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Warmer months mean bathing suits and short sleeves. If you hibernated through the winter, you might want a little help getting back in shape. Well, here it is…
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: THE RIVER ROOM RESTAURANT HAS CLOSE IT’S DOORS, JUNE 12th HARLEM WEDDINGS BRIDAL SHOW CANCEL.
With sadness we communicate the cancellation of the June 12th, Harlem Weddings Bridal Show that was schedule to be hosted at the River Room Restaurant.
We want to take the time to thank the River Room Restaurant for hosting the show for the past 4 years, we’ll miss the spectacular views of the Hudson River and George Washington Bride, a special thanks to the staff.
We are sad to see you go, and hope that for those who had the opportunity of visiting, dinning or celebration a special event, will keep your memory alive with photos and videos.
Check out the AffairTV YouTube channel for a special video of the Harlem Weddings Bridal Show featuring the River Room Restaurant.
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GAY COUPLES MAY BE ABLE TO SAY “I DO” IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
With the resent change in the state of California; the approval by a City Council to make the Washington, D.C., place where same sex couples can legally get married puts a win the same-sex column.
Although many states have voted to outlaw gay marriage, there few states where gays and lesbians can get married or obtain civil unions. Here is a list of status where same-sex couples can get legally married or enter in some kind of legal union.
Although many states in the United States voted to outlaw gay marriage, there are many places in the world where gays and lesbians can get married or obtain civil unions. Here are lists of places where same-sex couples can get legally married or enter in some kind of legally recognized partnership.
In the United States gays and lesbians can legally marry in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont.
New York, California, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Washington, DC recognize marriages by same-sex couples legally performed elsewhere.
California: with the passage of Prop 8, gay and lesbian couples who were married between June and November 2008 are still legally married, but no new legal marriages can be performed in California.
New Jersey: On December 14, 2006 the New Jersey legislature approved a bill allowing same-sex civil unions. Civil Unions became available in New Jersey in February 2007.
California: Gay and lesbian couples can register as domestic partners in California. Couples who register are eligible for many of the same state rights as heterosexual married couples, but only in the state of California. The rights of civil unions do not transfer from state to state like marriage does.
Hawaii: offers reciprocal beneficiary rights to same-sex couples. Some of the rights granted are: inheritance without a will, ability to sue for the wrongful death, hospital visitation and health care decisions.
Maine: instituted a domestic partner registry in 2004. Maine’s law mostly benefits couples if one dies: inheritance without a will, the right to make funeral arrangements and the ability to be named guardian if partner becomes incapacitated.
Washington State: offers registered gay and lesbian couples all the rights of marriage via domestic partnerships.
Nevada: domestic partnerships offer all of the same state wide benefits of marriage.
Oregon: offers a comprehensive domestic partnership law that offers all the state benefits of marriage.
Source: About.com
A Marriage Made in a Teabag
The pantry is awash with flavored teas! At this point there are more ingredients and general variety contained in the assortment of tea bags in my pantry than there are ingredients in my entire refrigerator. Our concept of tea, a bunch of twiggy leaves in a limp pendulous tea bag, has been vitalized over the years with a mind-boggling variety of flavors and ingredients. It is a parade of the novel as well as the sublime with ingredients like gingerbread spice to barley-roasted green tea. Each variety, almost approximating a cocktail, is poised to reveal subtle character traits of those who ritually brew up a cup for relaxation and enjoyment.
The Republic of Tea (a name that always was a touch ominous for my taste) has pushed the tea bag a bit with their creation of two new dessert-oriented teas: Double Dark Chocolate Maté and Coconut Cocoa Tea. Both of these teas, while being somewhat defined as dessert teas, lack the inherent sweetness and indulgence most would associate with a dessert drink.
The Double Dark Chocolate Maté (certified organic) is an antioxidant-rich chocolate tea with a Yerba Maté base. For the uninitiated, Maté is a native South American tea-like beverage that holds countless health benefits and even more alleged benefits. With this particular Chocolate Maté, the benefits are presumably twofold as you have the Maté on one hand and antioxidant-rich cocoa and carob in the other. With these two powerhouse ingredients, you would expect this tea to be possibly overbearing and excessive. However this tea is more of a Maté with subtle chocolate notes than it is a chocolate tea or even a cocoa. It is more scented of chocolate than it is definitively chocolate tasting.
The Coconut Cocoa Tea is bounding with deep coconut notes (both in flavor and smell) and was reminiscent of those much-loved Almond Joy candy bars (in a good way) from my childhood. I almost felt like I just wanted to sniff the tea bag more than I wanted to actually brew a cup. Thankfully the brewed tea delivers on the redolent promise of the tea itself. More coconut flavored than chocolate, this tea holds deep caramel and cocoa tones and is wildly comforting to sip on a cold evening. Both of these teas (The Chocolate Maté as well as the Coconut Cocoa) are only mildly, almost imperceptibly, sweet and require may require a splash of cream or your sweetener of choice to get the full effect.
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