Water is the most basic health and beauty product on the planet. Thanks to H2O, the skin glistens, the muscles work perfectly, and the brain keeps firing. There’s no doubt it’s an essential part of anyone’s diet, especially if you are looking to be healthier. Still, the vast majority of Read more…
I’ve been a fan of green smoothies for years. It started out innocent enough: adding spinach to a normal peanut-butter-banana smoothie.. and *poof* healthy green smoothie .. right? Well, not really. Now my recipe is packed full of ONLY the really good stuff! It turns out peanut butter and bananas Read more…
Have you ever heard of sangrita? It is, apparently, an authentic Mexican mixed-drink mixer + tequila chaser. One that I’ve never heard of….. so, naturally, I couldn’t wait to try to make it! Donald ended up in Chicago for work again, and passed along this great tidbit from hipstertopia: Sangrita Read more…
Mezcal is a rich, smoky, pungent liquor. Similar to Tequila, but smoked – to me it tastes like to Scotch. Both tequila and mezcal are made from the Agave plant, but the process for making each is a little bit different, resulting in much different flavors. I never liked mezcal Read more…
Hey guys! It’s been a busy few months with our wedding in June and planning our Maui and Kauai honeymoon. Donald and I are finally enjoying some time off and exploring the islands of Hawaii! We are only halfway through our Hawaii honeymoon, and just arrived on the island of Read more…
If you’ve never been to the Bahamas, there’s a chance you’ve never heard of this drink. Sky Juice – as it is locally known by the bahamians – is so good you might never reach for vodka soda ever again. (Or at least not until bikini season… lets’ be honest…) Read more…
This guide is broken into four chapters, outlining the best of our 9-day trip to São Miguel, the Azores, during mid-October 2016: PART 1: Getting Around PART 2: Hiking + Swimming PART 3: What to eat in the Azores <– you are here. PART 4: What to Wear in the Read more…
A few months ago, Don and I had a great idea: A Big IPA Blind Tasting! Could we identify our favorite big IPAs in a blind tasting? How much of the draw is the brand and the scarcity? Is the liquid really as good as we think it is? After Read more…
I’ve been homebrewing for about three years now and every time I brew I learn something new. Donald also homebrews and sometimes we have different ideas about the best process and ingredients. To mitigate the inevitable opposing opinions, we switch off who is the Master brewer and who is the Read more…
Hola! Welcome to my blog. If you end up reading it you’ll learn all about my kitchen antics and cocktail whims, wild ideas about mindful living and DIYing my life, and probably some tangents about being a millennial in the great city of Boston. A little about who I am: Read more…