Category: Life
Being someone who is fairly active this bit of information came as a bit of a shock. I’m no couch potato, but I do sit in front of a computer, sometimes for hours on end. Check out these statistics and you may want to get up and walk around. As soon as you sit: • [...]
Diamonds are just part of the reason behind Marissa Small’s glow. Amid the crush of the holiday shopping season, the up-and-coming jewelry designer moved her rocketing enterprise, Mina Danielle, from her increasingly-crowded Penn Valley home into the public eye with the opening of a workshop and boutique in Gladwyne. Small’s handmade pieces, crafted from gemstones, [...]
People are amazed when I tell them that I don’t have health insurance. I stopped buying it in 2010 when it became unaffordable. My rates went up. Again. I hadn’t been sick or used the insurance much, but the provider boosted my monthly bill 25 bucks anyway. Health insurance for a small business owner/sole proprietor [...]
Nothing makes Dr. Christina Davis happier than watching a child, as she puts it, go “mainstream” in the serene milieu of Peace Valley Holistic Center, which sits along a northern edge of Peace Valley Park in Chalfont. After nearly five decades of administering alternative therapies to those with special needs—and often pioneering them—the naturopathic physician [...]
The biggest nutritional difference-makers come in the smallest packages. By Todd Soura Beans and seeds rarely seem to surface in discussions of restructuring diets. Maybe it’s the fart jokes from junior high resonating. Or the perception that they’re too hard to incorporate into non-vegetarian cooking. Either way, you’re missing out. Don’t infer from their small [...]
Fantasize all you want about having someone else do the heavy lifting in your life. Just realize, sooner rather than later, preferably, that such a person exists. By Avery Greene The Age of Convenience is a false façade. Sure, most everything that comprises our daily lives is easier to do and to manage than it [...]
If the thoughtfulness of a gift is a good gauge of affection, then one that’s applied to the skin feels especially intimate. By Colleen Attara Anastasia Beverly Hills Want You To Want Me eye shadow kit $34 | Sephora, multiple locations The velvet case, which is designed to appear as a clutch, contains a removable [...]
Anna Marie Ahn Peterson, a 20-year veteran of the Philadelphia Orchestra, talks touring, stage fright and turning on new fans. By Avery Greene The demands of being a musician and a mother tend to encourage chaos far more often than harmony, but Anna Marie Ahn Peterson found balance in spite of her whirlwind schedule with [...]
It’s too often neglected by endurance athletes, even though they stand to collect dramatic gains from it and spare themselves from a few injuries along the way. By Todd Soura I come across lots of serious runners and cyclists who don’t incorporate weight training into their exhausting regimens, even though it would be hugely beneficial [...]
Why bother chasing some picture-perfect rendition of the holidays that’s just never going to happen? By Karen B. Cairone Baking cookies. Cuddling by a roaring fire. Stringing together uniform cranberry and popcorn strands. Huddling close, posing for the annual family portrait. Snow falling softly and without a sound. Smiling, smiling, smiling. So much cheer the [...]
The start of the new regimen was going great until … . Five days in, I was feeling strong and gaining momentum. I capped a 20-minute run the first morning with a few wind sprints. An invigorating weight-training session followed later in the morning. And I threw in one more 10-minute run around eight that [...]
