What can be more relaxing than mentally manifesting the zombie apocalypse with a good book?
A few months ago, my boyfriend, who knows my gaming tastes perfectly, recommended I try playing Portal. Portal 2 had just come out and we were seeing billboards promoting the game all over San Francisco. It looked interesting. I was intrigued. And once I started playing the game, obsessed. Read more…
For the past two and a half years, I have been moving toward a minimalist lifestyle. I thought I was making solid progress. Until I moved out of my apartment at the beginning of this year and realized how much crap I still have in my life. Read more…
As part of my search for lunch recipes on Stone Soup, I alighted on this delicious-looking vegetable & white bean stew recipe. I love zucchini and tomatoes together, so the fact that this recipe included both sealed the deal. My mom used to cook sliced zucchini with onions and chopped tomatoes, and after you sprinkled […] Read more…
I am in the midst of doing Insanity right now. I did P90x last fall and loved it. Insanity seemed like the logical next step. Except for a short break to account for the craziness of SXSW last weekend, I’ve been working out six days a week for the past three weeks. The problem, though, […] Read more…
Over the past six months, I have really started getting into cooking and getting to know my kitchen. A few weeks ago, I discovered my boyfriend’s practically brand new, never-used Staub Dutch oven gathering dust in the recesses of a kitchen shelf, and I knew I had to break it in. I specifically thought that […] Read more…
There is something about having my nails painted that contributes confidence to my entire demeanor. I love looking at my freshly polished nails, glistening like colorful jellybeans perched on the tips of my fingers. Sometimes, when I’m having a stressful day and feel like the rest of my world is a complete mess, a neat, […] Read more…
I have been trying to cook at home more lately, with great success. Almost every night dinner is cooked by yours truly. However, I feel that I am relying too heavily on processed staples to get me through dinner prep instead of making them myself. Last night, a simple tomato sauce for spaghetti seemed a […] Read more…
I have always been obsessed with magazines. When I was a child, I loved Horizons and Cricket. As a teen I loved reading up on my favorite celeb crushes in pubs like TeenBeat and Seventeen. Today I aim for a more decidedly adult literary palette, with fashion magazines galore (my two favorites are Lucky and […] Read more…
A few weeks back I was covered in more than a half-dozen flea bites that itched like crazy. It made sleeping hell as I woke up multiple times throughout the night to itch my wounds, and only now are they gone. I am blaming the compost bin and me not cleaning the kitchen often enough. […] Read more…
Earlier this week when I was on the bus, I sat across from a girl who seemed to epitomize calm, the kind of calm I hope to grasp myself someday. Impeccably dressed in a seersucker blazer, denim floods, and fancy grey suede flats, every detail was in place, from her stylish aviator sunglasses to the […] Read more…