If you’re like us, you believe a vacation is always a little better when the dog can come along too. So we checked out some fun destinations for dogs and humans, where all can run free. (Photo credit: Courtesy Camp Unleashed)
VIVmag wins two int'l magazine awards
VIVmag, the all digital luxury magazine for women earns two international awards. The tradition of creating excellence in digital magazine publishing continues as VIVmag has won the Digital Magazine Awards 2010 - Silver Award for Lifestyle Magazine of the Year while also sharing in Photographer of the Year for their - March/ April VIV cover shot by Alexx Henry.
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Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest have changed the way we interact with our friends. Now, airlines and social media tools are giving us the chance to choose our seat partners in advance. (Photo credit: Courtesy Malaysia Airlines)
We love Indian food — the spices, rich creamy sauces, fragrant rice, papadum and naan … and that’s before even we get to dessert. But it’s easy to rack up more than 1,000 calories dining out at an Indian restaurant. During a recent trip to London, we were thrilled to discover that the elegant La Porte des Indes — one of our favorite Indian restaurants — was offering a new, light lunch menu.
We shared our enthusiasm for Broadway Roasting Co. coffee in “An Appetite for Travel” in the latest issue of VIVmag, which has insider tips on the best food, drinks and edible souvenirs in Hong Kong, Glasgow, Cape Town, Austria’s Graz and Broadway Roasting’s hometown of Kansas City, MO. We’re pleased to report that Broadway Roasting Co. recently won a Good Food Award for its fair trade and organic Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. And five VIVmag readers can share the coffee buzz and each win a bag of the award-winning craft-roasted beans.
From An Inconvenient Truth to The End of the Line, some of the most eye-opening — and often, poignant — calls to environmental action have come from documentaries we’ve seen. So we’re looking forward to this spring’s host of film festivals that will raise awareness on environmental concerns — from global warming to wildlife conservation.
For a while, we were repeatedly dumped right after Valentine’s Day, and the gifts — or sometimes lack of gifts — reflected the intentions of our then-boyfriends. But we can turn a tale of heartbreak and disappointment into a trip for two to Aruba, thanks to a giveaway from The Gift Insider!
While we all want to do our part to help preserve the environment, it is often much easier to choose convenience over responsibility, especially when we’re on the go. Even in a city brimming with endless choices like New York, it often requires a bit of legwork to make eco-friendly choices. That’s why we were excited to hear about inBloom, a new location-based iPhone app designed to make it easier to be green.
With New York Restaurant Week in full swing, our thoughts turned to our favorite places to find epicurean feasts for less year-round. We love gourmet food, great chefs — and bargains. Happily, we know how to find them all, from coast to coast, Portland to New York City — and even a gem across the Atlantic, tucked away in a London cookbook shop.
As winter takes hold, our thoughts naturally turn to planning a getaway to a destination with warmer temperatures. We recently discovered myTab.co (yes, .co!), a free layaway service that allows us to plan solo or group trips with friends and save money to use for our vacation. This will come in handy when planning an upcoming girls’ getaway to escape our winter blahs!
Because we often vacation over New Year’s, we’ve found out what many different cultures eat at midnight to bring them luck and prosperity for the coming year. We’ve also noted various customs, starting with our own grandmother, who used a broom to sweep the old year out the front door and onto the lawn. Here are some food and New Year’s customs from around the world, plus an easy recipe.
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