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		<title>&#8220;Occupy Your Life&#8230; NOW!&#8221; with Successful Goal-Setting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denise Michaels The holidays are over and as a business owner you&#8217;ve probably ramped up to full speed again.  Here&#8217;s a way to get your new year off to a great start. Light a few candles or start a fire in the fireplace.  As the flames magically leap skyward, it’s a great time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Occupy Your Life&#8221; in 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever received little signs, little promptings that  what you want is truly your life and business purpose?  But maybe you hesitate to take big leaps because it means huge changes.  Your passion runs  deep so you want to get it right. At the age of eight it was clear I was meant to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light Through the Holidays</title>
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		<dc:creator>Denise Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denise Michaels In recent years many of us have become drawn into finally understanding and caring about what life is like, in many other places and among different cultures around the world. We see more clearly how we’re alike and how we’re different from other people we didn’t take much time to care about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnivores are King at Fogo de Chao</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denise Michaels Meat lovers rejoice!  If your idea of a great meal includes  slabs of a variety of meats savored in a single meal – Fogo de Chao could become your personal notion of hog heaven. Located in the former Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse at 360 E. Flamingo near Howard Hughes Drive in the restaurant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Ready for Success in &#8220;The New Normal&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as we are all hurtling toward the holidays at breakneck speed, in the back of your mind you are probably thinking about the goals you want to set for 2012.  For many small business owners the holiday season is a slowing down time. A good opportunity to hunker down and think about what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Space Needle is a Romantic Close to a Busy Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night was approaching and Monday morning we would leave for Vancouver.  We already had a car scheduled to pick us up and take us to Seattle&#8217;s downtrodden Union Station.  We had a few more hours on Sunday evening and wanted to take advantage of our last hours in The Emerald City.  We decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pike Place Market in Seattle:  I don&#8217;t Quite get it, but I Like it</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time I visited Seattle was twenty years ago.  Coming back to the Emerald City was going to be familiar but new at the same time. Ernie and I were looking forward to getting to know the ambience of Seattle during the few days we had to visit. Because our Amtrak train engine had &#8220;issues&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s &#8220;Petra&#8221; Dishes Up a Jordanian Taste of Homemade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday evening and we were hungry and ready for dinner. When you add it up &#8211; we walked 8-10 miles on Saturday, discovering the city. We earned a decent meal.  There are so many clever little restaurants all over Seattle of every stripe. Independent places where a guy or gal with a good idea can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Western Loyal Inn Scores with Handy Amenities and Great Seattle Location</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to travel more.  I want to travel a lot.  As a result, to enjoy more time traveling it means watching our dollars as we head out on our excellent adventure.  Truth is, I don&#8217;t want to &#8220;travel&#8221; in the typical sense &#8211; I want to live in new places &#8211; maybe for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Engine that Couldn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We woke in Portland eager to begin our journey further north in the magnificent Northwest.  My husband is a train buff.  He&#8217;s taken trains all over the world.  Europe, India, Thailand and much more.  So, instead of renting a car and driving to Seattle &#8211; we decided it would be fun to take the train. [...]]]></description>
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