happy, healthy & hot

One of my guilty pleasures…

used to be eating chocolate chip cookie dough off of a spoon.  Who’s with me on this one? But while eating cookie dough may have made me happy, all that sugar and white flour sure weren’t doing anything in the healthy and hot departments! Then one day I realized I could duplicate that cookie dough […]

I ran into Starbucks…

(aka happy, healthy and hot headquarters) to work on a post.  I didn’t want my usual half-caf Americano with coconut milk, because it was too hot.  In fact, I decided I didn’t want coffee at all, just a little something to sip on while I worked. So here’s what I got:

I've been feeling guilty…

about my makeup. See, here’s the thing.  I am careful about what I put into my body, so I can look and feel my best.  And I’m also super careful (ok, borderline obsessive) about my skincare.  I love using the safest, most natural products from companies like Annmarie Gianni, 100% Pure, Telluride Glow and Raw Elements. […]

I was driving home from the beach…

blasting the new Britney song (love G-Eazy!) and sipping some iced tea. Not iced green tea with ginseng.  Not an iced matcha latte. Just plain old iced tea.  I had forgotten how much I liked it. And guess what…plain iced tea is pretty good for you! 

It was a lazy summer Sunday…

one that involved driving with the top down, sitting by the pool, and listening to music.  Totally love “Starving” by Hailee Steinfeld.  And of course “Cold Water” by my boyfriend Justin. I’m going to tell you what I ate. Why should you care?  

My spicy little Southwest secret

It’s no secret that I love any food with a Southwest vibe…I can’t get enough Chipotle and Qdoba, and love local central PA places like Taco Solo even more. Anything with cilantro, lime, cumin….Mmmm!  Can’t get enough.  But I don’t always feel like getting in the car.  And sometimes I don’t want to go to […]

"Like a Virgin"…

is one of my all-time favorite Madonna songs.  Especially her performance at the 1984 MTV VMAs with the wedding dress and boy-toy belt. I liked the early 80’s, dark roots, black plastic bracelet Madonna. As I discussed in a previous post (Has your olive oil lost its virginity?) most extra virgin olive oil is not […]