I love me some Love Grown.

I’ve always been pretty picky when it comes to granola. Some are too crunchy, some aren’t crunchy enough. Some taste too fake, and some taste way too…”healthy.”

And then there’s Love Grown Foods Oat Clusters & Love granola, which is the perfect balance of healthy and insanely delicious. Their flavor varieties are [...]

So long sun-kissed tan, hello 5pm sunset.

Okay, okay, we’re not there just yet.

But with the end of August does in fact come the near-end of summer. So here’s a look back at a few of my favorite things from the past 30 days.

gilt groupe.

I never used to understand the draw of online shopping. In my mind, [...]

It’s been a long weekend.

But a great one.

Despite a little visit from a hurricane whose name won’t be mentioned, I travelled from NYC to Pennsylvania to Delaware to New Jersey to Pennsylvania and back to NYC *takes breathe* over the past four days. The reason?

Nicole and Shaun got maaaarrriiiieeeed

Thankfully Irene’s “wrath” only cut the [...]

When I have a favorite something-or-another, I become that annoying person who has to let the entire world know that it’s MY favorite.

Yup, that’d be me.

So, when I conjured up the idea to make a treat that included so many of my favorite things - boxed cake mix, the ooey-gooey texture of cake batter, pumpkin (aka [...]

I like to think I’m a pretty classy gal.

You know - I don’t curse, I don’t smoke, and I try to maintain a kind, welcoming demeanor.

But no one can be 100% classy all the time.

Like in the morning, when you’re desperately craving a huge glass of iced tea but don’t have a pitcher to make it [...]

A few months ago a shared a little concoction for mock mac’n cheese, which – if I’m being honest – was really just a way to use up yogurt that was about to go bad and the nutritional yeast I impulsively bought.

I bet you’re just dying to try this recipe now, aren’t you?

I’ve got to say, [...]

I may not be the next Julia Child…

…but at least I’m not starving.

I may not run a marathon…

…but I walk at least a few miles a day.

I may not be a professional dancer…

…but at least I don’t care what I look like on the dancefloor.

I may not be the most graceful of people (don’t let the [...]

On Thursday Erica, Amanda and I reunited to celebrate A’s 23rd birthday.

We started the night off at Spice Market – a restaurant in the Meatpacking District inspired by South Asian street cuisine.

Yes, the same place you saw on Sex and the City.

To be honest, I’m sometimes wary of the larger, “trendy” restaurants in NYC; I prefer [...]

Last night I wanted ice cream.

None of that fro-yo stuff. Real, creamy, full-fat ice cream.

Luckily I found one mini-tub of vanilla ice cream stashed in the freezer. Instead of digging right in, though, I decided to kick things up a notch.

ingredients:

1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
1/2 ounce walnuts, chopped
1 tablespoon dark chocolate chips

Let [...]

This month’s Kick the Habit challenge turned out to have a lot more of an impact on my life than I thought I would. I mean, I knew that kicking some bad habits would be a good thing, but I didn’t realize that I’d a) form healthy lifelong habits and b) learn some deeper lessons about [...]