Five Simple Tips to Jazz Up Your Salad
Lettuce is for rabbits, salads are for those who are looking to eat healthy and still feel full long after lunch. The great things about salads are there are no rules, they are very portable and can become a complete and balanced meal in one dish. Here are some great ingredients to help build the perfect salad: Go Nuts: Toss a handful of nuts into your salad for an extra crunch.... Read More
5 Speakeasy Drink Recipes
This year’s latest trend in cocktails is the prohibition-era or speakeasy cocktail. The idea is to skip the average rum and coke and make a craft drink that really wows your friends. Bars catering to this trend are popping up all over the country and it’s a trend you really can bring home for your next party. /* PausePlayPlayPrev|Next Watermelon Gin Fizz Aviation Singapore... Read More
Pumpkin Carving Ideas
So you visited one of the many pumpkin patches around your area and you were full of joy when you picked out your very own pumpkin to bring home and carve. You think to yourself, my pumpkin is a big blank canvas in which I can create the ultimate Halloween display. You get home and you run into the the kitchen looking for your trusty pumpkin carving knife buried beneath the rest... Read More
Track Down Your Favorite Food Trucks Using These 4 Smartphone Apps
The days of roaming around the city trying to find your favorite food trucks are now over! Yeah, you can follow them on Twitter… but who want’s to wait around and sort through all those tweets when you can track them down using some of these helpful smartphone apps: 1. Trux Map 2. Food Truck Tracker 3. Eat St 4. Roaming Hunger Now everyone lift your smartphone in the... Read More
8 Fall Drink Recipes
This crisp, cool air calls for a hot, stiff drink. Here are some recipes for alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) drinks that are perfect right now. 1. Blissini – Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis Prep Time: 5 min Inactive Prep Time: — Cook Time: — Level: Easy Serves: 6 servings Ingredients · 1 1/2 cups Prosecco, chilled · 1 1/2 cups orange juice, chilled · 1... Read More
Easy Method to Cleaning a Ceiling Fan
Cleaning a ceiling fan can be a pain in the neck using a standard tool as a feather duster. When doing this, you see all the dust particles scatter like a bunch of kids in a toy store landing on the floor and other furniture. And who want’s to extra money on a Swiffer duster with an expandable handle? Well the green living blog, Re-Nest, has found a hassle-free solution... Read More
Riding out Tornado Season in Your Apartment
For the most part summer brings us warm, sunny weather that we all can enjoy. But there are times when severe thunderstorms roll in, making the conditions perfect for a tornado to strike. Tornados can drop very quickly and can cause tremendous damage so it’s important to be prepared and have an action plan in place in order to keep yourself safe and protected if a tornado... Read More
The Dangers of Sitting All Day (Infographic)
It’s not the fast-food, smoking, or alcohol that is killing us… it’s the fact that most of us sit down for at least eight hours at our jobs. Well, I do agree that our bodies aren’t meant to be sitting around all day and if you need more convincing of that you can check out the graphically organized stats from Medical Billing and Coding below. So, what’s... Read More
Cincinnati Reds Hope to be Red Hot on Chilly Opening Day
Spring training is over and so is the 90 degree weather that came with it. The players of the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers were brought back into the harsh cold reality of regular season play as snowflakes greeted them Wednesday afternoon as they took the field at Great American Ball Park to warm up before the 2011 season home opener. The Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher... Read More
Home Décor: The 70′s Are Back
As with fashion, home decorating trends also tend to come in and go out of style. What if I told you that 70’s inspired home decorating was the new thing? Relax. I know what you’re picturing: lots of yellow, brown, orange and olive greens, drab wood tones and shag carpets. Surprisingly, the new 70’s inspired trend is hardly recognizable as 1970’s home décor and you might... Read More
