Going to a steakhouse and not ordering a bottle of wine is practically a faux pas.

And for the steakhouse regular, it pays to know which bottles pair best with which steaks. Enter Brahm Callahan, the wine director at Grill 23 & Bar in Boston, Massachusetts and one of only 147 master sommeliers in North America.

In the beverage service industry, master sommelier is a coveted title that demonstrates a prestigious level of expertise, which is why we asked Callahan to be our steak and wine pairing guide. 

STEAK & WINE PAIRINGS

Steak: Filet mignon
Pairing: Pinot noir from Oregon (for its "earthy truffle notes")
Callahan's Notes: "There is less fat content in this cut of steak, so a milder red or a white with high acid is a good match." 

Steak: Prime porterhouse
Pairing: Cabernet, cabernet Franc, or merlot
Callahan's Notes: "It's a tough choice, as you are pairing with two different cuts. Bordeaux blends are excellent."

Steak: Prime rib-eye
Pairing: Jean Louis Chave's 2010 St. Joseph, or any dense, meaty syrah
Callahan's Notes: Callahan says this savory syrah goes great with the steak's pronounced beef flavor and marbling.

Steak: A5 Kagoshima Wagyu 
Pairing: Nebbiolo, try Elvio Cogno, Vigna Elena Barolo 2007
Callahan's Notes: "The tannin of the nebbiolo will be attracted to the high fat content in the Wagyu."

ALSO OF NOTE... 

When in doubt, order a dry riesling. "Dry Riesling actually works really well with all cuts."

Consider steak temperature and sauce. "For example, a heavy port demi glaze won't work with a lighter pinot noir. Also, the more you cook a steak, the more you render out the fat, which will affect the pairing."

Pair fatty cuts with high tannin wine and less fatty cuts with medium tannin wine. Callahan says you can mitigate this with sauce selection. For example, a less fatty steak with a decadent sauce can handle a big tannin red. 

Steer clear of low tannin reds and low acid whites. Some examples: heavy California chardonnays or viogniers, gamays from Burgundy, or really light pinot noirs. "Low tannin reds will feel thin and tart; low acid whites will taste heavy and flat." 

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Get ready to add some fresh faces to your restaurant bucket list.

Every year, Bon Appétit magazine curates a "Hot 10 list of America's Best New Restaurants," and the 2015 nominees have just been announced. Editors Andrew Knowlton and Julia Kramer traveled around the country in search of the 50 most exceptional restaurants, from European-style fine dining to casual neighborhood favorites. The magazine will announce the top 10 on August 18. Until then, you can read all about each restaurant here. 

Keep scrolling to check out all 50 nominees. 

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There's an ongoing debate among whiskey connoisseurs about whether you should serve the spirit on the rocks or neat, and there's no clear answer in sight.

It is a matter of preference.

However, those who prefer their single malts chilled with a handful of ice cubes risk diluting the taste.

The simple solution is changing up the shape of your ice: Tovolo's slow-melting, sphere-shaped ice molds ensure every sip tastes good going down. The unique shape is the perfect supplement to whiskeys, bourbons, scotches, and even sodas you want to drink chilled, but not watered down.

Considering how pricey certain bottles are, a $9 ice mold seems like a reasonable amount to spend to keep your favorite spirits tasting their most spirited.

Tovolo Sphere Ice Molds, $9.66, available at Amazon. 

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Realizing your passport has expired days or even hours before a flight can be costly, and it can potentially ruin your travel plans. 

Most people make the mistake of paying expeditors who charge up to $500.  The New York Passport Agency, with an average 4.5 star rating on Yelp, can turn your paperwork around the same day for just $170.

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There are dozens upon dozens of different styles of beer out there, from pale ales to stouts to bocks.

With so many styles of beer — and so many exceptions to the rules — it's incredibly difficult (not to mention time-consuming) to get to know them all. But you don't have to taste the whole rainbow to find your favorites. 

In honor of International Beer Day (August 7), we've created a taxonomy of most of the world's major beer styles to help you put your favorite cold ones into context. Start in the center and see where each style of beer falls.

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Forty-one years ago on Friday, a 24-year-old Frenchman captivated the world when he walked across a steel high wire suspended between New York City's Twin Towers.

Philippe Petit, in an interview with The Telegraph last year to mark the anniversary of the 1974 stunt, called the performance the highlight of his life.

He first got the idea when he read about the World Trade Center in a magazine at a dentist's office. The towers hadn't been finished yet, and Petit took six and a half years to plan the walk, according to The Telegraph.

The walk was not sanctioned by the city. Petit referred to it as the "artistic crime of the century." He prepared for the walk by practicing tight-rope walking, studying the towers, and finding people who were willing to assist him in his quest.

Petit got to the roof by posing as a French journalist, according to The Telegraph. He persuaded someone inside the towers to forge security passes for him.

The day of the walk, Petit and some assistants hid in the towers and set up the cable before dawn, according to the Associated Press.

The 110-story buildings were more than a quarter-mile high, and the two buildings were about 200 feet apart. Petit did not use a safety net or harness, according to the Daily Mail.

Petit was arrested when he got off the wire, but his charges were eventually dropped after he agreed to perform for children in Central Park, according to The Telegraph.

Check out the photos from Petit's amazing stunt:

Petit carried a 26-foot pole to help him keep his balance.

Petit crossed the cable multiple times and rested in between.

At one point, he even lay down on the cable.

The cable was suspended 1,350 feet above the ground.

The walk was extremely dangerous, and Petit says the "gods were with" him that day.

A movie about the famed tight rope walk, called "The Walk" and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is slated for release in 2015.

The 2008 documentary "Man On Wire" about Petit's walk won an Oscar. Check out the trailer below:

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For better or for worse, social media is changing everything about the way we interact with one another and even how we spend our time alone. For that reason, it's smart to keep up with the goings-on of the social media world. 

We recently came out with the Silicon Valley 100 — our annual list of the coolest people, products, and companies in Silicon Valley.

We pulled out the hottest social media companies that made the list. Here are 12 social media companies to watch.

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AddLive

Founder: Kavan Seggie

Last May, Snapchat made its first acquisition in AddLive, a real-time communications startup that allows the picture-messaging app to power its video-calling feature. The deal cost Snapchat $30 million.

AddLive's technology offers several useful tools to Snapchat, including screen-sharing, multiparty conferencing, and support for browser-based video chat via WebRTC.

Facebook

Cofounder and CEO: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook has been quietly busy this year with new features. For example, it acquired a video startup called QuickFire, which could help streamline the increased video consumption on Facebook.

At Facebook’s annual F8 developers' conference, David Marcus, head of messaging products, made a big announcement regarding Facebook Messenger: expansion into e-commerce and mobile payments inside the app. Marcus has helped the company roll out several other features as well, including a Skype-like video-calling service and the ability to send locations to friends.

The League

Founder and CEO:Amanda Bradford

The League is like a curated Tinder for elites, and it raised $2.1 million in seed funding earlier this year to play matchmaker to the most successful and ambitious singles. The League launched in San Francisco at the beginning of 2015 and just opened up to the New York market as well, where a targeted group of 2,500 users were allowed to sign up.

The goal, founder Bradford says, is to make more power couples and help people date "intelligently." The app now has its sights set on London.

In honor of International Beer Day (August 7), beer rating and reviewing website RateBeer.com has curated a list of the top beers in the world.  

These 20 chosen few were selected for their world class recognition — some accessible, some obscure — and their elegant range of styles.

From brews with robust cherry aromas to a dessert porter with strong but sweet maple syrup flavors, keep scrolling to find out which beers made the cut. 

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20. Aphrodisiaque (Dieu du Ciel)

This stout out of Montreal, Canada, has aromas and flavors of vanilla, dark chocolate, bourbon, and roasted malt. Dieu du Ciel brewers consider this black ale a very smooth, mildly hopped, dessert beer with a strength of 6.5% alcohol by volume (ABV).

19. Saison Bernice (Sante Aidairius)

A farmhouse ale from the brewers at Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, this beer is dry and refreshing and made with the best local ingredients. Saison Bernice saw multiple yeast additions, including Brettanomyces, to enable further bottle aging and impart a slight sour flavor. Bernice clocks in at 6.5% ABV. 

18. Grassroots Brother Soigné (Hill Farmstead)

With a mix of lime, hibiscus, and blood orange, this saison is tart, refreshing, and expertly fermented by Hill Farmstead Brewing Company in Greensboro, Vermont. At 5% ABV, this brew is well-carbonated with a medium body.

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In June, we announced our first ever Instagram contest. We asked readers to submit incredible pictures of spectacular views around the world with the hashtag #BIbestviews.

Because we received so many entries, we decided to break down the winners into different categories. 

We've already announced the best beaches, cityscapes, and mountain views, but here we present the winners of the general travel category.

These images have us gazing at our screens, and jotting down new places to add to our travel bucket lists.

Congratulations to all those selected, and thanks for your submissions!

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@misvincent wants to know if you're brave enough to cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, which is suspended 100 feet above sea level, in Northern Ireland.

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A Thanksgiving turkey and a white Christmas might be the last things on your mind as you're sweating through this hot summer, but they shouldn't be.

According to a new study by travel search engine Skyscanner, the best time to book flights for the 2015 holidays —Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve — is the week of August 10th to August 16th.

Yes, that's next week.

Crunching the numbers on 2014 holiday travel data, the study found that purchasing flights for the historically expensive holidays next week can save you almost 5.5% on Thanksgiving trips, 18.7% on Christmas travel, and 14.4% on New Year's Eve getaways.

Can't plan that far ahead? Skyscanner offers up some alternatives, though the savings will generally decrease the longer you wait.

For Thanksgiving, waiting to book until September 14th will still glean savings of about 4%, which is not that much more than the 3.8% procrastinators waiting until two weeks before Thanksgiving will receive.

For Christmas, waiting until the week of August 31 will still net you around 12.7% in savings, dropping to 9.1% if you wait until September 28th. However, the study warns not to book Christmas travel past November 2nd, when savings drop even further, to 4.76%.

For New Year's, booking flights the week of September 14th will save you around 8.6%, the week of September 28th around  8.5%, and really waiting until the last minute, until December 14th and 20th, will save you  6.3%.

Either way, planning ahead means saving a nice bit of cash for extra gifts.

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For most guys, getting a haircut is a necessary (and tedious) chore.

Sam Buffa and his bicoastal Fellow Barber shops have figured out a way to elevate the experience.

Fellow Barber clients don't just spend more money ($45, to be exact) on a haircut; they spend more time waiting to get into Fellow Barber.

The brand's locations (three in New York, two in San Francisco) are so popular that nearly all of them have wait times averaging one to two hours — at all times of day.

Why are men lining up for haircuts at Fellow Barber? Firstly, Fellow doesn't take appointments. (Its website offers "online check-in" for clients to check the wait time and join the wait list.) And its appeal goes far beyond the understated yet masculine shop atmosphere.

Asked about the brand's success, Buffa points to the elevation of the craft of barbering itself, which he's reinvigorated and brought into the modern era.

Wait times for a haircut average one to two hours — at all times of day.

Put simply, Fellow Barber has that classic combination of a good product and superior customer service.

Buffa, who opened his first barbershop in the back of a clothing store in 2006, says men were clamoring for this unique kind of high-quality service, which he describes as a hybrid of barbering and hairstyling.

“I felt it was very important to get these two worlds that have been separated [and] bring them back together,” he says. "There’s a lot to be learned from barbering and hairstyling in general."

Differing from the type of old-school barbershop one might find on the East Coast, Buffa prides Fellow as a place where you can get any type of cut you like.

He hires both trained hairstylists and those with a barber's license, but they need to be able to do it all — straightedge razor shaves, scissor cuts, and barber-style, close-cropped clipper cuts (the most popular style today). Fellow also has a training program, which teaches both styling and barbering disciplines, for its staff.

This means you can walk into Fellow Barber and walk out with any kind of haircut you want, be it a three on the sides and long on top or just a trim because you're growing things out.

It's this versatility that, Buffa believes, will sustain the brand long after de rigueur clipper cuts fade, and men start asking for longer hair.

Even for San Francisco and New York gents, the $45 price of entry is more than the average, but the queue to get in proves that guys are willing to pay for the cut and experience they want.

"It’s still an errand — something you have to do — but it should be an enjoyable experience,” says Buffa.

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The Trappist monks at The Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren, Belgium, aren't in the business of brewing beer for the riches or glory — they brew only enough to support themselves and their abbey.

But fame found them anyway in the mid-2000s, when the beer-information website RateBeer.com named their dark, quadrupel-style 12 the best beer in the world. 

Given that August 7 is International Beer Day, we thought now is a good time to tell their story.

RateBeer executive director Joe Tucker, who put together the beer ranking based on reviews from the site's users, said he had no idea how much of an impact it would have on the abbey/brewery, collectively known as Westvleteren. The brewery had also been declared the best brewer in the world on the site's first annual list of the World's Best Brewers back in 2002, but no one had paid much attention.

"One day, 20 people were there drinking the beer," Tucker told Business Insider. "The next, there's a huge line of cars waiting to buy it." A Belgian TV station even captured footage of a fistfight that broke out in the line.

The beer that no one had heard of had suddenly skyrocketed in popularity. Tucker got a phone call from Westvleteren soon after, and the monks weren't happy. Thanks to Tucker's list, they told him, the public was demanding more beer. The monks "were not going to make it," Tucker said. "Beer's usually a business; there's a market for it, but the monks don't see it that way."

A Small Operation

Of the 10 Trappist monasteries that produce beer, Westvleteren produces the least: just under 4,000 barrels, or 126,000 gallons, a year. The largest, Chimay, produces about 3.2 million gallons a year.

The abbey began brewing beer around 1839, and it started selling to the public in 1931, author and photographer Charles "Chuck" Cook, who specializes in Belgian beer, told Business Insider. The recipe has changed very little since then.

The abbey brews about 70 days a year, starting at about 9 a.m. and finishing at about 5 p.m. Five monks work in the brewery, and an additional five help on bottling days.

Cook, who is one of few non-monks to have gone inside the Westvleteren brewery, is particularly well acquainted with its beer. He has had all three of its brews — the 8 and the 12, both dark ales, and the Blond, a 5.8% ABV (alcohol by volume) Belgian blond ale. He has even tried one that had been aged since 1969.

So does Cook think it is the best in the world?

"There's a lot of great strong, dark beers in Belgium — there's the Rochefort 10, the St. Bernardus Abt," he said. "There are numerous beers that are dark and strong and start at 10, 11, 12% [ABV]. But [for Westvleteren], when you throw in the taste, A, and B, [the fact] it's brewed by monks, and C, the 'scarcity factor,' that's a lot of it."

The 'Scarcity Factor'

The "scarcity factor": This is the grail at the center of Westvleteren-mania. Not only does Westvleteren produce the least of all the Trappist breweries, but its beer is also the hardest to get.

The beer is available at either the abbey's In De Vrede cafe (by the glass or by the six-pack, with a limit to two six-packs per person) or at the drive-thru pick-up gate (with a limit of one case per car, which must be reserved at least 60 days ahead of time over the "beer phone" … but good luck getting through the line, which receives as many as 85,000 calls an hour).

The abbey, I should mention, is not easy to reach. I went there in December 2013 on a day trip from Brussels. The easiest way is to rent a car and drive the hour and a half west to Westvleteren; otherwise you'll have to take a bus to another bus to another bus to another bus — a nine-hour public transit nightmare. But even if you drive, as I did, turning onto barely marked and barely paved country roads, it's hard to find.

Once you're there, though, it's like arriving at some mythical place. And it's beautiful. The beer, which I tried at the cafe, is truly phenomenal: dark, raisin-y, a bit oaky, and, at about 11% ABV, very strong. It is complex and warming, and absolutely delicious.

The 'Gray Market'

Westvleteren 12 sells for 40 euros a case — less than $2 a beer — which is pretty inexpensive for the best beer in the world. But again, the monks aren't looking to make a profit on the operation.

However, because the beer is available only at the monastery, a so-called gray market has emerged online in which people try to resell bottles they bought at the abbey for $50 or more per bottle. The monks discourage reselling of their beer, and Joe Tucker keeps an eye out on RateBeer’s user forums to shut down any attempted resells of Westvleteren beer, but it still happens from time to time.

So why not make more beer? It may cause the beer to lose its appeal, especially if it were made more widely available, Cook said, adding that even so, Westvleteren would "have a great beer and a great reputation regardless."

And the abbey is fiercely against it. "We are no brewers. We are monks. We brew beer to be able to afford to be monks," according to a statement from the Father abbot on the abbey's website. Increasing production, except as a means to live, goes against their beliefs. 

'They Sell to Live'

Westvleteren 12 is again on RateBeer's 2015 list of the best beers in the world, which is no surprise after all these years, though the monks are still a little overwhelmed by the publicity. Of all the breweries in the world, and of all the beers made by all the breweries in the world, imagine being rated the best. It is an enormous title that most brewers can only dream about. Still, the monks are humble. They didn't set out to make the best beer in the world, but they do.

It's hard to say whether the abbey is proud of the title, though Brother Godfried, who is in charge of the brewery, once told Reuters: "It's good to know our customers appreciate what we make."

"They sell to live; they don't live to sell," Cook said, adding it was "not something you would not be proud of, I should say."

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Sometimes, I feel like going out for drinks with friends after work. Other times, I feel like doing nothing but going home and watching Netflix or reading a book.

If you're like me, you may be an ambivert— someone with a combination of introvert and extrovert traits. In fact, some research suggests that two-thirds of us fall into this Goldilocks zone of personality.

To find out if you're an ambivert, an introvert, or an extrovert, you can take this quiz.

The test was developed by Daniel Pink, author of the book "To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others" and the host of Crowd Control, a TV series on human behavior. The test is modeled on a standard set of questions social psychologists uses to measure the "Big Five" traits of extraversion: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

These are the questions (Pink asked us not to reveal the scoring method because it would make the test too easy to game):

1. I don't like to draw attention to myself.
2. I start conversations with people I don't know.
3. I enjoy spending time alone with my own thoughts.
4. I feel comfortable in groups and like working in them.
5. I tend not to assert myself.
6. I talk to a lot of different people at parties.
7. I'm a good listener.
8. When I am around people for a long time, my energy fades.
9. I don't mind being the center of attention.
10. I tend to think before I speak.
11. I am comfortable being alone and like things I can do alone.
12. I am the life of the party.
13. I get bored when I'm by myself.
14. I always feel comfortable around people.
15. I don't talk a lot.
16. I try not to keep in the background.
17. I am quiet around strangers.
18. I tend to want others to pay attention to me.

Being an ambivert has its advantages. Some studies suggest it could make you a better sales person, or a more emotionally attuned parent or spouse.

But it also has its drawbacks. Ambiverts may feel torn between which side of their personality to follow, leaving them feeling stuck.

Either way, it's important to know your strengths, experts say.

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There are two types of billionaires: those who inherited their wealth, and those who built it from nothing.

Our friends at Wealth-X, a firm that does research and net worth valuations on ultra-high net worth individuals, focused on the latter to compile a list of the wealthiest self-made billionaires in the world.

From tech mogul Bill Gates to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, here's who made the list. 

25. Len Blavatnik

Estimated net worth: $20.1 billion

Though he's known as one of Britain's richest residents, Blavatnik is a native of Ukraine. He earned degrees at Moscow State University, Columbia, and Harvard Business School before founding Access Industries in 1986 and investing in aluminum and chemical companies. In recent years he began investing in tech, with stakes in Spotify and Beats. Blavatnik also owns Warner Music, which he bought in 2011 for $3.3 billion.

Source: Wealth-X

24. Li Ka-Shing

Estimated net worth: $20.1 billion

Ka-Shing is one of the richest men in Asia, but his power far exceeds his wealth. He's known for investing in new, blossoming tech startups and was an early Facebook backer. Recently, the company he chairs, Hutchison Whampoa, bought the UK's second-largest mobile operator, O2. Last year he invested $23 million in plant-based egg-replacement company Hampton Creek through his firm Horizon Ventures.

Source: Wealth-X 

23. Patrick Drahi

Estimated net worth: $21 billion

The third-richest person in France, Drahi founded Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications holding company, in 2002. Altice operates throughout France, Belgium, Israel, Portugal, and the Dominican Republic, and garnered international attention for its $1.8 billion IPO in January 2014. Drahi is coming to the US soon, too — he's taking over American cable company Suddenlink.

Source: Wealth-X

Sugar: Love it, hate it, but you certainly can't ignore it.

The FDA recently proposed that nutrition labels on foods be required to list the amount of added sugar as a percentage of the recommended maximum daily intake, or about 50 grams of sugar.

Since "50 grams" isn't exactly easy to picture, we decided to show you what that looks like (based on data from the nutrition website Caloriecount.com):

A single can of soda

If you're a fan of soda, you may want to consider kicking your habit. A 12-ounce can of Coke contains 39 grams of sugar — four-fifths of the FDA's recommended limit, while the new "cold activated" 16-ounce can has a whopping 52 grams. You might consider drinking diet soda instead, although some studies suggest diet drinks may be not be healthy either in the long run.

One fancy coffee drink

Many of us nurse a Starbucks habit, but you may be surprised to realize just how unhealthy this can be. For example, one grande Caramel Frappuccino with whipped cream contains 52 grams of sugar — and that's all you're supposed to have all day!

Not only that, but one of these drinks contains 430 calories and 16 grams of fat — about a quarter of the recommended daily limit (and half of your daily saturated fat). The "light" frappuccino fares slightly better, with 29 grams of sugar and 140 calories.

Two yogurts

Yogurt is one of the stealthiest places for sugar to hide. Those Yoplait yogurts your mom packed in your school lunches? Those contain about 26 grams of sugar each, which is half of your daily allowance. One yogurt contains 4.9 grams of protein, which isn't that much considering that experts say you should get about 80 grams of protein per day.

Better to stick with a plain, Greek yogurt like Chobani, which contains 14.5 grams of protein and just 4 grams of sugar.

Five bowls of sweet cereal

Remember those cereal commercials where they say, "part of a balanced breakfast" and they show it with a slice of whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice? Well, the emphasis is on part.

One serving of frosted flakes has 10.3 grams of sugar (almost as much as a glazed donut!) or a fifth of your daily added sugar allowance. A balanced breakfast indeed.

Four spoonfulls of jam

Millions of American children lunch on peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches every day. But the all-American lunch food is actually pretty sugary. One tablespoon of Smuckers Concord grape jelly contains 12 grams of sugar. So two spoons at breakfast and two at lunch will almost get you to the 50-gram limit. Add to that some JIF peanut butter (3 grams per serving) and white bread (1.1 grams/slice), and your child has gone beyond a healthy sugar dose.

Less than a bottle of Gatorade

That refreshing sports drink you enjoy after your workout may not be as healthy as you think.

One large (32-oz.) Gatorade contains a whopping 54.4 grams of sugar, which puts you over the recommended limit in one fell swoop. Even the "normal" 20-oz. bottles contains 34 grams of sugar, so you might be getting back a pretty sizeable chunk of the calories you just burned off.

To rehydrate after a workout, you're better off drinking water, coconut water (which is high in potassium, an important electrolyte), or even making your own post-workout drink.

A half-pint of ice cream

Sorry Ben & Jerry's lovers: Just half of one of those cute little cartons maxes you out on your sugar budget for the day! Just half a carton of Ben & Jerry's chocolate chip cookie dough flavor has 52 grams of sugar.

Plus, it contains all of the saturated fat content the FDA says you should eat in a day. You might want to scoop out a smaller portion.

Four donuts

Okay, we all know donuts are bad for us, but just how bad are they? Well, a typical glazed Dunkin' donut has 12 grams of sugar, so you'd have to eat more than four to hit your 50-gram sugar limit.

While that might seem reasonable, keep in mind that other pastries back far more sugar: A single Krispy Kreme iced custard donut, for example, has 19 grams. Sugary foods like donuts also cause your blood sugar to spike and then crash, making them a poor choice for breakfast.

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The days of awkwardly asking a fellow tourist to take your picture in front of an attraction are long gone.

Instead we pull out our phones and extend them to arms length in order to capture our face against said attraction as a background.

And that's exactly the problem with most tourists who take selfies: the attraction they're photographing becomes a background.

They're way more concerned with securing the best selfie possible, so they can later post it to Instagram and Facebook and rack up as many likes as possible.

Taking in the actual attraction they've traveled to see clearly comes second.

In other words, selfies are selfish and distracting, and recent incidents have proved that they're causing way more trouble for tourists than they're worth.

Back in May, two men were at risk of facing criminal charges after climbing onto the 300-year-old Statua dei due Ercole, in Cremona, Italy, in an attempt to take a selfie, Mashable reported. Their climb caused the crown of the statue to fall off and crumble after hitting the ground.

But the attractions aren't the only things being harmed in the name of capturing the perfect selfie.

According to Travel + Leisure, a mother and her daughter were on a trip to Yellowstone National Park when they tried to take a selfie with a bison. When the two were less than 10 feet away from the animal, they turned their backs in an attempt to capture themselves with the animal. The next thing they heard was the bison's footsteps coming towards them; the mother couldn't escape quickly enough and was lifted off the ground and tossed into the air by the animal.

This is the fifth time someone has been injured in Yellowstone after getting too close to a bison — there was one 16-year-old girl who was even gored.

Selfies are so ingrained in us that even during a plane's emergency landing people are taking them. Mashable reported that when passengers aboard United Airlines flight 447 from Denver to LA were asked to put on their oxygen masks due to low cabin pressure, three passengers took selfies with the masks on.

The three passengers — one of them being professional WWE wrestler Sheamus — proceeded to post their oxygen mask selfies on Twitter after landing. In the case of an emergency landing, passengers should be focusing on the crew members and the instructions they're giving — and not on taking a picture of themselves. 

If those three incidents don't already demonstrate that the selfie does more harm than good, there's the fact that a whole slew of amusement parks, museums, galleries, and other tourist attractions around the world have recently banned the selfie stick.

Six Flags is the latest, and before that, it was Disney. Others include the National Gallery in London, the Colosseum in Rome, the Palace of Versailles in Paris, and New York City's MOMA, Guggenheim, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The full list of places that no longer allow selfie sticks is long, which isn't a surprise, considering they all house valuable pieces of history that shouldn't be put at risk simply because a tourist wants to add another crazy selfie to their repertoire.

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For sushi fans, there is no better dining experience than omakase.

If you haven't tried it yet, omakase is a meal in which the sushi chef selects and prepares his or her choice of the freshest fish at their fingertips.

Food blog The Infatuation has been scouting sushi destinations in the city for years, sampling a dizzying array of morsels to find the very best omakases New York has to offer. We asked blog cofounders Andrew Steinthal and Chris Stang (both music-industry execs who moonlight as food writers) to narrow it down to the 15 best.

Keep scrolling to see which sushi haunts made the cut. 

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Tanoshi

Tanoshi is BYOB, which diners love since they get to bring in their own bottles of sake. The atmosphere is intimate, with only about 10-12 seats offering a front-row seat to the chef's masterful treatment of softshell crab, scallop muscles, crispy fluke with ponzu, and miso-marinated black sable. At $75, it's one of the city's more affordable omakases. 1372 York Ave., New York, NY

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Ichimura at Brushstroke

Chef Ichimura cures and ages his fish to unbelievably sweet and tender results. The omakase begins with a plate of baby squid, cured uni, herring shoe, and cured tuna stuffed in shiso leaves. Next up is a sashimi course with freshly grated wasabi followed by a main course of nigiri sushi piled on top of warm rice. Note: this is an uni-lovers paradise. 30 Hudson St., New York, NY

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Neta

A fusion of flavors awaits at Neta. Look for plates like Dungeness crab dressed in cucumber, wild parsley, and dashi vinaigrette, or scallops with uni, mushrooms, and foie gras. For the adventurous, the omakase sometimes includes blowfish. 61 W. 8th St., New York, NY

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There are two ways to buy a suit.

One is to have it custom-made for your body, which is the ideal way to get the perfect fit, but it's an expensive option.

The other way is to buy it off the rack, which is affordable but potentially a risky move.

If you choose to go with the latter, there is one thing you really must know.

The suit has to fit on one crucial part of your body, according to Jessica Cadmus, founder of The Wardrobe Whisperer.

Her company coordinates closets for high-powered executives and other professionals.

"When attempting to discern your proper suit size, the most important thing to do is slip on the jacket to ensure best fit in the shoulders," she told Business Insider.

You can then take your suit to a tailor and have it shaped. That's how you make an off-the-rack suit look hundreds of dollars more expensive. But first, the shoulders need to be right. 

"Everything else can be tweaked but the shoulders need to be perfect."

Now, here's how you make sure the shoulders are perfect.

• Let your arms rest at your side and have your shopping companion or tailor stand behind you. 
• Have them put their hands at the outer edges of the jacket's shoulders. 
• If the shoulder seam lines up with the end of your own shoulder, you are golden. If not, adjust up or down a size. 

Cadmus says that her first-time customers tend to wear suits that are too big for them because they think it's more comfortable. Watch out for that.

Also, if you're over six foot tall and you're buying a suit, buy long. If you're five-six or under, go with short.

And be honest with yourself, for Pete's sake.

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