By Nancy and James Chuda founder of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World The Best Cheese in the World Series LuxEcoLiving caught these cheese celebrities free ranging. Did someone say cheese? Did you say cheese? We’re not talking Velveeta. Although, let me say that was my first non- real cheese experience. Back [...]
Meet Adam Moskowitz one of the worlds greatest cheesmongers
By Nancy Chuda founder and editor-in-chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World The Worlds Greatest Cheese and Cheesemongers Before Adam Moskowitz found his true calling and became one of the biggest cheese importers in the United States, he had inherited a triple cream ancestry as the son of the man who introduced [...]
Where can you find some of the best cheese in the world? The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills has them all
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World I was craving cheese. Not just that typical stinky cheese you find in a round wooden box. I was searching for fresh, cave aged, unadulterated cheese from France. Most supermarkets carry different brands of Brie but they haven’t a clue as to [...]
James Chuda’s Green House Under The H of the Hollywood Sign is A Greenprint for Healthy Living
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief LuxEcoLiving and co-founder Healthy Child Healthy World Architect James Chuda’s Green Home has been called the Faberge egg of the green design world. When international interior designer Barbara Lockhart came on board she convinced publisher Alan Klein (Los Angeles Magazine) to motivate other designers to tap into what would [...]
For Colette:Burgundy4U is my dream come true
By Nancy Chuda and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World Part two:Burgundy4U It was a hot and muggy summer day late in the month of August. The white wine was on ice. The defrosted shrimp ( Trader Joes) looked limp and unappetizing. The cheeses, fontina, gouda, and cheddar tasted [...]
Trainspotting in Paris at Le Train Bleu: Buffet at de la Gare Lyon before you get on board
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World Le Train Bleu is a best kept secret. Even most parisien’s won’t share. Dine surrounded by beautiful Belle Epoque artistry, savor the food and wine and dream of what the french call the “golden age.” Paris was cold and grey. [...]
Travels with Journey to the Montage: Dogue in Vogue 90210 Style
By Nancy Chuda and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World Experience ultimate green luxury, fine dining, the spa and forget the kennel fee.. treat you and your pet to the very best… Montage When you think of a five star hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills you [...]
It’s in the Cosmos: Nail Polish that Rocks
By Nancy Chuda Founder and Editor-in-Chief LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World Today the earth dodged a bullet. An asteroid will buzz the planet coming closer than many communications satellites. The 45 metres space rock is the biggest object in recorded history to hover this close to Earth. Imitators beware! Astronomers have been [...]
No More Stinky Rose Water: Buy Orchids and Let the Love Last
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World I’ve been fascinated by the long lasting power of orchids. I’ve had some (first blooms) last for nearly six months. They don’t require much care. Light, water, orchid food, and music. Beethoven’s 6th the Pastoral Symphony to be exact. Recently, [...]
Is SEO A Green Marketing Strategy or is Google Creating More Waste?
By Alanna Brown a LuxEcoLiving Advocate and creator of Brown House Online Developments in digital media spiked in the 21st century and have yet to stop climbing. There seem to be perpetual additions to the paperless world, and SEO is one of them. Search engine optimization, also known as web copywriting, is amid the ranks [...]
Born in the US..SR: How artist Zhenya Gershman got to paint Bruce Springsteen
Introduction by Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World Zhenya Gershman was born in Moscow, Russia. She held her 1st solo exhibition in St. Petersburg, at age 14, and was selected as a subject of the TV Documentary Film “Our Generation”, a project dedicated to searching for the [...]
Embossing the Boss: Artist Zhenya Gershman Celebrates Rock Icon Bruce Springsteen
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World When she picked up the phone and heard these words…. “we want you to paint a portrait of Bruce Springsteen for the upcoming MusiCares gala” she knew this would be one of the greatest challenges of her artistic career. Zhenya [...]
Brown Butter Cookie Company is as good as it gets
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World When you walk in the doors of the Brown Butter Cookie Company you are met with aromas that take the senses to new heights. It’s not ordinary cookie dough. It’s the smell of your childhood. I had a chance to [...]
“One Today” Richard Blanco is the youngest inaugural poet in our countries history
“One Today” One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story told by our silent gestures moving behind windows. My [...]
In the Spice Cabinet: Heealing Through Home Remedies
It’s no secret that when plants are harvested for their life sustaining and nutritional qualities that every part of the plant that can be used is…….Of the various plants that serve multiple purposes, the nutmeg plant is the only plant that yields not just one, but two spices.
Live Green with More Not Less: The New Urbanism
By James Chuda, Co-founder of LuxEco Living and Healthy Child Healthy World
With more knowledge, more consumer choices that allow us to support eco-friendly services and products and a better understanding of our interconnectedness to each other, the planet and the production processes of the things we buy, we could Live LuxEco! We could live truly sustainable. We could Live Green with More not Less!
What if we thought different about the way we live- we got out of our individual little cars and away from suburban sprawl? How about a New Urbanism that teaches us to be self-sufficient while still contributing to the benefit of all society?
South Congress trailers in Austin!
By Grace Robertson, LuxEco Advocate
Keeping Austin Weird With…South Congress Trailers!
Austin is a great place to live because of its’ fun people, great music, and uniqueness. Its’ motto is Keep Austin Weird, which is a perfect name for this individualistic place. In my opinion, walking in downtown Austin is a whole different experience from walking in any other city.
Nancy’s Organic Kitchen: Mad About Green Food
By Nancy Chuda, co-founder of LuxEco Living.com and Healthy Child Healthy World
Here in Nancy’s Organic Kitchen at The Green Green Home Under The H, I am challenged daily by the special dietary needs of my LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child/Healthy World friends and colleagues.
There are so many variables when it comes to defining your plat du jour. At LuxEco, health is the main objective, so I’ve decided to help you figure out where you should look among the various choices within the food chain.
Suzi Amis Cameron’s Muse Elementary School Visits The Green Home Under The H
By Nancy Chuda, Founder of LuxEco Living and Healthy Child Healthy World I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand forever -Chinese proverb In 2005, when James Chuda built his third case study environmental home he envisioned the structure would become an Earth Institute and provide an educational [...]
The Chuda’s Green Dream Home is a Hot Property
By Nancy and James Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World. Contributing editorial from Bethany Colson, Assitant Managing Director of LuxEcoLiving Think Clean, Green, Zen and Smart TOUR: A house is not a home unless it is healing and healthy Chosen as Los Angeles Magazine’s Design [...]
Cronans Cosmos: He gave us Healthy Child Healthy World
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World A Tribute ” Michael, a true treasure of the heart.” James Chuda “The world has lost a genius. Michael Cronan was way too young to leave us. He gave us his view of the universe and it remains the gift that keeps [...]
The New Hotel Roblin is Paris Perfect
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World. The New Hotel Roblin is the Paris Perfect It’s a cold winters day and I am craving a delicious bowl of the french onion soup just like the one we had in the wonderful cafe near the Church de Madeleine [...]
What Makes the Post Ranch Inn at Big Sur the Greenest Resort in America?
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The Post Ranch Inn is the most environmentally conscious resort. Their eco-efficiency standards combined with ultimate green luxury sets the [...]
Travels with Journey: The FogCatcher Inn gets big bow wows
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World The FogCatcher Inn welcomes you and your pet in Luxecoliving4U style. Pack your bags! Let’s go! Cambria’s Moonstone beach is pure paradise. Pamper your pet. That’s our motto. We were hoping our room had a fireplace. Voila! It did. [...]
President Obama’s Plea for Hope: To Protect our Children from Unthinkable Acts of Violence
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World An Essay Like you, I am stupefied. It is unconscionable to imagine what just occurred, the tragedy of senseless deaths-20 children and six adults in Newton, Connecticut. As a society how do begin to connect [...]
Cleaning Doesn’t Have to be Toxic
By Jessica Borges, LuxEco Living Editorial Assistant
I recently moved into a new apartment, and with that came a massive scrub down of both old digs and new. My roommates and I spent hours cleaning the old place after moving everything out, but the products we used were hardly eco or health-friendly. When scrubbing the Comet-filled bathroom tub, the smell was so overwhelming that I nearly passed out. While cleaning bathrooms isn’t normally an enjoyable task, it doesn’t have to be one that puts people’s health and safety at risk.
Tears for Baby, Tears for Parents
By Dr. Harvey Karp, Pediatrician and Child Development Specialist and Creator of “The Happiest Baby on the Block” and “The Happiest Toddler on the Block” book and DVD series and LuxEco Advocate
Recently, I was reading through Lisa Belkin’s column, Motherlode, in the New York Times and came across a blog called “Too Much Crying?” It was a guest post from a mother named Lee, who shared her exhausting and demoralizing battle with her infant’s colic, or persistent crying. After reading her heartfelt story and those expressed by other parents who commented afterward, I had to jump in and offer some support.
The Point is On Point Perfection
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World The Point was spectacular in ever sense of the word. Truly a LuxEcoLiving4U experience. From the moment we stepped onto the sacred grounds of this magnificent property, every single wish we had was granted. I have never encountered service [...]
The Point: Reliving a Great Camp in the Adirondacks its Magic and History
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World Repurposing wealth for the preservation of natures most incredible gifts. An environmental habitat shared in perpetuity and the opportunity to connect with nature. The Point offers this and much more. Understated elegance. The Point rekindles the lifestyles of America’s rich [...]
The Batcheller Mansion Inn is Saratoga Springs Crown Jewel
By Nancy and James Chuda founder of LuxEcoLiving and co-founders of Healthy Child Healthy World The Batcheller Mansion Inn is one of America’s most historic Victorian Bed and Breakfasts. Celebrate the art of gracious living in Saratoga Springs. Step back in time to an era of gracious living. People may have been seen or described [...]

