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	<title>Ruby Red Stilettos &#187; Danielle Travali</title>
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		<title>Visit my fun, new online women&#8217;s magazine!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2010/05/28/visit-my-new-online-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2010/05/28/visit-my-new-online-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Hope you&#8217;re doing well. Please check out my new Web site, www.hollypinafore.org. It&#8217;s an online magazine that offers advice, stories and tips by women, for women to help them live a &#8220;fabulously delicious life.&#8221; It&#8217;s all about self-nurture and self-esteem, with articles related to dating, fitness, cooking, fashion, makeup and so much more! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Pasta</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/12/22/christmas-eve-pasta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas eve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi! Here&#8217;s my newest recipe video on pasta e alici, a traditional tomato-based pasta sauce my grandma serves on Christmas Eve. It&#8217;s delicious and simple to make. Best of all, it&#8217;s a very inexpensive meal that will feed a lot of people. Hope you enjoy. Happy Holidays! Christmas Eve Pasta Love, Holly]]></description>
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		<title>New Site in the Works!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/12/15/new-site-in-the-works/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/12/15/new-site-in-the-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, Sorry I haven&#8217;t been posting for the past two months, but I&#8217;ve been working on an eMagazine that&#8217;s going to be great when it&#8217;s all finished. It&#8217;s a free women&#8217;s empowerment publication that serves food, fashion, fitness and fun all on one plate. Please check it out at http://www.hollypinafore.com. I&#8217;ll be back here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Teixeira Pie</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/10/mark-teixeira-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victory tastes sweet. Especially when it&#8217;s a postseason Pinstripe win.   Last night was the second game of the American League Division Series (ALDS). I&#8217;d fallen asleep somewhere in the 9th inning, but jumped up when I heard the crack of the ball against Mark Teixeira&#8217;s bat at the bottom of the 11th. Tex hit a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple &amp; Chic Chocolate-Coconut Gelato</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/07/simple-chic-chocolate-coconut-gelato/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/07/simple-chic-chocolate-coconut-gelato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gelato]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dangerous,&#8221; &#8220;Off the Wall&#8221; and &#8220;Smooth Criminal.&#8221; They&#8217;re not just Michael Jackson songs. They&#8217;re the first words you&#8217;ll shout when you taste my dark chocolate-coconut gelato (which, by the way, is dairy-free).  One spoon of this homemade creamy-dreamy dessert and you&#8217;ll think you&#8217;ve committed a bad, bad crime. You might even moonwalk across the kitchen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle up the Beauty of Fall</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/05/bottle-up-the-beauty-of-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/05/bottle-up-the-beauty-of-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress reduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.&#8221; ~Henry Miller There&#8217;s nothing more intoxicating than the scents and hues of an autumn afternoon. But many people don&#8217;t take time to notice fall&#8230;until the trees are bare and the leaves are crunchy, brown and packed in lawn bags [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Most of a Bake-and-Break Moment</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/01/making-the-most-of-a-bake-and-break-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/10/01/making-the-most-of-a-bake-and-break-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[balsamic reduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kitchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pork tenderloin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Ever have one of those days where everything seems to fall apart&#8230;your life? Your relationships? Your bakeware? A few weeks ago, while I napped on my couch, I woke to a thud-crash in the kitchen. No one was there. Nothing had fallen. I panicked. I was certain a burglar or rabid animal had somehow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight the Flu Naturally</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/28/fight-the-flu-naturally/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/28/fight-the-flu-naturally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Natural Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Tina Zigo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If recent hype about flu season has left you in a frenzy, now&#8217;s the time to take a deep breath and relax. You don&#8217;t have to sit in a bubble or raid CVS for a box of surgical masks. Dr. Tina Zigo, naturopathic physician at the Center for Natural Healing in Monroe, shares her tips for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kermit Was Wrong: Being Green Is Easier Than You Think</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/27/kermit-was-wrong-being-green-is-easier-than-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/27/kermit-was-wrong-being-green-is-easier-than-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bridgeport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I used to think “going green” simply meant painting my face like a witch for Halloween. It’s scary how I thought nothing of poor Mother Earth, who for years silently bore the brunt of my unconscious environmental abuse: my treadmill-pounding, aerosol-hairspraying, Styrofoam-using ways. I never stopped to consider the importance of the air, water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate-Strawberry Succor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/23/chocolate-strawberry-succor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/23/chocolate-strawberry-succor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate-covered strawberries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  What do you get when you put four (single) female writers in one room with a few bottles of wine and an oversized batch of chocolate-covered strawberries? Answer: lots of estrogen, endorphins and laughs about problems of the pen to problems with men. Carrie Bradshaw couldn&#8217;t write our stories if she tried.  A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Shock the Pants off Your Man&#8221; Pasta Sauce</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/22/shock-the-pants-off-your-man-pasta-sauce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/22/shock-the-pants-off-your-man-pasta-sauce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brown rice pasta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing sexy about brown rice pasta (when you can&#8217;t have gluten, there aren&#8217;t many options). But cloak it in a warm, spicy red sauce and it&#8217;s like slipping into a smooth, silk gown and saying, &#8220;Look at me, baby. Give me a whirl. Give me a twirl with your fork.&#8221; Today, I took Grandma&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who in the World is Holly Pinafore?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/18/who-in-the-world-is-holly-pinafore/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/18/who-in-the-world-is-holly-pinafore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life is not about finding yourself&#8230;life is about creating yourself.&#8221;~George Bernard Shaw But wait: does creating yourself help you find who you really were after all? Near the end of 2007, I decided to start a foodie blog under a fictitious character, Holly Pinafore (the blog is still up and running, and is called The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have More Fun, Spend Less Cash at the Casino</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/18/have-more-fun-and-spend-less-cash-at-the-casino/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/18/have-more-fun-and-spend-less-cash-at-the-casino/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just like one of those predictable movie scenes. You&#8217;re the main character. You say, &#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely not going. There&#8217;s nothing you can do to change my mind.&#8221; Through the magic of cinematography, you arrive at Foxwoods (or Mohegan Sun) in a finger-snap with a few snickering friends by your side. They&#8217;ve won; you&#8217;ve lost. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring the Beach to Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/17/bring-the-beach-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/17/bring-the-beach-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I get stressed out, I look around my apartment for junk I&#8217;d like to throw away or random things I&#8217;ve collected over the years, and I try to create some work of art. Okay, I don&#8217;t really know if it&#8217;s art, but it&#8217;s therapeutic, and the end result is often interesting.   On this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate-Covered Childhood</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/16/chocolate-covered-childhood/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/16/chocolate-covered-childhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams.&#8221; ~Willy Wonka How many of you use the word &#8220;scrumdiddlyumptious&#8221; on a day-to-day basis? How many of you have felt like a blueberry that had to be rolled out of the room (well, I guess most people have, at least on Thanksgiving)? If neither of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Magical Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/15/have-a-magical-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/15/have-a-magical-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nice quote, eh? Could be the new tag line for Wonderbra. I&#8217;m not one for sappy (and sometimes sexist, misogynistic) Disney drama, and I don&#8217;t live my life as if it were a fairy tale. I even wrote a whole research paper on the portrayal of negative female body image in Disney cartoons (how&#8217;s that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackberry Bad Girl</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/15/blackberry-bad-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/15/blackberry-bad-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve taken the word &#8220;blackberry&#8221; to a whole &#8216;nother level. And I&#8217;m not talking about the one buzzing in your pocket. Here&#8217;s a nice, cool drink that&#8217;ll bring out the bad gal in you after a few sips. My concoction of the week is a healthy, elegant frozen cocktail made with Verdi Spumante, a sparkling beverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s a Wrap</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/thats-a-wrap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/thats-a-wrap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gluten-free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gluten-free lunch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthy food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey &#8220;Wrap&#8221; with Maple-Balsamic Veggies What do you do with deli-sliced turkey breast when you can&#8217;t have bread? Eat it with a fork? TRY AGAIN. Time to taste a sexier, saucier wrap that&#8217;s not afraid to shed the bread: rustic-chopped veggies rolled with thinly-sliced roast turkey breast and drizzled with a warm maple-balsamic vinaigrette. This one&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Rainbow Meets Milford Green</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/where-the-rainbow-meets-milford-green/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/where-the-rainbow-meets-milford-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milford green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raspberry vinaigrette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurant review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rainbow Gardens Restaurant &#38; Bar 117 North Broad Street Milford, CT 06460 203-878-2500 In 1996, Heather, John and Meg Profetto opened Rainbow Gardens, a cheery inn-like dwelling in the heart of Milford Green, across from the central gazebo. Nearly 14 years later, guests couldn&#8217;t be more satisfied. Myself included. The spectrum of shrubs, azaleas, ivies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brandy is Dandy&#8230;Especially in Coffee</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/brandy-is-dandyespecially-in-coffee/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/10/brandy-is-dandyespecially-in-coffee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[liquor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martini]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, instead of stopping at Starbucks, invite a few friends to your place and save a few bucks. It&#8217;s time to teach you a twisted coffee drink I dreamt up a few hours ago: a Maple Frapputini. Sweet, frothy and aromatic with coffee-flavored brandy, pure maple syrup and rice/almond milk, it&#8217;s not only cheaper to make than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tried &amp; True Workout DVDs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/09/tried-true-fitness-dvds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/09/tried-true-fitness-dvds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strength training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workout dvd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[    If you don&#8217;t want to pay for fitness classes but need a coach to motivate you, don&#8217;t lose hope. Here are my top workout DVD picks. Some of them are a few years old, but the routines never go out of style. The best part is that each one runs from 30-60 minutes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christina Cooks from the Heart, for Your Health</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/08/christina-cooks-from-the-heart-for-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/08/christina-cooks-from-the-heart-for-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina cooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christina pirello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Photo courtesy of cbsnews.com) In the early 1980s, doctors said leukemia would kill her. Twenty six years, four books, two Web sites and a cooking show later, Christina Pirello is healthier than ever.                A culinary instructor at Drexel University who won an Emmy for her PBS series &#8220;Christina Cooks,&#8221; Pirello claims her macrobiotic/vegan diet helped cure her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No-Fuss Fitness</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/08/no-fuss-fitness/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/08/no-fuss-fitness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billy blanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bryan kest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elliptical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exercise tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jari love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jillian michaels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leslie sansone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mari winsor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muscles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pilates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treadmill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workout tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;re more likely to get sick of your workout than sick from the germs that linger in the gym. If you don&#8217;t change your routine every four-to-six weeks, your muscles get used to the same elliptical and treadmill workouts; if you follow the exact cardio and strength training routines each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Drink that Takes the Cake</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/05/a-drink-that-takes-the-cake/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/05/a-drink-that-takes-the-cake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coconut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daquiri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pineapple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vodka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding cake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the drink names that bear absolutely no significance to the ingredients in them (e.g. Long Island Iced Tea, Sex on the Beach, Fuzzy Navel, and God help us, the Buttery Nipple), the one I had the other day wins the prize for being the most random and the most extraordinary.   So, while I&#8217;m sitting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Cooker Soiree</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/04/a-dinner-soiree-for-those-with-low-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/04/a-dinner-soiree-for-those-with-low-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crock pot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greek yogurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pasta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[save money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slow cooker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soiree]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If economic crises have slighted you with ramen noodles, you need the Foodie Fairy Godmother to rescue you from meal mediocrity. I feel your pain. Now that I just got my first apartment about seven months ago, I, too, am strapped for cash. It’s hard enough to afford a shopping cart full of nutritious fare, let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;Ruby Red Stilettos&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/03/why-ruby-red-stilettos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/travali/2009/09/03/why-ruby-red-stilettos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Travali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fabulous]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Glass slippers don&#8217;t fit the dreams of Cinderella; red stilettos do. —Ryan DeLaurentis You&#8217;re probably wondering who I am and why I started a blog called Ruby Red Stilettos. First let me tell you about myself. I&#8217;m an obsessive-compulsive, scatterbrained writer, foodie, certified personal trainer, makeup seller, gluten-free cook and last but not least, graduate [...]]]></description>
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