http://thelotusblog.com Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I thought I would share with you some of my favorite recipes for game day.  If you're still keeping to your healthy New Year's resolutions, these recipes will not help.  However, you could use vegetables (carrots, grape tomatoes, zucchini) as your dipping device or get a small plate and keep yourself ... http://thelotusblog.com/2012/01/28/my-favorite-super-bowl-sunday-recipes/ I've been doing a lot of cardio lately, so an upbeat playlist is a must.  My current playlist is about 70 minutes.  I always start with a song I'm obsessing about at the moment. It makes me look forward to a workout.  I hope you find some new (or old) favorites! "Call ... http://thelotusblog.com/2012/01/26/a-playlist-for-all-occasions/   This year my favorite thing to give away is the salted caramel sauce.  I found the recipe on the Epicurious iPhone app.  However, I made a few adjustments (adding vanilla, butter, sea salt) to give it a richer flavor.  It's great on ice cream.  Enjoy! 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup light ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/12/16/salted-caramel-sauce/ This week was a reminder of how quickly one group’s good works can be wiped away in people’s minds after a bad decision. Members of GOProud’s leadership responded inappropriately to an issue that is very personal to them. From the beginning their most vitriolic critics have been the left, not ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/12/11/why-im-continuing-my-advisory-role-with-goproud/ In 2007, I titled my first online shopping guide "One for You, One for Me."  This year?  Not so much.  Every year I make a list of those I'm buying for and try to keep track of what I've purchased.  About one week into the Christmas shopping season I've abandoned ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/12/04/my-annual-online-christmas-shopping-guide/ “The rain was just starting to come down when she walked into my office. She was curvy in all the right places that made me want to do all the wrong things. Her hair was drenched. Her dress was drenched. Her shoes were drenched. Actually, she looked less like a ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/11/07/the-case-of-the-perfest-trench-coat/ Over the last year I was able to interview some wonderful conservative and libertarian leaders.  I decided to put together a list of my top 10 favorite answers.  Also, in case you missed it, I answered some of my own favorite questions here. Ann Coulter Tell me about the moment you decided ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/09/08/the-top-ten-best-answers/ Over the last year I did an interview feature asking well-known politicos about their pop culture obsessions.  It was a fun column that attempted to showcase the quirkiness and sense of humor of political leaders.  Some of my favorite interviewees included Ann Coulter, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sean Hannity, Robert Davi, ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/09/07/a-taste-of-my-own-medicine/ Margaret Hoover is a rising star in the conservative movement. Her new book, American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party is a must-read for all candidates and policymakers who want to reach out to millennials (those born between 1980 and 1999). Hoover is the great-granddaughter ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/08/16/margaret-hoover-and-the-power-of-american-individualism/ This week GOProud, an organization that represents gay conservatives and their allies, announced that New York Times bestselling author and columnist Ann Coulter has joined their Advisory Council. GOProud stated that Coulter's official title is “Gay Icon.” I was asked to join GOProud’s Advisory Council in June and couldn’t be happier to ... http://thelotusblog.com/2011/08/10/ann-coulters-fabulous-advice-to-gay-conservatives/