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Cycle Source Magazine “Best of 2011″ Awards

Ever notice Hollywood uses any excuse to pat each other on the back with awards? Well guess what, Cycle Source Magazine is doing it again, but our awards are for the “real deals”, the hard-working everyday enthusiasts that make our industry the “exciting, wouldn’t miss it for nothing” world that it is today. So here is your chance to cast your vote for “Best Of 2011″ in categories like “Best Manufactured or Custom Bike of the year, Best Pin-Up, Builder, Craftsman or Best Event.  Nominees came to the magazine direct from the readers when a questionnaire was sent out asking for nominations. So please kick back, take a minute and cast your vote for who or what you feel deserves the title of “Best Of 2011″ in Motorcycling Today!  Click HERE to VOTE

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Firehouse Chili

Is there anything better this time of year than a hot bowl of Chili?
Of course not, so we set out to find a recipe that would be a huge hit with your friends.  Firehouse Chili, if the guys at the fire station like it you know everyone’s going to love it!
ingredients
2 pounds lean ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic
1 30 ounce can chili beans
1 29 ounce can tomato sauce
1 28 ounce can stewed tomatoes, cut up
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon bottled hot pepper sauce
Hot cooked macaroni
Dairy sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Sliced green onions (optional)
Bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
directions
1. In a 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven, cook meat, onion, celery and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender; drain. Stir in undrained chili beans, tomato sauce, undrained tomatoes, chili powder, and the 1 tablespoon bottled hot pepper sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 2 hours.
2. Serve chili over hot cooked macaroni. If you like, top with sour cream, cheddar cheese, and green onions, and pass additional hot pepper sauce.
nutrition facts
Servings Per Recipe 10 Calories433, Protein(gm)28, Carbohydrate(gm)48, Fat, total(gm)15, Cholesterol(mg)68, Saturated fat(gm)6, Dietary Fiber, total(gm)7, Vitamin A(IU)729, Vitamin C(mg)6, Sodium(mg)1251, Calcium(DV %)131, Iron(DV %)5, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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I want CANDY

“It’s just a snack size bar I can have one”  Come on, how many of us really only have one?   Those stupid little tasty treats keep haunting us with their sweet taste and we eventually cave in, eating like 10 of ’em!   Jeeze ,Halloween is pretty scary.  Well don’t freak out, your not alone and we will help you deal with this scary mess!

Ok so just remember the basic simple math equation… burn more calories then you take in. How do we do that, easy… MOVE YOUR BUTT! You can go take a class at the gym tonight, maybe Zumba or Spin or even a basic step class, any one of those should be good for 300-500 calories burned. Can’t make it to the gym, no problem, instead of staying home passing out the candy, go walking with your kids as they trick or treat. Throw in a little jogging here or there, get that heart rate up and burn some calories. If you have a heart rate monitor use that as your tool to calculate how many calories you burned on your walk or jog.

If you have some down time before bed, get on the floor and do some push-ups, hit  2 sets of 20 to help tone that chest and your arms. Feel like the candy went straight to your butt or thighs?  Lets do some squats, hit 2 sets of 20. Lunges, do 2 sets of 10 each leg. To tone your butt, lay down on the floor, feet flat with your knees bent, lift your butt to a bridge position and hold for 7 seconds. Do 2 sets of 15 for this one. Before you go to bed, stretch out your legs, back, arms and neck along with a few deep breaths. There, you’ll feel better and sleep peacefully instead of tossing and turning having nightmares about all the candy you ate!  Happy Halloween!!!

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The BEST Halloween Party Playlist

So, many of you may know that Sara is the author of the Full Throttle Rock Column in Cycle Source Magazine, because of this she has first hand access to some of the best music. She comprised the most “Killer” Halloween party Playlist and is sharing with us here on Garage-Girls. So if your throwing a Halloween party this weekend, or just want to enjoy the best Halloween Jams, go get these songs on itunes and have a killer time this Halloween Weekend!

✓ ACDC – Jailbreak

✓ Alice In Chains- Them Bones

✓ Alice In Chains- Sick Man

✓ Blondie -Rapture

✓ Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy

✓ The Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place

✓ Alice Cooper – Welcome to My Nightmare

✓ Alice In Chains – Killing Yourself

✓ Type O Negative – Dead Again

✓ Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers – Monster Mash

✓ West End Orchestra & Singers Blues Brothers -Peter Gunn Theme

✓ Theme from the Movie Halloween

✓ Black Label Society – Fire It Up

✓ black sabbath – children of the grave

✓ Black Sabbath – Symptom Of The Universe

✓ Type O Negative – Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)

✓ Black Label Society – Suicide Messiah

✓ Carnivore – Manic Depression

✓ Black Sabbath – Megalomania

✓ The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Time Warp

✓ April March – Chick Habit

✓ Booker T. & The MG’s – Green Onions

✓ The Misfits – Monster Mash

✓ Carnivore – God Is Dead

✓ Donovan  – Season of the Witch

✓ Cream – Strange Brew

✓ Cream – Born Under A Bad Sign

✓ Cinderella – Somebody Save Me

✓ Corrosion Of Conformity – Clean My Wounds 3

✓ Type O Negative – Gravitational Constant

✓ Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Midnight Special

✓ Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Put A Spell On You

✓ Type O Negative – All Hallows Eve

✓ Danzig – The Revengeful

✓ Type O Negative – Love You to Death

✓ Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong Time

✓ The Empire Hideous – Two Minutes ‘Til Midnight

✓ Godsmack – Bad Magick

✓ Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance

✓ Judas Priest- Devil’s Child

✓ Metallica – Seek And Destroy

✓ Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls

✓ Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween

✓ Pantera – Cowboys from Hell

✓ Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl

✓ Seventh Void – Heaven Is Gone

✓ Type O Negative – Halloween In Heaven

✓ White Zombie – Black Sunshine

✓ Type O Negative – Black Sabbath, Nativity In Black – A Tribute

✓ Sublime – Santeria

✓ Stevie Wonder – Superstition

✓ Slayer – In-a-gadda-da-vida

✓ Santana – Evil Ways

✓ Steppenwolf  – The Pusher

✓ Type O Negative – Creepy Green Light

✓ Type O Negative – Everyone I Love Is Dead

✓ Type O Negative – Wolf Moon

✓ Type O Negative – Haunted

✓ Pantera – Cemetary Gates

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Marbled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies

So in keeping with our Halloween Eats and Drinks Theme, we seriously can NOT begin to tell you how awesome these are. A friends mom made them and, well, yes we admit it, we ate them ALL…. Hey it’s Halloween enjoy, just hit the gym the next day!!

Marbled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies
Makes: 36 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Bake: 325°F 1 hr
ingredients
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup butter, cut up
2 1/4cups sugar
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)
directions
1.Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over the edges of the pan. Grease the foil; set pan aside.
2.In a medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese and the 1 tablespoon butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1/2 cup sugar. Beat until well combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in 1 egg, the pumpkin, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the cinnamon, and ginger until combined. Stir in the 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside.
3.In a small bowl stir together the 1-1/4 cups flour, the baking powder, and salt; set aside.
4.In a large saucepan combine the chocolate and 3/4 cup butter. Cook and stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Gradually add the 2-1/4 cups sugar, beating with an electric mixer on low speed just until combined. Add the 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and the 2 teaspoons vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture just until combined.
5.Spread chocolate mixture evenly in the prepared pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture in several mounds on top of the chocolate batter. Using a narrow metal spatula, gently swirl the cream cheese mixture into the chocolate batter. If desired, sprinkle with walnuts.
6.Bake about 60 minutes or until center is just set when pan is gently shaken. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Use foil to lift uncut brownies out of pan. Cut into brownies.
nutrition facts (Marbled Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies)
• Servings Per Recipe 36 Calories159, Protein(gm)2, Carbohydrate(gm)21, Fat, total(gm)8, Cholesterol(mg)43, Saturated fat(gm)5, Monosaturated fat(gm)2, Dietary Fiber, total(gm)1, Sugar, total(gm)16, Vitamin A(IU)1215, Thiamin(mg)0, Riboflavin(mg)0, Niacin(mg)0, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6)(mg)0, Folate(µg)16, Cobalamin (Vit. B12)(µg)0, Sodium(mg)92, Potassium(mg)76, Calcium(DV %)20, Iron(DV %)1, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Jay Leno’s joke before two Love Ride bikers die hits a nerve

We had to share this story, we normally don’t like to give press to the “mainstream” media and gossipy type stuff, but as riders this one just doesn’t sit good with any of us, how do you feel about it?
From the LA Times
Moments before two Love Ride participants were killed Sunday in a freeway traffic collision, the event’s grand marshal, “The Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, told a crowd of bikers that he wanted to see “somebody go down.” “Every year, [the organizer] says, ‘Drive safe,’” Leno told the crowd in kicking off the 28th annual Love Ride in Glendale. “I’m gonna say, ‘Don’t drive safe.’ I wanna see somebody go down. So it’ll be fun. I want it to be in front or behind me and see a whole row of bikes go down. Get drunk, fall off the road. We’ve all become too damn polite … we haven’t had one incident.”
About an hour later, Romarino Zeri, 51, of Los Angeles and Julie Cameron, 38, of Venice were killed when their motorcycle collided with a big rig on the Golden State (5) Freeway in Pacoima, officials said.
The big rig’s rear tires ran over the pair, whom paramedics pronounced dead at the scene, California Highway Patrol Officer José Barrios told the Glendale News-Press.
Representatives for NBC-Universal and Leno did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
The motorcycle riding community took to the blogosphere Monday, with one Love Ride participant writing that Leno’s remarks would haunt her forever.
“I wish he had not joked about that, if someone does go down, he is going to feel really bad for his comments,” she said.
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Hummus Pumpkin Appetizer

We are suckers for Halloween and all it’s cool treats, especially this spooky appetizer!

You’ll be dying to carve into this Hummus Pumpkin.  To make, scoop hummus onto a serving plate, then cover with finely shredded carrots. A small piece of green onion makes a perfect pumpkin stem. Serve with chips of your choice! yummmmmmm

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Hand Crafted Hydes!

Is there anything better than handcrafted? No, of course not, especially these days when most of the leather products being pushed on us are made in Pakistan… feels gross just saying that, let alone wearing it!
Well, check this new line out by Dr. Jekyl’s Hydes.  A new line of leather belts and bracelets targeted specifically for women, well that’s because us gals like the handcrafted goods and appreciate quality craftsmanship!
Dr. Jekyl’s Hydes was established in 1970 in upstate New York. Owner, Tom Accordino has made it his mission to bring his customers the highest quality leather products possible. Specializing in unique, custom biker related leather, Dr. Jekyl’s Hydes leather products are hand crafted, hand tooled and are all original designs.
With many leather designs to choose from for men and women, in wristbands, wallets, bracelets, bags, biker vests, clothing, guitar straps and even pet collars there is bound to be something you’ll be dying to get your hands on. Check out the website at www.jekylshydes.com.  NOTE… All on-line leather products are sold at www.wickedskulls.com.  Or, contact Tom at 718-273-4781 to place a custom order.
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LIKE Cathy’s Help on FaceBook for the chance to receive a free mammogram!!!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and who is ready to help women with the fight but ……Cathy’s Help. So much so that the are doing a pretty cool thing. If you go to their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/CathysHelp , and hit the  LIKE button you will be entered to receive a free mammogram. You pick the place and time, Cathy’s Help pay’s the bill, it’s that simple!!!
Rene Chavez has graciously donated a second prize, a relined a helmet for.
Everyone that has been following Cathy’s Help is automatically entered.
So get the word out, spread it around and rally your family and friends to “like” the Cathy’s Help FB page!
The winners will be chosen at the end of the month…..