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Boot Camp Boogie With Giselle Fernandez and Trainer Jay "The Major" Kerwin

As featured in the January/February 2009 issue of VIVmag, Jay “The Major” Kerwin has trained the lovely Giselle Fernandez, the award-win ...

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Parmesan and Rosemary “Fried” Chicken

Baked potato chips are the secret to this chicken’s crispy coating. Instead of going into a vat of fat, this bird cooks in the oven.

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Lindsay Goffman

Hometown

Los Angeles

Joie de VIVre

My family, having friends over, game nights, watching TV, going to movies, snowboarding and yoga

VIV Moment

It started out as one of those conversations where everyone goes around the table and states their New Year’s resolutions. I responded by saying I would like to give more of my time to charity. My friends and I discussed how rewarding it was and how they would like to get involved, too. Then the conversation turned toward my birthday. We were trying to decide what to do — party at our house, go to a bar, go out of town, etc. We were weighing the pros and cons of each when it dawned on me: I should invite my friends to help out at a shelter for my birthday.

And that’s just what happened. About 10 of us volunteered at a Santa Monica, CA, shelter. We cooked and served salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, apple cobbler and ice cream. It was a blast! Everyone told me what an amazing time they had and wanted to do the same thing for their birthday. We now have a little birthday club tradition.

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12.16.2008 at 2:02 pm

Posted by Liz

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Fabulous! What a great tradition. I hope others will be inspired by your story.