Ever Created

As of Monday, chain restaurants are now required to label calories on menus, thanks to a  federal rule stemming from the 2010 Affordable Care Act. And, yowza, it definitely has the potential to destroy a restaurant or two.

If you weren’t already aware, there’s some truly delicious, yet dangerous food being served in our nation’s chain restaurants. That probably is of little surprise to most people, but many would be shocked to learn just how terrible these items are for your health. Flavor is one thing, but a full-on diabetes trigger is quite another.

 

The Center for Science In the Public Interest was so discouraged by the fat and caloric levels of certain dishes, they made a list of their top offenders.When does food become a weapon? Ask these 8 restaurants.

Ultimate Smokehouse Combo

Chili’s

2,440 calories
41 g saturated fat

Jalapeño-cheddar smoked sausage, hand-battered Chicken Crispers, a half rack of house-smoked baby back ribs with a side of roasted street corn, homestyle fries, chile-garlic toast, and garlic dill pickles. (There’s a fourth option, too: BBQ chicken).

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Cheeseburger Omelette and Pancakes

IHOP

1,990 calories
45 g saturated fat

Eggs, hamburger patty pieces, hash browns, tomatoes, onions, American cheese, ketchup, mustard, and pickles…and that’s just the omelette. Add in the usual side of 3 buttermilk pancakes with butter and syrup, and it’s the equivalent of eating four Sausage Egg McMuffins.

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Pasta Napoletana

Cheesecake Factory

2,310 calories
79 g saturated fat

This pasta dish looks innocent enough, but there are 4 types of meat in the sauce (including bacon), not to mention the butter and cream lube on the spaghetti.

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Cheese Curd Bacon Burger

Buffalo Wild Wings

1,950 calories
53 g saturated fat

Served with a side of fries, this stuffed burger is equal to eating approximately five Burger King Bacon Double Cheeseburgers.

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Carnivore Pizzadilla

Dave & Buster’s

1,970 calories
67 g saturated fat

What’s a pizzadilla, you ask? It’s a super-cheesy 12” quesadilla served pizza-style stuffed with Manchego and cheddar cheeses, pepperoni, and Italian sausage, and topped with more pepperoni and Italian sausage, plus bacon, marinara, and mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. #ThatsDelicious #AndProbablyLethal

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Prime Rib Dinner

Texas Roadhouse

2,820 calories
72 g saturated fat

The one-pound prime rib has 1,570 calories. And for an extra buck, you can get the Loaded Sweet Potato (770 calories) that is a meal and a half all by itself. Covered in marshmallows and caramel sauce (!!!) you can go ahead and skip Thanksgiving this year. You won’t be hungry by then anyway.

If you add a Caesar salad as your second side, The Center for Science In the Public Interest says it’s like eating two of the chain’s 12 oz. New York strip steak dinners (with mashed potatoes and vegetables), plus a slice of strawberry cheesecake. How much do they charge to get wheeled out of the restaurant? And does that count as a side?

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Flying Gorilla

Cheesecake Factory

950 calories
26 g saturated fat

This boozy chocolate banana milkshake has the added bonus of dark chocolate and banana liqueurs that will come in handy when you want to blame something for your bad decisions.

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Ridiculously Awesome, Insanely Large Chocolate Cake

Uno Pizzeria & Grill

1,740 calories
32 g saturated fat

This isn’t a cake, it’s a piece of real estate. The name says everything you need to know to never, ever order this.

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16 Hilarious And Relatable Celebrity Encounters

Brendan Bures
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16 Hilarious And Relatable Celebrity Encounters

Popular culture has become overrun by celebrity culture. Being seen is more valued than being cool or interesting or even attractive in most cases. Meeting a celebrity isn’t about coming face to face with a personal hero, but instead a networking opportunity to climb the social ladder via selfies. (Donald Glover’s Atlanta crafted the recent episode “Champagne Papi” around this phenomenon, where partygoers paid a fee to take pictures with cardboard cutouts of Drake.)

My repulsion to this shift in our culture probably explains why I love a new social media trend. The past weekend podcaster John Moe asked his Twitter followers for their “most boring, mundane, inconsequential celebrity encounter.” Nothing grand, no epiphany was had. No pictures were taken and there’s no proof really that you even met the celebrity.

Too often we only see celebrities as symbols of something greater than they are. But here we’re given a chance to see them as messy, silly humans. Here’s some of our favorites from the responses.

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Please And Thank You: Where We Discuss Manners

John Jacobsen
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Please And Thank You: Where We Discuss Manners

What happened to manners? Where’d they go? People scream at each other from their cars and try to run each other over. We tear each other apart on Facebook merely because we disagree. And some people actually make out in public. As my mother used to say as she desperately tried to get me to move out when I was ten, “Get a room!”

It used to be that bad manners meant eating with your elbows on the table or using the wrong fork for your salad. Alas, no more. Our public manners have disintegrated into far more nefarious crimes than the misuse of cutlery. We no longer open doors for each other, or show up for events we mindlessly RSVP to. When we do attend an Evite dinner party, we bring along five guests the host wasn’t expecting.

People talk on their phones in restaurants and yes, people dress inappropriately at public events. Birkenstocks, for instance, do not belong at the opera.

There, I said it. Coming from Seattle, I now risk being banished to Snob Hell.

But, while I am at it: you should say thanks when someone opens the door you. And you should hold the door for the person behind you. Men should open the door for women especially when the door is heavy. This does not mean women can not open doors themselves. All it means is that we are practicing good manners. It’s nice to have someone open the door for you.

Don’t stand in front of elevator doors when people are exiting. Don’t text in movie theatres and don’t text on dates. Don’t chew gum with your mouth open. Better, don’t chew gum in public. As I heard Katherine Hepburn say once, “You look like a horse when you chew gum”.

Don’t bring your cold out so others can see it – keep your germs at home. Push your chair in when leaving the table, (I’m pretty sure this is a fire hazard) and stand when a lady comes to the table, or leaves. It’s just polite.

Don’t gossip. It’s unseemly.

Don’t cuss in public. Unless you are a sailor who fought in Vietnam. And got a Purple Heart.

RSVP to parties and always bring a little something when you arrive. If you bring wine, don’t then go and drink it yourself. Always send a thank you note. Cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough! My god.

DON’T CLIP YOUR NAILS IN PUBLIC – EVER. This should be punishable by death.

Use your turn signal, and respect people that use theirs.

If your children are invited to a friend’s house to play, they (and you) should also feel invited to help with the cleanup.

Speaking of being invited, when you come to a party at someone’s house, or go to dinner there, you are obligated by good manners to reciprocate somehow. My mom used to say, “If you are not going to ask them out in return, don’t go in the first place.”

“Welcome to Dumpsville. Population YOU.” Don’t break up with someone by text or emojis.

Don’t dis your spouse on Facebook. It just embarrasses all of us.

Always give your seat to the elderly.

This will also get me invited to fewer parties: Don’t say, “I’m having a party. Bring your own food and drink.” That’s not a party. A party is where you want to do something special for your friends, and where you are generous.

When people would ask my Mom what they could bring, she’d say, “Well, I was thinking of serving salmon with haricots verts and Crystal champagne . Why don’t you bring all that?”

So, whether you check yourself into an etiquette 12-step program, or simply choose to be more mindful of others: keep your bad manners in check and your good manners at the forefront and always, always say, “thank you”, “please”, “sorry”, and “excuse me”.

Remember, having good manners means you are considerate of others; if you are aware of how others feel, you probably already have good manners so it really doesn’t matter if you use the wrong fork.

It does still matter, however, if you wear Birkenstocks to the opera. That’s pretty much unforgivable.

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