This photo was taken at The Peppermill Restaurant in Las Vegas in July 2011. That plate of scrumptious-looking food I am gleefully devouring is known as French Toast Ambrosia. YUM! It was exactly what I needed after a full day of skating at RollerCon. I wish I was going to RollerCon this year! I had [...]
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Roller derby makes me hungry. Like, all the time. This weekend Corner and I made soy balsamic slow cooker chicken, frozen banana bites, and mint chocolate chip cookies. Today at lunch I went to Whole Foods in Tribeca because none of the other grocery stores I visited this weekend had coconut oil (which I need [...]
Ladies and gentlemen…I have procured paczki! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, you’ve been missing out. I didn’t realize that paczki are a Polish-American “thing” until I left Michigan and paczki on Mardi Gras were suddenly impossible to come by. So tonight, for the first time since leaving Michigan [...]
I got an OPI gel manicure this weekend at a cute little spa in Astoria. I feel like I am really capable of accomplishing my Day Zero goal of actually ceasing to bite my nails. It’s been a battle for me my entire life…but then I got braces, which made it a lot harder to [...]
This week I’ve decided to tackle Day Zero goal #54: go vegetarian for a week. I realized yesterday while we were putting together our grocery shopping list that all of the entrees I had chosen were vegetarian. Here’s what we’ll be having for dinner: Sunday: Lentil Chili Monday: Pearl Couscous with Roasted Tomatoes Tuesday: Roasted [...]
Last Saturday I tried out for the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league. 122 girls tried out, and I was one of 28 girls who were invited to callbacks on Monday night. Unfortunately I did not make it to the Fresh Meat class of 2011 (which will only have 8 girls! wow!), but Gotham is starting [...]
I have come to the realization today that I need to treat myself better. You know, take a breather every now and again. Take some time out to do nothing but relax and do something for ME. So here I am with freshly moisturized feet and a face mask on, sitting in bed and writing [...]
