Tips for Keeping Your Cool in a Heat Wave

Summers are here, the temperatures are going to rise, and the days will feel longer. The weather may become unbearably hot, and there could be potential heat waves. 

Heat waves are just as dangerous as natural disasters, since they can cause heat strokes and complicate other illnesses. While it’s that time of the year when you can hit the beach shirtless, the heat could actually be risky if you don’t take proper precautions. 

7 Cute Summer Outfits for Day and Night Occasions

The first crop tops appeared on the fashion scene during the 1940's. Now, they're "in" along with these other cute summer outfits. The crop top peaked throughout the 70's until the 90's, but it's making a comeback today. So are bardot sleeves and maxi dresses. However, modern looks are also in style this summer.

Sweet Tea Brisket Recipe

Ah the summer. Nothing beats the smell of a freshly cut lawn, the feel of the sun on your skin and to top it all off, that kind of dozy feeling you get after filling your belly with a what was probably one too many cuts of sweet tea brisket washed down with a glass of your favorite red wine.

Survive Outdoor Summer Weddings in Style with These Cool Outfit Ideas

Dressing for an outdoor wedding in summer is difficult. You need a dress that helps you beat the heat and shoes that won’t make walking difficult. At the same time, you don’t want to look drab! You can’t wear your heavy gown to such events because, well, the sweat will mess it up!

Follow Your Intuition - Miranda Kerr Shares Life Lessons, Summer Style and Beauty Tips

Miranda Kerr revealed that her best piece of wisdom is following your own intuition in a behind the scenes video interview with Lucky magazine for her cover shoot.

Miranda made it through a very public divorce from Orlando Bloom, with whom she has a son, and she has also written two self-help books in addition to her career as a fashion model.

Speaking about what she'd tell her younger self now if she had the chance, Miranda said: 'Just enjoy every day; don't sweat the small stuff. Stay grounded, stay true to yourself and follow your own intuition.'

In sharing her top summer tips, Miranda cites her favourite summer song as Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles, because it reminds her of 'a little trip I took with some friends and we had the music playing and the sun was shining and it was really good energy and vibes'.

Library of Congress, Washington DC - Weekend Pictures

As winter knocks on the door over here, bringing cold temperatures, ice pellets, rain and more rain, I look back with fondness to this summer and our brief time in Virginia and DC. I remember back then though when we landed at the airport, it was over 100 degrees and I felt like I would either fry like an egg in a pan, or melt and steam away. Now I want some of that heat to magically be transferred to Seattle. I wonder how warm or cold it is there, right now.

Anyway, we took the train to our hotel in Alexandria, rested in the air-conditioned confines of our room and by the evening, I was feeling more adjusted. We went out for dinner, settled for Chinese takeaway, and while they were getting it ready, we took a stroll around the area.