Year: 2011

AUTUMN HOSTED NETWORKING SOCIAL Overcoming Your Personal & Business Challenges Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 (6:00 – 9:00 PM) at Peridot Resto Lounge, 81 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON M4W 1A9 (Just East of Yonge St.) With Great Hosts to Help You Network Join our MetroActive hosts and members for an…

The Second Cup presents A MetroActive Lifestyle Network Meet and Greet Date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Second Cup at 39 Bay St. (S/E corner of Bay St./Lakeshore Ave.) Meet Mike Yen, Ontario PC candidate for Trinity-Spadina and Baldo Minaudo, President of MetroActive and author of…

On April 15, 2011 Qian Liu (23), the daughter of Liu Jianhiu, the research director of Communist Party history at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing, was found dead. Qian Liu’s body was found in her basement apartment near the York…

Recently I wrote an article about how to calculate the value of a business.  Toronto-Dominion Bank deal is an example of the irrelevance of valuation techniques used by most industry professionals. In the end it is what a buyer is willing to pay for a business that determines the company’s…

There is much discussion lately about the Power of Intention.  However, there is a sister concept that has not been mentioned, yet is more powerful and that is the Power of Attention. After years of working in the personal development field and coaching others in their personal growth I’ve refined…

Roederer is one of the leading ‘Boutique’ Champagne houses, which became popular for their celebrated ‘Cristal’.  Cristal became chic with celebrities, athletes, and hip hop artists. Originally founded in the late 18th century, Roederer’s consumers were predominately from the Russian community. In 1876, Tsar Alexander II, a great fan of…

History was made when Buyan Russian Haute Cuisine & Caviar Bar located in the Republic of Singapore, won the world’s most expensive Champagne in a fierce bidding war. Buyan, which offers both inexpensive traditional Russian fare as well as Russian haute cuisine meant for the Tsars, has paid €30,000 (SGD…

Summer is upon us and that means, BBQ’s, Patios and good times. When the summer heat is at its best, many people choose to grab an ice cool drink, light up the BBQ and enjoy.

However how do you make the summer of 2011 healthy and not gain that dreaded weight that most of us try to get rid of come September.

Lets take a look at a few ways that you can make the summer of 2011 the healthiest without sacrificing the fun times along the way.