Discovering health, wellness and the little things in Chicago.
While everyone preps for Thanksgiving this week by heating up roasted veggies, mixing hot soups over the stove and warming up their morning bowl of oatmeal, I'll be over here dreaming of warmer weather with this vanilla pineapple smoothie. I've never been a fan of hot foods, even though I understand sometimes they are completely necessary when there's a blizzard surrounding you. When I'm out in ...
Another day, another week gone by. My apartment becomes progressively colder by the second but luckily my dad was kind enough to have a space heater delivered to me this week (HALLELUJAH). I've been throwing on my Madewell ribbed circle scarf followed by a sweater or flannel almost every day. This might be a sign that I need to do more online shopping because we all know (us Chicagoans, at least) ...
Is it acceptable to say I can't stop listening to Justin Bieber's new single 'Sorry' on repeat? I hope someone else is with me on this. Along with that, a lot has happened in the past two weeks since I've blogged (one of which being Justin Bieber dropping a new hit, thank God). For one, I haven't posted blogged in FOR-ever which makes me feel quite uncomfortable since my blog is practically my ...
When I think of spinach and artichoke dip, the first thing that comes to mind is this big bowl of it that I used to get as an appetizer with my family every time we went to Claddagh Irish Pub & Restaurant as a kid. We have this outdoor mall in Cleveland where everyone in my neighborhood used to hang out at. It had your average chain restaurants like California Pizza Kitchen, The Cheesecake ...
Yesterday was a very exciting Friday. Not just because I watched a marathon of the Tiny House version of House Hunters with my roommate but because I stopped at Sur La Table on my way home from work. I had a gift card for a while but haven't had a chance to use it so when I was heading towards the train home, I spotted it and knew what had to happen. Only I would go into a cooking store at 6p.m. ...
When I was younger, I wasn't a huge pumpkin fan. Of course I loved a slice or two at Thanksgiving piled high with whipped cream (my aunt was known for hand-whipping it herself because she couldn't stand the canned version), but I didn't consider it one of those ingredients I needed weekly. I'm not quite sure I even knew the difference between delicata, acorn and butternut squash or that pumpkin ...
