The New Yearâs Cocktail: Regret With a Dash of Bitters
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Ruminating on paths not taken is an emotionally corrosive exercise and the common wisdom about regret appears to be true.
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Being a bartender is not what I expected to do when I moved to Spain. Serving what seems like thousands of pints of Guinness a night in an Irish pub in the heart of Madrid has truly brought me closer to the ...
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Whether itâs money, the roar of the crowd or just to improve oneâs place in history, there are more boxers who later regret the decision to return to the ring rather than those who stay home.
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In one of those only-in-New Orleans stories, visitors who put back too many beers and hurricanes in the Big Easy have a remedy to help them shake off that dreaded New Year's hangover: Sara, the Recovery Concierge.
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Tough financial times call for tough decisions ... or maybe just an extra drink or two.
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Foolish advice to cut back on what you owe.
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The bane of dinner party conversation might actually help your returns.
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This year a combination of travel and snow storms influenced me to stay at home on New Year's Eve.   I had returned to my home from a night out in Boston the evening before, and after battling a snow storm while returning home I did not feel like going out again.  A fire in the fireplace and my favorite beverage in my hands was all I wanted on the last night of 2007. read more
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EVERYONE pays on New Year&#39;s Day. Unless, that is, you don&#39;t drink - or are able to drink in moderation. But most people spend the next day semi-conscious, rehydrating to the hum of &quot;Law &amp; Order&quot; reruns on TNT.
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With both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve falling on a Sunday this year, revelers in many states will have to stock up a day early if they want to celebrate at home by raising a glass of champagne or some well-aged scotch.
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Prague, Czech Republic, January 21st, 2005, 6:46 a.m.) A 32-year-old Czech man picked the wrong place to catch a few "Z s" after drinking too much beer.
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A paper in The Journal of Consumer Research looks at the effects of self-restraint on subsequent impulse purchases.
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The smell of champagne, 1918 vintage, was still in my hair Thursday night when I was whisked back into a familiar losing environment.
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The coffee giant gets the skinny on New Year's resolutions.
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward.  Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently: Rejoice: the embrace of âopennessâ by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something weâll see more of in 2008.  Now, had this "fearless prediction" been made a year ago, I would have been impressed, because 2007 has turned out to be the year when everyone, it seems, wants to be open. read more
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By Maureen Wallenfang, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.  Feb. 9--It appears many people like diving into a cold martini regardless  of the temperatures outside.   Owners of the successful Deja Vu and St.
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It has reached that stage of the night where the fifth glass of white wine is on offer. Drinking it will almost certainly guarantee that the evening enters that otherworldly domain where there is no place for inhibitions.