Vivienne Diane Neal was born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. In l964 she and her family moved to Manhattan. In 1977 Vivienne received her AA Degree from the Borough of Manhattan Community College and received her BS Degree in Home Economics from New York University in 1979. For over 16 years, she was a consultant to several home care agencies, training their home care workers in nutrition, meal planning and home management.
From 1982-1986, she was the publisher and editor of Gourmet News, a monthly newsletter, focusing on food, nutrition, shopping and cooking, and sponsored two cooking contests: Vegetable Cooking and Seafood Galore in 1985 and 1986 respectively. Gourmet News has been mentioned in The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and in several cottage industries' publications. Her article "Caribbean Delights was reprinted in part in the November/December 1984 issue of the now defunct Elancee Magazine.
Vivienne was also the publisher of Features and Information, from 1992-1996, which brought creative and fun ways to meet people in a comfortable and pleasant manner, suggestions on personal development and self-improvement, beneficial approaches to achieving and maintaining a healthy life-style through good, food, diet and nutrition, travel tips, events and more.
From 1995-1999, Vivienne was the executive producer of Colorful Images, a monthly non-commercial cable TV program that featured good news, events profiles of people doing positive acts in the community, celebrity, entertainment and business news.
Now semi-retired, she keeps busy managing her dating sites, blog and online stores and writes articles on dating, romance and relationship information. Vivienne also writes articles for Associate Content - Check out her writings and other details now.