Lifestyle
What's happening in lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
U-Pick: Great for kids and adults
This weekend I took myself on a field trip to one of the local u-pick farms on a quest to find the world's best strawberries! I just may have found them, along with a dozen children who were visiting the farm too. …
Tips for Setting - and Pursuing - Financial Goals
You can get lucky by finding a parking meter with time left on it. You can "luck out" by having nice weather on your vacation. You can even be lucky at love. But when it comes to financial matters, you're better of…
Le catastrophe
Vouvray is an appellation within the Loire Valley in France. This relatively small growing area is known for producing some of the truly great Chenin Blanc made. In "the States" most producers who make varietal Che…
Calcium: Friend or foe?
Recently, newspapers are firing off articles about calcium appearing to be more foe than friend. How can that be?
Winemaking talent
Over the past five plus years we have had the honor and privilege to work with some of the most talented winemakers from many of the North American Appellations. We have done tastings and winemaker dinners with the…
FDA allows over-the-counter morning-after pill, lifts age limit
Acupuncture for seasonal allergies
If you are one of the approximately one-fifth of Americans suffering from seasonal allergies, you may be spending more time indoors than out. While over-the-counter medications often come with unwanted side-effects…
It's late!
It's dark, it's raining, and it's so late that I don't think I want to do my exercises today. But instead of giving into the urge to forget it all and get my PJ's on and watch "The Voice" I think of all the people …
Lemonade chilled for the Fourth of July
If you've never tasted fresh lemonade, you don't know what you're missing. It's just so much more vivid than the supermarket stuff, much more about the lemon a…
Six key supplements for athletic performance enhancement
There has been much research about endurance nutrition during racing. However, there has been little suggested for the recovery phase of training. This is one of the most important and least addressed aspects of tr…
Too expensive is too much of an excuse
Life is already expensive enough, why should you have to pay to stay healthy? The answer is you shouldn't, and you don't have to. There are numerous ways to stay fit and active without spending any money at all.
The drug no one wants to talk about
When discussing addictions, we think about illegal drugs, certain medications, smoking and alcohol. Rarely do we even think about, much less talk about, sugar. According to research studies, sugar is more addictive…
Defending the flexitarian
True confessions - I am a vegetarian. I have been one off and on since I was in college. My children on the other hand would argue that I am a "flexitarian." They say that true vegetarians DO NOT cheat - you either…
Ironclad role models
Another year has passed and here we are again, Ironman Cd'A 2013. This event has such a huge impact on both the participants and their families. One aspect of Ironman that impresses me so much is how it exposes kid…
What makes Ironmen tick?
COEUR d'ALENE - Dr. Tony Pickering thinks there may be a link, some sort of shared trait.