• Christmas

    picture day.

    My talented friend Abby was in town this weekend, so I thought it was a good time to have some pictures taken for a Christmas card! You know when you’re in high school and you say “I’m always going to do ___________ when I’m an adult”, and now that you…

  • hotels - travel

    Luxury On A Budget – Hotels & Lodging

    Finding my initial love of travel in High School and College left me with minimal funds to actually take trips and include things like food and lodging. I’ve done everything from hostels to 5-star resorts, and there’s usually an easy way to to find the happy medium.We’ll call these posts…

  • recipes

    Brussel Sprouts: Not the Enemy

    Poor, poor brussel sprouts. They have such a bad wrap.And to be honest…. I have no idea why! I’m going to blame TV shows for this one, because I seem to remember most characters turning their nose to brussels. Or something like that. I remember being a kid and thinking…

  • brunch - recipes

    Broiled Grapefruit

    This is the easiest, and most delicious thing you can make if you’re looking for a new spin on fruit, or if you’re avoiding sweets! Broiling a grapefruit. Yes, it’s that simple. I’ve had this at a local restaurant, but they use a torch (like for crème brûlée), but i’m…

  • recipes

    Clean Eating

    A few months ago i was just feeling really tired and blah. I wasn’t feeling like i was in great shape, but didn’t really have the energy to do anything about it. I was also feeling lazy in the cooking department, and either resorting to eating out or quick processed…