Honestly, I don’t know if there’s anything that smells as good as Lemon Rosemary Chicken in the oven. Looking back, it’s hard to remember a night when my family wasn’t gathered together to enjoy a home-cooked dinner. No matter how late she worked, my mother…
About a month ago I made the choice to be healthier with my cooking and use the freshest possible ingredients. This has actually been much easier than I thought it might be with the exception of last night. I was cooking a dish that…
If you happen to find yourself in the Los Angeles area on a fall weekend you should definitely pop over to Underwood Family Farms for their annual Fall Harvest Festival. Celebrating their 17th anniversary this year, the fair is absolutely perfect for city-dwellers who…
The artisans at Opiary are creating some truly intriguing pieces by incorporating an organic twist with their already impressive sculptures and furniture. Normally, when we think of concrete and plant life together, images of weeds growing out of cracks in the sidewalk come to…
Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color, has released their colors of the year for 2015’s fashion and design. With a theme entitled En Plein Air, the collection features a diverse array of soft and natural colors with an airy feel. After meticulous observation of…
If you’re anything like me then seeing as much of the world as you possibly can in your lifetime is more of a ‘need’ than a ‘want’. For those of us that have been bitten by the travel bug, this handy little scratch map…
In 1899, German Biologist, Ernst Haeckel, published his book Art Forms in Nature, depicting the strangely beautiful forms that occur in exotic marine and microscopic life. The publication, wonderfully successful in its time, was able to bring the wonder and beauty that scientists see…
Kelly Teegarden is enabling us to protect ourselves from cancer and helping us become more beautiful while we do it. A little while back I was gifted a bottle of Kelly Teegarden Organics facial cleanser and cream, called The Secret and Radiant, respectively. I…
New for the 2014 fall season, Haptic Lab has released a line of gorgeous quilts depicting US Islands and Coastlines. Starting at $269, these remarkable pieces use appliquéd gold polysilk to represent the chosen landmass and pale blue cotton for the surrounding water. This fresh…
These beautiful and haunting photographs are the work of German couple Manuela and Stefan Kulpa. Though you would never guess it, these images were not taken of animals in their natural habitat, but instead of those found in zoos, wildlife parks, aquaria, and the…