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My favorite museum in NYC is the Whitney Museum of American Art. This spring they have three great exhibits: 1. Blues for Smoke: Anyone who loves great blues and jazz music will love this exhibit. This exhibit shows the art work from Coltrane to Basquiat. The exhibit just transports us back to time where art was created in a pure form. 2. American Legends:From Calder to O'Keeffe This is my favorite showing because it is beauty at it's best. Especially with the exhibit from my favorite artist Georgia O'Keeffe, she captured the essence of nature in flowers so well and she celebrated all forms of women. 3. Jay Defeo: A Retrospective This collection encompasses four decades of collages, drawings, paintings, photographs, and jewelry. OK, hop on Metro - North and go to The Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Gardens have a great exhibit on Orchids, on Saturdays they did have cocktail hour from 6-7 at the Orchid show, excellent. Cheers to enjoying Spring.

Get into the Spring and Summer Mood by having a Caribbean Easter. Here's what we came up with: Appetizers: Cod Fish Fritters Entree: Jerk Roasted Leg of Lamb Veggies/Starches: Boiled Sweet Plantains Boiled Yucca with Onions and Warmed Garlic Oil Traditional Green Beans Kids: Mac and Cheese or Macaroni Pie Drinks: Limeade Sorrel Cake: Traditional Yellow Cake For this menu it would require pre-planning and prep. You will need Jerk Seasoning- The best is Walker's Yucca- Buy Frozen in the Goya Section Sweet Plantains- Buy in a Caribbean or Latino grocery store Leg of Lamb- your butcher Preparation: You should marinade the Lamb at least for 4 days with Jerk Seasoning and Roast it for four hours until it is cook thoroughly. The yellow plantains look like a giant banana but it is a vegetable, just cut those in half according to how many guests you have, it takes 20 min to boil so that can be done Easter. Yucca- boil the yucca according to the direc...

Many friends I know who aren't Christian allow their children to participate in Easter Egg coloring parties, because it celebrates Spring and New Life. Here is what you will need for the party: 2 dozen Eggs Vegetable Based Food Coloring Warm Water Vinegar Easter Baskets- depending on how many children Easter Grass Easter Candy- Every child should have experience what a Peep is once in their life. Easter Egg Preparation: 1. In a stock pot boil all 2 dozen eggs, until it is hard boil. 2. When the eggs are cooled you should cover the table with butcher paper. 3. Have several bowls of coloring dye with 1 part vinegar, 1 part water 4. Have the child dip the eggs into the dye that he or she wishes. 5. In an egg carton let the eggs dry, have decals so the kids are clear whose eggs belong to whom. Easter Basket Prep. * Key note make certain that there aren't any candies that children are allergic too, such as nuts or chocolate. Take the Easter grass and cover the b...

The weather is finally beginning to break in NYC and if you really need clothes like we do because of our detox, here are our suggestions. We found that mixing up high end and low end items you can look really fab, for a fraction of a cost. Jeans, Jeggings, Shorts, Skinny Jeans,& Tee- Shirts  Most people even fashion experts, can't tell the difference between high end and low end items in this category. Truth be known many people aren't paying attention to lower half of your body, until you turn around, most men like to check out the ASSets. Working out in the gym improve those not the pants. Savings: You can buy several pairs of color denim at 15.00 a pair from Walmart, need something a little higher end then, try Joe Fresh, H&M, Kohls and Pay/Half. You will save at least 300.00 if you buy your bottoms from these stores. For regular tee shirts, don't pay more than 10.00 for a tee shirt, they have tee-shirt bundles at Wal-Mart for 3 tee for $10.00 in this s...

This is a great hearty meal that is wonderful, especially during this time of year. Codfish Stew with Polenta: Codfish Stew: 1. Take one pound of salted codfish- soak for 3 hours to get the excess salt out of it. 2. Take one pound on plum tomato's 3. 1 bunch of parsley 4. 1 bunch of basil 5. 1 bunch of oregano 6. 3 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 7. 3 Tablespoons of crushed garlic In a stock pot put 3 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, with garlic, parsley, basil, and oregano, with the plum tomato's. Pour 3 cups of water into the mixture Take the salted codfish and break into bit size pieces. Cook the mixture on low heat until the consistency of a stew Add 2 small diced potato's into the stew. Simmer until a thick stew. Polenta: The best mix is at William Sonoma. Some people add okra, they say it enhances fertility--wink, wink! When the Stew is done, then get a bowl put the polenta on the bottom and pour the stew over it! Wonderful!!! Se...

We are sadden by the recent events of the helicopter crash, that happened in Germany. We have a large German readership and we hope that you find the strength and hope to carry on, during this time of mourning. We support you and hope for the best for our German friends. In Peace, Positivexpert

You are having your in-laws over and they view cupcakes as for kids. What do you do for dessert? Here is a proven dessert that would have any mother law, singing your praises: Lemon Pound Cake: 1. 1 Box of Yellow Cake Mix 2. 2 Lemons 3. Snowflake Sprinkles- Left over from the buying bonanza from Christmas 4. Vanilla Frosting 5. Bread Pan 6. PAM Spray Instructions: 1. Prepare Yellow Cake Mix as directed. 2. Pour batter into the oiled bread pan- Use PAM 3. Grate some lemon zest over the top of the cake. 4. Bake as instructed. 5. As cake is baking- slice your lemons 6. Wash your cake pedestal 7. Line it with dollies 8. Make sure your frosting is at room temperature- easy to spread. 9. When cake comes out of the oven, make certain it is cooled for at least 25 min. 10. Flip in on the cake pedestal 11. Frost with a butter knife 12. When the cake is frosted put the sliced lemons down the center of the cake 13. Have fun with the snowflake sprinkles. 14. Put...