http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog Welcome to the Life You Want! Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:06:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/basketball/kobe-vs-labron/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/basketball/kobe-vs-labron/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:12:22 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=380 Funny thing happened on the way to David Stern’s PERFECT NBA finals…. again… In a perfect world, after all the hype, the Lakers and Cavs would be playing in a hotly contested finals game 7 with ratings through the roof! Magic and Bird changed the basketball landscape in the early 80′s with their finals match [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/basketball/kobe-vs-labron/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/planters-punch-rum-filled-tropical-cocktail/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/planters-punch-rum-filled-tropical-cocktail/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:00:07 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=425 Planter’s Punch is a classic rum drink that first appeared in print in a 1908 edition of the New York Times. Like other drinks, this has a disputed origin: one claim refers to the Planter’s Hotel in St. Louis and another tells of a Jamaican planter’s wife who concocted it to cool down the workers. [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/planters-punch-rum-filled-tropical-cocktail/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/go-get-em-danika/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/go-get-em-danika/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 16:13:09 +0000 Laker Girl http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=337 What a woman. I could easily be talking about Shirley Muldowney, the “First Lady of Drag Racing” or  Hayley Wickenheiser, hockey player extraordinaire, or slam dunk star Candace Parker, or even Extreme Sport genius Darian Boyle. But today I am here to honor none other than Indy racing star Danica Patrick. “Lyfe U Want” celebrates [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/go-get-em-danika/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/soldier-fights-taliban-waring-pink-boxers/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/soldier-fights-taliban-waring-pink-boxers/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 04:22:14 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=330 Teenage soldier went into battle against Taliban… wearing ‘I love New York’ pink boxer shorts Taking on the Taliban in pink boxer shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops is not regarded as conventional military uniform. Especially when the shorts declare ‘I love New York’. However when Zachary Boyd, 19, was woken up by a Taliban assault on [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/soldier-fights-taliban-waring-pink-boxers/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-real-bond-girls/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-real-bond-girls/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 02:55:52 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=107 Bond is an Australian/British string quartet that specializes in classical crossover music. Bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time, selling over four million records with their style of music. The quartet consists of Haylie Ecker (first violin, from Perth, Australia), Eos Chater (second violin, from Cardiff, Wales), Tania Davis [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-real-bond-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/football/the-amazing-willie-gault/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/football/the-amazing-willie-gault/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:14:58 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=96 This is from a great article on Yahoo by writer Jonathan Littman about Olympic Bobsledder, former Chicago Bears NFL Champion, Olympic Sprinter and all around shredder, Willie Guilt. Nearly 25 years after Willie Gault helped the Bears win a Super Bowl, he races men half his age and holds his own. The man in blue [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/football/the-amazing-willie-gault/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/danica-patrick-rocks/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/danica-patrick-rocks/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 07:11:15 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=42 With the Indy 500 coming up, we thought it only fitting to give some props to our favorite racer – Danica Patrick.]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/racing/danica-patrick-rocks/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-perfect-cinco-de-mayo-kiwi-margarita/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-perfect-cinco-de-mayo-kiwi-margarita/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 06:48:23 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=37 What do you do when you find yourself with 5 pounds of kiwis? Make margaritas! With a zippy kick-in-the-pants, this is a great new way to enjoy an old favorite. 1-1/2 cups superfine sugar 1 cup gold tequila 1 cup triple sec 6 large kiwis, peeled 3 cups fresh lime juice 6 cups small ice [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/the-perfect-cinco-de-mayo-kiwi-margarita/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/top-10-cities-for-beer-lovers/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/top-10-cities-for-beer-lovers/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 01:39:57 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=303 Munich’s Oktoberfest has come and gone, but that’s no reason for beer lovers to sit home and drown their sorrows in a frosty mug. The world is full of destinations where the natives know – and love – their beer, and where you can sample some local brew all year long. We sipped our way [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/featured/top-10-cities-for-beer-lovers/feed/ 0 http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/horseracing/kentucky-derby-goes-steroid-free-first-time-ever/ http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/horseracing/kentucky-derby-goes-steroid-free-first-time-ever/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:14:17 +0000 Lyfe U Want http://lyfeuwant.com/blog/?p=1 The Canadian Press says that the biggest change at this year’s Kentucky Derby won’t be noticed by any fan or disrupt the routine of any horse. In fact, its only evidence will be sealed and stored in a padlocked refrigerator minutes after the race. For the first time, the signature American thoroughbred race is screening [...]]]> http://www.lyfeuwant.com/blog/horseracing/kentucky-derby-goes-steroid-free-first-time-ever/feed/ 0