Happy Cinco de Mayo

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If you plan on taking part in the American tradition of Cinco de Mayo, we thought we’d hook you up with the classic margarita recipe. Now, just because our designs are elegant, doesn’t mean we like frills in our drinks. We prefer simple, but powerful.

All you need is the following:

2 ounces of blanco tequila

1 ounce of triple sec orange liqueur

½ ounce lime juice

Now, for all you Emeril Lagasse types, who want to take it up a notch, finish your drink with an ounce of Grand Marnier.

Recommended food pairings:

Nachos

Enchiladas

Tacos

As always, please drink responsibly this Cinco de Mayo. If not, you

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In the spirit of the year-end review season, I thought I'd do some data-crunching of my own. Using some of the data about the NJI front office's purchasing patterns this year, I was able

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2011 Holiday Survival Kit

Above: Photos of Real Life NJI Media Holiday Survival Kits In Action

It's a well-known fact that we love the holiday season at NJI Media. So much so that this year, we thought long and hard about how to improve the holiday season; let's face it, not everyone enjoys fruitcake and caroling and Bing Crosby on repeat for nine hours and cheesy Christmas movies and airport security lines and their in-laws' bad cooking.

With that in mind, we set out to improve the hardest parts of the holidays. Depending on the specific circumstances of your

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