Where living an amazing life never gets old
Log on to FreeRice.com, where you donate rice to the UN World Food Program simply by clicking on the right definition of the featured word. For each correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated – and your vocabulary is increased exponentially. It’s no surprise that FreeRice has already generated enough rice to feed more…
Ingredients: A love of French cooking. Six months of training at France’s prestigious Cordon Bleu The determination to bring sophisticated French cooking to mainstream America A down-to-earth approach and unreserved sense of humor Yields: The two-volume, 800-page “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” — considered the definitive culinary tome “The French Chef” – the award-winning…
What we love most about Hungry Girl is that she’s real. Lisa Lillien, the founder of the wildly successful Hungry-Girl.com, is one of us. She’s not a nutritionist. She’s not a doctor. She’s simply a girl who likes to eat and doesn’t want to gain five pounds each time she indulges. Unlike most sites about…
Learn how to grow old gracefully with two excellent books. “You: Staying Young,” by Oprah’s favorite doctors, Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., is an owner’s manual to your body, complete with a 14-day plan to help jump-start your healthy journey into the future. “Younger Next Year for Women” offers solid advice…
Runners have a certain grace that comes from challenging their bodies and realizing they can meet those challenges. Girls on the Run is a non-profit prevention program that encourages pre-teen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. Get involved and help young females realize they literally have the power to run the world.
Rarely has a woman been so appropriately defined by her name. Since she first appeared onscreen in 1951, Grace Kelly set the standard for beauty, elegance and, of course, grace. The epitome of old Hollywood glamour, Grace earned a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for her role in “Mogambo,” making quite an impression…
Fast Fact: A National Education Association poll shows that the gift almost half of teachers would most like to receive is a simple “thank you.” Fast! Act!: Thank a teacher by participating in The Nation’s Largest Teacher Thank-You Card project, sponsored by the National Education Association and the Parent Teacher Association. Visit www.teacherthankyoucard.org to send…
Among the tinsel of fluffy holiday movies are two gems that will take your breath away. Thought-provoking, beautifully crafted and impeccably acted, they bring a couple of momentous events in history down to a very personal level. These are films for which the Academy Awards were invented. Based on the award-winning book by John Boyne,…
