1) Baby hair and cowlicks can be a real pain: Keep a tooth brush handy just for such annoying times. Spray the tooth brush with a strong hair spray and use to comb down the annoying hairs. PS works for eye brows as well. 2) How to really use hair spray: Hair spray if not […]
by Clay Cox My wife and I were sitting in our kitchen last night and couldn’t help but talk about a kitchen renovation one more time. As we looked at our no character lackluster grey flat panel doors we started to imagine what new color and style would do for us. We talked about the […]
It is time to explore the everyday use of your body. Whether you start your day exercising or you merely get up, make coffee and read the paper, you need to think about the postures used for that chosen task. This is where you want to sweat the small stuff. If you minimize the compressive […]
Today is October 4th, and as I write this Life in Naples article for its November publication I’m wondering just how good this next season in Naples is going to be. If I were to judge by what I see happening in the Naples Real Estate market by my personal experience three weeks ago then […]
Much has been written about “failing”—with the usual drama, sadness, and degree of pessimism about the future course for those involved. As it turns out, many ordinary people or businesses faced with life-changing or industry-changing events—death of a loved one, contracting a dread disease, loss of a job, divorce, prison, financial ruin, bankruptcy—not only recover […]
by John S. Cox, CCE, CEcD, IOM President & CEO Communities and the disparate components within them rise and fall on, among other qualities, the leadership resources positively united working toward a common future. Some of us call such a scenario Collective Impact. First articulated in 2011 by John Kania and Mark Kramer in the […]
Advertorial Credit checks are an important part of the mortgage application process. Lenders use them to determine the chances of a buyer paying back the loan. The best interest rates go to the borrowers with the best credit history. If your credit score falls even a couple of points below your lender’s cut-off point, it […]
Pharrell Williams wrote a popular song named HAPPY which became a worldwide sensation. If anyone ever embodied the word Happy, it would be Sue Huff and it is contagious. This Virginia native has the gift of gab and hospitality. She and her work are well known by the Naples community and she has collaborated professionally […]
by Lois Bolin Old Naples Historian with WWII Veteran Peter Thomas George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the United States national government in 1789, but it is Sarah Buell Hale, ‘editress’ of Godey’s Lady’s Book, who deserves the credit for making Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. After 17 years of advocacy, Abraham Lincoln […]
by Kelly Merritt As the 2015 Imagine Solutions event fast approaches, attendees from last year and years past wonder: what will they think of next? This year, Imagine Solutions has done it again, creating a thought provoking program that’s sure to do what Imagine Solutions does best: shift the mind to a more productive place. […]