The more money some entrepreneurs make, and the more money they have to spend on their hobbies. For Edward Loyst, that includes $65,000 on carving and building with stones. “Nobody is going to rush up and say, ‘Here is another Rodin or Henry Moore. But it’s interesting to build something that people will wonder in […]
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Monrovia Patch: Gyl Elliot believes the path to good physical and spiritual health is through the practice of yoga and meditation. Elliot has been teaching yoga for 12 years, and learning more all the time. After she studied structural yoga therapy, which emphasizes anatomy and physiology, with Mukunda Stiles, she also learned Sanskrit, and in
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Skateboarding can be considered a lifestyle for some. Scott Magee, the owner of ADM Skateboards, hopes his business will help promote that lifestyle and positive behavior. With any luck, Scott would like to see his skateboard business lead to a neighborhood skate park, after school programs, and possibly a skate camp, states Delmarva Media Group.
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Brian Taylor can thank his tired taste buds for his expanding popcorn-seasonings empire. As a student at the University of Michigan, the Chicago-area native was bored of snacking on butter-and-salt-flavored popcorn every night, so he copied down the ingredients in his favorite potato chip flavors and took a trip to the store to buy spices
The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a
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It’s never been a better time to think about turning your hobby — that thing you’re passionate about doing — into a viable, money-generating business. In fact, according to a recent consumer survey conducted by the software-maker Intuit, about one in five people (17 percent) have actively worked on starting their own business in the
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Burlington Free Press: Winooski native Kirsten Pringle, 34, has taken her passion for antiquing and made it a full-time job. She is married to Bruce Pringle and they have two daughters, Chanda, 11, and Cassidy, 6. Why have you started Onion River Antiques? I have always loved antiques and shop for them all of the
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The ukulele, that four-stringed instrument that brings to mind kitschy Hawaiian grass-skirt performances and Tiny Tim, is suddenly hip, according to The NY Daily News. Roger Greenawalt credits the ukulele’s increased following to something he has dubbed the “Aloha Zen” effect. “It really transforms your mind,” says the 47-year-old, who first picked up the instrument
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Most of the country has prohibited customers from smoking in restaurants. Yet a reminder of a time when it was okay to light up before dessert refuses to flame out: the matchbook. Statewide smoking bans tend to slow matchbook sales initially, but restaurant owners always return to the matchbooks. The New York Times says “in
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Houston News: They call her the Mum Lady, but Veronica Lozano doesn’t mind. The full-time working mother of three girls has created a side business by making homecoming mums for students in the Kingwood-Humble area. The idea started with one request and soon blossomed into a makeshift mum factory in her home selling hundreds of
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