Dalton Ghetti does really sharp work – on a tiny scale.
The Bridgeport artist creates impossibly detailed miniature sculptures on the tip of a pencil.
“I’m known as the pencil guy,” laughed Ghetti, 49. “I don’t mind that at all.”
He shuns a magnifying glass and uses simple tools like razor blades and needles to create delicate little [...]

I am a fan of Alice Wessendorf, Dr. Al Sears, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Jonathan Wright, Jenny Thompson, Christine O’Brien, Dr. William C. Douglass and several others. What do these men and women have in common? They offer sound advice regarding natural health, nutrition and healing and I recommend that you subscribe to healthiertalk.com. The [...]

Donna Trussell

Let’s be honest. Most face-lifts are unflattering. They turn the faces of middle-aged women, who should be wrinkled from all that laughing, crying and squinting in the sunshine, into frozen wastelands.

Okay, I’ll admit to a little mannequin phobia (thank you “Twilight Zone”), but my point still stands.

I think dyed hair [...]

Our friends David Hrobowski and Steven Tassopoulos’s work were featured @smithsonianmag.com.

A pair of lamps, table and mirror by David Hrobowski. Photograph by Steven Tassopoulos
In 1905, the story goes, an 11-year-old named Frank Epperson forgot a container of soda water outside with a stick in it that froze in place. Eighteen years later [...]

Connie Bennett

Recently, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)–in a move away from pharmaceutical funding–accepted a “strong six-figure” grant for a new “consumer alliance partnership” with the Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage company, to create content about beverages and sweeteners for its award-winning consumer website, www.FamilyDoctor.org.
The medical academy–which represented 94,614 family physicians, residents and [...]

(AP) — Bargain hunting. It just isn’t for individuals, anymore. You’ve heard of coupons — now, there’s a site called “Groupon” — that offers ways to make online bargains available to groups of people seeking deals. The site lets users visit the home page and click on a deal for the day. If enough people [...]

 
It’s summertime and that means shorts, tees, tanks, swimwear and suddenly that body that’s been hidden in sweats, jeans and sweaters is going to be on view — and if you haven’t been doing anything about it, you certainly need to think about it (like right now).

Weightview.com
There are a variety of food management programs [...]

Gym-rats love the Earth too. LA-based fitness expert Ashley Borden is currently working on reducing her own carbon footprint.

Ashley Borden
In doing so, she shares with clients all her recent discoveries for ways to make workouts more ’sustainable’ – and by that, she doesn’t mean endurance. A NIKE Elite Athlete and recent spokesperson for Nintendo’s [...]

From LA-Story.com
Beauty and Style Expert Charla Krupp (In Style, E!, “Today” Show, “Oprah,” Shop, Etc., Eve.com), and author of the new New York Times best-selling book HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter and 10 Times Better is back with a new updated version [...]

The LA Times ran an article in the Image section entitled ” A New Set of Shades”, written by Adam Tschorn about color consultants and how he got “color-swatched” by Jill Kirsh of JillKirshColor.com Needless to say, Jill Kirsh has been swamped since that article hit on May 17!
Here are the pre and post color-swatching [...]