Monthly Archives: July 2011

7 Life Lessons from Bicycling

Sunday, July 31st, 2011
by Gay Edelman

7 Life Lessons from Bicycling When I was a kid I spent every summer  ramming around my upstate New York neighborhood on my balloon tire bike with my pals. When I was first married, my husband and I took a... Read More >

Categories: Family Life, Health, Travel

Eating Healthy With Your Family

Friday, July 29th, 2011
by Irina Gonzalez

Eating Healthy With Your Family There's been a lot of healthy eating news lately. From fighting-childhood-obesity advocate Michele Obama's imperfect meal to McDonald's Happy Meals getting a makeover, it seems like more and more people are getting on the bandwagon to Healthy Eating. Just a couple of weeks... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Health

Dealing with difficult teachers

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
by admin

basketball player leaning head on ball It seems like every school has them: The coach who blames a championship loss on the kid who missed the last shot. The drama teacher who plays favorites and relegates the rest to the chorus line every time. The guidance counselor who tells students... Read More >

Categories: Parenting Teens & Tweens

Stay Safe in the Heat

Monday, July 25th, 2011
by Christine Mattheis

Stay Safe in the Heat Here on the East Coast, we are seeing slight relief from last week’s brutal heat wave. I am pretty sure that Friday was the hottest weather I’ve ever experienced—at one point, the thermometer in my car read 107! Over the next few days, though, the mercury will again rise into the mid-90s.... Read More >

Categories: Health

Beef Cook-Off

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
by Julie Miltenberger

Beef Cook-Off As promised, I can now reveal the winners of this year’s Beef Cook-Off! The four categories were 5:30 Dinner Crunch, Stir Crazy Solutions, Fuel Up With Beef and Retro Recipes Revived. Each category winner took home $3,000. The winning dishes were: 5:30 pm Dinner Crunch Asian Barbecued Skirt Steak Stir Crazy... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes