This morning in yoga I did the unthinkable – I was able to stay up in crane pose for up to 10 seconds at a time!!! Ok, ok, I know for many of you this is not a big accomplishment (and I know that I need to straighten my arms to be in the full [...]
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Who’s excited that the weekend is finally here?!?! I feel like this week went by especially slow… I blame the freezing temps and bleak, gray skies in Chicago! At least February is a short month…
I wanted to thank everyone who participated in Dress Down for Haiti! I got so much great feedback and [...]
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Happy Wednesday! Did any of you watch this morning’s Oprah that featured Alicia Silverstone (author of the recently released The Kind Diet vegan cookbook), Michael Pollan, and excerpts from Food Inc.
I was so excited when I heard this lineup!! Oprah has such an enormous influence millions of people, and I thought that if she was [...]
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Hello! How was your weekend? Mine was lovely… a date night of dinner + a wine tasting Friday, a nice, relaxing movie night Saturday (State of Play was so good!!), and Sunday was more relaxation due to a great yoga class and an afternoon spent doing things that I enjoy.
I’m so happy to have had [...]
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Hi friends! Have you started to think about what recipe you are submitting to this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient challenge? I can’t wait to be the host, and I have to say that I haven’t gotten very many submissions yet so you have an excellent chance of winning a prize package made from of green [...]
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Hi there! Happy Wednesday to you all. I’m so glad so many of you are excited about this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient – I can’t wait to be the judge later this week! Don’t forget to submit your recipes/photos!
Also, though over a week has passed, the need has not lessened to help out the citizens [...]
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Happy MLK, Jr. Day! For those of us who have the day off work of course it’s great to have an extended weekend…. but beyond that, please stop for a moment to appreciate what the day stands for. Working with children who live in dangerous and impoverished conditions, I really wish more people would be [...]
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Thank you SO much to all of you who are helping to get the word out about Dress Down for Haiti!! It’s not too late to get involved, and honestly this is possibly the #1 easiest way to fundraise with virtually no work on your part! Please check it out if you haven’t yet!
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* Edited to add: The images above were designed by Mae for this cause and can be printed to fit on a standard stick-on label. Thanks Mae!
We all know by now about the extreme devastation following the earthquake in Haiti. If you want to help, you can make a donation to Red Cross via their [...]
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Happy Wednesday! I’m happy to report that day3 of Mike’s Vegetarian Month has been going great so far – it doesn’t hurt that he LOVES the homemade veggie burgers I made at the beginning of the week! We’ve been eating leftover burgers all week – on salads, Ezekiel buns, whatever we can find.
Since Mike is [...]
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I'm a school social worker who is also a newlywed (and had a Big Fat Greek Wedding, no less!) living in Chicago. I am starting this blog to talk about the training process I will go through to prepare for the Chicago Marathon, while also raising awareness for Ceasefire, a Chicago anti-violence program.
