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What Is Your Favorite Form of Exercise?
April 15, 2024 -- Sitting is the New Smoking. Have you heard that one? Nothing seems truer these days, as more and more experts (like Dr. Sanjay Ghupta) say that physical activity is the number one prescription for staving off aging. Not to mention the health benefits of regular exercise in keeping off those extra pounds and preventing every manner…...
Top Retirement Towns
Boca Raton is an affluent retirement community of 97,000 (2020). Having a home in “Boca” ironically provides a certain cachet. The irony comes from the derivation of the city’s name in Spanish– “rat’s mouth”. The city has benefited from a carefully thought out Master Plan and strict zoning and signage laws that have helped make it a desirable place to…...
Sun Valley, Idaho has a great pedigree as a community. Railroad magnet Averill Harriman sent Count Schaffgotsch on a yearlong trip to the west in pursuit of the perfect vacation destination to create passenger traffic for his railroad. The Count found Sun Valley and was immediately hooked on the beauty of the Sawtooth Mountains. The Sun Valley area encompasses the…...
Greensboro is one of the small towns in central Georgia near Lake Oconee and the Oconee National Forest. Although it is quite rural in this part of Georgia it is an easy drive to Athens (University of Georgia) and Atlanta. The recreational opportunities are quite extensive thanks to this huge lake (2nd largest in Georgia) and National Forest. Greensboro itself…...
Founded by Henry Flagler to provide a luxury destination for his railroad, Palm Beach proper is one of the wealthiest and prettiest communities in the world. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean just above Miami and straddles the Intercoastal Waterway. Fancy shops and elegant estates abound in the beautiful downtown. Enormous estates go along the ocean and the Intracoastal. If…...