Meet fashion designer David Delfin. Meet architect and photographer Gorka Postigo. Rest your eyes on the stunning space these gentlemen share. Once a convent, this audacious Madrid residence was conceived and designed by Postigo. Tina Komninou lent this space a compelling description, “The minute you enter this house you appreciate that its owners are comfortable with who they are and express it with no inhibitions.”

This …

According to the Holstee website, “Holstee designs and curates with a conscience.”

Once you go to the site and peruse their collection of interesting as well as fashionable goods from the likes of Alchemy Goods, Garbage of Eden and of course Holstee’s own line of products, you can see that many of their conscious offerings also give back to worthwhile organizations, hence that conscience.

Founded during the recession in 2009, brothers, Mike and Dave left their full-time jobs to pursue their passion for a sustainable lifestyle through …

Halloween is all about split personalities. Masked or unmasked. Sexy or cute. Polyester or spandex. Or is it masked sexy polyester cuteness? Once a year, zombies walk the streets, witches pole dance on their brooms, and pasties make an appearance outside of a strip club. It’s enough to make us clutch our pearls in horror, dive under a pile of leaves and not come out until the birds start chirping in somewhere in mid May.

Then there are the Halloween costumes that can make your brain explode, and not in …

There are so many reasons to take a train. There’s the sit-back-and-relax passenger thing, watching the world roll by under glass, avoiding the many worries of the road. There’s the slow down, om factor, where you eschew faster modes of transport, take a breath, and surrender to getting there in due time rather than in half the time. Of course there’s also this phenomenon: Flying sucks. Always. Period.

And then there’s the environment: Getting around by Amtrak rail requires about a third fewer BTUs per mile than passenger cars, and half of …

Fall is the time when farmer’s markets are filled with delicious goodies like cranberries, apples and more. So what better time to set aside some produce and pamper your prettiness? Check out our step-by-step guide to making an apples and cranberry facial mask, inspired by Narine Nikogosian’s Return to Beauty. Cranberries are extremely high in antioxidants, which help fight skin damage. They are also mildly acidic and make a great skin exfoliator.

Along with Erin Fox of Squee TV, watch us go …

If your only exposure to cauliflower has been raw on a crudité platter, I forgive you for hating it. Bitter and boring with a scratchy texture that can make one gag, I never understood serving it that way.

Yet cooked, cauliflower is one of the more versatile vegetables I know. Great in soups, pureed as a side dish, baked into savory gratins, or my favorite – roasted.

Roasting brings out cauliflower’s natural sweetness and when it browns and caramelizes it becomes as addictive as potato chips. You can pretty much use any flavor profile …

I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles when phones were rotary and the coolest video game going was Atari Pong. Or maybe it was Pac Man. My point being that there wasn’t a lot to do indoors after school, so we headed outside.

After a quick snack, it was out the door on our bikes or roller skates or skate boards, not to return until the sun was setting. We built forts, climbed trees, played tether ball; we enjoyed the fresh air and freedom for the three hours between …

Watching a reality show like Project Runway and picking who you root for is always a matter of personal opinion and taste. With lasts night’s win on the show tucked securely under Gretchen Jones‘ belt, we here at EcoSalon lift our glasses for a big fan-based cheer.

We do this for many reasons.

1. She is a sustainable designer.

2. She’s a woman of conviction that stood by her design aesthetics all the way through.

3. She’s really tall and we don’t want to mess with Amazons.

4. We love that Michael …