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. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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?

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World In a historic setting which rekindles Hollywoods Golden but now Green Age, the Hotel-Bel-Air exudes charm, grace and a state of luxuriance hardly ever seen. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” [...]

Introduction by Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World Twenty two years ago Jim and I lost our only child  to a non-hereditary form of cancer called Wilm’s tumor. Colette was only five years old. Our Story has greatly impacted  children’s environmental health issues and it has begun [...]

By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World Olive Oil And Vinegar For Life is one of the most beautiful cookbooks I have ever read. It’s a keepsake like Joy of Cooking or Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It’s pure unadulterated Theo! If you want [...]