Life Style & Travel

MARINA DEL REY—On October 5, GLAD will be hosting their 12th Annual GLAD Benefit aboard the FantaSea One Yacht. The money raised at the benefit will allow GLAD to continue providing their services to the community.   According to their Facebook page, the “event reaches far and wide to circles of influence in political, business, entertainment and organizational arenas.” The benefit...

UNITED STATES—At different times in his storied life Hemingway had two modes of eating: he ate to live and, other times, he unabashedly lived to eat. When he ate, he ate to live, while at work or in war, food was a means to an end.  “Not something to be fussed over,” writes Redd Griffin a writer from the author’s...

UNITED STATES—With the summer months now behind us, the chance to get outdoors for most of us and to get the body moving is slowly on the decline. So what is one to do to maintain a good physical health? Well, exercise indoors of course. This doesn’t mean you have to go out and purchase a super expensive treadmill, bicycle...

SACRAMENTO—On Thursday, September 18, the California Association of the Deaf will hold the ASL Celebration at the state capital. According to a flyer for the event, the ASL Celebration recognizes the “human right to sign language.”   According to the ASL Celebration website, the event will kick off at 9:00 a.m. with an A.M. Capitol Tour/Greetings to Senators followed by local...

UNITED STATES—The food pyramid group carefully shapes out for Americans how important having a balance of all the food groups to maintain a healthy body. While many may suspect that fruits and veggies are being ignored, I’ve come to discover many people are forgetting about the dairy group. Yeah, dairy! I’ll be the first to admit it, I’m a...

UNITED STATES—What happened with the tomatoes?! In past years, they were inhibited by mild summer weather. This year, they had plenty of warmth, but did not seem to perform much better. Perhaps they wanted more humidity. Now that those that started slowly are starting to produce better, they do not have much time left before warm summer weather gets...

RIVERSIDE—On September 24, the Riverside Deaf Seniors will be celebrating "Deaf Awareness Day."   The event is meant for both deaf, hard of hearing and hearing audiences. The celebration can be beneficial to hearing attendees who wish to learn more about the deaf community and the deaf culture through the eight or more vendor booths that will be in attendance at...

RIVERSIDE—The Center on Deafness Inland Empire will be holding a workshop on the new rules for water usage. The “Water Use Efficiency Requirements” workshop is being funded by the Department of Social Services. It will be held on Wednesday, September 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.   The workshop will be explaining the new water management laws and instructing those attending...

UNITED STATES—The price of bacon has risen at more than three times the rate of inflation for the last five years, and while the price has surged so have sales. Crazy, right? California's three-year drought has made feeding for pigs more expensive. Also, viral diarrhea has killed about 7 million piglets since 2013, eliminating a tenth of the nation's pork...

UNITED STATES—When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight, two things come into play: exercise and the amount of calories consumed. Yes, the idea of calorie counting is not something that is fun for most of us to consider, but we have to examine just how many calories we consume on snacks or meals that we perceive have small...