You’ve most definitely heard the saying, “new year, new me.” People often use the new year as a way to reinvent and improve themselves as individuals, but can the same logic apply to one’s house? It sure can! After all, what better time to redecorate or renovate your home — especially if you are in or are nearing retirement. You’ve likely been in your house for … [Read more...]
Travel Tips and Tricks from Samantha Brown
The Travel Adventure Show takes place in Los Angeles every year and I always try to attend. At previous shows, I've learned expert travel tips such as Rick Steves and Patricia Schultz. This time I sat down to watch Samantha Brown, who's the host and executive producer of Places to Love on PBS. Her talk focused on the "places" that were chosen to be featured on her show … [Read more...]
Green Book: Movie Review
Every year I attend an Oscar party with friends and we have a betting pool to pick the winners. Even though most of the pundits predicted “Roma,” “Roma,” “Roma,” I knew in my gut it would not win Best Picture. I checked off “Green Book,” because it was my favorite film of 2018. And I was right! It was the surprise winner that year. Don't ask me about the other … [Read more...]
Electrodermal Screening: Does it Work to Accurately Scan Your Body?
A while back, I wrote a post about how to prevent a heart attack. It was based on the recommendations of Dr. Cathie Lippman, a now-retired alternative and preventative medicine doctor in Beverly Hills. She invited me to come to her office to chat and offered to do an electrodermal screening to show me how it works. It’s a galvanic skin response device (think EEG or EKG) that … [Read more...]
Deep Brain Stimulation: A Parkinson’s Patient’s Success Story
Suzanne Friedman was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 47. She has the genetic component (LRRK2) that causes it and it runs in her family. At first, she had very mild symptoms. At her annual checkup, she mentioned to her doctor that she had been feeling a slight tremor in her leg for several months. The doctor thought it was probably a pinched nerve but gave her a … [Read more...]