Last year, I started participating in the Whole Life Challenge, mostly to support a friend build a team, but also thinking it would help up my fitness game. I ended up getting so much more out of it—I learned a lot about food (and sugar addiction, which I’ll write about another day), exercise and simple […]
basil-arugula pesto. Read More »
I have a major problem with insomnia. When it comes time to catch some ZZZ’s, no matter how heavy my eyelids are, once my head hits the pillow, I seem to feel wide awake. And then I start playing the battle with the clock: “if I fall asleep now, I’ll get 5 hours of sleep.
go the eff to sleep. Read More »
I haven’t always loved oats. There was a time when I was a kid that my mom made homemade oatmeal, but we didn’t have all the fixin’s to dress it up the way I liked. And they were overcooked and soggy. So I refused to eat them. And she refused to let me waste food,
I think we know each other well enough by now for me to confess something: I’m totally addicted to being connected. I am that person who wakes up in the morning and the first thing I do is reach for my phone and check to see what I missed while I was nocturnal. I run
I’ve always been a super creative person, but I’ve never really felt crafty. Sure, I learned to sew when I was younger (with my mom aspiring to be a fashion designer in her younger days, it was bound to happen) and can do such things. It usually ends up as a total disaster (anything involving
i’d knit that—confessions of a knit whore. Read More »
If you know me at all, you know how much I love to travel. If you don’t know me, keep reading my blog long enough and you’ll get it. I am so incredibly lucky that Alissa has grown into being an awesome traveler herself and an excellent travel companion. I suppose I have to give
One of my friends recently posted on Facebook an open complaint that people keep sharing all of these quick & easy recipe videos, but that he doesn’t think anyone’s actually tried to make them and see if they are as quick and easy (and good) as they look. One of my friends shared this one
chili cheese dog dip. Read More »
(and other musings on what was an adventurous weekend.) I’m going to be brutally honest. I was pretty unimpressed by you, SF. Had it not been for a rockstar like Danielle LaPorte coming to your city to speak to my soul, I probably could have lived my life without ever knowing you, even though meeting
why I did not leave my heart in San Francisco. Read More »