Over Memorial weekend Derika surprised me with a last-minute trip to Cape Cod. I could not have been more excited, because when we looked at our summer calendar earlier in the month, we realized that we only had a handful of weekends open this summer to explore the east coast. We lived on the west coast for 7 years, and we probably drove Highway 1 at least four or five times. I love a good road trip… You get… Read more »
It has been heating up in NYC, which has been making our apartment feel like my own personal sauna. We do have air conditioners, but I am fighting it, because I feel like I really need to embrace the summer a bit since the winter was so brutal. I will admit though that we have been using the one in our bedroom at night to help us sleep…it has also been doing wonders on drowning out the city noise. As a result of… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I headed to Chicago to attend The Blogcademy, a weekend long blogging workshop. A year ago, my friend Lilly (Blogger at Rake & Make) told me about a great blogging event that she was attending in Portland, and she suggested that I look into one in my hood. Of course life got in the way at the time, so one of the first things that I did when I moved to NYC, was check to see… Read more »
Travel snacks are the most important thing you need to think about when you are planning a successful road trip. Oh sure, I guess you should plan your route ahead of time. That way you would know where you are going, but even the best road warriors get lost from time to time. “What saves those skillful road warriors when they are lost??”… Epic travel snacks! “What saves you from having to buy the sketchy boiled peanuts at the gas station when… Read more »
In a little over a week I will be headed to Blogcademy in Chicago and I cannot wait!! Blogcademy is a two-day workshop that is designed to give you the tools that you need to help kick your blog up a notch or 15. It is hosted by 3 amazing ladies that are currently rocking it out on their own blogs, and I am really excited to work with them. The Blogcademy is coming to NYC in September, but I just couldn’t wait… Read more »
Derika managed to catch the plague at work last week and with all the travel and long hours, this cold has been holding on for dear life. I have been keeping my distance the best I can in our 582 square foot apartment. I have also been downing a ton of fire cider and drinking tons of water in hopes that I don’t get the plague as well. So far it has been working like a dream! Yay, for Fire Cider and… Read more »
I hope that everyone had a great holiday! We didn’t get into too much, but the weather was beautiful so we headed on over to Central Park and pretended that we were laying on the beach in the sunshine. It was not the beach, but the little extra vitamin D and the bunny ears did us wonders. 😉 Minus the weird snow hiccup we had last week, spring has officially sprung in NYC and I cannot stop taking photos of… Read more »
April is National Stress Awareness month, sooooo Happy Stress Awareness month to you! Who knew!? You can basically Google any day or month of the year, and I am confident that it will be a national day or month for something. Since I have found out that it is National Stress Awareness month, it has gotten me to thinking about the things that I do to rest, relax and rejuvenate! When I lived is San Diego, I found that it… Read more »
It is Taco Tuesday again, how are you going to celebrate? Derika is traveling so I am treating myself to margarita happy hour with a friend. Last week I made a killer enchilada sauce, no more canned enchilada sauce for this girl. With that sauce I made this epic veggie enchilada casserole. This dish would be great for a Taco Tuesday or a Cinco de Mayo party. I can’t believe that Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner! Get… Read more »
I wish that everyday were taco Tuesday, so then I could eat all things Mexican all of the days! I think that I have mentioned in a blog post or ten that I love Mexican food and I really love taco Tuesday. Not like I need a reason, but it gives me an extra reason to whip up some Mexican food and eat the heck out of some chips and salsa. The other day, I was doing the washer and… Read more »
