Jewish woman markets ‘cootie booties’
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –While walking barefoot through airport security a couple years ago, local Jewish Rancho Santa Fe resident, Adria Cammeyer, looked down at the dirty floor and filthy feet of the person in front of her and had an epiphany, Cootie Booties.
Cootie Booties are a cute and comfortable disposable foot liner which serve as a protective prophylactic barrier from infection. It is made with the same impervious and puncture-proof material as surgical gloves. In other words, they are disposable foot gloves that protect you from dirt and germs.
The last two years have been filled with extensive research and development which has resulted in this product. CootieBooties.net launched in the beginning of September..
People have an increasing fear of germs. Americans spend billions of dollars on alcohol wipes, hand sanitizers and antibacterial soaps to insure the cleanliness of their hands. By using these products, we feel we are being proactive in our efforts to maintain our good health and avoid infection. However, feet are a vulnerable entry point for infection from bacterial and viral diseases as well – warts, fungal toenails, and athlete’s foot in addition to MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant member of the staph family.
Do you dread the security checkpoint at the airport? Do you dislike walking barefoot where hundreds of thousands of people have already walked? Do you wonder if any of those people had an infection on their feet which may be transmittable to you? Have you visited the restroom on the plane in your socks only to find you have stepped in something unmentionable? Do you walk barefoot on the hotel carpet? We bring germs into our own homes every time we walk into the house. We transfer the germs as well as pesticides, from all the places we walked that day, including restaurants, public restrooms and sidewalks, to the floors where we and our children and pets play. Eight five percent of all germs in our homes originate from our shoes. Give cooties the bootie and stomp our germs.
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Schmaltz Brewing to offer special Chanukah beer
CLIFTON PARK, New York (Press Release)– No matter how you spell the festival of lights, Shmaltz Brewing is proud to debut its first-ever limited-edition release specifically celebrating all the miracles of the 8 crazy nights: Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer®. 8 is a miraculous number in Jewish life. Its cultural/religious significance runs the gambit with several holidays spanning 8 days (Chanukah, Passover, Sukkot), a bris (circumcision) taking place on the newborn’s 8th day, and Seinfeld running for 8 years (for more deep shtick, see the 4-pack label listed below). The official Chosen Beer of this holiday season, Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer® is a Dark Ale brewed with 8 malts, 8 hops, and heats up at 8% ABV. As latkes are frying and the battle royale of dreidels are spinning, Shmaltz offers some much needed light to the impending winter darkness with its latest fermented creation straight from the tanks at their new Upstate New York brewery.
“Isn’t it fitting, that on our 18th anniversary, Shmaltz Brewing would finally come out with our very first Chanukah beer?” says Jeremy Cowan, founder of Shmaltz Brewing Company. “Back in 1996, Chanukah inspired the first batch of He’brew’s Genesis Ale, hand bottled and personally delivered by friends and family to just a few stores from the back of my grandmother’s Volvo. 18 crazy years, 37 states and 5,000 retailers later, we have our very own brewery and the freedom to brew any style of beer when we want, how we want. So this time around we are thrilled to introduce our interpretation of a winter warmer, a true He’brew Celebration Beer and a new holiday tradition to pair with delicious foods and gelt for my favorite drinking season of the year.”
Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass The Beer® will be nationally available in 12 oz bottles in 4-packs starting on November 1, 2014, as well as in this year’s He’brew Gift Pack® hitting stores before Thanksgiving.
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Epic Hotel in Miami installs kosher kitchen
MIAMI, Florida–South Florida is the third-largest Jewish metro area in the U.S. and Kimpton’s EPIC Hotel, located in downtown Miami, is literally catering to the needs of the Jewish community.
In response to their guests’ special dining requests, EPIC has dedicated a kitchen solely for prepping Kosher meals in their second floor standalone kitchen, to ensure meal preparation is kept Kosher from start to finish.
Guests can now enjoy Executive Chef, Wolfgang Birk’s new Kosher Style menu and the ease of planning their next big event, whether it is a Mitzvah, wedding or family gathering with EPIC’s newly created Kosher offerings.
Located along the Miami River overlooking Biscayne Bay and famed Brickell Avenue, EPIC is a distinctive luxury, waterfront hotel at the epicenter of some of the best attractions in downtown Miami. Specializing in events and impressive on every level, EPIC offers the kind of cohesive Miami event venue that helps create gatherings of lasting influence.
EPIC Hotel offers more than 50,000 square feet of outdoor event and indoor space in 14 flexible rooms that can accommodate up to 300 seated guests or 400 for a reception.
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Preceding compiled from press releases from Cootie Bootie, Schmaltz Brewing and EPIC Hotel