Hi and Happy Friday! Whose ready for the weekend?? Today I'm taking it back a couple days to when I spent last week in Las Vegas to work at a tradeshow. While I've been there many times for work, this trip marked the first time that I actually had a night devoted entirely to fun. My close friend Danielle, who lives in NYC, happened to also be there for work, so we both extended our trips for a night out on the town together. Being that we're both foodies, there was obviously some discussion ahead of time as to where we'd have dinner... and we decided to try out celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis' new restaurant inside The Cromwell, aptly called GIADA. (Image via GiadaVegas on Twitter) I'm usually not big into the whole celebrity chef restaurant thing, especially in ... [Read More]
Archives for April 2016
Superfood Chocolate PB Chia Smoothie + Amazing Grass Giveaway!
We all know that eating a healthy diet tends to most often be associated with looking good, but there's more to eating well than the physical results of those smart choices. Fueling with high-quality foods that nourish my body help me to not just survive, but to thrive. With every task and moment of my day, from completing a writing assignment to finishing a challenging workout, consuming a high-quality diet enables my body and mind to perform at its best. The concept is simple: If you constantly eat crap, your body is going to (eventually) respond to your low-quality diet by feeling tired, lethargic and gaining weight, among other things. If you consistently fuel your body right with high-quality food, your body should respond by feeling amazing. The millions of cells that make up our ... [Read More]
Veggie & Crispy Tofu Old Bay Breakfast Stir-Fry [vegan]
Hi friends! How was your weekend? Highlights of mine were a date night to celebrate my hubby's admission into his MBA program of choice for the fall (exciting stuff!), a trip to the dog beach with my pup, and recouping from last week's Vegas work trip. Resting up felt so nice after this busy time of work for me. I got a massage, hung out with my hubby, got a lot of sleep, did some yoga and drank a few glasses of wine. It all felt wonderful and was much needed! Today's recipe is one filled with veggies and a food that many people seemed to be freaked out by: tofu. The truth is, I wasn't always a tofu fan. Tofu is something that is totally dependent on how you prepare it and the flavors you add into it, and in the past, I didn't know how to cook it to my liking. That is until I ... [Read More]
The Quickie Do-It-Anywhere Low-Impact Workout
When I travel, I always try to stay active and incorporate movement into my day just like when I'm home. I prefer to exercise outdoors or do something adventurous in the area I'm in. But sometimes, the thing that works out best is just waking up in my hotel room, busting out a quick workout to get my endorphins flowing, and moving on with my day's agenda. This is most definitely the case when I travel for work. Although I've walked a ton on the convention center floor in Las Vegas this week, I've also been fitting in morning exercise a couple of days this week. One morning I even made it to the gym for a strength training session, then taught my co-worker some yoga on the rooftop of our hotel. Another morning I did today's workout: a quickie, 10-exercise circuit that requires no ... [Read More]
California Wine Country ’16 Trip: My Favorite Sonoma & Napa Wineries
Hi friends! How was your weekend? I flew to Las Vegas yesterday for a work trip and will be in Sin City for the week. But today, I want to back it up a few weeks to my vacation road trip up to Sonoma wine country. I already recapped my favorite eats and reviewed my Sonoma hotel, so today I’m chatting about my favorite wineries of the trip! Whenever I visit a wine region, I like to do my research to find wineries that I want to visit beforehand. During this trip we did a nice combo of tasting at smaller establishments and larger productions. It’s always kind of fun to compare and contrast, and I tend to gravitate towards smaller wineries. While I love wine and obviously appreciate the wine itself, what I also love is meeting the people behind the wine. I’m the same way with food: ... [Read More]
Feeling Strong & Powerful at CorePower Yoga [Studio Review]
After doing a lot of high-impact exercise during my HIIT studio fitness challenge throughout February, in March I was ready to get back to my yoga roots more. I had been doing a short at-home yoga practice most mornings, but it seemed like a good time to change gears a bit and get deeper into my practice by attending some yoga classes. (Pretty much!) That's why it was perfect timing when CorePower Yoga reached out to invite me to try out their studios, in celebration of a new class that they now offer called CoreCardio Circuit. CorePower has over 140 locations around the country, with several studios surrounding the San Diego area - including in Encinitas, Poway, Del Mar, La Jolla and San Diego itself. I had heard of them before but had never visited because... duh duh da ... [Read More]