Tell me if this sounds familiar: It’s January and you’ve started that diet you’ve promised yourself you would do. You bought that gym membership, sure to help you get the body you’ve been dreaming of. The first week or two often goes well, but come week three, four and five, motivation and determination start to […]
Annette Benedetti
Breaking the Broken Resolutions Cycle
Tell me if this sounds familiar: It’s January and you’ve started that diet you’ve promised yourself you would do. You bought that gym membership, sure to help you get the body you’ve been dreaming of. The first week or two often goes well, but come week three, four and five, motivation and determination start to […]
Winter Wellness & Fit Guide
With an overwhelming number of approaches to using food and healing modalities in the place of—or alongside— Western medicine, newbies to alternative medicine may struggle with where to begin. Throughout this guide we’ll explore popular alternative approaches to healing, commonly sought out and confused. Dr. Joshua Phillips, ND, the creative director of Hawthorn Healing Arts […]
Ditch the Kitchen this Christmas
The dog doesn’t have to “accidentally” eat the turkey for you to feel justified in taking your loved ones out to a restaurant to eat this holiday. If the idea of planning, preparing, serving, and then cleaning up after feeding family and friends sounds more like a work day than a holiday, then we have […]
A Tower Christmas: A New Holiday Tradition
If you’ve been looking for a new holiday tradition your family can call its own, the Tower Theatre Foundation is ready to deliver. Dec. 21-23, the foundation will present its annual variety show called, “A Tower Christmas: Holiday Wonderland.” From singing and dancing to theatrical performances and readings, this production offers guests the best of […]
Indoor Gifts for the Whole Family to Enjoy Together
Baby, it’s cold outside. Most Central Oregonian families don’t just tolerate the winter months, they look forward to them as a time to engage in adrenaline-pumping outdoor activities. Even so, you can only hit the slopes so often. Still, being stuck inside doesn’t mean the family can’t have fun. This holiday season give your family, […]
Outside Gifts the Whole Family Can Enjoy Together
Family Tent Every outdoorsy family needs a mobile living space and there’s nothing as flexible and easy to transport as a tent. The Marmot Limestone 8 P Tent ($650) is giant but easy and quick to set up. It provides two rooms of livable space and accommodates eight people. This mobile living space comes with […]
Should You or Shouldn’t You?
It’s Christmas morning. Your entire extended family—including your parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even cousins whose names you can’t remember— have traveled great distances to come together and celebrate. You have prepared yourself in advance by perfecting the appearance of the natural looking smile and rehearsing the ever-enthusiastic “Thank you!” The room is […]
Cozy Up with a Good Book: “A Novel Idea” gets everyone on the same page
Need a good read to cuddle up with as the winter weather hits? For the 13th year in a row, the Deschutes Public Library Foundation is offering “A Novel Idea…Read Together,” the program based on a single book, designed to bring residents together for an ongoing cultural learning experience. On Dec. 2, the foundation will […]
Outside the Box for the Soccer Mom (and Dad, too)
If they aren’t on the job, they are running the kids to and from their various activities or pulling the house together and planning the next family event. Soccer moms (and dads), simply put, are super and they deserve to be showered in gifts whenever the opportunity arises. This holiday you have the chance to […]

