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MIM Rocks Fashion

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Feb 222012

(PHOENIX, AZ) MIM Rocks Fashion PHOENIX FASHION WEEK KICKS OFF 2012 WITH “MIM ROCKS FASHION” MARCH 1 Spring into Style with Global Fashion & Music Runway Show presented by TEAM Investments Inc. PHOENIX, ARIZ. (February 24, 2012) Phoenix Fashion Week kicks off its 2012 series of events next week by teaming up with the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) for the second-annual “MIM Rocks Fashion” spring showcase fusing the heart-pounding sights of a high-energy runway production and the transformative sounds of globally-focused music. Presented by Valley real estate firm TEAM Investments [Read More]

Olin Dodson’s New Book: Melissa’s Gift

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Feb 222012

Olin Dodson's New Book: Melissa's Gift In August 1990, a solitary, unmarried man received a phone call from a stranger who informed him that he was the father of an eleven-year-old child. She lived in a small town in Costa Rica, where he had visited years earlier, with her mother—and she was suffering from the incurable disease known as cystic ﬁbrosis. Melissa’s Gift recounts Santa Fe psychotherapist and public speaker Olin Dodson’s complicated and ultimately extraordinary relationship with his daughter. Written with elegance, beauty and power, Melissa’s Gift is [Read More]

De-Stress With Pranayama

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Feb 222012

De-Stress With Pranayama By Dr. Rita Khanna In Yoga, breathing is considered a very important process as it is the most vital means of absorbing Prana into the body. The Shastras explain how Prana gives consciousness and life to every creature which breathes. According to Taittiriya, Brahmana and Maitri Upanishads and Shiva Swarodaya, the breath is referred to as the vehicle of Brahman or cosmic consciousness. Even the Bible implies that man was given consciousness and life through the breath: “The Lord God formed man [Read More]

Scottsdale Shows Its Green Side

2012, March, Travel 1 Response »

Feb 222012

Scottsdale Shows Its Green Side As a premier travel destination located in one of the world's most delicate natural environments, the Sonoran Desert, Scottsdale has a deeply rooted commitment to sustainability and green practices. Going green is no longer just the "in" thing to do – it's an economically and socially responsible way to help communities and travelers do their part while visiting, too! In addition to preserving one-third of the city's land to create Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve in 1995, Scottsdale also is the nation's first city to [Read More]

Yoga Vacations in New Mexico

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Feb 222012

Yoga Vacations in New Mexico Practicing yoga is a fulfilling, life-changing experience and where better to fully experience the beauty and vigor of yoga than in enchanting New Mexico? The scent of fresh pine and sage permeating the senses, gazing up to deep blue skies while practicing your poses. Plateaus, mountaintops or fresh running rivers and streams, New Mexico can offer an exhilarating backdrop for your yoga practice or vacation. There are numerous ways to include yoga on your next visit to New Mexico: You can drop-in on most classes [Read More]

Restaurant Weeks Return to New Mexico

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Feb 222012

Restaurant Weeks Return to New Mexico March 4 through April 1, 2012 2012 Event Now Welcomes Daytime Diners with Special Prix-Fixe Lunches The most delicious weeks of the year are back, with even more ways to experience the incomparable cuisine of Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Taos. New Mexico’s third annual Restaurant Weeks, March 4 through April 1, 2012, introduce the “Let’s Do Lunch” program, giving daytime diners the opportunity to feast on two- or three-course prix-fixe lunches as well as dinners. Santa Fe Restaurant Week kicks off [Read More]

Inspiration: In the obvious and in disguise

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Feb 222012

Inspiration: In the obvious and in disguise an editorial by Sherry Bryant Inspiration sometimes comes in the obvious and sometimes in a disguise. Sometimes it comes in someone we admire so much that we cannot see beyond that to the true message and it is banging on us on the head as we think, oh I admire her so, I wish I could be like that. Well duh, we can be, and that is what admiration is trying to tell us and it is right in front of us but [Read More]

Fashion Week El Paseo™ To Present a Week of Glamour and Runway Thrills

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Feb 222012

Fashion Week El Paseo™ To Present a Week of Glamour and Runway Thrills The 7th Annual Event (March 16-24, 2012) Will Feature Numerous Exciting Highlights PALM SPRINGS, CA (February 22, 2012) — Palm Springs Life has announced an exciting schedule of Fashion Week El Paseo™ events and highlights for the seventh annual glam fest on March 16-24, 2012. Fashion Week El Paseo™ presents the best of West Coast design and is the premier consumer-driven fashion experience showcasing the newest collections by top designers, as well as fresh cutting-edge style by [Read More]