Add these 3 ACNE-FIGHTING Products to Your Skin Care Routine Today….

ZINC CREAM: I will never be able to live without this now. It’s FANTASTIC. It’s practically cleared up my skin almost entirely. At first, in the first 2 weeks, I’d wear it everyday. It has made a...

Simple Guacamole with Smashed Plantain Chips

Happy Cinco De Mayo! This is an ultra simple way to make Guacamole. I learned how to make it by the Personal Chef I work for, Bill, who was actually taught by an 85 year old lady from when he …...

Decorating in a GREEN way!

“SCORE!” Whenever I strike a good find at a yard sale I secretly scream “SCORE!” in my head. I remember getting up early with my mom on Saturday mornings to go yard-selling and looooving it:) We’d...

Eco-Fashion

dress smart Don’t worry, I did the work for you – I’ve picked out a few amazing clothing companies for you all. All of which are fashion forward in design while at the same time being SUSTAINABLE,...

Easter

A ‘Grown-Up’ Easter Basket (no peeps or chocolate bunnies!) My mom came to visit for Easter weekend so I wanted to greet her with a cute little Easter basket! Of course making it semi-healthy with...

Video: Healthy Cookie Pie

Healthy Cookie Pie Hey Guys!!! Enjoy my first of MANY cooking videos!!

Interiors

Pieces that will give your home a RELAXED MODERN feel. Deep inset couch cushions with clean lines. Great for family rooms (not formal) because of the deep seats – makes it welcoming for people to...

Changing the Thought Process

“What should I be eating to loose weight?!” It’s the one question on everyone’s mind. (well, unless your trying to gain weight!) But I want to change that question and redirect it. I think we...

home grown

can’t wait! I can not wait to have my balcony filled with tomato plants and herbs! I especially love making Quiche from my own tomatoes, basil, and thyme:) Hurry up warm weather! One of my many...

happy spring!

a little springtime gift to myself salt holder A little walk in this beautiful weather landed me in Williams & Sonoma today. I can’t ever walk out of there without buying something! From...

An Irish Morning Cocktail

Guinness + Bailey’s Frappuccino There’s really nothing to say about this drink I made for this IRISH MORNING, except that it’s just AMAZING!!!! I’m wearing my Irish Cashmere wrap, drinking this...

ohhhh it’s gonna be a GREEN WEEKEND! (i hope, eek!)

i’m a horrible Irish Gal! I haven’t done ANYTHING for St. Patty’s day….yet!!! Except buying that awesome green glass pear (pictured above) that I found at a thrift store!!! Good find! I have so...

Alternative Care for Adult Acne

My Battle Wicked Witch: “I’ll get you my pretty! And your little dog too!” Me: “I’ll get you acne with my clay masks and natural remedies!” I’m a dork, yes I know. “I had PERFECT skin my whole...

a break in winter

along the hudson Perfect timing for the sun to come out and the temp to go up: on a Saturday with nothing to do! So I decided to go for a walk along the Hundson with my fiance and my … Continue...

say HAPPY VALENTINES DAY to….YOURSELF!

INSPIRATION TO A PATH OF LOVING YOURSELF Start the path of loving yourself this Valentines Day XOXO Do you love others more than you love yourself? Read more…. I think loving yourself is one of the...

Detox

DETOXING after the FLU No matter how healthy I eat, what vitamins I take, the latest “health” food I eat: (chia seed-flaxseed-acia berry-Wheatgrass shots-what have you), I always get sick come...

Revisions & Redirecting

Hellooooo again! I know I’ve said this several times before, but I’m back with my blog for good. I needed to take some time off and think, revision, and redirect this blog! I’m still working on...

ALMOST THERE! PLEASE EXCUSE THE MESS!

We’re rebuilding the site as fast as we can! The old site was lost because of a massive hardware failure, but now that we have things running on a new server, I wanted to get the site back up and …...

quick tip:

What I always try to do when I’m eating is to be mindful. If you eat mindfully then a couple of things will happen: 1. you won’t over eat 2. you will be more satisfied.(When you look at your food …...

LOX bites

i really have no point for this post or for this recipe….i just had a lot of smoked salmon i needed to use in my fridge! So I ended up making these adorable breakfast LOX bites! however, these...

i like 4th of july because……..

it reminds me of some pretty important stuff. …because of these really cool guys sticking their necks out for everyone and writing up an awesome declaration for our independence…. because of what...

casserole…not just for winter. try my light summer version!

Even though it was around 85 yesterday and stinkn’ muggy out, I really wanted a “comfort” dish for dinner…..well, what better than a casserole! So I used Quinoa as my base for this casserole – It...

crispy portabella mushroom with sweet tomato corn salsa

happy summer solstice!

yoga is my fun! summer solstice is not only about the longest day of the year, but about the renewal of the mind, body, and spirit! It’s also about celebrating the creativeness that the sunny...

some of my favorite photos i’ve taken…

salt stick shadows of love natures geometric trying to be part of the holidays

Healthy Figure Stew

Best French Onion Soup

Don’t tell me, “There’s nothing to eat”!

I love it when Dan looks in the fridge and complains, “There’s nothing to eat!” like he did the other day. I jumped into the kitchen with my hands on my hips (Musketeer style) and said, “Do you...

Product of the WEEK!

meyers clean day fabric softener I’ve tried LOTS of natural fabric softeners, but this is hands down the best out there! I even prefer it to Downy. And it smells soooo fantastic…I love the...

Have any of you tried this?

Apparently, “I’m outta the loop!” According to the barely 21 year old cashier at Wholefoods, “I’m outta the loop!”. When I asked why the bottle of juice he just rung up cost $10.99!! he just...