As we enjoy our last evening of the Thanksgiving weekend, I thought I'd share a great article a friend posted on Facebook today from Wednesday's The Wall Street Journal Online. Thank You. No, Thank You. It talks about how a growing body of research supports that having "an attitude of gratitude can improve psychological, emotional [...]
Yesterday in my favorite yoga class (Yoga Fusion at Pure Prana Yoga Studio), our teacher Natascha spoke about giving thanks this week as part of Thanksgiving festivities. She said there's no better way to be thankful and give thanks than to be present in the moment. In our busy chaotic over scheduled multi-tasking lives, most of [...]
Two new tastes I discovered at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival's 15th Anniversary ... Ireland's Bunratty Meade Honey Wine and Morocco's Amazigh Red Wine. Ireland's Bunratty Meade Honey Wine A legendary drink from Ireland, it has a long history and was so influential that the banquet halls of Tara, where the High Kings of [...]
An 'around Europe' sampling of sparkling wines, my favorites, was a great opportunity at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. With the start of the holiday season this week, its the perfect time to share more about bubbles and some to try during the upcoming festivities. Let's start with a little about how sparkling wine [...]
A great quote from Grégory Patriat, Winemaker for the Jean-Claude Boisset Winery in Burgundy, as he lead a Wine Seminar at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival last weekend. Our 45 minutes with him was definitely one of the highlights! Grégory introduced us to the Burgundy, France wine region which runs from Chablis AOC in [...]