My Community: Civility Luncheon
On Tuesday, May 24 it was a celebration of civility at Walnut Hills Country Club in East Lansing for the Civility Star Award Luncheon. Locals gathered for socializing and lunch as Bob Hoffman — featured in the cover story of our May issue — was awarded the 2011 Mid-Michigan Civility Star Award, which was presented by Shelley Davis Mielock of Mieshel Image...
Continue ReadingBooks to Keep You Cookin’ and Cool This Summer
Ah, summertime and the living is … um, warm. As a kid I always looked forward to summer because summer meant vacation from school. Summer meant sleeping-in, playing with friends, consuming slushies and trying to figure out why my parents lacked my passion for summer and the freedoms and opportunities that summer offered. Curmudgeons! Now that I am a card-carrying...
Continue ReadingPrepare for Farcical Fun at the Riverwalk with Flaming Idiots
Rehearsals were just getting started, but actress Angela Dill could already tell the newest show at the Riverwalk Theatre in Lansing was going to be “a hoot and a half.” The comedy farce Flaming Idiots, by Tom Rooney and directed by Josh Martin, plays at the Riverwalk July 21-24 and 28-31. Dill plays the character of Bernadette, a deaf woman who’s hired...
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Local Women: Lisa Benck
Lisa Benck puts her degrees in urban planning and art to good use during her day job with the Michigan Department of Transportation. She’s also beginning to work as a freelance graphic designer. Q: Can you tell me about your graphic design work? A: My graphic design work is currently a freelance thing … I’ve worked with someone doing a logo, and I worked...
Continue ReadingMake Your Vacation Home Dreams A Reality
Imagine a summer filled with beautiful sunsets, no television, sandy floors and happy, tired children. A vacation home can provide families with a place to re-charge, build memories and enjoy life’s simple pleasures. It’s a timeless summer experience. If you’re considering purchasing a vacation home, you’ll be happy to know that there are many mortgage...
Continue ReadingMy Community: Dream, Girl!
The Women’s Center of Greater Lansing presented the Fifth Annual Dream, Girl Reach for the Stars event Thursday, May 12 at the Spartan Club on Michigan State University’s Campus. The evening included success stories from center clients, music by Wisaal & Arabic Fusion, appetizers, beverages and was emceed by WLNS news anchor Ann Emmerich. Among the...
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It’s time for you to really #MeetMichigan
There are so many things that define us. If I had to make a list about myself, I would definitely add that I’m a tried and true Michigander. It’s always amazing (and disappointing) to me when I travel around the country and people make disparaging remarks about our great state. I tell people where ever I am that they don’t know the true Michigan —...
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Suit Up! Sizzle While you Splash this Summer
If the staff at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine had a choice we’d be pool side or lying out at the beach all summer. Okay, well maybe not all summer — we’d miss all of you way too much. Still, it’s no secret that some of us will be spending the majority of our spare time sunny-side up. And of course, we’ll be doing so in style. Here are...
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For Pete’s Take: Over the Edge
Editor’s Note: We like to make our columnists work for their space, so when The Team Lansing Foundation asked us to send a member of our crew Over the Edge we sent Pete, giving him the adventure of a lifetime (our opinion, not his.) Visit (www.teamlansing.org) for more info. June 3, 2011 12:30 p.m. Walking on Seymour Avenue I can see Boji Tower in the distance....
Continue ReadingFor Pete’s Take: Tie One On (or Not)
As Father’s Day begins its second 100 years as the holiday celebration for all things “Dad,” I’m left wondering, “what is the real meaning of Father’s Day?” Backyard barbeques, smaltzy greeting cards and dare I say it, the ugly necktie? Okay, so maybe all neckties aren’t ugly, but come on folks, who are we kidding here? Although as a country...
Continue ReadingThe Smart Ways We Use Smart Phones
With nearly 372 million mobile phones shipped in the first quarter of 2011, the chances are excellent that you own one and carry it with you everywhere you go. While smartphones are gaining in popularity, there are still significant sales of so-called feature phones. So if you are one of those women who hasn’t made the move to a smartphone, you may be wondering...
Continue ReadingCATS Performer Returns Home for Show at Wharton Center
Talk about getting into character. After landing a spot in the cast for the 2010-2011 tour of CATS, Ashley Travis — a musical theatre graduate from Western Michigan University — spent a month in New York learning how to channel her inner feline. In an exercise called fluidity, Travis and her fellow cast members spent rehearsal time honing in on their inner...
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