Let your inner baker shine and try out one of our recipes for the perfect homemade cupcakes. 

The Perfect Vanilla Cupcake:

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

2 sticks of butter (softened)

1 ½ cup of sugar

3 large eggs

1 tbsp of pure vanilla extract

2 cups of all-purpose flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 tsp of salt

¾ cup of milk 

Directions: 

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two muffin pans with liners

Step 2: In a large bowl, add all ingredients and begin to mix until the cupcake batter is made

Step 3: Pour the batter into the muffin pans, filling each cupcake liner 3/4th of the way

Step 4: Place the cupcake in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown

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Many residents of Southeast Florida are anticipating a stimulus check. Who will receive a check?  A Person earning up to $75,000 in adjusted gross income and who has a valid Social Security number will receive a $1,200 payment. That also indicates married couples, filing joint tax returns, will receive the full payment of $2,400 if their reported adjusted gross income is under $150,000. Parents will also receive $500 for each qualifying child.  You must earn at least $2,500 to qualify for the payments.

Note that the payment steadily declines for those persons make more than the outlined amount. Those earning more than $99,000, or $198,000 for joint filers, will not be eligible. The upper limits are a little different for those who file as “head of…

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Tequesta residents know this is the perfect opportunity for some home bound fun.  Reconnect with the members of your household with basic fun you can do at home with the kids. 

Hire one of your “tweens” as a helper.  If you are working remotely at home, consider hire one of your” tweens” as a mother’s helper. School’s out for everyone, so hire your own” tween” to help entertain and help oversee the little ones or help with an elder in the home.  It’s a win-win for everyone!

Maintain a routine.  Children, especially those experiencing developmental disabilities may find schedule changes and unstructured time anxiety-provoking. Create a schedule that includes wake-up and bedtimes, meals, outdoor play, and learning and free time.

Try an online…

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Since all gyms, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and all other recreational facilities are closed due to what going on in the world, many gyms and workout apps have been going virtual for you to still get your daily workouts in. 

Here are some free apps and workouts to try from home.

  • Peloton: the indoor spin bike and treadmill is continuing to host their live classes without an audience during this time. The app is free to download and is free for all users with a subscription for 90 days. Not only does Peloton offer spin classes and running but they offer cardio classes, boot camp classes, weights, yoga, meditation, strength, stretching, walking, and their newest class is dance cardio. 
  • Nike Training App: Nike has waived the…

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South Florida take a break from work and family for trivial nonsense.  Its not important or even relevant…just interesting.  Which of America’s recent Presidents have the highest I.Q?  Have you ever taken an I.Q. Test?  The big question may very well be, “How smart is smart enough to run our great nation?”.

George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, received a reputation by some for being a somewhat unwise individual. Some felt he did not live up to his 138.5 I.Q. Others saw him very favorably. He can be quite the wordsmith, he lacked public speaking skills, thusly many of his statements didn’t translate. Like many of us, he may not have had outstanding grades during high school, but he did do an amazing job of engaging with peers!

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During the past few weeks, working from home or online schooling has been the new norm for us.  For many, this change is causing anxiety and uncertainty about being productive at home.  

Here are some tips on how to stay productive and connected while working from home. 

  • Stay Connected With Your Peers: social connection is good for your mental health and good for completing tasks.  Communication builds trust and can be done virtual through Zoom meetings or Facetime calls and check in with your work collages or peers. 
  • Structure Your Day: Its important to stick to your daily routine the best that you can to maintain a sense of normality. 
  • Be Patient With Technology: More people are working from home and on the Internet, many home…

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Now that Spring has arrived let us all take the opportunity to find the bright spots Jupiter, Florida. Spring is the perfect opportunity to build outdoor family time into your schedule. Obviously, it coincides with our government stay-at-home request, so the interest to get outside into our yards has turned up.  Are you “itching” to get out?  Your backyard garden may be a pleasant getaway for the mind.

Gardeners have known that working with soil and plants is an incredible way to connect with natural surroundings and assert it eases their worries. It’s incredibly therapeutic to watch things grow.

Gardening underlines that we are all nurturers. Horticulture is a great equalizer: plants don’t give a fig who is tending them and for those with…

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Everyone loves Slime!  So clear off the kitchen table Palm Beach County and spread out some newspapers.   Round up your young kids, older kids and young-at-heart’s and get ready for science class. Time for an experiment in the “home lab”.  This fun may even count toward science class credit.

There are various receipes avaiable to make slime.  Here is an easy one to try.

Stuff you’ll need…

½ cup white glue (like Elmer’s).

1 squirt of foaming shaving cream.

2 pumps of foaming hand soap.

3 pumps of hand lotion.

Borax (in powdered form...Instacart it!)

Food coloring (blues, greens make beautiful ocean water slime)

Glitter (glistening ocean water slime).

Here’s how…

Pour the ½ cup of glue into a bowl (no, not the good…

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The Palm Beach Island grand estate and museum is offering virtual tours for you to tour the museum and estate in the comfort of your own home.  The Flagler Museum, formally known as Whitehall is an elegant estate that features more than 100,000 square feet that is filled with some of Palm Beach Island’s most important history. 

The elegant mansion features white marble columns and a red barrel roof overlooking the intercostal located just off of Cocoanut Row.  The estate features a large central courtyard, a full basement, two full stories plus an attic, the original fence built in 1901, ten antique clocks still working today and more than 75 rooms. The home features antiques, artwork and the history of the Gilded Age and Henry Flagler, known to be…

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Local restaurants and bar might be closed to visitors for dine in services, but many restaurants and cafes located throughout Palm Beach County have adapted and are offering their menus to go for either curbside pick up or delivery. 

Here are some of the best restaurants offering their food to-go:

  • Christopher’s Kitchen
  • Meraki Juice Kitchen
  • Paddy Mac’s 
  • Little Moir’s Food Shack
  • Carmine’s Coal Fired Pizza
  • Carmine’s Gourmet Market
  • Little Moir’s Leftovers Café
  • Spoto’s Oyster Bar
  • Nick and Johnny’s Osteria
  • Lynora’s (all locations)
  • The Woods Jupiter
  • Cod and Caper’s Seafood
  • Farmer’s Table
  • And much more

Get your favorite food delivered to your doorstep from some of your favorite local restaurants.  Food…

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