By Laura Lopez
From South Beach to Atkins, there are plenty of ways to lose weight. Add to the list sticking needles in your body.
Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese procedure, is the solution for some Americans who struggle with their weight. The therapy places needles in pressure points throughout the body. Each pressure point is connected to a specific organ in the body. The needles placed in these points stimulate and improve organ function.
Celebrities find the therapy to be helpful. It is rumored that Kate Moss used acupuncture to fight her drug addiction and in “Vanity Fair,” Gwyneth Paltrow said acupuncture helped her find balance in her life after the death of her father. But Hollywood isn’t the only place to notice acupuncture. (more…)
By Lori Goldson
My eyes scanned the last few lines of “No Disrespect,” trying to absorb every word before Sister Souljah arrived. What a better way to interview someone than to ask her about her first best-selling novel which, coincidentally, was her autobiography?
I could not sit motionless, nor could I stand without pacing as I waited for the multipurpose rooms in Trabant to open. I anticipated my digital watch to read 6:30 p.m. Souljah would come for her meet and greet, and the actual lecture would start at 7:30 p.m.
I cannot tell one desperate housewife from another or “Lost” from “Survivor,” but I could spin the trials and tribulations of Winter Santiaga in “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Sister Souljah’s second novel, without blinking.
I harped on the sorted details I knew about her. She was from the Bronx, was one of five children, released her only studio album “360° of Power” in 1992, was working on the sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever” and planned to make it an HBO film in the future. (more…)
By Katie Bennett
Walking anywhere near 812 N. Union St., you slowly inhale the scent of freshly baking bread.
As you enter Black Lab Breads, you find the culprits of an increasingly enticing smell. It’s coming from the many cases lining the bakery’s storefront, which are overflowing with loaves of bread, rolls, tomato pie, the week’s specialty pizza, cookies, bagels, and specialty breads for the season.
In addition to the scent, you notice that the entire shop has a homey, warm feeling. That warmth would be courtesy of the mammoth four-tiered stone hearth that sits puffing away in the recesses of the bakery, as it spits out a myriad of piping hot baked goods.
You revel in the smells around you, and take a bite of a roll, still warm from the hearth. Breaking through its golden crust, you reach the moist, light center.
Mouth watering yet? (more…)
