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Chilling Out with Seasonal Seafood
When you hear seafood.. a fresh lineup of seasonal specialties just waiting to swim into your dinner. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and butter over medium high heat…
Jacksonville, Florida: Where Big and Beautiful Intersect
Jacksonville, Florida: Where Big and Beautiful Intersect As seen in the Winter 2016 Ideal-Living magazine By Jamie…
Four Ideal Homes In One Ideal Community
Four Ideal Homes In One Ideal Community Bay Creek, Cape Charles, VA Pictured above – Edgewater Bay…
Arizona Ultimate Excursions
PHOENIX LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! April 7 – 14 | The Phoenix Film Festival | PhoenixFilmFestival.com Named one…
A Summer Tour of Middle Tennessee
Heart of the Volunteer State To those of us in the other 49 states, Tennessee is probably…
Easter Egg Hunts and Embracing Peeps
Easter Egg Hunts and Embracing Peeps Easter Fun with the Grandkids Easter is fast approaching. As you’re…
The Fourth of July Festival in Southport, North Carolina
Set against the backdrop of the Cape Fear River, the festival runs the entire week before July 4th as well, with concerts, art shows, and a reading from the Declaration of Independence.
Shamrocks, Leprechauns, and Parades: St. Patrick’s Day!
Shamrocks, Leprechauns, and Parades: St. Patrick’s Day! As children we learned that on St. Patrick’s Day we…
Delaware – What to See in ‘23
Seaside Towns in DELAWARE Delaware is a state in transition, especially in southernmost Sussex County. This region…
THE GOOD LIFE – Seven Couples
It’s time to start living your ideal life today. The following article features a day in the…
The Good Life – Nature at its Best
“To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the…
Ideal Living’s Top Mountain Destinations : The Appalachian Trail
Ideal Living’s Top Mountain Destinations: The Appalachian Trail Escape humidity and lower the temperature, enough to need…
Biowalls – The Vertical Garden
Biowalls – The Vertical Garden Green walls (also known as biowalls, vertical gardens or vertical vegetated complex…
Live Outdoors: Bald Head Island
There’s a place called Bald Head Island just two miles across the Cape Fear River, where mainland life is left behind for a while. Transportation goes from cars and buses to golf carts, bicycles, and your own two feet. Fourteen miles of pristine beach wait to greet you, and you can play golf by the sea. It’s the site of Old Baldy, the oldest standing lighthouse in North Carolina. Bald Head Island is a place where there’s an abundance of outdoor activities, a place where you want to live your life outside.
Wine Escape: Florida Wineries
Florida’s grape scene is one of intrigue. The Muscadine grape, the Southeast’s little secret is the main grape grown to make wines in the Sunshine State. It’s a special grape, for more reasons than just its taste. It’s adaptable to the warm, humid climate in Florida, and is also disease resistant. But Florida also has wines outside of the traditional grape variety, some wineries stepping out of the box and spreading the diversity of the drink with fusion wines, and tropical citrus and berry wines. So it’s time to drink some wine, folks!
Savannah, Georgia – One of the Top 10 Most Beautiful Places in America
Picturesque as a scene out of a fairy tale, Savannah, Georgia, has earned the right to brag about its beauty. Named by USA Weekend Magazine as one of the “Top 10 Most Beautiful Places in America” and listed as one of the New York Times’ “World’s Top Ten Trendy Travel Hot Spots,” Savannah has a rich and vibrant history that continues into the present day.
South Carolina’s Little Secret: Pawley’s Island
Separated from the mainland by saltmarsh and nicknamed “arrogantly shabby”, Pawley’s Island is one of South Carolina’s little secrets-literally. The barrier island is less than 4 miles long, and for the most part only one house wide. But it is one of the East Coast’s oldest summer resorts, and for good reason. I
Be Creative with Super Bowl Food on Game Day
Be Creative with Super Bowl Food on Game Day On February 2nd, 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII will…
Recipe: Corned Beef & Cabbage
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this month, there will be all kinds of things going on throughout the nation, from parades and celebrations to what is cooked in the kitchen. Here’s a classic Irish dish we found on history.com that you can whip up to embrace the taste of the holiday!
Happy Spring Cleaning!
Happy Spring Cleaning! A look at the weather for the upcoming week had me dancing around my…
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