(upbeat music) - Here's what's coming up next on "You Oughta Know."

We ride the rails at this New Jersey Family Fun Adventure Trail.

Plus, if you're looking to support local economies and entrepreneurs, you may wanna stop by Container Village.

And relax and unwind with this ancient Chinese beauty practice that could also keep you looking youthful.

(upbeat music) Hi there, I'm Shirley Min, welcome to the show.

I know I'm not alone here, but this year has just flown by and there's still so much we have to do.

Well, if you're looking for a way to take a breather, this self-care practice of Gua Sha may help you relieve some stress.

(upbeat music) - [Adeline] Welcome to Sabbatical Beauty.

- Today we're gonna demo how to use the Gua Sha, particularly with the effect of trying to de-stress because the holidays, let's face it, they're fun, but they can be stressful.

- Yes, they can.

Gua sha can also really help with firming and lifting your skin and it helps to circulation as well.

So it gives you a very nice like glow after that.

It also helps with looking as the young people say, having a snatched face.

(both laugh) We're starting with a lubricated face so that your skin has some slip because you don't wanna tear your skin.

This is what we're going to use today, the Wise Old Crone facial oil.

It has blue tansy oil in it and it's very healing and helps redness.

That's what the blue tansy does, and it smells pretty strong and you're gonna put it all over your face and your neck.

And always do up, as my mother said.

- Yes, you always want to massage and Gua Sha upwards because you're trying to fight against gravity.

So we're going to start with the back of your neck and we're going to start using the heart-shaped part of the tool.

We're going to start the base of your neck and then we're going to move upwards and we're gonna give a little wiggle.

- Into the hair.

- Into your hair.

- Oh.

- And then you can do maybe two or three passes for each movement.

And then you can shift over to this side of your Gua Sha and then you can move up to the rest of your neck.

- It kind of hurts, but in a good way.

(laughs) - Yeah.

And we're going to move toward the face, but we're going to use this part, the long part again, and then you're going to anchor with your other hand.

And then you're just going to move upwards towards your ear.

You want it to be like feather-like.

Then we're going to move a little bit more upwards.

So moving your anchoring hand up here and then the same part, we're gonna move it, and then you can also go over your ear.

So you have a muscle here, right here, it's called the masseter muscle.

It's your chewing muscle, and when you're stressed out, you're often clenching your teeth and you're locking your jaw.

So working on your masseter muscle can help release that.

- [Shirley] And it's a little movement, it feels so good.

- And here's another move that will help for stress.

Hold right above your eyebrow and then take this part and go, just massage right into your eyebrow.

- [Shir;ey] You can feel that one right away.

- Yep, and then to continue this movement and to scrape it out, you can use the same part and then just go over your whole eyebrow with your anchoring hand and then just under your eyebrow.

And then your final move for de-stressing.

So we're going to go back to the heart shape.

All right, you're going to move from your eyebrow into your hair.

- [Shirley] Do we Gua Sha every day?

- [Adeline] Personally, I would say you should Gua Sha three times, four times a week.

- Adeline also has a lot of other Gua Sha techniques on her Instagram page, so those are really helpful as well.

But at least this will give you a good start to de-stress during the holiday.

- Mh-hm, mh-hm, for the holidays.

- Absolutely.

Adeline, thank you.

- Thank you.

- And thank you for having us here.

- Thank you, Shirley.

This is great, I appreciate it.

- We often hear about shopping local during the holidays, but investing year-round in local entrepreneurs helps build economies and gives back to communities.

(upbeat music) - West Philadelphia Container Village represents the lowest rung of business success.

So if you move from your basement or your car, your trunk, this is the next logical place to go, Container Village.

To be able to provide a rung in the ladder to success for entrepreneurs who did not have a location.

The buses used to turn around here and then leave out to their routes.

So this was abandoned by city public property, and it was overgrown with grass and weed.

It was turned over and leased to us, and we began to make improvements.

We began to see a vision of what it could be.

We got this black top and we bought containers, overseas shipping containers that were then converted to the stores that you see.

The village encompasses a great many things, all your five senses, something to touch, something to see, something to hear, and something to taste.

In addition, we have what are called pop-up shops.

So you might not have enough merchandise to fill a whole container, but you might have a trunk load of jeans or sneakers that you've acquired and you want to do on a Saturday, a pop-up shop to sell it.

We have partnerships with the African-American Chamber of Commerce.

We have partnerships with Quacu at LA21, and they provide technical assistance and entrepreneurial training to the merchants you see here.

- Our involvement in the Container Village comes from support from the city and the commerce department to actually train and provide technical assistance for the businesses.

So every person here has been through our 12 week entrepreneurship training and receive expertise and coaching and also technical assistance.

And we talk about marketing, finance, digital literacy, and really ways by which you can actually grow your business.

And the hope is that this becomes like the start and eventually they grow from here into storefront.

- At the end of that course that they took, they came to us and they did a Shark Tank presentation and they talked about their origins, they talked about their struggles, they talked about their goals and ambitions.

All of them were courageous.

They're willing to gamble on themselves and use their time, talent, and treasury to invest in themselves and their business.

(upbeat music) We're growing in the diversity of the type of product.

We hope to have, as well as bikes sold, artisans that do glass blowing and the ye old village where there's all kinds of activities going on.

That's what we hope to do seasonally.

What we hope at the West Philadelphia Container Village that people realize good things come from West Philly, but there should be one in North Philly.

There should be one in South Philly, Germantown, Northeast, so that this kind of success can be spread so that beginning small businesses have a platform to go global and be successful.

(upbeat music) - As adults, sometimes we need to hang out with other adults who share our interests.

Well, whiskey lovers, there is a place for you in Philly, but first we head to Riverton, New Jersey for those who steep their happiness, one cup of tea at a time.

(magical music) - What makes our tea room stand out is our ingredients.

All of our sandwiches, our scones are made fresh daily here.

The building is is special too from the the vintage, you know, woodwork and the tin ceilings.

People want to be wowed, they wanna wanna come into a charming place to have tea.

So we really try to keep everything that we sell in here to go along with that theme.

Even though the things are new, they have a vintage look to them.

We have the gift shop in the front and most of the things that we carry in here, we try to keep it tea related.

People come for the tradition of afternoon tea.

And of course, you know, I think it's gotten a lot more popular when you have series like Downton Abbey that people, you know, just view that as something nostalgic.

When you come in, if you'd like to pick a hat to wear, beads, gloves to wear while you're having tea, people do love that, especially for bridal and baby showers that we do here.

They dress up and it makes for wonderful pictures.

High tea typically is served in the afternoon.

People get five different sandwiches, a scone with devonshire cream and jam, which we make here.

And there's fresh fruit cup, their choice of a pot of tea.

We do teas by Simpson & Vail.

They're our dessert teas and they're probably the most popular.

We have Creme Brulee tea and right now, we have a Saint Nick's Blend, Winter Wonderland, and then Blueberry Cinnamon Crumble.

That's a favorite of everyone's.

Each person is served on a tiered server and there's an assortment of three different desserts and a chocolate-covered strawberry.

Now the desserts vary.

It really depends on the season and what the fresh ingredients that are available.

Well, we do a lot of themed parties.

Our Downton Abbey teas are very, very popular.

We have a actress that comes in, plays the Dowager Countess, and people dress up.

We have somebody in here who plays Carson and the servers dress up with the lace aprons.

And we also do Tea on the Titanic.

We do a a Titanic passport.

We have Tea With Santa right now, the Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens performance tea.

We have a Candlelight Christmas Tea, but we do lots of fun events.

People will tell me I've been all over for tea, England, Scotland and this is still my favorite.

I love hearing that.

(bells ding) (magical music) (playful music) - Better go easy on that stuff.

That was three you had.

- Yep.

- For the last 30 years, I've been on a journey of exploring whiskey.

(upbeat music) Whiskey is very interesting, different and complicated.

A lot of whiskies can bring a lot of different layers of flavor depth, a lot of different finishes.

Port, sherry, madera, vermouth finishes, lots of different things that shape the flavor and the complexity of the whiskey.

They come in all different shapes, colors, and sizes, ranging from almost fuel oil, dark to Coors, light yellow.

And what you might expect might be completely different from what's delivered.

The umbrella category of whiskey is very simply, you take grain, yeast, and water, and you cook it, and when you cook it up, it makes a beer.

Then you distill the beer and that's where things have endless possibilities.

The Philadelphia Whiskey Society was founded by Alex Chang about five years ago.

And basically the idea is to bring together people who share a bond in whiskey and enjoy that experience together.

Whiskey demand has grown greatly worldwide, very big in America.

And we have some amazing distilleries in the greater Philadelphia area, Old Line in Maryland, Dad's Hat in Bristol, Manatawny Still Works in Pottstown, and New Liberty, Red Brick, and Philadelphia Distilling.

You get a group of us together, we start talking.

Next thing you know it's hey, try this.

You like that, I got something for you, try this.

And the camaraderie is just fantastic, and we get a really nice eclectic root.

When you experience a whiskey, you start with the nose.

You're not gonna swirl it around like you would wine, you're just gonna waft.

Then when you drink it, I suggest a very small sip.

Let it go from the front of your tongue to the back, hold it and swallow.

And exhale.

Your tongue is going to light up with flavor when you do that.

The air going over the tongue, it's just going to set off a sensory storm.

- I find it very smooth.

- [Jeffrey] Women are actually becoming major, major players in the whiskey industry and that's in large part, because women are said to have better senses of taste and smell.

- I joined the Whiskey Society because I wanted to learn more about whiskey.

It's very interesting to hear about the fillers and how they blend their product.

- It has helped me expand my palate.

There's a lot of knowledgeable people here.

- It's a great group.

Regardless of your gender, they're open.

We have debates about the various whiskies.

We discovered that we had more things in common besides whiskey.

(upbeat music) - If you're looking for someone else to do the cooking for your end of the year get together, check out the menu at FoodChasers'.

(upbeat music) - [Maya] I'll go first as I'm the oldest.

I'm Maya Johnstone and we're in Elkins Park at Food Chasers' Kitchen.

Go ahead a second.

- I'm Kala Johnstone.

While we were school teachers, we would watch the Food Network and Travel Channel.

We would jot down notes and then on our summer vacation and holidays, we would travel to these locations.

And then right when Instagram came about, our friends and family was like, y'all should start a social media page.

So for eight years, we only showed food.

No one knew who we were.

Went to like over 1200 restaurants.

That's why we traveled for food.

We enjoyed Greece, Italy, we took a cooking class right there.

We were talking about a name and I was like, okay, well we chase food, so we became the Food Chasers'.

(upbeat music) About 15 years ago, we was watching this Oprah show and she did vision boards and Maya and I did make a menu.

We stuck it on my bedroom wall, it has never fallen off.

- That's true.

- But we didn't think we could open a restaurant as teachers, so we just ignored it.

And then during the pandemic, we start catering, and people who follow us on Instagram requested us more.

That's one, 3D.

We would not be anywhere near where we are without the support of our mom and our two brothers.

The reason we are who we are today.

Our dad isn't here, but he has gotten us in spirit.

(upbeat music) What picture got the most engagement?

One of them is a a Sea Chaser, and this is just a salmon, crab, and shrimp.

Salmon cheesesteak 'cause maya did not want to sell a salmon cheesesteak.

- But you can get it without these toppings too.

So the salmon cheesesteak, we have sold over 1200 salmon cheesesteaks.

- Way more than that.

Salmon cheesesteak is a fan favorite.

And then we followed the other seafood on it.

The crab, like I said, and the fried shrimp.

It actually, one of our followers named it the Sea Chaser.

I have shrimp and catfish in front of me on top of our now world famous, we could say that, (laughs) cheesy smoky grits that was featured in Vegas.

And this is a Jalen cheesesteak.

While he was here, he created this for a little help of us.

So it's cooper cheese, onions, mayonnaise, cheesesteak.

And this is our double pleasure.

Our french toast is very popular in the morning as well.

- [Maya] They named it after us.

- We named it after us.

- Yeah, we did.

They had it Double Trouble.

- Double Trouble.

We were like, no, no, no, no.

- Twins are double the pleasure.

- Yeah, so we named it Double the Pleasure.

Two pieces of french toast, two chicken, fried chicken tenders and shrimp tops, with our spicy house-made spicy honey sauce.

- Dr. Kala and Dr. Maya Johnstone, who because of them, you guys are here today to participate in a wonderful.

- Kala and I put in our original business plan that we will always give back to inner city kids.

So we went back and paid senior class dues, we sponsored luncheons, get a group of kids together, and we take in this stuff, we take in shrimp pasta, shrimp fried rice, creamy salmon pasta.

We take 'em in nice food, lamb chops.

We do it really big for the kids.

We always wanted to provide like a family atmosphere for our cooks.

Thanksgiving, the Super Bowl party for 40 years of our lives.

And she always provided a cozy, warm atmosphere.

And our family always is like welcoming.

I was like, I want to spread this love.

So like now that we have this restaurant, like my hopes has just been realized, my dream came true.

When customers come in, they say they feel like family and we're giving them good food.

So all is well.

(upbeat music) - Here's a fun way to relieve some stress and stay active during the colder months.

To Cape May, New Jersey, we go to ride the rails at Revolution Rail Co. (upbeat music) - Back in the 1940s, this was a very vibrant commuter railroad, bringing people from New York City, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, down to Cape May.

This Reading line is now owned by New Jersey Transit and partners at Cape May Seashore Lines who let us use the track for our railbiking.

The bikes are all geared so that anyone can pedal them.

These are the lightest bikes in the industry.

The bikes are made for comfort.

Everything is custom made for us.

We tell people, bring what you'd like.

Bring snacks, bring drinks, we have baskets in the back.

We put umbrellas in there for the sun or for rain.

And it's a rolling party.

We like to tell people, you show up and we'll turn these miles into your smile.

Here we go folks, let's go, have a great trip.

All our rides have minimal grade.

This ride is basically flat, there is no grade.

(upbeat music) This trip is four miles round trip.

We do a safety briefing, we get everybody on the bikes.

The most important seat on the bike is the brake seat.

At the canal, we ask everybody to get off the bikes.

We spin the bikes around.

While we are spinning the bikes around, folks go and they look at the old swing bridge that actually used to connect the railroad tracks on both sides of the canal.

We also have a canal viewing area where folks can go out and look at the boats and all the marine traffic that goes through the canal.

The canal is also what makes Cape May Island.

And then we talk about the history of the canal.

We really try to give people, not only the natural experience, not only get them moving on the bikes, but also we give them historical perspective.

And we do that on all our trips.

There's so much history in all the tracks that we ride on.

Our runs take between 36 and 40 people, and in the summer, we were doing over 200 people a day, selling out six runs a day.

We'll take the bikes up about a mile and a half.

We'll go into the Garrett Family Preserve.

The Garrett Family Preserve is 180 acre bird sanctuary, right here in Cape May.

We have an audubon naturalist on our staff that will identify birds and talk about how special this preserve is to migratory species in the area.

This preserve is planted with berry bushes, fruit trees, milkweed, which is so important for monarch butterflies that make it the only host plant that they'll lay their eggs.

And this preserve is specially planted with all these species of vegetation for migratory birds, migratory insects.

So if you migrate, you come through Cape May.

(gentle music) Each of our bikes is named after a bird that you might encounter here in Cape May, particularly during the migratory seasons.

- When he said we'd be rail biking, I was like, oh, I don't know if I can do that.

But it was actually surprisingly easy and fun and not strenuous at all.

- I really enjoyed the experience.

It was very pleasant, easygoing, and you know, just nice, very scenic.

Got to see a bunch of missile creatures out there and really just got to take a step back and relax.

- It was wonderful and it's beautiful to be outside, especially during this whole past year with Covid and to be with good friends and to see nature at its best and exercise, which is always good for all of us.

- [Edward] This is a multi-generational activity.

It's amazing how these bikes can bring people together and let people who ordinarily wouldn't be able to access nature in this way, they're able to do it.

(gentle music) - Rail bike trips run through the end of December, so check their website soon to secure a spot for this year.

But if you miss it, you can get a jump on next year.

Well now if you prefer unwinding with a good movie, here's a look at this week's flicks from Patrick Stoner.

- In '21, you called for a large-scale march.

The time has come for another - Nobody.

(dramatic music) - I can handle all the grunt work.

Rally the young.

We are going to put together the largest peaceful protest, made up of angelic troublemakers such as yourselves.

- [Patrick] Sometimes a part comes along that makes a star.

Colman Domingo is the title character in Rustin.

This is Bayard Rustin who was gay, underappreciated, and vilified during his time with Dr. King.

But he organized the march on Washington.

I asked Colman what it meant to him to get this - Bayard Rustin is a personal hero of mine.

And I thought when it comes to people that I could possibly portray, this was a part of my DNA, because I think we come from the same places in the world.

He very much is an inspiration and has been a north star for not only me, but many others who feel like, you know, who feel like they may have been marginalized in some way, shape, or form, but that didn't take away, in their mind, their intelligence, their wit, their humor, their humanity and their drive to make change, to move the needle in whatever industry that they have.

So it meant everything.

- But you're a man of our time and you're playing a man in a time that is, no matter how much we think we know about what it would been like, it was totally different.

He was living in a world that really had very little use for him.

Where did you go to find something that you could identify with to sense what it would've been like in that time?

- I can understand it.

I can understand it because I come from Philadelphia in the inner city and growing up when I was younger, it was not, you had to hide parts of yourself in order to be accepted in the world.

And knowing small communities in large communities around the world, it's still not okay to be gay.

- [Patrick] You have this film, you have The Color Purple.

Do you sort of feel like, my gosh, my time has come?

- I do, but.

- How could you not?

- How could you not, that would be really, that would not be truthful.

But this is a culmination of a lot of years of work.

There's been trials and tribulations and my career has highs and lows like any other journeyman actor.

No one does this alone.

This is a craft of craftsmen and people who work tirelessly.

The work of Rustin is a work of many people who've worked with me, many people.

- Well, let me tell you, I'm so glad that the SAG strike ended so that we could sit here and talk, and best wishes.

- Aw, thank you, it's good to talk to you.

- I'm Patrick Stone.

- Thanks so much for tuning in this week.

I hope you have a great night, bye-bye.

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