Coming clean

Time has taught me that some work – such as hiring house cleaner is worth for money I like living in a tidy house and I always keep my house. I especially like a plate of berry apples on the light yellow table, the smell of the dry bed sheets on clothes line, and a … Read more

3–4 Years : Your Toddler’s Brain

The brain development that enabled reasoning skills to evolve during months 24–36  continues this year. As well as learning how to be flexible and developing memory skills, your toddler also becomes more empathetic and starts to understand that not everyone sees things the way she does. “As her imagination begins to develop, she is able … Read more

San Francisco’s Top 10 : Golden Gate Bridge

As with most of the world’s wonders, many said that the Golden Gate Bridge could never be built – the span was too wide, the ocean too powerful and deep, and the cost too great. But to many more, the Golden Gate, the name John Fremont gave the splendid strait in 1844 , demanded the … Read more

New York Top 10 : Fifth Avenue

Midtown Fifth Avenue is New York’s best-known boulevard and home to three of its most famous buildings. In the late 1800s, it was lined with mansions belonging to prominent families, but as retailers moved north in the 1900s, society fled uptown. One of the former mansions that remains is the Cartier building, reputedly acquired from … Read more

Fine-tuning Your Family’s Schedule and Planner System : Troubleshooting Your New System

If the Planner Isn’t Working Problem: The planner doesn’t provide enough room for all of the information you need to include. note The More Time Mom’s Family Organizer wall calendar features big squares to write in, along with reminder stickers for important events and a pocket to contain loose paperwork. Suggested retail: $17.75. Website: www.flylady.net … Read more

Flavors and Ingredients – Tastes: Bitter, Salty, Sour, Sweet, Umami, Others (part 4)

Virginia Utermohlen on Taste Sensitivity Virginia Utermohlen is an associate professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University, where she studies individual differences in taste and smell sensitivity and how those differences relate to our personality and ability to perform. Do different people taste things differently? Yes, there are genetic variations all over the place. We … Read more

New York Top 10 : Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is the tallest and most famous skyscraper in New York. More than 120 million visitors, including the rock group Kiss and Queen Elizabeth II, have gazed down on the city from the Observatory since it opened in 1931. Planned in the prosperous 1920s by the architectural firm of Shreve, Lamb, and … Read more

Paris Top 10 : Musée du Louvre (part 2) – Louvre Collections

Louvre Collections Collections floorplan French Paintings This superb collection ranges from the 14th century to 1848 and includes works by such artists as Jean Watteau, Georges de la Tour and JH Fragonard. French Sculpture Highlights include the Tomb of Philippe Pot by Antoine le Moiturier, the Marly Horses and works by Pierre Puget in the … Read more

Paris Top 10 : Musée du Louvre (part 1)

One of the world’s most impressive museums, the Louvre contains some 35,000 priceless objects. Built as a fortress by King Philippe-Auguste in 1190, Charles V (1364–80) was the first king to make it his home. In the 16th century François I replaced it with a Renaissance-style palace and founded the royal art collection with 12 … Read more

Initializing the Kitchen : Kitchen Organization (part 2) – Uniform Storage Containers & Counter Layout

3. Uniform Storage Containers There are several benefits to using food-grade storage containers for bulk items such as flours, sugars, salts, beans, rices, cereals, grains, pastas, lentils, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, etc. Using standard-sized containers makes optimal use of space, and using plastic containers for storage keeps pantry moths in check. Pantry moths (weevils) can … Read more

Flavors and Ingredients – Tastes: Bitter, Salty, Sour, Sweet, Umami, Others (part 1)

You’ll have an easier time seasoning dishes if you understand the five primary tastes the tongue can detect, as well as how it responds to “other” things (for example, the chemicals that give hot peppers their kick, carbonated drinks their effervescence, and peppermint candies their cooling sensation). When cooking, regardless of the recipe and technique, … Read more

London’s Top 10 : British Museum (part 2) – British Museum Collections

British Museum Collections Classical colonnade, British Museum Floorplan Middle East Some 6,000 years of history start with the spectacular carved reliefs from the Assyrian palace of Nineveh. Ancient Egyptian and Sudanese Mummies and sarcophagi are among 70,000 objects in one of the world’s greatest collections. Greek and Roman Antiquities Highlights from the Classical world (c.3000 … Read more