Pack your bags: My solo vacation to Jamaica
Last month I did something pretty impulsive. I booked a trip by myself to Montego Bay, Jamaica. I haven’t traveled alone in almost 15 years but I really felt the need to get away to someplace warm and...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: the forecast you’ve been waiting for
February 2. Groundhog Day. The day the entire nation (and Canada) gathers around their TV to watch a rodent predict the forecast. If it wasn’t a real thing, no one would believe it. But alas, from...
View ArticleWe’re rolling out the red carpet for Hollywood’s biggest night: the Oscars
January and February are award’s season for Hollywood and if you’re like me, you love to see the glitz and glamour and find out who’ll take home the coveted statues. Miraculously, I’ve seen many of...
View ArticleIt’s “National Chocolate Month”– thank you, February!
Recently we discovered that February is “National Chocolate Lovers Month”. Why the shortest month was selected to pay homage to the greatest confection in the world is anyone’s guess, but we’re totally...
View ArticleHappy Chinese New Year: The year of the goat
This year Chinese New Year starts tomorrow, February 19 and goes until March 5. 2015 is the year of the goat. Based on the Chinese lunar calendar — which is associated with the Chinese zodiac — every...
View ArticleEating clean: the Paleo lifestyle
As many of you know from being frequent readers of this blog, I’m kind of into CrossFit. And many CrossFitters adapt a Paleo lifestyle. What does this mean? Well, it’s short for Paleolithic and...
View ArticleLighter meals for spring
Believe it or not, after the long and torturously cold winter we’ve had — at least here in the Northeast — spring is almost upon us! (cue happy dance!) And with the arrival of spring comes a shift from...
View ArticleMajor league soccer season kick-off
Typically when spring rolls around, most Americans are waiting with baited breath for baseball season. But believe it or not, there’s another sport that gets going right about the same time and it’s...
View Article5 Delicious smoothie recipes
Where would we be without smoothies? It seems these creamy and healthy concoctions are everywhere these days and it makes me wonder how I lived most of my life without them. Last year I splurged on a...
View Article5 Natural cleaning alternatives
I’m going to be honest, I hate cleaning. I mean who actually enjoys it? But I want a clean home so it’s a necessary evil. What isn’t necessary though is bringing toxic chemicals into my home with most...
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