Toy Fire Trucks Can Affect The Way Kids Think Why is that when kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up their answers are often pretty predictable? “I want to be a policeman!” “I want to be a doctor!” “I want to be a teacher!” “I want to be a chef!” [...]

Most women will agree that having a baby is both a joyous and stressful experience. Similarly throwing a baby shower for an expecting mother can be equally wonderful and strained. Luckily there are many helpful and illustrative sites available on the World Wide Web to help even the least imaginative person host an excellent shower. [...]

Helen Green, of Helen Green Design, is one of Britain’s leading interior designers for luxury hotels and private clients. There is even a suite named after her at the Berkeley Hotel in London. Green talks exclusively to mydeco about helping people find their identity through decorating. I live in… South Kensington. I love that it’s [...]

Kids love to play on the playground. Swings, slide and monkey bars are on almost every playground. But in many playgrounds,  the rules are not followed properly. Every so often there are horror stories of children getting hurt on the playground. Here are some guidelines for playground safety. Safety Issues While playgrounds are increasing standards [...]

Are you planning a birthday party or thinking about it?  While you’re deciding on the details for the celebration, take a look at these popular misconceptions about birthday parties.  Here are some of the top birthday party myths and the truth behind them. MYTH: If you add RSVP to your birthday invitations, you’ll soon know [...]

Odd and interesting stuff about coffee. Botanically speaking coffee beans are not really beans at all, but berries. Contrary to popular belief, darkly roasted coffees contain less caffeine than lightly roasted blends. Caffeine is burnt off during the roasting process, so consequently the longer roasted dark blends have less caffeine. It takes between 4000-5000 coffee [...]

Honey is probably the best recognised apicultural product, it is a substance that the bees produce by an elaborate procedure of refinement, where they ingest the nectar and deposit it in their stomach, then return to the colony to surrender it, disgorging repeated times;in this process fermentations, acid and albumen are added to the nectar. [...]