Boca Raton, FL May 2023

The Ladie’s Issue

The Ladie’s Issue

I don’t know about you but I love any opportunity to recognize the women in my life who just make life more rich and beautiful. Our wives, mothers and daughters are some of the most influential women in our lives.

And of course with Mother’s Day this month, all eyes are on moms…But it’s not just the biological mothers but the mother figures in our lives who have made an indelible impact on us. It’s the family members, teachers, friends and neighbors doing awesome things in our communities, pouring into our lives - making themselves unforgettable and irreplaceable.

They are movers and shakers, builders and makers. They are both seen and unseen. Their silent service blesses those who are under their care. Their attention to detail shows us something about beauty that can’t be seen or understood any other way.

I hope you’ll take a few minutes to send a text, make a phone call or get your kids on a video call with the women in your life who deserve recognition. It only takes a minute to brighten someone’s day and remind them how much you love them.

Thanks

May 2023

PUBLISHER

Carlos Villamizar | carlos.villa@citylifestyle.com

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Madison Lambert, Devin Clifton, LeAnn Parker

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Madison Lambert, Devin Clifton, Janie Jones

Corporate Team

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WHEN WE SAY AUTHENTIC, WE MEAN IT.

WHILE YOU’RE WITH US, YOU’RE FAMILY. SIT BACK, RELAX AND SIP ON A DRINK AND ENJOY THE CLASSY, YET CASUAL ATMOSPHERE THAT MAKES CASA MAYA GRILL SPECIAL.

GARDEN TO GLASS

DIY COCKTAILS WITH FRESH HERBS

Nothing says spring like the aroma of fresh cut herbs in a crisp, cold, cocktail. With warmer weather finally here, growing herbs at home can transform your cocktail hour and add a fresh kick to your springtime favorites.

Growing herbs is incredibly easy and can be done in a variety of ways- from a container in a window, to a planter box in the yard. With a container or garden full of fresh herbs, you will be ready to take your cocktails up a notch.

Basil is a bright herb that is easy to grow and perfect for cocktails. Make sure and harvest immediately before mixing drinks and take leaves from the top to ensure a continual harvest. Fresh muddled basil leaves lend a crispness to the Gin Basil Cucumber cocktail.

Sage is easy to grow and does well in containers. The leaves add an earthy freshness to a refreshing cherry infused Bourbon.

Mint is also easy to grow, but give it lots of room, as it likes to spread out and is virtually indestructible in the garden. Mint is a versatile herb but is especially lovely in the Rhubarb Mint Mojito.

Try recreating these refreshing cocktails with herbs grown at home and take your cocktail game to new heights!

MR. BROWN INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz. cherry-sage infused Bourbon

• 0.75 oz. apple brandy or apple jack brandy

DIRECTIONS

• Place over an ice ball in an old fashion glass

• Top with ginger beer and garnish with Bordeaux cherries and leaf of sage

RHUBARB MINT MOJITO

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz. white rum

• 1 oz. rhubarb puree (2 cups rhubarb, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water)

• 0.5 oz. fresh lime juice

• 8-10 fresh mint leaves

• soda water

• lemon lime soda

• ice

DIRECTIONS:

• Muddle mint, lime juice, and rhubarb puree in a glass or small cocktail shaker

• Once muddled, add the white rum and ice

• Top with large cocktail shaker and shake for a few seconds

• Remove large shaker and pour everything into a glass

• Top with more ice

• Add soda water and lemon-lime soda (equal parts to your liking)

• Garnish with mint leaf and lime wheel

GIN BASIL CUCUMBER

INGREDIENTS

• 2-3 fresh basil leaves

• 0.5 oz. fresh lime juice

• 0.25 oz. simple syrup

• 2-3 cucumber slices

• 2 oz. gin

• tonic water

DIRECTIONS

• Muddle basil, lime juice, simple syrup and cucumber slices together in a small cocktail shaker

• Add gin and ice to cocktail shaker

• Shake well

• Strain over an ice ball

• Top with tonic water and garnish with basil leaf and a cucumber slice

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Mother's Day Brunch

Serve this, and secure your place as the favorite child!

If your mom is anything like mine, she is notoriously hard to shop for. Flowers? “Oh hon, don’t waste your money.” Clothes? “Oh, you don’t know my size.” Candles? “I only like certain scents.” But the one thing that no mom can turn down is a delicious brunch made by her loving child. It’s the perfect display of thoughtfulness, effort, gratitude, and quality time. Plus, she doesn’t have to shlep herself down to the mall the next day to exchange some other gift you would have gotten her.

Custard dipped, panko-crusted, orange butter slathered French Toast. Need I say more? This sweet, savory, citrus combination pairs perfectly with mimosas, thick cut bacon, and the company of your momma. Plus, it’s so easy to pull off.

Panko Crusted Croissant French Toast with Orange Butter

INGREDIENTS:

• mini croissants

• 1 cup whole milk

• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• 2 tsp cinnamon

• 2 tsp vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 1-2 cups plain panko breadcrumbs

• frying oil (avocado or peanut are my favorite)

• 1 stick salted butter, softened

• 3-4 tbs orange marmalade

• pure maple syrup

Chef

METHOD:

• Combine softened butter and orange marmalade with a hand mixer or in the food processor. Place in a ramekin and set aside.

• Using a serrated knife, split your croissants in half, not cutting all the way through, and open lying flat.

• To make the custard, combine whole milk, heavy cream, cinnamon, vanilla, and eggs. Whisk together.

• In a separate bowl, pour out your plain panko breadcrumbs.

• First, dip your croissant into the custard, soaking on both sides, for a total of 5 seconds, to avoid sogginess. Then, transfer the dipped croissant to the panko and press the breadcrumbs into the croissant on both sides, ensuring it’s liberally coated.

• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat, with your desired neutral oil. You only need about a centimeter of oil in the pan, just enough to generously coat the surface.

• Shallow fry your coated croissants on both sides until golden brown and crispy. Let drain on a paper towel lined plate.

• Once all the croissants are fried, place immediately on a serving tray, top with dollops of orange butter, lather with warm maple syrup, and prepare for the perfect bite!

For more recipes like this, visit @girlinthegreenapron_ on Instagram, or girlinthegreenapron.com

The History of Mother's Day

Sleeping in, breakfast in bed with a single carnation on the tray to give it a luxurious feel; all of us mothers know what day I am talking about. It is arguably the best day of the year for us moms – Mother's Day. It is the day we don't have to lift a finger, wash a dish, or prepare a meal (but we end up doing it anyway). Mother's Day is celebrated all around the globe, but have you ever wondered how it started?

The mere acknowledgment and appreciation of mothers began in 1858 when Anna Jarvis, also known as Mother Jarvis, organized “Women's Work Days.” Anna Jarvis was a young homemaker in Appalachia who advocated for improving sanitation and preventing women's deaths from working in polluted waters and seepage containing disease-bearing insects. Anna taught Sunday school at the Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. While conducting a

“I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will celebrate and commemorate Mother’s Day. There are many days for men and none for mothers.”

— Anna Jarvis

Anna Jarvis

Sunday school lesson, Anna Jarvis stated, “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will celebrate and commemorate Mother's Day. There are many days for men and none for mothers.”

Those words strongly affected Anna Jarvis’ daughter, also named Anna, who was one of her students that historic Sunday. After Anna Jarvis senior passed away, Anna Jarvis junior started a strong campaign to honor her mother by making Mother's Day an official holiday. Anna junior started a letter-writing campaign to men of prominence, such as President William Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt. Because Anna now lived in Philadelphia and worked at Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, she gained considerable help from Philadelphia merchant John Wannamaker.

On May 10th, 1908, three years after Anna Jarvis senior's death, Andrews Methodist Church held a Mother's Day service to commemorate her honor. Here you can find the International Mother's Day Shrine marking the first official observance of Mother's Day. On the same day, the Wannamaker Auditorium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also held a Mother’s Day commemorative service. Although the auditorium could only seat five thousand, more than fifteen thousand people showed up to celebrate.

The tradition of celebrating Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May spread quickly through the US all the way to Hawaii. It started its spread internationally to Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed the congressional resolution to name Mother’s Day as a holiday officially.

Today we celebrate Mother's Day with a day of pampering and homemade artwork. We show our mothers how important they are to us by giving them a break from their daily workload, whether they are homemakers or working moms. But let's be honest, even on our day off, we still end up cleaning a mess or two. And if you are far from your mother, remember that even a phone call will make her day.

On May 10th, 1908, three years after Anna Jarvis senior’s death, Andrews Methodist Church held a Mother’s Day service to commemorate her honor.

Spring Floral Bowl

Spring, come quickly! And if not, bring Spring indoors anyway. Flowers brighten any room, any day of the year. No need to wait for a special occasion or holiday– give yourself permission to brighten everyday life with a bowl full of flowers. Place florals in an entryway, kitchen, living room space or even bathroom. Florals make any room come alive with pops of color and the smells of spring that’s just about ready to burst outside.

Consider this your personal invitation to play with flowers by creating your very own Floral Bowl Arrangement. Use any cereal bowl in the kitchen and a bundle of store bought flowers. For an extra texture and depth, look for small spring branches and ornamental grasses found in your yard to pop into the arrangement, like I did here. Then, place your floral bowl in a place where you need that burst of joy most. Enjoy!

SUPPLIES

• 1 bundle of flowers (about 24 stems) + floral food packet

• spring branches & ornamental grasses found in your yard (optional).

• 6” bowl (cereal bowl size)

• floral shears (or garden clippers, kitchen shears, even craft scissors in a pinch).

• 12” square cut chicken wire.

• wire cutters

• garden gloves to protect your hands when forming chicken wire.

• clear floral tape (scotch tape will also do).

• lazy susan to easily move your arrangement and work from all sides (optional).

PREPARATION & ASSEMBLE

First prepare the mechanics. The mechanics are the non-floral elements used to assemble a floral arrangement. These materials will act as a grid in which the flowers are built into to hold each stem in its place.

• Wearing garden gloves, cut chicken wire roughly into a 12” square. Loosely form the chicken wire into a ball and place inside the bowl.

• Use clear floral tape to make an X shape over the top of the bowl to hold the chicken wire securely into place. This will also give extra support when adding the floral elements later.

• Fill the bowl with water and mix in a flower food packet, if your flowers came with one.

• Begin to arrange floral elements into the bowl. As a general rule, you will want to start with the strongest, thickest stems and end with the most delicate stems. Here, I began with branches, then the largest base flowers followed by taller focal flowers, and finally delicate stems, grasses and wispy greens.

Simply download and print our Floral Bowl Arrangement guide at  silvertoothhome. com/store. Enjoy!

Planting Spring Flowers

Helpful tips for planting spring flowers

Sun-Loving Plants:

Spring is here! We compiled a list of flowers that - depending on your planting zone - can be planted in the season.

Plumbago

Has beautiful dark blue or white flowers on a large shrub of 3 to 5 feet. This tends to freeze down in winter and comes back from roots in the spring.

Hibiscus

The tropical variety will not survive the winters so move those pots inside. The plant can get up to 5 feet tall and there are many different colors and varieties. The perennial varieties will freeze to the ground but come back in the spring. The variety Moy Grande is known as the dinner plate hibiscus. The Texas star hibiscus has beautiful flowers in red or white.

Bougainvillea

These colorful plants can be planted in baskets and pots, not in water-logged or low areas where water might collect. They will grow best when given enough space to spread out, and should be planted in an area that will allow them a minimum of 5-6 hours of sunlight every day. Colors include orange, pink, purple, white, red, tangerine and fuschia to name a few.

Purslane

This is great in baskets for trailing leaves with lots of colors. The bees love it!

Butterfly Weed

This 3 to 4-foot bush is a must for monarch lovers. Monarchs feed on the leaves before making their cocoons. It has beautiful orange and yellow flowers.

Lantana

This is a great hot weather plant that comes in many colors and varieties. Trailing varieties only get about 1 foot tall but can get 3 to 4 feet wide. There are bush varieties that get 4 feet tall and dwarf bushes only get about 2 feet tall. It comes in yellows, purples, reds, oranges, pinks, fuschia, and many others.

Greggs Blue Mist

This fuzzy light blue flower is a butterfly favorite.

Pentas

This is another bee and butterfly favorite that grows about 10 to 12 inches tall. There is a graffiti variety in different colors that works in beds or pots.

Vinca/Periwinkle

This plant comes in upright or trailing varieties. There are many colors to choose from: lavender, white with a red center, peach, white and red pink to strawberry.

Sages

There are many varieties of sage. The Texas sage is a shrub that has beautiful lavender flowers - a favorite for bees. They usually bloom around the time it rains. Henry Duelberg variety is a smaller bush 18 to 20 inches tall with blue stalks of blooms. Russian Sage is a tall silver lacey foliage with light blue flower spikes and grows to 4 feet tall. Deer tend to stay away from most of the sages.

Shade-Loving Plants:

Turk’s Cap

This plant makes a large bush of red or pink flowers. It has low water needs once established and can tolerate drought conditions and hot temperatures. Prune back plant in winter if it gets too leggy.

Impatiens

These need more water than most other plants and come in many colors. They are valued for their vibrant colors, abundant blooms, and tolerance for shade.

Caladiums

With lush multicolored leaves, many larger than the palm of your hand, caladiums have become one of the most popular foliage plants for shady or semi-shady gardens—with many recent introductions being sun tolerant.

Make an Impact for Mom

Memorable ways to celebrate the mother figure in your life

The moms and the mother figures in our lives mean everything to us. They deserve the best every day, of course. But at least one day out of the year, we get to shower them with the same love and thoughtfulness they give to us so selflessly.

This year, we hope you’ll consider some memorable ways to make lasting memories with the mom or mother figure in your life. If you haven’t already planned something special, take a look at our list of ideas and circle your favorites. If you have kids, let them join in the fun too!

Whether you decide to spend a day at home or enjoy a day on the town, these innovative celebration ideas will include fun for the whole family and make Mom feel loved. Whatever activity or surprise you land on to show your mom, wife, sister or maternal figure your appreciation for all they do, the most important thing is that you all get to spend some quality time together.

Take a Flower Arranging Class

Mother’s Day arrives just as spring is in full bloom. Take advantage of the season by going to a flower arranging class with mom.

Plan a Spa Day For Her and Her Friends

Mom will truly appreciate you going out of your way to set her up with a massage or facial appointment. Invite her friends along, too!

Craft the Perfect Playlist

Songs about mothers and mom’s favorite songs can come together into the perfect playlist to put on during brunch or dinner. You can either make it for her or take turns being DJ and alternate picks.

Have a Make-Your-Own Pizza Party

DIY pizza: It’s a craft (depending on how artfully you place the toppings), an activity and a meal all at once! Start with basic pizza dough, then everyone gets to add their favorite toppings. Mom gets the first pick, of course.

Hold a Lawn-Game Tournament

Croquet, cornhole, bocce, outdoor Jenga or horseshoes — what’s your family’s game of choice? Split into teams and drum up some friendly rivalry — while soaking in rays — with a backyard challenge. Make it an annual event, and pass around a trophy to the winner each year.

Visit an Amusement Park

For the mom who’s always seeking adventure, a trip to your nearest amusement park will be a welcome surprise. Not only will you be able to treat her to her fill of funnel cakes and caramel corn, but she’ll enjoy all the rides and attractions her heart desires. If you ask us, it’s a win-win.

Have a Backyard BBQ

Sure, backyard barbecues are often associated with Father’s Day, but Mom loves her burgers and dogs, too, so why should Dad get all the fun? If the weather cooperates, fire up the grill!

Make Something Totally Unique

If you do a DIY craft project, write a poem or come up with a silly dance, you know mom will love it because it is 100% you. No one can one-up a one-of-a-kind experience! You can make them for her and present them to her, or involve her in their creation.

Spruce Up The Garden

Gardeners know that Mother’s Day is the perfect time to start planting seeds. Get the whole family outside and dig in the dirt together. Every time she sees them, she’ll be reminded of the special day — it’s the gift that keeps on giving! Some flowers that are fairly easy to maintain include sunflowers, marigolds and sweet peas.

Make Pottery

Not only will you leave with a one-of-a-kind piece, but you’ll also be able to bond as you explore a new activity.

Head to the Farmers Market

There’s nothing like waking up with the sun and going to the farmer’s market on the weekend. Pick fresh produce and discover new favorites with mom, coffee in hand.

Watch Home Movies

Whether this involves digitizing old VHS tapes or getting video files off your phone and onto the TV, dig into the family archives and host a home-movie marathon. She’ll get emotional seeing how much everyone has grown.

Check Something Off Her To-Do List

Dad knows - Mom has a to-do list a mile long. Whether it’s tasks around the house or a DIY project, find out what has been nagging Mom and help her cross it off her list by doing it for her!

Play a Family Board Game

If Mom likes strategizing, challenge her to a friendly board game competition. (And, no, you don’t have to let her win just because it’s Mother’s Day.)

Pick Your Own Fruit

This activity is especially fun if you have a lot of kids who want to get in on the action. Then, when you all get home, you can whip up a treat for Mom with your selections. (Maybe give her a strawberry in a Champagne glass while she waits.)

Book Her a Weekend Away

There’s no day like Mother’s Day to be impulsive! Book a weekend trip for the two of you at a cute B&B in a city Mom has always wanted to visit.

Complete a Jigsaw Puzzle

Get Theater Tickets

Go to a play or a musical — lots of towns even host outdoor theater events.

Find a puzzle with an image you know your mom will love (or make a custom one using a photo of the two of you) and put it together over wine and snacks. You’ll be amazed at how much chatting you can get done while puzzling. 20

Invite Her To High Tea

Whether you make the brews and treats yourself or head out to an official tea house, Mom will love sipping her beverage out of fancy china and snacking on tea sandwiches.

Feeling More Body Confident

ACCEPTING YOUR BODY AT ANY SIZE

No matter what your scale says, being comfortable in your own skin is up to you. It can be tough, in a society that prizes unrealistic images. But it's possible, and it starts with what you say when you look in the mirror. Retrain your brain on how to think. Be positive about your body and reflection in the mirror. And yes, tell yourself you are beautiful, even if you don’t believe it at first, because the goal is to turn those bad thoughts into good ones.

And don’t get hung up on the number on the scale. Pay attention instead to how you feel. And swap weight-loss goals with fitness goals. Work toward a goal you can accomplish, like 100 Pilates classes, your first barre class or running your first 5k. Choose an exercise you love, it will help you stick with it. Added bonus. Doing something you love will make you see your body in a different light.

Also, cut yourself some slack and forget perfection or ridged rules. "Healthy" comes in all shapes and sizes, so do not compare yourself to others. Always remember, it's essential to love the body you're in.

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