Life Style
The Artful Spirit – The Joy of Living Creatively
You Are Your Own Muse by Concetta Antico MUSE: (myooz) n. 1. Class. Gr. Myth. Any of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over the various creative arts. 2. The Goddess or spirit thought to inspire one to achieve the most beautiful self-expression. My name is Concetta Antico, as your resident muse […]
A Graceful Take on Weight Loss
A frequent topic from my coaching clients is the dreaded weight loss issue. When they start talking about it, I can already see the shame they have around it. Their posture sinks, voice loses energy, face is stripped of its natural radiance. How sad, I think, looking at this very accomplished, strong and passionate person […]
Grafting Fruit Trees
The Mission Hills Garden Club’s August meeting had a substitute speaker. April Bright and Erik Collins were able to pinch hit and answered many questions about grafting fruit trees. Collins and Bright have a property in La Mesa with an 11,000 square foot urban orchard of fruit trees and bushes. They have deciduous trees including […]
Aubree Lynn Speaks On Designer, Andre Soriano
By: Aubree Lynn www.stylishlyaubreelynn.com Bursting with flavor, personality and sweetness, I met him in a black and white fur vest, sporting a mo-hawk, holding a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other and pronouncing my name, Aubreé, as the French would say. This was at the press conference for Fashion […]
Between the Lines: Live, Eat, Read
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” This line from Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” appears on coffee mugs and salad bowls, t-shirts and baby bibs, posters and restaurant menus. In what is perhaps a by-product of the “foodie” revolution of the past twenty-some years, more […]
Biographies: Famous or not, are of high personal benefit
Whether you like reading or watching biographies or not, it´s very likely that there are people in your life who inspire you by the way they are going through life, make choices and handle situations. It is of tremendous value to us to think about the people we admire. It’s easier to stick with famous […]
Eat Like an Olympian
We can all take inspiration from the remarkable athletes and Team USA accomplishments witnessed in the London Olympics. All athletes, not only train their bodies and their minds to perfection, they also know that their nutrition plays a key role in the overall program recipe of a champion. Eating a healthy diet sufficient in nutrients […]
Between the Lines: Zoe means “life” in Greek
“Only in America,” is one of the first things Zoe Ghahremani says to me about the success of her first novel, “Sky of Red Poppies,” when we meet at Bread & Cie. Later she qualifies it to “Only in San Diego,” praising the local writing community that encouraged and promoted her efforts. Through a series […]
