Warm Chicken Soup for a Cold Day

What is better to warm up your Sunday afternoon than a large bowl of delicious chicken soup.

With pre-made chicken stock from your grocer you do not have to slave over the stove to enjoy this soup.

Chicken Noodle Soup

3 quarts canned low-sodium chicken broth, skimmed of fat

3 carrots, cut into 1/8-inch-thick rounds
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 ounces medium egg noodles
Cooked chicken meat, shredded
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, or 1 tablespoon dried dill
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley

1. Place stock in a stockpot over medium-high heat, and bring just to a simmer. Add carrots, and simmer until tender, about 6 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook noodles until just tender, about 6 minutes. Drain noodles, and add them to the pot of stock, along with shredded chicken meat. Season with salt and pepper. Heat until very hot. When ready to serve, stir in dill and parsley.

Warm up and enjoy!

PETA Plans Tiger Woods Billboard in Windermere FL

Animal-rights group PETA plans to unveil a "cheeky spay-and-neuter" billboard featuring Tiger Woods, without the golfer's approval.

The billboard, displayed above, will be raised in his hometown of Windermere Florida. The billboard will include the image of Woods and the text "Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing...For Little Tigers Too. Help Keep Your Cats (and Dogs) Out of Trouble: Always Spay and Neuter!"

It will be a challenge to find an advertiser to put up the sign, acknowledged Virginia Fort, a campaigner with PETA who is working on the project. "It's a fun, tongue-in-cheek approach. We hope these billboard companies will understand," Fort said.

How do you feel about the PETA billboard? Hilarious, inappropriate, or PETA doing what PETA does best? Let us know under "comments".

NONNA MIA - New Orleans' Best Pizza

Do you crave a good slice of pizza but don't want to compromise your diet, ambiance or a nice glass of vino? Then you absolutely must try Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria on Esplanade Avenue.

Situated in a charming New Orleans-style house, Nonna Mia boasts gourmet pizzas - made from the healthiest and puriest ingredients, fresh salads, paninis and specialty dishes like lobster ravioli - are you sold yet? Nonna Mia proves that a good slice of pizza doesn't have to be enjoyed in an outdated booth or on your couch - the restaurant is as contemporary as it is Tuscan. Our recommendation? The Paradiso paired with your favorite red.

And don't forget to enjoy great conversation with the owners (if they're in) & the staff - like only we New Orleanians do! Need a dinner date - the Ex-cessories gals are in! Check it out at NonnaMia.net and enjoy!

Tiger Woods - Friday's Statement

Tiger Woods is set to make his first public appearance and comment this Friday.

The briefing will be held at PGA Tour headquarters and only close family, friends, and invited media will be allowed in attendance.

"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him," the statement continued. "He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends and that's what he's going to discuss."

What do you think of Tiger Woods now? Is it too late to make a statement? Are you pleased to hear him finally speak? Do you feel that he lives in a bubble and won't address anyone he cannot control?

Picture above is Woods jogging yesterday morning, which is one of the first pictures anyone has seen of him in months.

Girl Effect

We wanted to share something very special with all of our blog readers... The Girl Effect. Please watch the video below to learn more about the Girl Effect. It all starts with a girl... www.girleffect.org

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Alice + Olivia for Keds

Keds has collaborated with one of our favorite designer, Alice + Olivia.

According to WWD, founder Stacey Bendet of Alice + Olivia created a sequin version of Keds’ classic Champion style inspired by her spring collection. The Alice + Olivia for Keds collection will launch this spring at select Neiman Marcus stores nationwide and on neimanmarcus.com, followed by Alice + Olivia boutiques, aliceandolivia.com and retailers worldwide. Available in four colors — black, silver, pale pink and safari green — each retails for $88.

What do you think of these Keds, pictured above? We love the metallic look, but are not crazy about this sneaker style. Perhaps, Keds remind us too much of playing at camp as a child or decorating our Keds in elementary school. Let us know what YOU think under "comments".