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Cover Girl Amy Brownstein (Part I) with Melissa A. Bartell

You may not know our March/April cover girl, Amy Brownstein, by name, because her job is to put other people in the spotlight. She’s the owner of Brownstein & Associates, and she’s the publicist behind many of the cover girls and men of the moment that have graced our pages over the last year. […]

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Man of the Moment: Josh Charles with Melissa A. Bartell

It seems a pity that we don’t have a soundtrack for our March/April Man of the Moment, Josh Charles, because he’s a piano playing singer/songwriter with jazz in his soul and a mission - to keep helping the City of New Orleans - in his heart. In this interview, we talk about his music, his […]

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Not Another Annoying Presentation by Elia Sheldon

It usually happens after lunch, which makes it even more difficult to bear because I’m already fighting off a post-lunch food coma. The lights are dimmed. The iPhone is silenced. A microphone is tapped in the front of the room. The speaker is introduced. By about five slides in (usually […]

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Guerilla Grocery: How To Get In, Get Out, and Get Healthy by Julie Aitcheson

As a nutrition consultant, clients often ask me to dictate their diets, complete with ten-minute menus and annotated grocery lists. They plead time crunches, overwhelm, and nutritional cluelessness. Understandably, many consumers are tired of trying to figure out what matters most when it comes to health and nutrition while the latest “breakthroughs” in nutrition science seem to keep shooting themselves in the foot (Goodbye “Fat Free”, hello “Omega-3”).

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Bridges and Damns by Sara Grace Sather

Dad and I do not have many conversations; we like to do things together. As last summer began to expire, Dad decided that a grand finale event was necessary. Minnehaha Creek beckoned us. We made plans to rent a canoe and explore the quiet waters through the busy city. […]

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