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10 A-List New Year’s Resolutions That Give Back

10 A-List New Year’s Resolutions That Give Back

If you’re still recovering from your New Year’s celebration or haven’t yet given much thought to what to put on your list of resolutions, IfOnly has done the work for you!  This year go for luxury when you’re thinking about the improvements you want to make in your life. From inspirational healthy eating with Chef Christopher Kostow to a private workout getaway with fitness pro, Joe De Sena.  IfOnly partners with A-list luminaries to curate dream experiences at every price point, with a trusted cause benefiting from each purchase.  As you work through your A-List of resolutions this year, you’ll be supporting worthwhile causes along the way.

  1. Channel Your Inner Chef – Spend an afternoon in the kitchen apprenticing with Chef Christopher Kostow and his team at The Restaurant at Meadowood. Learn technique, product and execution while being assigned meaningful and useful tasks from Chef Kostow. Soak in the pace and rhythm of a famous kitchen, then return later in the evening for a celebratory dinner with a guest at the Chef’s Counter.

    Christopher Kostow

    Christopher Kostow

  2. Commit to be Fit – Challenge yourself to be fit with a private Spartan weekend in Vermont with Joe De Sena.  Recharge and reinvigorate yourself when you spend an incredible weekend at the private farm of a fitness legend.  Joe De Sena has managed to create one of the most challenging (and popular) obstacle courses in the world.  Show your own will-power when you join the fitness icon for a life-changing weekend at his private ranch in Vermont.
    Commit to fit with Joe De Sena

    Commit to fit with Joe De Sena


  3. Embark on an Adventure – Take a balloon flight over the Grand Canyon! Step into a colorful hot air balloon and fly high above one of the world’s greatest natural treasures for a breathtaking perspective typically available only to the birds. Rise with the sun and float among the clouds with veteran pilot Chris Dewhirst as he takes you to 12,000 feet hen let the wind carry you gently and smoothly across the majestic chasm.

    Take a balloon flight over the Grand Canyon

    Take a balloon flight over the Grand Canyon

  4. Look your best – Transform your closet with the newest trends with Lori Goldstein.  She has styled some of the film and music world’s most celebrated talent, and now she’ll style you with this closet overhaul.
    Lori Goldstein

    Lori Goldstein


  5. Improve your game – Join one of chess’s most distinguished and popular grandmasters, Maurice Ashley, in New York City for an in-depth lesson and private game. Maurice will help you identify weaknesses in your game, capitalize on your strengths, and develop tactics for sharpening your skills as you tackle the obstacles keeping you from reaching your potential.
    Maurice Ashley

    Maurice Ashley


  6. Entertain with Style – Recruit wild food expert Iso Rabins to prepare a six-course feast in your home showcasing the freshest, wildest, most local and seasonal foods from land and sea. Over the last several years, the San Francisco-based chef’s roving supper clubs have gathered a devoted following of gourmands who are hungry to taste delicious incarnations of his foraged finds.
    Entertain with Style – Recruit wild food expert Iso Rabin

    Entertain with Style – Recruit wild food expert Iso Rabin


  7. Broaden Your Horizons – Answer the call of the wild when you join dog sledding champion DeeDee Jonrowe for an overnight dog sled adventure in Alaska. DeeDee, an Iditarod legend, and her team of incredible huskies will lead you on an expedition through the beautiful Alaskan wilderness.
    Overnight dog sled adventure in Alaska

    Overnight dog sled adventure in Alaska


  8. Refresh Your Interiors – The expertise of famed chef Tyler Florence will be on display during a private meal in your home. Chef Florence will personally introduce you to his distinctive American cuisine over multiple courses, demonstrating his culinary talents with his energetic personality.

    Tyler Florence

    Tyler Florence

  9. Indulge Your Palate – In this intimate cooking class, white-hot chef and queen of all things porcine April Bloomfield will demonstrate dishes from her new cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig. Savor an amuse bouche paired with bubbles before feasting on four courses prepared in the classroom by the Spotted Pig toque.
    A Girl and Her Pig

    A Girl and Her Pig


  10. Sharpen Your Mind – Give the entrepreneur in your life a signed copy of Biz Stone’s new book, Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of a Creative MindStone shares fascinating, pivotal and personal stories detailing his visionary pursuit of the power of creativity and how to harness it.
    Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of a Creative Mind by Biz Stone

    Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of a Creative Mind by Biz Stone


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