From the kitchen of Teresa Worthington, Mason Ingredients 2 ½ pounds ground beef chuck ½ tsp each salt and pepper 1 (10 oz) can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies (drained well) 2 cups frozen, shredded hashbrowns (thawed) 3 Tbsp sour cream ½ small yellow onion, chopped 1 small green pepper, chopped 1 small bottle Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce Directions [SERVES 6-8] Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9x12 baking dish with parchment paper. In large bowl, combine beef, Read more [...]

Want to add something new and bright to your wardrobe? Looking for that special gift to give the mother in your life on Mother’s Day? You'll want to stop by Retail Therapy in Okemos, a shop with gifts, accessories and clothing for women of all ages, tastes and sizes. Estelle Saltzman, who owned a similar shop in Saginaw, opened this one last August when her physician husband took a position at Sparrow Hospital. The Okemos shop’s location was perfect and it was move-in ready. “The decor Read more [...]

The movie 42 is the story of Jackie Robinson, first African American in the major league of baseball. It starts with Jackie getting asked to the Brooklyn Dodgers. They started him at first base on April 15, 1947, breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. 42 shows the kind of racial hate present at the time in scenes like the game against the Philadelphia Phillies, where manager Ben Chapman taunts Robinson with many racial slurs, causing Robinson to go back to the dugout and smash his Read more [...]

The Old Town General Store to Open this May A new and inspired business opens this May in Old Town. Rhea Van Atta is opening the Old Town General Store, located at 408 E. Grand River, on May 3. A Grand Opening will be held on June 15, featuring live music, delicious food and specials. It is Van Atta’s mission to create a unique general store, which will offer healthy foods and high-quality goods, in the Old Town neighborhood where she lived as a child. Her primary focus is on providing Read more [...]

Name: Danielle Sands Company Currently Employed with: Superior Asphalt, Inc. Current Title: CFO College and Degree: Lake Superior State University, bachelor of science degree in accounting Years with company: 14 When Danielle Sands was growing up she had dreams of becoming a high school mathematics teacher. Receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Lake Superior State University, she wasn’t too far off from her childhood dream. To this day Sands still uses numbers every day Read more [...]

 Tips and resources that can help you get started Did you know that women business owners are a growing force? Here are some powerful facts from the Census on women-owned businesses: 7.8 million US businesses are owned by women. This represents a 44 percent increase from 1997-2007, and is twice the growth rate of men-owned businesses! Women-owned businesses generate $1.2 trillion a year and employ 7.6 million people. Along with the chance to achieve financial success and be your own Read more [...]

Enter to win a $1,000 flight voucher during Fly Lansing’s Father’s Day Fly Away Contest The moment when the “ding” sound rings through the plane’s cabin and the pilot announces that, “we have now reached 10,000 feet,” is when I feel closest to my father. There, when I’m as close to heaven as possible, I look at the sky and take some time to remember him. My father, Tom Pollock, passed away when I was 40 years old. He was a fun-loving, genuine man with a strong-willed personality Read more [...]

Piano extraordinaire Christopher O’Riley will close out the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s 83rd season on Thursday, May 9, at the Wharton Center. O’Riley will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No.1” with Maestro Timothy Muffitt and the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. Here’s what O’Riley had to say to CAWLM about the program and his career: Q: What can audiences expect from your performance at the Wharton Center with Maestro Timothy Muffitt and the Lansing Symphony Orchestra? A: Read more [...]

As another school year winds down and we begin to plan our summer vacations, many of you will likely look for those light, easy, beach reads that will allow you to escape into another world. This year my book club has enjoyed some fascinating escapes with our selections. We’ve traveled to the race track with Seabiscuit and to Russia with Catherine the Great (definitely not an easy, breezy book, but so interesting nonetheless). And then I talked them into reading a contemporary business book Read more [...]

Can you imagine not being able to run the bases after you hit a home run? Or not being able to see the joy in your child’s face after they win a baseball game? For many children and young adults with special needs and their families this is a reality. However, the Miracle League of Mid-Michigan is changing this. The Miracle League of Mid-Michigan gives children and young adults with special needs the chance to play baseball in a safe, inclusive and fun environment, regardless of their abilities. “The Read more [...]

Who is ready for spring? Is it here? Because as I key this in, it sure is slow in arriving. The theme this month is bright and beautiful. I would love to paint you a picture of Editor Emily and I gleefully skipping into an airy oasis of glowing and beatific food whilst surrounded by chirping birds and budding tulips and oaks. Instead, we got a torrential downpour and a blazing fireplace (thank goodness). Bright and beautiful was lacking this particular evening, but warm and dark like a womb sufficed Read more [...]

Let’s face it, a good hair day, a good make up day or a great outfit can completely and totally make a day better. At least that’s our thinking here at Capital Area Women’s LifeStyle Magazine. Turns out it’s also the way our friends at the Lansing Mall feel. So we teamed up with them to bring  our readers  two bright and beautiful outfit ideas and a selection of beauty products to make you feel bright and beautiful. Easy Breezy After a day of fun in the sun this outfit is perfect Read more [...]