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 ...
Today marked the day that Chicago received it's first snowfall of the year. With our up and down temperatures these past few weeks, it comes as no surprise that two days ago I was sitting comfortably on a park bench not exactly "cold" and tonight I wore a parka and scarf out of my yoga class. I've been experiencing crazy changes in body temperature thanks to the outside conditions from feeling as ...
Without a doubt, I love waking up on Saturday mornings and having my whole day set out ahead of me. If I start the day off with a hot yoga class or stay in bed a little extra longer with a bowl of oatmeal, I have satisfaction in knowing Saturdays are my free days to do anything fun and productive I please. During the summer, I had to work every single one (at least 9/10 times) so as this fall came ...
When I first met my fellow blogger bud, May, we hit it off immediately. Although a couple of years older than me, we found so much in common through our few weekend hangs at the end of August. As our schedules got a bit heavy once fall hit, we haven't had much time to connect in the past two months until this past Sunday. Thankfully, we got back together in the best way we know how: ...
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) ...
