Memorial Day sort of snuck up on us this year. Although we’ve long been looking forward to this this three-day weekend, now that it’s finally upon us, we find that we’re a little unprepared for the getaway that we planned back in March. If you’re in the same boat, check out these summer staples that [...]
Last year, we had a blast at the annual Kutztown Folk Festival and can’t wait to go back this year (June 29 to July 7). We thought we’d pique your interest and share a few of our photos and a video as we ate, danced and shopped our way through this nine-day celebration of the [...]
If you’re not making the pilgrimage to Churchill Downs to watch the 139th Kentucky Derby this year, why not turn sofa-side viewing into a real party? Here are a few easy suggestions to get Derby Day off to great start: We think it might be illegal, or at least in poor taste, to forgo serving mint [...]
I know that spring is truly under way by the lovely bundle of ramps that our executive editor, Yolanda Edwards, gathers upstate and brings back to us city folk in the office. Last year, I waited too long to do anything more than sauté the wilting ramps in some olive oil and eat them with [...]
We met Akshata Nayak, scientist turned small-business owner and creator of natural skin-products line The Orange Owl, when we were at the Expo West natural-products trade show last month. We were immediately taken with her intelligence and her enthusiasm for making simple, eco-friendly versions of everyday products, and we’ve become addicted to the cinnamon-and-cardamom lip [...]
We’ve never met an Easter egg that we don’t find beautiful—even the intentionally “ugly” eggs that we tried to make as kids (dipping them in every single color of dye until they turned a brownish green) were beautiful in a sort of camo-chic way. While our dyeing techniques have become more sophisticated over the years, [...]
We caught up with Kelly English, founder of the company CHEERIUP and the creative dynamo behind these amazing dwellings that she hand-weaves from recycled native willow. We are so intrigued by your magical play nests, how did you come up with the idea for them? Thanks so much! CHEERIUP was born from a perfect [...]
We’ve stayed true to our commitment to go meatless in March (we weren’t even tempted by the corned beef on St. Paddy’s Day) and have been cooking our way through the new cookbook Meatless. Over the weekend, we made the Black-Rice Stir-Fry, which, with eggplant, purple cabbage and purple kale, was was as healthy (chock [...]
Because we like a challenge here at Living, and feel the need to mix things up during these seemingly eternal last weeks of winter, a group of us have decided to go meatless for the month of March. It seems a nice thing to do–both mentally and physically–as we get ready for the change from [...]
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