BY XIRUI DAI
Launched in 1992, Fitness is a United States-based women’s magazine, focusing on health, exercise, and nutrition. In 2005, Fitness launched its official website. There are rich resources, including articles and videos, focused on workouts, diet, healthy tips and beauty on its website.
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com
The store Cheeky Peach, located in Downtown Athens, has made a complete transformation over the past couple of years. Starting out as a tiny boutique on a side street 2 years ago, the popular store recently opened its renovated location on Clayton St. Growing from a store known about by few to a mega-retailer with an awesome online presence, I have seen Cheeky Peach grow as my time at UGA has progressed. Cheeky Peach falls under fashion and lifestyle because the store has done an incredible job of capturing and presenting the trends of Athens while creating a lifestyle through their collections. From semi-formal dresses to throw pillows, the store has been transformed and dominates the Downtown boutique scene.
Cheeky Peach has a blog on their website that is updated a few times a month. The topics covered deal with their inventory as well as interesting topics that their target customers would enjoy reading. The retailer also posts on Instagram multiple times a day, some of which include giveaways or contests that customers can participate in. By using a multimedia approach, Cheeky Peach displays how their products fit into the Athens’ lifestyle.
A vertical that I follow regularly is the food section on the Self Magazine website. The section has a drop-down menu consisting of healthy eating, recipes, recipe roundup, drinks and a recipe finder. This is a great resource for me since moving into my own apartment and cooking for myself. All content is updated on a daily basis, giving readers plenty of recipes and articles to choose from. The content ranges from recipes to kitchen gadget reviews and beyond, and I consider the source to be a great place to go when needing cooking suggestions and advice.
The vertical can be found HERE.
Sanni is awesome.
Garrison Keillor, well known for his radio show, A Prairie Home Companion (from which he has now retired), continues to do his daily broadcast of The Writer’s Almanac. This has been meaningful to me for years. There were times when driving and listening to the car radio that I pulled off the road to listen more carefully. There were even times when I’d drive to a favorite destination for the purpose of being in a location where I could focus and connect more deeply with his words.
Now I am at home most mornings and have lost the immediacy of hearing it on the radio. However, Keillor has a website from which all broadcasts can be retrieved! Instead of listening daily, I’m more inclined to binge listen every now and then. On The Writer’s Almanac, Keillor presents stories about the significance of that day in history in particular writers’ lives. There is always reference to a writer born on that date and other tidbits related to the day in history. There is also a poem of the day to close the show. Besides the content, which is consistently thought-provoking, Keillor voice and tempo are very soothing. I swear he could make reading of the phone book sound profound and have us contemplating its existential significance.
You can find it at writersalmanac.org. When the mood strikes or you have time to kick back, hope you’ll enjoy it!