Lifestyles

The Craig Martin Experience … Tight, Tight, Tight!

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The Craig Martin Experience first surfaced on the Los Alamos music scene some 18 months ago and has developed into the tightest jazz band around. The group’s soulfully jazzed up rendition of ‘Summertime’ was a particular favorite of the Saturday night crowd that filled the Blue Window Bistro, 813 Central Ave. This is the fourth time The Craig Martin Experience has played the Blue Window Bistro, which offers a full dinner and drink menu during the concerts. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com    

Los Alamos musician Craig Martin and his Craig Martin Read More

Ask The Life Coach: En Route to Happiness

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Ask The Life Coach: En Route to Happiness
By YELENA GURVITS

I never had an original thought in my life. That is why I always turn to established authorities like Tolstoy, Woody Allen and Tony Robins.

What? You think it’s an odd list? It contains a classic writer, famous cinematographer and bigger than life, Life Coach. So what? I learned a thing or two from them. Mainly, that our existence is all about happiness — happiness and completion. Really!

What would you not be willing to try to get there? You will take an unconventional route, you will not bend to circumstances, and you will push harder and harder Read More

Learn to Improve Your Relationship at Ruby K’s Thursday

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By MANDY MARKSTEINER

At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27 at Ruby K’s Bagel Café, Ishwari Sollohub, a licensed mental health counselor with offices in Santa Fe and Los Alamos, will lead a discussion on how to improve relationships through healthy boundaries.

What does it mean to have “healthy boundaries?” Many people neglect to maintain their personal boundaries because they don’t understand what it means.

Sollohub explained boundaries using an example from her own relationship. “I wanted to do some relationship work using a book,” she said. “I asked if he wanted to do it with me and Read More

Solo Traveler: Planning a Really Big Trip … Alone

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Solo Traveler: Planning a Really Big Trip … Alone
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

Surely every person with a few decades under the belt has a list of things they still want to do before kicking the bucket.

As I’ve gotten older the list has grown. Every time I check off an item I find more places or things to add to it.

Many years ago, I went to San Francisco with a friend. We had such a good time and saw so little of that wonderful city that I vowed one day I would return and live there for a year. At that time, I hadn’t traveled much outside the U.S. and thought I would love to live for a year in different American cities. Read More

Prescription for Better Health: Have More Sex!

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Fitness Column
By KENT PEGG
 
Prescription for Better Health: Have More Sex!

Now that I have your attention, let me tell you just how having more sex will increase you level of health and fitness and lead to a longer, happier life.

When you have sex, certain beneficial chemicals are released in the bodies of both men and women. DHEA is an anti-depressant that also helps repair muscle tissue, improves cognitive function, and enhances skin health. Oxytocin is an effective pain reliever in the body. Endorphins also help relieve pain caused by things like arthritis and promote better sleep.

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Jeet Kune Do – ‘The Best Self Defense The World Will Ever Know’ Available in Los Alamos

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Students spar during a Jeet Kun Do class. Courtesty photo

MARTIAL ARTS News:

Jeet Kune Do classes are available at High Flyers Gymnastics Center, 1450 Iris St. in Los Alamos at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.

Classes are taught by Lawrence Garcia, a Full Instructor under Paul Vunak Contemporary Jeet Kune Do and the only certified JKD instructor in New Mexico. 

Garcia has numerous black belts in the martial arts, but his primary focus is JKD. Garcia also devotes time toward the Adapt For Life program, helping developmentally disabled children by encouraging physical activity, as well as Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Peace and Quiet Comes to the Hen House

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How the Hen House Turns:
Peace and Quiet Comes to the Hen House—Another Cautionary Tale
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

What a beautiful morning it was—after the two-inch rain Friday—the first rain in how many months? There were blue skies, no wind, and quiet in the Hen House pen!

The noise has been driving husband Don wild. (He’s trying to write a serious blog. (There are such things.)) I couldn’t hear the noise because my office is on the other side of the house.

What noise? It was the noise of one male duck, Mr. Campbell. at the divider fence in the Hen House pen, in the face of two female geese

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‘A Down Under Photo Adventure’ at Mountaineers Meeting 7:30 p.m. Today!

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Sunset on Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. Today’s meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers will feature photography from a month-long exploration of Australia and New Zealand. Photo by Momo Vuyisich

Misty rainforest in Blue Mountains National Park, Australia. Photo by Momo Vuyisich

LAM News:

Late in 2012 – our winter, their summer – Momo Vuyisich of Los Alamos and his family took a month-long camping trip through Australia and New Zealand.

They drove, hiked, kayaked and flew, exploring the forests, cities, mountains and coasts of these two beautiful countries. Read More

Los Alamos Farmers Market 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday

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LAFM News:

The Los Alamos Farmers Market is 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Thursday in the Mesa Public Library parking lot on Central Avenue.

This week at market:

Lettuce mixes, Heads of lettuce, English Peas, Sugar Snap peas, Snow peas, Swiss Chard, Arugula, Dill, Parsley, Basil, Cilantro, Young onions, Fresh Garlic, Potatoes, Green Onions, Carrots, Beets, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Russian Kale, Rainbow Chard, Red Chile, Ungraded Eggs, Lamb, Lavender Products, Cheeses, Milk, Butter, Cheese spreads, Radishes, Breads, Sticky buns, Pizzas, Scones, Jams & Jellies, Spinach, Lambs Quarters, Read More