I love the smell of honeysuckle in the springtime!
May 16, 2013
Food Fun!
Get ready for some food fun!
Next weekend we’re heading west to the warm little town of Normal, Illinois for Nick’s cousin’s wedding. It may not be the beach, but it’s not a terrible way to spend Memorial Day Weekend. Afterall, I do love a good wedding! But, we’re going on a road trip so you know what that means: we’ve planned our route based on scrummy restaurants along the way, all of which have been featured on one Food Network/Cooking Channel show or another.
May 6, 2013
Love your healthy body
Today is International No Diet Day, a day to celebrate body acceptance and body shape diversity, which I think is fantastic. As a feminist, I whole-heartedly believe that fat shaming is wrong and we should all love our bodies regardless of what others (namely the media) tell us they should look like. But, as a public health student/professional, I understand that obesity is a real and serious medical condition that plagues our society.
April 15, 2013
Save money by planning meals
I love dining out; it’s probably my biggest vice. But eating out on a regular basis, as you can probably imagine, gets pretty expensive, and is usually what gets me into trouble when we’re trying to save money. So, I’ve developed a process that helps ensure I cook at home more often and keeps more dollars in my wallet: I create a weekly menu and a shopping list based on it. I’m sure I’m not the first and only person to do it but it’s a good process and it works, for the most part. There are always challenges. I mean, this is life we’re talking about here.
The general process goes a little something like this: I find recipes I like, make a grocery list, go shopping (once a week) and then cook at home each night.
April 12, 2013
Whatever Lola Wants
Lola gets. And Lola wants to dance! I must be getting pretty serious about belly dancing because I did it again! I performed with some of the same advanced beginners as last time and my instructor, Andalee, choreographed the cutest little dance to the sexy little song, Whatever Lola Wants by Natacha Atlas.
Photo courtesy of DC Dance Photography
Instead of performing at a semi-private hafla like our debut, this time we performed in public at a bar during an event called Undulation Nouveau, which I like to describe as an open-mic night but for belly dancers. At the hafla, our audience consisted of close friends and family to our fellow belly dancers but this event was open to the public so we danced in front of strangers. I was so nervous the entire time I was dancing that my mouth got really dry and I had no choice but to smile because my mouth wasn’t producing any saliva to allow my lips to move over my teeth. TMI, but seriously, I was nervous!
Photo courtesy of DC Dance Photography
We didn’t have as much time to learn this dance but I think we did really well. Check it out and tell me what you think: