So I met a buddy for a “Turbo Kick Boxing” class at the gym and it was definitely an experience!  The instructor started with asking who was new to the class and my friend and I shot up our hands without hesitation.  She warned us, “don’t judge this until your 5th session after you’ve learned [...]

Ok, so it’s been a day since I’ve posted, but my final paper is now turned in and I have 2 weeks before summer school! yay!  Brace yourselves for a ginormous post! Sunday …was a glorious day.  Why, you ask, because I made a delectable breakfast for two of my favorite people in the world.  [...]

While I was supposed to be productive on my final research paper on Pride and Prejudice yesterday, I was much more productive in the kitchen!  Good for the belly, bad for the paper. But I had to put some of my Whole Foods buys to good use! Let me begin with a spontaneous couplet to [...]

Happy Saturday! Yesterday was an amazing day.  Why?  I think because I had actually slept an adequate amount. If that’s how I’d usually feel with more sleep, I am definitely making sleep more of a priority!  Here are the main things that made my day a great one: Beach Babe Workout I went to the [...]

Hey guys!  It’s been a long day with little sleep last night (see here), and I felt like making something hearty and something sweet for dinner.  I decided on a Costa Rica meets the South compromise — gallo pinto and sweet corn bread. Now before I divulge one of the main ingredients of gallo pinto [...]

When I first heard about hot yoga, I kind of giggled to myself and was like, “Yea, ok.  Let’s first get a latte, go to Kabbalah and then hit up the hot yoga.  Oh and afterward let’s adopt another child from a foreign country all the while wearing pilot sunglasses and a purse the size [...]

Do you remember “College Thursdays”? It’s the night all the college kids go out and party.  Drinks are usually cheaper and club covers are usually dropped or reduced.  I remember it being fun, but when I relived it last night, I realized… I’m getting old. Yea yea yea, I know I’m “only” 25; but 25 [...]

My friend sent me a recipe for vegan cookies and I decided to run with it and experiment with some things.  Was that a good idea? I think experimentation as a general concept is great – it’s super to try new things and yadda yadda yadda.  But “be prepared” is the lesson here because sometimes [...]

I’m a tad cranky and will try not to let that inform my review of the new Lifetime show Cook Yourself Thin.  With that disclaimer aside, let’s take a look. From the website description: “Do you want to have your cake and eat it too?* ‘Cook Yourself Thin,’ an all-new series, offers viewers the skills [...]

Dear Peanut Butter Boy, I hope it’s okay, but I totally have a platonic, blogger-based love for you! I guess what I am trying to say is thank you for coming up with the Puffins-based pie crust recipe!  It tasted like a Butter Finger, which, coincidentally, happened to be my favorite childhood candy bar (which [...]