As a teenager, Carolyn Labatt dreamed of a career in investments. To be sure, it wasn't a typical "What will I be when I grow up?" sort of vision, especially for a girl coming of age in the early 1970s. But her grandfather had been a stockbroker, and she was attracted...
Fit and Healthy: Personal trainers help clients achieve health and fitness goals
As the awareness of health dangers associated with obesity and the sedentary lifestyle grows, proactive Americans are increasingly turning to exercise to help them stave off decline and illness. Athletic clubs have become commonplace, and more people are signing up...
Million Dollar Ladies
Generating a million dollars in revenue is a milestone in any company's history, even in today's financial currency. But for many women business owners, it is an elusive goal. Even though women own half of the businesses in the United States, fewer than three percent...
Mid-Century Classic
As the awareness of health dangers associated with obesity and the sedentary lifestyle grows, proactive Americans are increasingly turning to exercise to help them stave off decline and illness. Athletic clubs have become commonplace, and more people are signing up...
Cowcatchers Equals Steaks
Warning: if you're attempting to find Cowcatchers Steaks at night, be prepared for a little frustration. Unless they have installed a lighted sign in the interim, your only clue to location, other than the address you'll have to glean from reading mailboxes, is that...
La Dulce Villa: Living the high life in Acapulco’s hills
If you've ever wondered how the other half lives, Acapulco offers the chance to find out. Here you can taste a lifestyle normally reserved for celebrities — without spending your 401k in the process. Like movie stars when they visit this beach resort on Mexico's...
Protecting The Ones You Love
Just as a new year provides the perfect "clean slate" to launch a new physical regimen or personal habit that can positively affect your health and happiness, it also offers an ideal opportunity to create — or perhaps re-examine — the financial regimen necessary to...
The Care & Feeding of Winter Skin
Has your skin become tight, dry and maybe itchy? Yep, your skin is under attack. Welcome to winter, where the temperature outside drops and the heating goes up in our homes, offices, stores, restaurants, cars — everywhere! This then causes the moisture to evaporate...