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Happy May everyone! This has to be one of my favorite months. Can't you just smell the chlorine in the pool and taste those burgers on the grill and hear my husband crack open another beer while he is "cooking," as he likes to call it? Enjoy this start-of-May edition and send your feedback directly to: khuston@asicentral.com. It may be published in a future issue of Advantages magazine. For free information on products featured in Advantages, click here: www.advantagesinfo.com.
– Kathy
Huston, editor
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Influential Insight
The Pitch: Once more, I did not make Time's list of the 100 most influential people (come on, even the girl from Glee made it!). However, there are lots of influential folks outside the spectrum of Time's silly little list. The Wine Appreciation Guild (asi/97292), for instance, offers item #7816, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink, by Tyler Colman. Don't you just love that title? The supplier says this book exposes the politics of the wine business. The 208-page hardcover starts at: 1; $27.50-R. This is a different idea for wine-tasting parties; wineries; B&Bs; Wine Country tourist destinations and more. Email: info@wineappreciation.com.
The Bottom Line: I vote for that!
Light My Fire
The Pitch: OK, here's how you know I'm losing it (among many other things): We were at a nice restaurant, Steve-O and me, and the candle on the table wasn't lit. I asked Steve to pass me the matches and tried my darnedest to light the wick. Nothing. Do you know why? Because it was one of those fake candles with the flicker wick! Yes, those are all the rage and are very convenient and also very realistic looking, as I've found! Clegg Promo (asi/45450) offers item #367221, a pillar flickering LED candle, with a toggle on/off switch, and lithium batteries included. Great idea for restaurants and bars, spas and salons, and even office environments (no setting the sprinkler system off). Plus, they've got sales pricing until 5/29: 250; $2.47-R. Click here: http://www.cleggpromo.com.
The Bottom Line: Wick it.
What To Do?
The Pitch: Here's a great idea for tournaments, course giveaways, golf shops and more: Gibas Industries Inc. (asi/56730) offers item A245, the Golf Rule Wheel. It quickly answers 18 common dilemmas that occur on the links, such as scoring an unplayable lie. I don't know what that means, but I can't even get my ball past the windmill. Pricing starts at: 75; $4.95-R. Web address: http://www.dobiline.com/oncourse/a245.html.
The Bottom Line: Doing wheelies.
Rainmaker
The Pitch: Must be Monday, because it's raining. Seems like that's a weekly occurrence. Avaline (asi/37590) has the Merry Micro umbrella (item #497) and with colors like Caribbean Sea, Island Sun, Purple Paradise, Mango and Tickled Pink, how can you be blue? It folds down to 7 inches and pricing starts at: 24; $14.50-P. This is a nice giveaway for any number of markets. Click here: http://www.avaline.com/Everything-Else?search=497.
The Bottom Line: Singing in the rain.
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