Life is both exciting and stressful when you are studying abroad. The downside is being miles away from your comfort zone. You have to make new friends. And also get used to a whole new culture. The best part is? You get to explore new places, see new sights; experience how life is lived on […]

The Colonel “puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave for it nightly,smartass!”, Stuart Mackenzie. This quote is from the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer and one of my favorite movie scenes. Little did I know that it actually bears some truth. Did you ever wonder why we crave some […]

Personalized wine labels for a wedding are a great way of making the day uniquely yours. It is also a good, and creative, way of sending a message to all your guests that came to celebrate with you too. That doesn’t mean that you won’t tell them thank you anyway, but you can put together […]

How would you like to drink the freshest and best-tasting coffee in the world? Well, it is actually very easy and a lot of fun. And you can save money in the process. All you need is a home coffee roaster. After all, how can any coffee be fresher than coffee that you roasted in […]

If you fancy yourself a fine host or hostess and love to entertain, one sure guest pleaser is a home bar. This can be built and installed in the room you use most for entertaining, including an outside patio or cabana for pool parties in warm weather. Actually, you can build your bar to serve […]

Basil has been around for thousands of years, and while it is mostly known as a Herb used in food recipes, as part of your Healthy Lifestyle Guide, you should also know of it\’s use in your medicine chest. It is reported that there are more than 60 different varieties of Basil. The most common […]

All the way back in eighteenth century Italy, the pizza was born. The combination of bread and tomato that was to become the pizza we know nowadays began as the food of the poor. It was such a delicious combination that it eventually brought tourists to Naples, the city of its origin, just to try […]

While coffee is, and likely always will be, the king of the morning wake-up, there are really four drinks (all from the coffee bean) that share a certain amount of popularity within western society – coffee, latte, espresso, and cappuccino. The four horsemen of the caffeinated apocalypse represent the vast bulk of humanity\’s a.m. intake. […]

Personal coffee brewing has come a long way in the past fifty years. What was once an annoying time consuming process to produce a single cup has been cut down to a science that can be performed in less than a minute. To the chagrin of brand name coffee houses everywhere, a quality cup can […]

There was a time, not that long ago, when a cup of coffee was simply a cup of coffee. The only variety depended on the quality of bean and how much cream and/or sugar each individual chose to add to their cup. However, modern coffee technology has added an almost endless selection of flavors and […]