Can a Portrait Look Back?
by Zhenya Gershman, Artist and Art Historian, co-Founder of Project AWE
You are in an art museum. Suddenly you feel that someone is staring at...
Zhenya Gershman Reveals… 4-Ways Art Can Bring Our Ancestors Alive
By Zhenya Gershman, artist & art historian, co-Founder of Project AWE
As a portrait painter I deal with an idea of capturing my model’s presence,...
Raising More Than Kane: Steve Hearst great grandson of William Randolph Hearst will screen...
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World. Reporting from San Simeon California.
"San Simeon was the place...
Lori Dennis on Green Interior Design
By: Leslie Harris, Interior Designer, Leslie Harris Interior Design and LuxEco Advocate
Lori Dennis’ desire to be part of the solution to waste and pollution in the interior design and construction fields led her to write “Green Interior Design” which came out last month. Along with beautiful images of her work, it is a manual of resources for anyone wishing to create green interiors.
Sustainable Home Improvement Projects
6 Ways to Make a More Sustainable "Green" Home
By: Molly Rovero, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
Many homes weren't build with Green in mind and home improvement...
An Eco Home: A Living Sactuary
By: Leslie Harris, Interior Designer, Leslie Harris Interior Design and LuxEco Advocate
I believe that every home should be a sanctuary and that upon entering it one should immediately feel physically and emotionally protected. What I first noticed upon entering Jim and Nancy Chudas Green Home to select a room to design for an upcoming feature in Los Angeles Magazine was that it had all of those qualities even in the construction phase.
Healthy Child Healthy World: From the Pain a Passion for Change
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Colette Chuda 1989 photo credit Irene Born Newton-John
“When a parent loses...
Poetic License
By Florence “Flip” Ross a LuxEcoLiving Contributor
I never thought I could disclose
My deepest feelings, held inside
To put them down in honest prose
Would...
±2°C: A Far Eastern Inconvenient Truth
By Lush Huxley, LuxEco Living Editorial Assistant
Move over Al Gore and make room for the ladies. The Western world isn’t the only hemisphere freaking out...
Chef Seth Nathan Brings Delectable Culinary Skills To Mad And Vin Restaurant
I loved mt experience at Mad and Vin. Mostly, I enjoyed our conversation with chef Seth Nathan while dining with friends.
A Book Review: Petrine Day Mitchum’s New Book Hollywood Hoofbeats Breeds Horse Power
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor- in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Petrine Day Mitchum grew up in what is...
Malleable Trees: The Future of Eco-Architecture
By: Molly Rovero, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
LuxEco previously explored the idea of growing your own home with Mitchell Joachim's "Don't build your home, grow it!",...
The Oyster Box Hotel In Durban South Africa Is Your Dream Vacation: LuxEcoLiving’s Best...
Standing proud on Umhlanga’s beachfront, directly on the beach and overlooking the Indian Ocean, the 86-room Oyster Box, a Member of Red Carnation Hotel Collection, is one of South Africa’s best-loved hotels
Live Green with More Not Less: The New Urbanism
By James Chuda, Co-founder of LuxEco Living and Healthy Child Healthy World
With more knowledge, more consumer choices that allow us to support eco-friendly services and products and a better understanding of our interconnectedness to each other, the planet and the production processes of the things we buy, we could Live LuxEco! We could live truly sustainable. We could Live Green with More not Less!
What if we thought different about the way we live- we got out of our individual little cars and away from suburban sprawl? How about a New Urbanism that teaches us to be self-sufficient while still contributing to the benefit of all society?
Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep: Valmont Baptizes The Bear Bracelet To Preserve Fish...
Valmont is one of the leading cosmetic companies in the world. For most women and some men, Valmont is a religion. It is the most essential time piece, ritual, and anti-aging program that does reverse the inevitable signs of aging from all skin types, naturally.
Woody Allen is Zhenya Gershman’s Sunny Side Up
By Zhenya Gershman artist, historian, and LuxEcoLiving contributor
It really happened! My dream come true- Woody Allen held my painting lovingly in his arms...on stage!
Yesterday,...
Are we Connecting?
Connected: Looking at love, death and technology in the 21st century
Courtesy of Marketplace
Listen to this Story
Tiffany Shlain, technophile and filmmaker, discusses her new...
Born in the US..SR: How artist Zhenya Gershman got to paint Bruce Springsteen
Introduction by Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Zhenya Gershman was born in Moscow, Russia. She held...
The Model Speaks! Mark Snyder Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at LGBT Center
Image: Artist's Model Mark Snyder and Artist Zhenya Gershman, Franklin Londin 3-d Photography
On Friday May 15th, a historic event took place at the Los...
Nature is Art
By Florence "Flip" Ross a LuxEcoLiving contributor and advocate
It is such a beautiful world, have you noticed the various hues?
When I step out the...
A Time for Prevention: Safer Chemicals for Healthier Children
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World and contributing author Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc Dean...
"Mocking Birds" by Caleb Penn and Jacob Breslaurer: Raw Footage Reveals a Life Healing
By Caleb Penn author, producer, director and Jacob Breslauer, director of photography and editor.
Caleb Penn Mocking Birds
Introduction by Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in...
The Artist: A Review with an extra big shout out to Uggy
By Nancy Chuda Founder and Editor-in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Silence is golden as in oscar winner. You betcha!
If...
Dear Mainstream Authors, Stop Bashing Independent Publishing and Get a Clue
By Alanna Brown, a LuxEcoLiving Advocate, creator of Brown House Online, and author of Moonpennies
They're like the bullies on the playground. Those snot-nosed, mainstream-published...
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat: LuxEcoLiving’s # 1 Choice for South Africa’s...
Bushmans Kloof is Stunning! Spectacular! A haven for culinary delights! A once in a lifetime experience... nothing can compare to this Relais & Châteaux property part of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection
The Chuda’s Green Dream Home is a Hot Property
By Nancy and James Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World. Contributing editorial from Bethany Colson, Assitant Managing...
Vincensia DiIorio remembers the great Maria Callas
“Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore.” These are the first two phrases that Tosca sings in her famous Act 2 aria, “Vissi d’arte.” The English translation means, “I lived for art, I lived for love.” Puccini’s Tosca was one of Maria Callas’ most infamous operatic roles and the prime example of life imitating art. Callas’ life ended on September 16, 1977 in a Paris apartment. It is said that she died of a broken heart as did opera singer Floria Tosca at the end of the opera. Callas had an extra special gift which was reflected in the art form of opera. Transforming passion through music for the world to hear was what she sacrificed her life for.
American Sniper Review: Bradley Cooper’s Real Breaking Point Sheds Light On Who Really Pulled...
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Courtesy Warner Brothers Pictures
"There's evil in the...
LIV ON: Olivia Newton-John’s New CD Provides Hope and Healing With Help From Celebrated...
“As a group, it's our intention with this album to create songs with a message of compassion and hope,” said Newton-John. “They are for anyone facing a time of challenge in their life, whether it is grieving a loss - or on the journey to health and recovery.”
A Cry Out for Help: Whitney Houston’s passing is extremely sad and indelibly close
Bobbi Kristina's death is a tragedy. Could it have been prevented? Was her addiction genetically linked to her mother's?
Lori Weitzner Reinvents Wall Coverings
By: Leslie Harris, Interior Designer, Leslie Harris Interior Design and LuxEco Advocate
Lori Weitzner's products have been seen on movie sets, an Olympic Village, the Wynn resorts, prestigious stores such as Tiffanys’ and even museum walls. Important design museums have been exhibiting and acquiring Lori’s work for their permanent collections including London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and Montreal’s Musee Decoratifs. In 2006 she was the subject of her first solo exhibition at the Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. Lori is also the recipient of more than 20 awards and honors, including the esteemed Best of Neocon.
Theo Stephan’s Green Global Gardens Infuses Culinary Creativity
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Olive Oil And Vinegar For Life is one of the...
Dating America
In 2016 we will be electing a new President, which means for the next year, fellow liberals and I will be quoting NPR in a desperate attempt to prove that we’re politically active
Oh Mighty Tree
by Nancy Chuda, co-founder of LuxEcoLiving.com and Healthy Child Healthy World
Oh mighty tree must you stand so tall?
Do you know how long I have yearned to be near you?
To feel the touch of your skin against the weight of my heavy heart
Since the beginning of time
I have grown accustomed to your beautiful boughs and gentle swaying leaves
I have sat amongst the clustering of your youth
You have protected me against tyranny, hatefulness and shame. Coveted my innocence
shielding me against the preposterousness of war
The Fabergé egg of Green Design: James Chuda’s Architecture
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief LuxEcoLiving and co-founder Healthy Child Healthy World
"Architect James Chuda's Green Home has been called the "Fabergé egg" of...
