Tag: Lifestyle

Central Florida Ranch Voted Top Glamping Destination Nationwide

By Patrick Connolly From South Florida Sun Sentinel A Central Florida ranch has been voted as the top destination for glamping nationwide, according to USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Westgate River Ranch Resort, located about 90 minutes south of Orlando, was chosen by voters as No. 1 on a list of the Top 10…


Make Your Own Highly Effective Cleaning Products for Pennies to Save Dollars

The next time you need cleaning supplies, take a trip to your pantry, not the store. You already have the ordinary basic household items required to mix up every type of cleaner you need to keep the place sparkling clean and germ-free. Recipes? You need recipes? Well, this must be your lucky day, because I’ve…


Paint Vinyl Siding

You can make a house with old, weather-beaten vinyl siding stop traffic with a new coat of a good-quality, acrylic latex exterior paint. We like water-based acrylic exterior paint because it goes on easily and has leveling properties, so it adheres to both smooth and textured surfaces. And the paint is flexible, so it withstands…


Green Pea & Asparagus Soup with Feta, Mint & Pita Croutons

View the print-ready version of this recipe. With a bunch of asparagus sitting on my countertop, a bag of peas in my freezer, and mint growing out of control in my garden, I created this green pea and asparagus soup on a whim. To give it a Mediterranean twist, I added feta cheese and pita…


‘Forever Friendships’: Conservative, Older Women’s Travel Group Is Booming

Between the elections and a pandemic, 2020 brought about deep divisions that made it difficult for people to reach out and form connections during a time when it was needed most. In the aftermath, Deborah Schutt, Kim Kalan, and Jane Rabe, entrepreneurs with plenty of travel experience, had embarked on a venture to get women…


Kid-Friendly Lodges You Won’t Want to Leave

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Family-friendly lodges provide an activity-rich haven for the adventuresome clan. Here are five places you’ll want to visit time and again: The Lodge at Chaa Creek. Near San Ignacio, Belize Tucked within a 365-acre private rainforest paradise in the picturesque foothills of the Maya Mountains, Chaa Creek provides the…


Take a Peek Inside This Preppy Home

By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Service Nell Hill’s designer Anne and her family have lived in their Prairie Village, Kansas, home for almost four years. When the Epsteins purchased their nearly century-old home in the suburbs of Kansas, they knew it needed an update. Many big and little projects needed to get done. The…


Guide to Toledo, Ohio: What to Do, See and Eat in the Glass City

By Melody Baetens From Detroit News Detroit—Not just a city that you drive through on your way somewhere else, Toledo is a town worth stopping in. Known as the Glass City because of its historic connection to that industry, the fourth-largest city in Ohio is home to award-winning parks, museums, restaurants, and a small, but…


Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

One of our absolute favorite things to do during summer is to throw luscious steaks over a smoking grill. Few things are more tantalizing than perfectly cooked ribeye steaks or New York steaks – tender and flavorful and beautifully charred. About the only thing that can make said steaks even more appealing is pouring fresh…


New App Helps Users Practice Their Faith

The use of social media and smartphones doesn’t have to be a bad habit. At the National Religious Broadcasters conference, co-founder of pray.com, Mike Lynn, spoke about a new app that has revolutionized how people pray. In a world that has become addicted to social media, the app’s creators believe they have found a healthy…