Brain Waves – the purpose to keeping brain function strong.
Thebrain…one of the largest and most complex organs in the human body, made up of more than 100 billion nerves that communicate in trillions of connections called synapses.
When people start to experience forgetfulness (what did you just say?), free radicals (those little suckers) may be the cause. Neurologist David Perlmutter, the author of “Power Up Your” Brain (Hay House) says this is the case. These by-products of processes as basic and vital as breathing hurt the structure of cells. “When your brain cells become damaged, your brain kills them off. Nobody can afford the results,” says Perlmutter.
“Certain foods can help by triggering the brain to make antioxidants, which protect healthy cells from harm,” and at levels far greater than you can achieve with supplements,” he says. Add green tea, omega-3 fatty acids, broccoli, tumeric, and garlic to your diet, and exercise regularly, Perlmutter suggests.
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The below was taken (slightly condensed) from a blog I follow – GaranceDoré. She’s an amazing illustrator & photographer who hangs with the fashion crowd. Originally from France, she now makes her home in New York City and blogs mostly about….you guessed it – fashion. Her “Pardon myFrench” videos are very entertaining and her interviews have included established designers such as Stella McCartney & Diane Von Furstenburg. There’s no doubt in my mind that if I lived in New York I would be stalking her we would become best of friends. Her photographs and video clips of any fashion week will make you feel like you’re a little jealous part of it. Aaaagh! I couldn’t say it bettermyself therefore.….
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Whilediscussing friends one day at the studio she and her team came up with the following conclusions…
1 –You don’t need to have a plan when you get together with a friend.
You don’t need to have a party, an activity, or brunch you’re supposed to go to together. You can see a friend with nothing on the agenda, just wanting to get together and decide what you’ll do after.
2 –A true friend:
… Doesn’t judge you, but also has the right to not approve of your full body tattoo.
… Is ready to drop everything she’s doing and come to your rescue if you have an emergency, but also knows when to tell you when you’re overreacting.
… Has the right to be pissed at you when you overreact, but not for too long.
3 – A true friend:
… Doesn’t make a move on your ex.
… Doesn’t make a move on your boyfriend!!! (even crypto-moves).
… Doesn’t steal your friends!!! (Unless you encourage her to do so).
… Doesn’t lie to you.
4 – With FriendsYou Don’t Have to Prove Anything to (which is the essence of true friendship, by the way).
Best thing to do with friends, the international renown crème de la crème friend activity: Party the night before and spend the morning after having tea and recapping all the night’s events.
5 – A true friend would say…
“Yeah, okay, maybe you’re right. You’ve gained a few. We’ll stop our Ben & Jerry’s x couch parties for three months.”
“You look amazing in that photo!”
“That outfit just doesn’t work on you.”
“I saw your man with another woman.” OR
“Your boyfriend is amazing. Stop creating stuff in your head.”
6 –Sign that it’s a true friendship:
Your friend is with some people who are magnificently cooler or amazingly more important than you (yeah, it happens)(all the time in New York) and introduces you as if you’re the greatest thing since Mac and Cheese.
7 –Some friendshipsdie, but it doesn’t mean they weren’t beautiful and true.
8 –Stupid Problems that can Kill a Friendship if not Kept in Check:
Jealousy: Jealousy stems from desire. Before you hate someone because she has everything you want, you usually start by loving her from everything she has. Keep yourself in check.
Money: In friendships, as in love, everyone gives what they can, whether that be affection, money, intelligence, experience, contacts, what ever it is… You have to be generous, and let others be generous too, even if it’s just paying for coffee.
Distance: You have to pick up the phone and call. Skype, text, whatever it is. I’m the worst at this and I can’t even get it together to respond to e-mails. Friendships have suffered… That said, I’d never hold it against a friend if they are too busy and don’t have time to call – I know they are busy, I don’t think they are forgetting me… Which maybe explains my behavior. But I know, it’s not enough.
9 –Sign of a true friendship: After three minutes of no one saying anything in a conversation, no one feels embarrassed.
10 –Unidirectional Friendships, A Problem More Frequent Than You Think.
Asking, “how are things for you?” (+ 15 minutes listening without checking your Twitter feed) is not a superfluous act.
11 –Some profound friendships can be formed in three minutes, other superficial ones can take years.
12 –With a true friend, you can be completely yourself.
You don’t need to be the girl who’s “cool with tons of friends, a great job and an awesome boyfriend, wahoooo!” You’re just you.
13 – Sign of a true friendship: Even after not seeing each other for three years, you feel like you’re picking up a conversation you didn’t quite finish the day before.
14 –Sign of a true friendship: after 35 years of friendship, you still laugh together like teenagers (my mom and her best friend, so awesome).
That’s all for now! There are many other things (including a theory on my living vicariously through Garance jealousy) – but for the moment, that’s what appeared to us as the base of the base of the base. Big kissesmy friends!
WAIT, wait! I want to feel a little bit like the team so I came up with a few of my own: A true friend…
1) Will let go of SNL misunderstandings (silly, nonsensical, little) .
2) Won’t drain you with listening to “only” their problems/issues for hours on end.
3) Know that intentions are always well meant.
4) Accept your flaws and celebrate your fabulousness.
5) Accept you moving on if #’s 1-4 don’t really matter (but hoping they matter).
6) Above all must love watching Chelsea Lately.
The PERFECT friend: Funny,Real, Intelligent,Empathetic,Not too Needy, Divine.
Not the City! I meant Paris-Amour from blush lingerie – from the Spring/Summer 2013 collection.
A very brief history: a dedicated entrepreneurial family from Montreal, an expert design team and more than 50 years of experience in the world of STYLE have culminated in the successful brand known as BLUSH.
Luxury which is flirtatious and affordable with a flair for playfulness. What more can you want?
It’s a print pattern that dates back to ancient times, appearing on fabrics all around the world.
The Beatles popularized it as psychedelic on their 1968 pilgrimage to India, where it was everywhere, but in fact paisley derives from the “town of Paisley”, in central Scotland, a centre for textiles where paisley designs first were produced.
The New Oxford Dictionary defines paisley as ‘a distinctive intricate pattern of curved, feather-shaped figures based on a pine cone design from India‘ .
While many people may dislike paisley, the new look of this pattern with different style and color combinations works winningly for everyone. The current paisley is vibrant and epitomizes spring with its lush colors.
Whatever its origin, wearing curlicued teardrops makes a woman or man stand out wherever they go.
It’s nice to know some things never change….or maybe change if only slightly.
Many celebrities took to the Internet yesterday in response to the Boston Marathontragedy, but it was comedian *Patton Oswalt who seemed to strike the biggest chord.
On Monday, Oswalt took to Facebook to post his reaction to the bombings. His thoughtful and beautifully written message has been “liked” more than 260,000 times and shared nearly as much. So I’m sharing it again just in case you were not one of the many who read it. I find it quite touching.
After noting the “darkness” of the tragedy, Oswalt wrote, “The vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.”
As he did in a tweet earlier in the day, Oswalt noted, “You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out.”
He concluded on an uplifting note, stating, “So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will.‘”
*You may not know Oswalt by name, but the 44-year-old comedian just happened to be the voice behind Remy in “Ratatouille” and also starred as nerd Spencer Olchin in “The King of Queens.” And apparently he has a knack for writing, too.
Lastweek I promised this very simple (only 3 ingredients) recipe which you can add to Moroccan chicken, spicy lamb, seafood dishes or just use the juice in salad dressings.
Lemons loose their sharpness when preserved in salt. The unique flavour and silken texture that develops when you use this technique is a characteristic of North Africa, especially Moroccan cooking. Yet the lemons also make a novel addition to non-Moroccan dishes. You will find that these lemons are easy to prepare and thin-skinned lemons yield the most juice.
Traditionally, only the peel of the preserved fruit is used, but I usually include the flesh as well and you can eat the whole thing. Once the jar has been opened, the fruit will keep for up to 1 year unrefrigerated (don’t worry if a lacy white film appears on top of the jar or on the lemons, as it is quite harmless – simply rinse it off); a layer of olive oil floated on the surface will help to preserve freshness. When it comes time to use one of these lemons just rinse & chop it.
Ingredients
7 Tablespoons coarse salt (you use 1 Tbsp of salt per lemon)
7 plump, juicy lemons, preferably thin-skinned
BoilingWater
Put 1 tsp. coarse salt in the bottom of a clean, dry jar. Holding a lemon over a plate to catch the juice, cut lengthwise 4 times as if about to quarter it, but do not cut quite through – leave the pieces joined. Ease out any seeds.
Pack 1 Tbsp. salt into the cuts, then close them up around the salt and put the lemon in the jar. Repeat with 5 more lemons, packing them tightly and pressing each layer down to expel any air before adding the next layer, until the jar is full.
Squeeze another lemon and pour the juice over the rest of the lemons. Sprinkle with more coarse salt and finally pour in boiling water to cover the lemons.
Close the jar tightly and keep in a warm place for 3 to 4 weeks before using.
Give me your feedback after you try them because I’m sure you’ll LOVE them.
SALTS: There is no difference between kosher salt and rough sea salt. Many cooks prefer to use kosher salt because its larger rough size crystals is simply more convenient and practical for certain kinds of food preparation such as this one.
The only differences between kosher salt and nearly every other sort of salt lie in the shape and size of its crystals, not its chemical makeup. Almost all salt has an identical chemistry. Some are smoked, or have trace elements of minerals that change their taste or color, but any differences between “kosher” and “sea” salt, provided the shapes of their crystals are the same, are purely in the labeling. In general Koshersalt and flakier, more delicate salts that melt nicely on the tongue, tend to be used as finishing salts, adding the last crunchy, salty touch to a dish. Table salt is used more for seasoning a dish while still in process.
*Recipe taken from Sensational Preserves by Hilaire Walden (250 recipes for jams, jellies, chutneys and sauces). This has been my guide book for making jams, hot pepper sauces & mustards. It’s an exceptionally useful book in both my opinion and that of the Daily Mail, UK.
At Cowboy Cafe in Roswell where customers write their names and state on $1 bills and stick them all over the restaurant walls, windows, ceilings….wherever they can just for fun.
Kind of cool actually and nobody seems tempted to remove any of them. Especially since in about 6 months (the time it takes for them to naturally fall off the walls, etc.) they’ll all be donated to a local charity. What a great idea!
More restaurants should take note(s) – I really meant that!
An Interview with David Kirsch, fitness expert and author of “The Ultimate New YorkDiet” (McGraw-Hill). David owns the Madison Square Club, a private training gym in New York City, and has worked with Heidi Klum and Liv Tyler. This is an excerpt from his interview with Courtney Balestier.
Kirsch equates exercise with brushing his teeth or talking a shower. It gets the day going. If you have that attitude, it’s easy to take fitness on the road.
Get motivated bright and early: Here’s a universal truth – if you’re not working out in the morning, you probably won’t do it later in the day either. You’re going to be tired from meetings, buzzed from the wine at lunch, later for your dinner reservation, and so on. Whether you’re on a vacation or business trip, get 30 to 45 minutes of cardio out of the way first thing, and it’ll energize your day.
Use your hotel: Predictability is a good thing at the hotel gym. Don’t fool with machines you’re not familiar with – stick with the treadmill or elliptical. If you’re in a country that’s on a metric system, be less concerned with speed and more dialed into pushing yourself.
Improvise: But you don’t need a gym – or a vacation’s worth of free time. My Hotel workout includes Spider-Man push-ups (feet on the bed and hands on the floor) and hand-offs with a pillow (lie on your back with arms stretched overhead and legs in the air, hold a pillow between your shins, then pass it from legs to hands and back). You can do lunges and step-ups using a chair or ottoman. Do three sets of 10 reps each for the push-ups, 10 to 15 reps for the pillow hand-offs, and 10 to 15 reps per leg for the lunges and step-ups.
Be adventurous: Travel is the perfect excuse to change your routine. If you usually run three miles, bring a great pair of cross-trainers (I like Brooks) and power walk for an hour around a new city. If you’re a fitness-class-person, ask the concierge about great classes nearby. This is often entertaining too – a body-sculpting class conducted in French can be pretty funny.
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These two products work wonderfully and are a fraction of the price of other name brands. For under $10.00 you can’t beat them.
A nice color selection for spring/summer which can be mix ‘n match.
RevlonColorStayUltimateSuede Lipstick – did almost everything the ads suggested. They provided a velvety texture with moisturizing shea butter & aloe and lasted “almost” all-day which for me was enough. All in all it’s a great lipstick without the big price tag and rates right up there with much higher priced lipsticks.
On a softer note: both Revlon “JustBitten” balmstain and Covergirl “Jumbo GlossBalm” are excellent.
Revlon & Covergirl Lip Balms
They’re very moisturizing and depending on which shade you choose can provide a nice sheer color. In my opinion they rate right up there with the Clinique Chubby Sticks which are at least double the price.
That’s not to say we can stop shopping at Sephora or other department stores but it’s nice to have an option. I’ll be reviewing more finds in the weeks to come as I’ve become somewhat of a drugstore junkie. Stay tuned….
50 Shades or more. Okay, so I’m just one more person making a play on words of “that” book and I haven’t even read it. But the title did get me thinking of all the glorious variations on this timeless hue. Grey is classic like black and white –a wardrobe staple that never goes out of season. A neutral (never boring) shade that can be worn with almost every color and dressed up with accessories. It suits almost every skin tone too. It’s a great basic to any outfit.
Some name dropping: Feather, Heather, Dove, Gunmetal, Charcoal, Pebble, Pewter, Platinum, Oyster, Pearl, Cement, Ash, Nickel, Mica, Iron, Hematite…..any more that you can think of?
These by-products of processes as basic and vital as breathing hurt the structure of cells. “When your brain cells become damaged, your brain kills them off. Nobody can afford the results,” says Perlmutter.
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