I’ve been in my share of Ys, Jack LaLannes and hotel exercise rooms. Blend the best features of them all, and you have nothing — nothing! —compared to the Lake Nona Performance Club.
Read moreSensible Splurges—7 Items to Make Your Life Better
If you’re lucky enough to be employed and have a little disposable income, treat yourself. Here are seven inexpensive items to make your life better.
Read moreMusings from a NOOM-com-poop—What the Noom Diet App Is Like
Noom is like a little teacher/brainwasher/coach/scolder that lives on your smartphone.
Read more8 Essential Cookbooks for Amazing Meals Every Time
If you want to cook amazing meals and you’re not a natural in the kitchen, use excellent recipes. I have come to trust the authors and cookbooks listed below.
Read moreFive Fab and Cheap Holiday Gifts for 2019
Here are my nine latest finds. They’re all fab, practical (more or less) and affordable.
Read moreHow to Buy Hamilton Tickets in Orlando
Here’s how to buy Hamilton tickets in Orlando.
Read moreWhat the Heck Is an AF Room?
A test for an online magazine asked me to write something relating to an AF room. The publication is aimed at Millennial women, and, like every generation, Millennials have their own lingo. I couldn't figure this one out.
Read moreBring on the Hot Cocoa. SOUL Haven Ranch Brings Carriage Rides – and Sparkly Little Horsey Shoes – to Winter Garden
In mid-summer, even, you'll be tempted to break out the Swiss Miss and start reading Little House on the Prairie by a fireplace once you get to Soul Haven Ranch. The growing enterprise is four businesses in one, and one of those efforts is not-for-profit.
Read moreFive Gifts for a Practical Woman
Plenty of women like frivolities as gifts, but often the holidays call for practicality -- items that we'll actually use yet wouldn't buy for ourselves. Here are five gift ideas that will bring wrapping-paper joy to the no-nonsense recipient on your list.
Read moreThe IV Lounge Infuses Guests with Energy -- and Also Rejuvenates Ladyparts
I'm sitting in a doctor's office-like chair, eyebrows up in skepticism, as a nurse with a healthful glow finds my vein and sets me up for an intravenous infusion of nutrients. I'm at the IV Lounge Orlando, concerned. Is this a medical facility? A scam? A blessing-to-be?
Read moreTrying Blowguns with a Tribal Warrior
I was beyond lucky to have as a leader Juan (not his original name), an Adventures by Disney guide who grew up within the jungle, in the Shuar tribe (I believe). Among his people's practices is shooting prey for dinner with a blowgun.
Read moreFunny Signs in China
They're not designed to be funny, these signs. But, throughout the Chinese cities I visited, signs of all types were either poorly translated or just not something Americans would post. "Chinglish."
Read morePlated vs Blue Apron, Part 1
Plated vs Blue Apron -- Which meal subscription service is better? I aim to find out.
Read moreLearn to Make Pottery the FABU Way
Learn to make pottery the FABU way, as artist Fabian Pesci is opening his studio for classes, teaching fans how to create their own platters and bowls.
Read moreOne Great Book: A Reunion of Ghosts
I never knew I could learn so much while laughing so hard. Go buy A Reunion of Ghosts and start reading today.
Read moreBook Review: Mile High and Healthy
With a nutrition degree, Pilates expertise, and decades of worldwide travel behind her, Jayne recently put the lessons she teaches her clients into a book, Mile High & Healthy, The Frequent Traveler's Roadmap to Eating, Energy, Exercise and a Balanced Life
Read moreWholly Holiday! The Whole Foods Menu
My Thanksgiving hostess brings in a complete meal, from appetizer to pies, from Boston Market. Don't judge. Plenty of people open their homes for celebration but don't want to cook. Whole Foods offers whole meals, and a la carte dishes, for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah.
Read moreOne Fab Gadget: Immersion Blender
I just have to let readers know how much time and aggravation this intimidating-looking combo saves me. It seems I've fallen in love with my immersion blender.
Read moreThe Upside of an Empty Nest, Part 2
Scrubbing schmutz off the counter on yet another July afternoon, I hollered to my sons, "You people are pigs! You are disgusting! You are so dirty!" And then, humbly, "And I'll miss you so much when you're gone in two months, despite the mess."
Read moreThe Upside of an Empty Nest, Part 1
I miss my kids, but not the junk food. Our pantry is now nearly empty of highly processed crap (though, truth be told, I did return that cereal to the shelf upon discovering the box unopened. The vegetable-phobe yunguns will eat the sugary oats in December.) Here's an upside of the empty nest.
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