Columns/Articles Talking Chic Make the Most Out of Your Purchase I never buy a blouse, a pair of earrings, or hot heels to wear in just one style. Whether the cost of the item is $10 or $100, it is still an investment that I take seriously. It's a wardrobe purchase either way! So when it came to my recent buy, an orangeish-red, long-sleeved top from Target, I decided to show the various ways to wear it in front of a group of men and women. (Written by Elana Pruitt) more:
Insights Choosing Peace It's difficult to remain in a bubble these days with so many threats of war in places like Iran, the Congo, Iraq.... I wonder if most people feel as I do: Enough with the news already. Let's just listen to the radio. And we can go on and on, with no information, believing that we are all O.K.; it's only those people in Iraq, Palestine, and other regions like the Congo who suffer. But don't we all suffer from the plague of war? (Written by Lisa A. Trimarchi) more:
Book Review Water for Elephants
Sam Gruen
A 90-year-old man—or is he 93?—narrates the story of his one summer as a veterinarian with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth during the summer of 1931 in depression-era America. Jacob Jankowski resides in an assisted living home with other elderly people, many of whom require more medical attention than he. He is quite mentally astute for his age, yet because of his age, most of the people in charge of the facility treat him as mentally incompetent, all but Rosemary, a forty-seven-year-old nurse, who treats him and the rest of the patients/residents with the loving care, dignity, and respect they deserve as human beings.
(Reviewed By Lee L. Peoples) Read the review
Fitness Couture How to Drop a Dress Size in a Month the Right Way Your body doesn't care what you look like. It doesn't care what car you drive, what job you have, what designer name you're wearing; who you know, what style is in fashion, what color hair you have, or even who you married. Your body has better things to worry about like, hmmm, survival. more: Part 2 Health 101 - Weight Loss The trick to weight loss is simply to use up more energy than you take in (food and stored fat are energy). Now, you first have to make sure you don't eat less than your body's safety point, called your BMR. This is basically how many calories you would burn if you were to just sit for a 24-hour period. more: (A new column by fitness trainer/nutritionist Anthony Heredia)
Sympathy for the Kettle - Not your Typical Tea Retailer Sympathy for the Kettle is not your typical tea retailer. It was started back in December 2003 in the East Village in New York City. Jodi Holiday purchased the initially dark and bankrupt Korean tea room and its business, learned the art of tea, and created a whole new tea experience. She experienced tea while living in Germany and traveling through Denmark, France, and Holland. That's when she made the switch from European coffee to tea layered in herbs and dried fruit. (Written by Kaylene Peoples) more:
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