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Chocolate lovers be warned, you might end up leaving your hearts in San Francisco after attending Gihiardelli’s 15th annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival. Indulge your taste buds and satisfy your chocolate craving Sept. 11 and 12 from 12:00-5:00 pm; expect to enjoy some of Gihiardelli’s famous Ghirardelli chocolate squares while you sip on wine from local vineyards, and enjoy live music and a plethora of family-friendly activities.

Mother’s Day is coming up so don’t get caught empty handed! Get on board for our April contest: Enter our Sweet as Chocolate Ghirardelli Contest for a chance to win 1 out of 4 $100 gift baskets. Chocoholics rejoice! Earn “points” to increase your chances of winning! There are multiple ways to enter to win: How to enter: There are 4 different ways to enter COMMENT: Click on the above image to go to the Ghirardelli website and leave a comment here to let us know what your favorite product…

Attention fashionable, yet sensible, women: Our favorite online retailer New York and Co is having a sale! Be glamourous in a New York minute without the New York prices. Ending at 11:59pm January 18th, enjoy BOGO (buy one get one free for those of you who didn’t catch that Payless advertising campaign a few years back) on redlined sale items. But wait, can it get better? I think it has with buy one, get TWO free. Honestly NY&Co, you really do have a habit of spoiling us shopaholics. Can’t make it…

National Breast Cancer Awareness month was organized by a multitude of health focused charities to help raise money and bring more attention to Breast Cancer research. They also fervently advocate getting checked (both medically and utilizing self-check) as this is an elective procedure done usually at the request of the patient.  Breast cancer is the #2 killer of women in America (#1 being heart disease). The usage of pink to symbolize the fight against breast cancer started in 1991 when the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out pink looped ribbons…

Many gardeners today very much enjoy doing their work as a hobby, while others like gardening for its health benefits. Then, there are those who like having allotments as part of their gardens. If you are new to the concept of allotments and would like some background information as to how you can maintain one on your own, read on. Allotments are little plots of land rented out to people, sometimes with a pent shed, generally for the reason of raising crops. The beginning gardener should know some helpful tips…

As college students plan on heading back to school any day now, they could use something nice to hang on their walls. A lot of guys have posters from classic movies like this Scarface Poster. Or if you want a real classic, another popular college poster is Munch’s The Scream. Of course, if you want something new, how about this new poster from MadebyGirl.com, made on 100% recycled paper? For lots more tips on returning to college, check out our Back to School Tip Center! Will

With summer coming to an end, and the colder part of the year approaching, we’re going to stop thinking about staying cool and start thinking about keeping toasty. One device that more and more people use to keep warm is the often misunderstood electric blanket. Obviously, they keep you warm at night, but they can also help save money on bills – you don’t need the central heating to be on at night when your bed is already cosier than a kangaroo’s pouch*. For example a biddeford plush electric blanket….