"garden" Articles & Blogs:
First Farming: The White House Goes Organic
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After a long week of depressing, doom-and-gloom articles, I saw a news story that lifted me out of the funk: Michelle Obama will break ground on the White House South Lawn to plant an organic vegetable garden.
Not since Eleanor Roosevelt has a First L...[Read on] |
City Series Part Ten: Minneapolis
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Ranked as one of the America’s best cities, and the second most fun city in the country by the Ritz Cracker FUNomenal Places Study, Minneapolis is full of attractions ready to be explored.From arts, live music and great restaurants to sports and parks, ...[Read on] |
Move Over 'Housewives of New Jersey,' Bravo Looking for DC Women Now
| Bravo looking for high-society women in nation’s capital for new ‘Real Housewives of DC’ reality show; will it make the cut?Bravo's Real Housewives of DC | Today 11:25 am
For better or worse — Bravo’s "Real Housewives&...[Read on] |
Brighten Up Your Home or Apartment for Spring
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Warm weather and bright sunshine is around the corner, which means it’s time to get rid of the wintry tones and brighten up your home for spring.
With flowers blooming and plants coloring the outdoors green, the new season calls for redone spaces, brig...[Read on] |
Food for Fitness: Zucchini Pancakes
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Growing up with a vegetable garden, my family always had the best pick fresh produce right at arm’s length. We grew corn, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli, and a variety of squash including zucchini.Although we had a fairly wide selection available,...[Read on] |
Eco-friendly Yokohama enhances tire exhibit with walls made from live plants
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Earth Day is still a month away, but environmentally friendly Yokohama has started celebrating early with a living display at this weekend's Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The exhibit features a lush "living wall" grown from natural p...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama inaugurates new White House farmers market
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And I was there!
As the local food nerd that I am, I had to be there to hear Michelle Obama speak at the opening of the new White House Farmer's Market in DC.
One of the local dairy farmer's spo...[Read on] |
A Step Down the Runway in the Right Direction
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Pictured above is Hayley Morley, a UK size 12 model who spurred controversy when she brought some realism to the runway. Hayley and two other ‘’curvy'’ women appeared alongside stick-figure thin models in Mark Fast’s Lond...[Read on] |
Attention New York Liberty Fans: Free popcorn, lunch with Kia Vaughn
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Attention New York Liberty fans - need reasons to buy tickets to the games?
Here are a few: you can get free popcorn at games at Madison Square Garden, and if you buy VIP season tickets, you can have lunch with newly-drafted (Rutgers grad) Kia Vaughn.
I...[Read on] |
Q&A;: Nancy Meyers on It's Complicated
| I’m under thirty, I’m not married, and I’m not a woman. So when speaking with Nancy Meyers about her new movie, It’s Complicated, I felt a bit like an interloper. I had the same feeling when I saw the film at a screening packed wit...[Read on] |
Women & Wine - A Rose By Any Other Name
| I'm listening to the birds going crazy in the garden this a.m. - if only I could sing like that! - and all I can think of is Rose. It's not even going to be that warm out today - and the sun is masked by a haze of fog - so why is Rose on my mind? And what...[Read on] |
City Series, Part 12: Pittsburgh
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While it may have a reputation as the “City of Steel,” Pittsburgh should probably consider changing its motto to the “City of Colleges.” Home to Carlow University, Chatham University, Duqesne University, University of Pittsburgh and others, the ci...[Read on] |
The Double Standard for Women
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Julia Roberts’ film Duplicity opens on Friday. It’s really good. It’s good for a lot of reasons — it’s smart, it’s funny, it has great twists — which is why it should have very broad appeal. But it is a movie for adults, you actually have...[Read on] |
Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
| Billie Jean King honored with Medal of Freedom award by President Barack Obama
Billie Jean King would love to head to the tennis court at the White House after she receives the Medal of Freedom.
But the tennis great hasn’t hit balls for nearly a year ...[Read on] |
Gotta Have Heart – The Best Sports Couples
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Have you ever noticed how singers and actors always to seem to hook up with each other? There’s Gwen and Gavin, Brad and Angelina… the list goes on and on. Well in sports, it’s no different. In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a look at some of ...[Read on] |
The hot new color for beauty? Green.
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Everyday women have to make choices regarding their appearance.
What jeans will make your legs look two feet longer? What shirt will hide that extra five pounds? What shoes will hurt your feet less? What kinds of beauty products should you use ...[Read on] |
Remembering Alexander McQueen
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When Nicole Kidman graced the 2007 CMA Awards, all eyes were on her flawless porcelain skin, statuesque figure, and striking butterfly gown.
Designed by Alexander McQueen, the creation featured a luscious silk fabric which rippled in shades of hot pink t...[Read on] |
What Sports and Conversations With My Father Taught Me
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I rode on the Blue line, Westbound toward downtown and beyond. My dad gave me a seat next to the windows and I gazed in wonder toward the glowing ball surrounded by blinking car lights and stop lights.
"What do you think about Sabonis?", he asked.
"I ...[Read on] |
What’s up with the cupcake craze?
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If the Muffin Man really does live on Drury Lane, he has some stiff competition just around the corner. I recently discovered this rivalry as I was strolling through trendy Covent Garden, London in search of a quaint British café for High Tea. What I ...[Read on] |
Playwright Marsha Norman talks about gender inequity in the theatre
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Marsha Norman is one of our best known female playwrights. Her play ‘night Mother won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983, and she has also written the book for the musicals The Secret Garden and The Color Purple.
She recently went out on a limb and talked abou...[Read on] |
April Chick Picks
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While it’s said April brings lots of showers in preparation for May’s flowers -at ChickSpeak, we think April is the first month where the sun shows its face, and therefore, is time to celebrate!With flowers (and allergies) abounding, the dream of summ...[Read on] |
The 13th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival kicks off September 16
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If you are in the SF area…
The MadCat Women’s International Film Festival is the longest running experimental women’s film festival in the United States. Known for it’s inventive programming that highlights avant-garde works, lush experimental fi...[Read on] |
The (Organic) Grass is Always Greener - Part Two!
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Welcome to LIME's Organic Living blog, where organic lifestyle expert Eliza Sarasohn — author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organic Living — tackles your questions on the ins and outs of living la vida organica.
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week, Sarasohn shares the fina...[Read on] |
The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Lindsey Jacobellis, Snowboarder
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Editor’s note: ChickSpeak will cover the Winter 2010 Olympics through highlighting inspiring and incredible women who are going for gold. Please check back every Monday for new profiles, compiled and written by Maxine Frendel.
Lindsey “Lucky” Jacob...[Read on] |
AskPatty Mother's Day Gift Guide
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Mom was always there to pick you up from school and shuffle you to and from soccer practice. She drove you to your first school dance, and parked around the corner to save you the embarrassment. Mother's Day is an opportunity to give back to Mom in a wa...[Read on] |
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