It seems that just about everybody wants to lose weight but, sadly, few succeed. Yet experts tell us that, as a nation, we must slim down or suffer all sorts of unpleasant consequences, such as poor health, impaired mobility and even shorter life spans. To be sure,...
Over the years women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine, though there was a time when women doctors were a rarity. Today half of the students enrolled in medical schools are women. As the number of women physicians continues to grow, so does their...
One thing that keeps coming up in conversation with Gemini Ink's director, Rosemary Catacalos, is her concern for the community. Whether she is talking about personal memories or the goals of the literary center she's led for the past four years, her love for San...
Deerbrook Farm is a love story, straight out of the True Romance series. It's about a young girl named Betsy Skillin, born in New York City and raised in Europe, who met Tom O'Connell, an American soldier, on a train traveling from Frankfurt to Paris. She was 14, and...
really like it when locals come," offered our garrulous waiter/real estate broker about midway through a very pleasant dinner on Fig Tree's dramatic, terraced patio. "The tourists we'll never see again, but we know you might come back." For the setting alone — perhaps...
Haven't gotten around to that summer vacation yet? I know, you're probably too busy to even plan one. But there's still hope. Why not take a vacation right here at home? It's easy, requires little planning, and what you save on gas or airline tickets you can spend on...
If you're a manager with aspirations to move into an executive position in the corporate world, it pays to know about something called "executive presence." If you have it, you've got a good chance of making it into the executive realms; if you don't, you're likely to...
Losing your keys, running late, interrupting conversations or forgetting what you need at the grocery store happens to everyone at one time or another. For some, all of those things and more are an everyday reality, a source of constant aggravation, guilt and anxiety....
