Chocolate Peppermint Truffles + What To Do About Your OPP Diet In Social Situations
A few weeks ago I was invited to a Sunday brunch with some creative women. The host, who I had never met before, was going to cook a big meal for us at her house. I’m always up for blind friend dates (and brunch), so I was really looking forward to it. But after I agreed […]
But What Do You Really Want?
Today’s my birthday. And every year, I do the same exact thing. I turn off my phone, find a quiet place, and write down my birthday goals/intentions/shit I want to happen for the next year. I break these up into three categories: Personal, Professional, and Relationships. It’s a ritual that I look forward to, but […]
VOTE For “Food Is Information” Panel At SXSW 2016
I’ve been nominated to speak on a panel at 2016’s SXSW. Pretty exciting! The community chooses what panels will be seen each year and since you’re my community…hoping you can help make this happen. Here’s a description of the panel: We all know, “You are what you eat.” Ground-breaking new data and research coming out of the […]
My Home On Neighborhooding
Last week I was featured on Lauren Painter’s very cool site, Neighborhooding. She interviewed me about why I love my neighborhood and home (you can see all my answers here). Lauren’s site rules. Especially if you’re a creeper like me and love looking into other people’s homes. As I looked at all the photos of my […]
Pecan Cookies With Chocolate Whipped Filling + A Special Note To My Sisters
Spoiler: this week’s podcast features Ashlae Warner of Oh, Ladycakes. It comes out tomorrow – and it’s a GOOD one. We covered lots of topics, and we touched briefly on the fact that she also has endometriosis. Afterwards, I realized that I hadn’t had any guests on the podcast yet that got deep into endo. Which really […]
Getting Out Of A Funk + Healing Mung Bean Soup
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Wow, WHO the F are you?” I’m not talking about having too much tequila and getting all weird and reflective in bathroom mirror at a bar. I’m talking totally sober on a Tuesday morning in your bathrobe, getting ready for work. You look at yourself and you just […]
My Adoption Story, Take Two + How To Respond & Not Respond To Shit-Hits-The-Fan Moments
Just this past week, a potential adoption fell through. This one was particularly hard because it was pretty damn close to happening. A month of meetings and planning and talking about it a lot. It felt so for sure that I even did what my counselor told me not to do…buy a crib. I know, […]
How To Deal With Rejection aka A Big Bowl Of No
I’ve been getting served up a bit of rejection lately. A “No” here and a “Nuh-uh” there…it’s been adding up. They’re in my inbox. On my phone. And sometimes they come in the form of no response at all. My absolute worst kind of no. In the past, “No’s” have never really bothered me. I […]
Why Do You Create?
This week, I went to a Vivian Maier exhibit at the Harold Washington Library. I had seen some of her photos before, and I knew there was a lot of buzz over them the last few years – but I never really looked into her story. The exhibit was well done, and I was really […]
Easy Dinner 101 aka Bowl Week!
The past couple of weeks I’ve been slipping in the kitchen department. I mean, it’s the summmmmmer and I’ve got stuff going on…fun parties, trying new juices, hosting For Reals Meals. All the fun stuff hasn’t left a ton of time for cooking. So I often end up in front of the Whole Foods salad bar, […]
