The best way to experience a foreign city is to live amongst its locals the way the locals do. If Porto, Portugal is on your itinerary (and it should be), the Hotel Favorita can provide the sense of localized immersion that a major hotel cannot. Hotel Favorita is built into a pair of thin, four-flat buildings which retain the flavor of apartment living in Porto. The bedrooms, dining area, lounge and patio feel like home, but are given a subtle, high-style treatment that is so inviting to the design traveler....

Kwame Nsiah-Apau received the prestigious award from the immediate past American president, Barrack Obama, on Sunday 19th March, 2017 in the city of Ohio, USA. The Award which is a plaque with an inscription, “Outstanding Humanitarian Service in Ghana”, was presented to him by Dr. Pauline Key, on behalf of the former president. Since 2009, Okyeame Kwame has spearheaded and funded the screening, vaccination and sensitisation of over 7,000 beneficiaries against the deadly Hepatitis B disease in Ghana....

Is the internet putting up a barrier between people, even in bed? We compulsively carry our smartphones with us wherever we go. The classroom, the bathroom, the bedroom, the outdoors — our phone is always in hand as if it were some magic self-defense tool capable of protecting us from all that is evil in the world. It all happened so fast. We didn’t have the time to set any boundaries for smartphone usage, and now we find ourselves unable to save our relationships and form meaningful interactions with those dear to us....

Some couples with a beautiful experience continue their journey together till the end, while others with a painful journey end up with a tragic experience. But also one that ends up leaving you with feelings of despair and loneliness. If you’re wondering how to get over someone you love deeply, you need to realize losing the love of your life can be one of the most difficult phases in life....

The world was your oyster. You were full of energy. You didn’t have too many responsibilities. You were probably turning a few heads and tripping the light fantastic. Your mojo cup was full to the brim. How’s that cup looking now? Are you down to the dregs? You don’t have to be old to feel the effects of mojo depletion. I felt it for the first time at age 32 after the birth of my first child....

The Cold Brew Coffee Craze In the United States, over 400 million cups of coffee are drunk daily by 64% of the population. It is the most popular hot beverage in the world and is also a classic starting point for any good date or budding love story. However, the days of ordering a coffee and getting a hot beverage in return are gone. There is now far more to coffee than just coffee....

Whether you’re taking a bottle of wine over to a friend’s place, out and about for a romantic picnic, or simply anywhere that doesn’t have a fully stocked kitchen, you’ll most likely have to come up with some creative ways to remove the cork. Lucky for you, this problem isn’t a new one, and people have been coming up with ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew for centuries....

Conflicts occur almost everywhere. We experience them very often in any social setting, workplace, and in family relationships. The sources of the conflicts may be many. However, if we do not recognize the signs in the earlier stage, those misunderstandings evolve and ruin the entire relationship or organization. Therefore, it is essential to master conflict resolution, strategies, techniques, and conflict resolution skills are must handle any conflict. So, What is conflict?...

However, moving from a relationship to friends with benefits is quite a unique scenario and most people could use some advice on how to initiate that transition smoothly. In fact, by initiating carefully and honestly – you can avoid many of the common pitfalls associated with FWBR. No matter what kind of relationship you are in, for whatever reasons, it is likely that at some point you have thought about turning it into FWB arrangement....

Maybe you’ve never dated, and at this point, you feel like you’re missing out on an essential part of life. As you see your friends dating and sometimes forging serious relationships, you ask yourself, “Is it normal to have never been in love?” The answer is that yes, it is normal. Love is complicated and cannot be forced, but you can do more to invite love into your life if you wish....

However, times have changed since the time these companies started operations. More and more internet providers (more than 140 licensed) have joined the market with new packages and wide coverage making the internet market more competitive. Currently, Ghana has one of Africa’s highest penetration of mobile broadband, at 23% of the population in 2011 compared to just 7% in 2010. By contrast, fixed-broadband penetration stood at a negligible 0.3% in 2011, and that’s killing Ghana’s internet service providers (ISPs)....

Kew House 3 by Vibe Design Gallery

The new Lamborghini Egoista Concept is designed to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary, one that spans a collection of some of the most exciting vehicles ever built. From our favorite, the mid-80s Lamborghini Countach to the modern day Aventador and now the Egoista, there is plenty to celebrate. The Lamborghini Egoista was first shown off at the Grand Giro d’Italia this week, and we expect many similar stops in its future....

A project by MIT Media Labs – known as CityHome– seeks to change that. CityHome is quite literally a house in a box. The machine is the size of a closet, and stows a bed, dining room table, kitchen surface, cooking range, closet, and storage container. Any of these elements can be called forth or retracted with something as simple as a gesture or a voice command. Not only that, once it’s installed, the entire module can move several feet in either direction, extending or compacting a room at will....

Lamborghini Egoista Concept It doesn’t get much more exotic than a Lamborghini built for one. The Lamborghini Egoista Concept was revealed in 2013 as one of the most unique Lamborghinis ever envisioned, a supercar-class vehicle with a single seat in its cockpit. The Egoista is powered by a 600hp 5.2L V10 engine, which seems like overkill for a vehicle designed to transport one passenger. Overkill might be the whole point– its designed to provide the ultimate in Lamborghini performance for a single driver, like a batmobile for an Italian Bruce Wayne....

SALT Siida is a student architecture program in Norway that designs and constructs lodgings on the island of Sandhornøya. The island is dynamic and pristine, and the structures are inspired by Arctic nomadic construction methods that took place here centuries ago. Unlike their forebears, the student architects of SALT Siida use modern materials to construct these nomadic lodgings. The Nomadic Shelter is built almost entirely out of 2×4’s from bottom to top....

In addition to the infinity pool, which is an obvious features to point out, there is an abundance of transparent, teak framed, sliding doors which allow for the opening and closing of the various internal spaces. The architects say this allows the city to “merge into the apartment,” but also serves to regulate the climate and give residents an unhindered look at the sky line. As they describe on their website: “The levels of transparency and exposure are regulated using various methods of shading....

Resting just off the great Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario is the Riverhouse Niagara by ZERAFA STUDIO. This horizontal habitat is comprised of two rectangular sections that create two floors and 4700 square feet of living space. Its exterior of limestone, silver metal, Brazilian teak and floor-to-ceiling glass house a warm, relaxed interior with comfortable modern furnishings throughout. At night, a careful array of lights give Riverhouse its full personality, with the limestone front wall greeting guests as they approach the twin wooden front doors....

Photographer Michael Najjar sees in the mountains an analogy to the social structures of the world. His focus is natural geologic structures that resemble the classic architectural work of man– and the society they represent. The Rock Mountain Photography of Michael Najjar is breathtaking whether or not it is attached to a deeper meaning. The might, the majesty of these mountains is truly humbling. After a first glance, one can begin to see the formations of rock that resemble the works of man, and how Najjar drew his analogies within these photos....

Rock star architect Robert Stone has designed and constructed a vacation home unlike anything we’ve seen before. The Rosa Muerta Joshua Tree Home is a desert sanctuary designed for those who need a true escape from the city of Los Angeles just 140 miles away. This all-black obelisk provides “glamour camping” to its visitors, an open-air vacation rental with running water and comfortable bedding– but total immersion in the wonderous natural environment of the desert....