Quote to ponder under the apple tree
Seven days without chocolate makes one weak.
~ Author unknown (but wise)
Resources to bite into
1. Celebrating Chocolate
In honor of the week before Valentine’s Day, the current Brain Aerobics Weekly features loads of trivia on my favorite part of the holiday: chocolate! Did you know, for example, that dark chocolate (containing at least 30, but preferably 70% or more cocoa) is considered good for your health (in moderation) because:
• It’s rich in anti-oxidants and flavanoids that are good for your heart.
• Its fat content is stearic acid, which doesn’t affect cholesterol.
• It contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a substance that is reputed to stimulate the same pleasant reaction in the body as falling in love.
2. Unusual Chocolate Gifts
The current Brain Aerobics Weekly also notes that nearly anything these days can be purchased in chocolate. Among the foods you probably don’t want to try are chocolate onions, sushi, squid and beef jerky, but perhaps you are open to chocolate beer, wine and pasta? You can also get chocolate bandages – boxed and shaped like the real thing. They won’t help the scrape, but they might heal hurt feelings. If that’s not enough, check out chocolate dresses (yes, they are made of real chocolate), wigs, and bath products. Pictured: Visitors at a local spa enjoy a chocolate bath on Feb. 14, 2008 in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
3. Chocolate Museums
York Daily News listed its view of the Top 10 Chocolate Museums last October.
(http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2009/10/16/2009-10-16_mmmm__top_10_chocolate_museums.html) Each offers special delights. At the Cologne (Germany) museum, also known as the Imhoff-Stollwerck Museum, for example, is a chocolate fountain where museum staff dip waffles into the hot liquid for salivating guests. The Pannys museum in Canada has a chocolate rendition of Michelangelo’s statue of David and an entire chocolate town. Barcelona’s Museu de la Xocolata is also famous for its wide-ranging chocolate sculptures from cartoon characters to religious figures. Especially appropriate at this time of year, Canada’s chocolate museum in the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick pays tribute to the Ganong Brothers, candy makers who introduced the world to the heart-shaped chocolate box.
Tips/ideas/insights to savor
The current Brain Aerobics Weekly also highlights the books of Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser:
• Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. To order, click here.
• It All Changed in an Instant. To order, click here.
Both feature the six-word “novels” of famous and obscure contributors. AARP liked the idea so much that Larry Smith now edits a regular column for their magazine. He provides a topic and asks readers to submit entries. The authors of the entries chosen for publication receive a free T-shirt with their “novel” printed on it. To enter, go to: www.aarpmagazine.org/6wordmemoirs.
The September/October 2009 issue topic was “Less is L’Amour,” which is perfect for this Valentine’s issue. Following are some samples:
• Secret to life: marry an Italian. (Nora Ephron)
• Romance blossomed then. Love blooms now. (Alana Owen, Haslet, TX)
• He loved, lied, and was left. (Mark Moroney, Lake Highland Girls Classic League, Dallas, Texas. Mark wants us to know that this was "not based on personal experience!")
• Good housekeeper. I got the house. (Nancy McPeak, 64, Xenia, Ohio)
Now write yours!
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To receive the advantage of seeing all these ideas in an expanded version, subscribe to Brain Aerobics Weekly today.
To order Brain Aerobics Weekly,
go to http://www.wisernow.com/ now.
It’s a great anytime gift for everyone who needs a legal form of positive mind stimulation!
Let the ever-ripening Wiser Now website
become the apple of your eye.
Seven days without chocolate makes one weak.
~ Author unknown (but wise)
Resources to bite into
1. Celebrating ChocolateIn honor of the week before Valentine’s Day, the current Brain Aerobics Weekly features loads of trivia on my favorite part of the holiday: chocolate! Did you know, for example, that dark chocolate (containing at least 30, but preferably 70% or more cocoa) is considered good for your health (in moderation) because:
• It’s rich in anti-oxidants and flavanoids that are good for your heart.
• Its fat content is stearic acid, which doesn’t affect cholesterol.
• It contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a substance that is reputed to stimulate the same pleasant reaction in the body as falling in love.
2. Unusual Chocolate Gifts
The current Brain Aerobics Weekly also notes that nearly anything these days can be purchased in chocolate. Among the foods you probably don’t want to try are chocolate onions, sushi, squid and beef jerky, but perhaps you are open to chocolate beer, wine and pasta? You can also get chocolate bandages – boxed and shaped like the real thing. They won’t help the scrape, but they might heal hurt feelings. If that’s not enough, check out chocolate dresses (yes, they are made of real chocolate), wigs, and bath products. Pictured: Visitors at a local spa enjoy a chocolate bath on Feb. 14, 2008 in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
3. Chocolate Museums
York Daily News listed its view of the Top 10 Chocolate Museums last October.
(http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2009/10/16/2009-10-16_mmmm__top_10_chocolate_museums.html) Each offers special delights. At the Cologne (Germany) museum, also known as the Imhoff-Stollwerck Museum, for example, is a chocolate fountain where museum staff dip waffles into the hot liquid for salivating guests. The Pannys museum in Canada has a chocolate rendition of Michelangelo’s statue of David and an entire chocolate town. Barcelona’s Museu de la Xocolata is also famous for its wide-ranging chocolate sculptures from cartoon characters to religious figures. Especially appropriate at this time of year, Canada’s chocolate museum in the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick pays tribute to the Ganong Brothers, candy makers who introduced the world to the heart-shaped chocolate box.
Tips/ideas/insights to savor
The current Brain Aerobics Weekly also highlights the books of Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser:
• Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. To order, click here.
• It All Changed in an Instant. To order, click here.
Both feature the six-word “novels” of famous and obscure contributors. AARP liked the idea so much that Larry Smith now edits a regular column for their magazine. He provides a topic and asks readers to submit entries. The authors of the entries chosen for publication receive a free T-shirt with their “novel” printed on it. To enter, go to: www.aarpmagazine.org/6wordmemoirs.
The September/October 2009 issue topic was “Less is L’Amour,” which is perfect for this Valentine’s issue. Following are some samples:
• Secret to life: marry an Italian. (Nora Ephron)
• Romance blossomed then. Love blooms now. (Alana Owen, Haslet, TX)
• He loved, lied, and was left. (Mark Moroney, Lake Highland Girls Classic League, Dallas, Texas. Mark wants us to know that this was "not based on personal experience!")
• Good housekeeper. I got the house. (Nancy McPeak, 64, Xenia, Ohio)
Now write yours!
*****************************************************************************************************
To receive the advantage of seeing all these ideas in an expanded version, subscribe to Brain Aerobics Weekly today.
To order Brain Aerobics Weekly,
go to http://www.wisernow.com/ now.
It’s a great anytime gift for everyone who needs a legal form of positive mind stimulation!
Let the ever-ripening Wiser Now website
become the apple of your eye.
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