i could probably count the number of times i've moved in my life on one hand. well, at least the ones that i remember (you don't recall much before solid foods). for one who isn't the fondest of packing up all of her belongings and hauling them from point a to b (mostly because clothes, ...
2013: a year for transition & travel
annnd that's a wrap, folks! i cannot believe another 365 days have come and gone and we're already at another new year's doorstep. and while i'm always grateful to have been gifted another chapter to fill my life's novel, i will say that i'm very ready (maybe more than in previous years) to say so-long ...
finding fall & wagon wheels: a weekend in nashville
goodness me, it has taken me forever to write this post. i mean, my trip was almost two weeks ago (get yourself together, shawna!). anyway, i promised myself (and you) that i would recap my latest visit to nash and doggonit i'm not breaking that promise. so here it goes. after a crazy friday morning at ...
i like it, i love it, i want some more of it (part 2)
so after my last post on this topic caught some of your attention (looking at you, R), i figured i'd check back in and report on a few more things that i've recently bought/tried that i'm slightly obsessed with these days -you know, in case you were looking to could drain your bank account (and ...
recreate what i ate: creamy avocado spaghetti squash
one of my most favorite things about this time of year is the fact that spaghetti squash is regularly sold at trader joe's. i mean, you can totally buy it at sprouts pretty much year round, but there's just something about the fact that it's a "seasonal" item at tj's that makes it special. anyway, ...
recreate what i ate: kale-tahini salad
so i'm thinking of starting a new series called "recreate what i ate." actually, i'm not thinking about it, i'm doing it. so here's the first one. remember the kale-tahini salad i raved about from adama in santa barbara? well, i wasn't kidding when i said i wanted to recreate it stat. so this past weekend, i ...
thirty days of thankfulness: 11/4/13
if shopping at, bragging about, overall loving everything sold and/or made by trader joe's was an olympic sport, i'd certainly win gold every time. you know that saying, "gosh, if you love it so much, why don't you marry it?" i'm like close to proposing to the grocery store chain and making an honest ...
i like it, i love it, i want some more of it
i realize you may or may not take my general opinion on things with a grain of salt. if you've read my musings for some time now, you probably deduced long ago that i tend to be quite enthusiastic about certain things that may or may not truly warrant such exuberance (for one, almond butter ...
happiness is
an unexpected compliment. a really really good bear hug. over-sized sweatpants. bedhead. a sex and the city marathon. laughing until your abs hurt. a three-hour coffee date. the smell of cinnamon. a really ripe peach. baby smell. a well-stocked produce section. hearing your favorite song on the radio. snail mail. football season. hearing your parents tell you they're proud of you. a really good nap. and a really good hair day. neon pink. room service. at ...
let’s get skintimate
i started shaving my legs when i was in sixth grade. i don't know if that's late or early on the whole milestone spectrum, but my hair was blonde and shaving sounded like a lot of work so i tried to postpone it as long as possible. but when i was nearly the last girl ...
