Celebrate Every Day--January

Celebrate Every Day 

What Can You Celebrate Today?

Find something to celebrate everday! Every Day there are holidays and celebrations around the world. For the purpose of this website a "holiday"is any day that recognizes a cultural event ...and other stuff.

Chinese New Year

February 14, 2010  Chinese New Year (also called the Spring Festival) is China's major traditional holiday and is one of the most popular festivals in China and in other parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam (where New Year's Day is called "...

Chinese Astrology 2010

The purpose of this lens is to provide a simplified introduction to Chinese Astrology for the Western Audience. The Chinese lunar calendar has a sixty year cycle. According to the Chinese horoscope, The 60-year cycle consists of two separate cycles...

Feng Shui 101

Feng shui (fengshui), pronounced in English as "fung shway" or "feng shoo-ee", is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment. Feng shui literally translates as "...

January is Hot Tea Month 

Barley Tea

The Roast Barley Tea has been a popular refreshing tea drink in Japan for hundred of years. This barley tea is gently roasted to perfection in small batches and has unparallel taste and flavor. The nourishing tea is caffeine free. It also has a nutty...

Green Tea for Health - Asia's Fountain of Youth

Green tea has been used in China for thousands of years for its health-preserving and revitalizing power. For years doctors have suspected that green tea possesses remarkable healing properties. The Japanese and Chinese have been drinking it for cen...

Tea House

I love to visit Tea Houses. I'll write about the Tea Houses I have visited, the ones I want to visit and share my photos. I hope you'll tell me about your experiences.

Pu-erh Tea

This unique tea is only just starting to become known in the Western world (pronounced "POO-air") Other names for Pu-erh tea: Puerh, Puer, Pu er, Pu'er. Pu-erh teas are known in China as "medicinal teas" and have long been conside...

Jasmine Tea

Jasmine is a delicate, floral Chinese tea, traditionally served with meals. Jasmine tea is the oldest known scented tea; it had its origins in the Hunnan province of China during the Sung Dynasty, more than 700 years ago. Nowadays jasmine tea is prod...

Celebrate January 

Sweet Potato Pie Recipes & More

Is Sweet Potato part of your holiday meal planning? It should be! I love sweet potatos! One of my fovorite snacks is sweet potato pie. And it's so good for you! This lens is to share with you some recipes, stories and facts about sweet potatoes. Enjo...

President Barack Obama

Barack Obama - First African American steps into the White House! History has been made and the world is watching with hope in their hearts that America will once again become the leader it once was. This lens is a collection of information from aro...

Elvis Presley Musical Tribute

This is a musical tribute! Turn your speakers on high for this one! Elvis is the only performer to have been inducted into four music 'Halls of Fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (1997), the Country Music Hall o...

The Tao of Pooh

Jan 18 - Today is the Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne. "Winnie the Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things which has made him the world's most beloved bear." "..While Eeyore frets and Piglet hesitates... and Rabbit calculates...

January Birthdays 

Elvis Presley Musical Tribute

This is a musical tribute! Turn your speakers on high for this one! Elvis is the only performer to have been inducted into four music 'Halls of Fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (1997), the Country Music Hall o...

Joan Baez

There aren't many in showbiz like Baez. Forty years ago she was the dorky folk singer with the pure voice and the severe expression who, through sheer force of sincerity, won out as the symbol of her generation over hipper rivals. By her own admissio...

David Bowie

English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. Active in five decades of rock music, and frequently re-inventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded[1] as an influential innovator, particular...