Summer Cocktails

At the bar drinks:
Mojitos:
There are plenty of ways to slim down this refreshing, summery drink made with muddled mint leaves and rum: make sure the bartender uses fresh lime juice and ask her to substitute sugar with Splenda instead. You can also swap out the club soda for Fresca, a citrusy-carbonated beverage that has a [...]

Summer Salads

Chilled Italian Pasta Salad
14 ½ oz box whole wheat pasta
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 medium yellow bell sweet pepper, diced
Half a red onion, chopped
1 small can low sodium corn niblets, drained
2 cups fresh broccoli florets, chopped
1/3 cup sliced black olives
1 tsp salt free Italian seasoning
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup red [...]

Improve Your Sex Life With Exercise

When it comes to your health and fitness, exercise is very important, but did you know it’s also an important part of your sex life?  Exercise will help you increase your potency and actually make your sex life more enjoyable and fun!  In fact, studies have linked physical inactivity to a lack of potency.  Here’s [...]

Château Noir, LLC and Noir Cares:Culinary Education Tour 2010

Charlotte, North Carolina – January 24, 2010 – Château Noir, LLC and Noir Cares presents a two-day national tour designed to provide education, information and contacts for youth (8-18 years old) and their parents or guardians, in addition to those that are  interested in a culinary career. The national economy has recently negatively impacted a [...]

Help Haiti

On January 12th the country of Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake of mass proportion. The death toll continues to rise and the people are in great suffering. Many charities and agencies are lending their hearts to helping the people of Haiti by holding fund raising events, accepting donations via web and text messaging. [...]

Top 5 Island Vacation Destinations For 2010

The Regent Grand Turks and Caicos
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Courtesy of fivestaralliance.com
Newly opened and nestled in the heart of Grace Bay is the Regent Grand, a new resort re-defining the meaning of luxury. All of our Ocean Front suites boast unobstructed views of the turquoise waters. Relax around the mosaic tiled infinity pool, the focus of [...]

New Years Resolutions: Sticking to it!

As 2010 arrives, we find ourselves thinking about things to change. We look inward at our lives and what we’ve accomplished this year or what we’re not happy with and think about those changes. In the best tradition of the holiday season, we then set new year’s resolutions with the intention of changing ourselves for [...]

8 Tips To A Healthy Halloween

Rebecca’s tips for a happy, healthy, halloween.
1.     Walk with the kids when you go trick or treating to burn of some of those extra calories from the candy
2.     Give fresh fruit for trick or treating, with bite size candies
3.     Halloween is only one-day discard left over candy so you are not tempted to finish it [...]

The Magic 4

In a recent study German researchers have shown that there are 4 lifestyle factors that can decrease the risk of diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease by 80%. These factors were not smoking, having a Body Mass Index of less than 30, doing at least 3 ½ hours of physical activity per week and eating a healthy [...]

Delightfully Tasteful

                                                     
    Anis , pronounced “Ah Niece”, is a quaint restaurant located in the heart of Buckhead in Atlanta. Driving up it seems that the food and service will be mediocre, but the moment you step into the outdoor patio under the trellis adorned with miniature lanterns, your mood changes. It’s as if you are [...]