loadEmbeds();Above: The Spa Ojai Village is a 31,000 sq ft compound within the Ojai Valley Inn. It features two pools, a fully equipped workout room, the Mind & Body Studio, Spa Boutique and Artist’s Cottage & Apothecary.This past weekend I enjoyed a marvelous getaway at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa. At about a half hour before dusk I set out to capture photos of the famous “pink moment”

While it's common to think of massage therapy as just a mere a luxury, recently the Wall Street Journal touted the medical benefits of massage in an article published earlier this week entitled "Don't Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine".The article and accompanying video (above) posted on WSJ's Market Watch stated that massage is growing in popularity among U.S. consumers despite the economy

As some of you may know, I am a lender at Kiva.org, an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries around the world and in the United States, which in turn lend the money to small businesses and students.It was many years ago that Otto Schutt initially introduced me to this organization. Since his death and in loving memory of