In my first few months living in Madrid, I ate too many croquettes, drank my weight in Mencia, and watched the entire Game of Thrones series. Feeling inspired by the final season announcement and by how often the everyone is imbibing the drink of the gods, I decided to assign a wine to some of my fav characters.
Read MoreI didn’t experience the recent freeze that crushed the U.S. with record low temperatures and I would actually LOVE to hear how all my midwest friends’ skin survived. I am, however, six months into living in the gloriously sunny, warm and very dry Madrid. I know the entire state of Chicago just eyerolled me, but dry is dry, polar blast or not.
Read MoreBefore living in Spain, I had only ever tried Mencia in the form of Rosé, which was lovely but as is the case for most Rosés, I don't remember much about it. That experience couldn't be more different than the Mencia reds I've been bingeing since arriving in Madrid.
Read MoreThere’s no shortage of travel guides for Mallorca. It’s a well visited Balearic island in which you can drive the entire diameter in about an hour. That’s why most visitors rent cars in order to explore the beautiful beaches, quaint mountain towns, and do outdoorsy things like coasteering (it’s a thing).
Read MoreIt’s really hard to talk about wine without sounding like an a$$hole. For a long time, having any knowledge of wine was connected to deep pockets, obsessive behavior to the point of social dysfunction, or just an air of pretension. I think, though, that the wine industry is at a real inflection point with a massive shift from the snotty to gritty.
Read MoreI might be the worst packer of all time when it comes to estimating how much clothing and shoes I need. A girl needs options, right? But there are other packing tips I can share that can save a serious headache, particularly for international travel.
I may not be a famous beauty influencer, but I did work in the industry and have a pretty impressive arsenal of beauty and skincare products. While I’m always down to try the newest thing (and I literally haven’t NOT bought a new Glossier launch yet), there are a few products I use every single week and can’t imagine life without.
Read MoreIn my 11 year relationship with my boyfriend, we have gone on many trips - from Nicaragua in our earliest years together, to Italy where we ate our faces off, and throughout multiple areas of Spain to endlessly tapas hop and drink all of the Rioja. All but one of the trips we’ve taken were planned ENTIRELY by me.
Read MoreAs we enter the scorching D.C. summer, I feel I’m about to exponentially increase my iced coffee consumption. And while plain old iced coffee is delicious on its own, a good friend of mine changed my world last year when she ordered a peppermint iced coffee as we were recovering from a particularly rough Saturday night.
Read MoreAsparagus is all the rage these days and with good reason; asparagus in the spring is an entirely different vegetable compared with its evil nonseasonal twin. The latter is typically composed of shriveled tough stalks that a T-Rex couldn’t break through.
When listing top foods with health benefits, things like kale, blueberries, and even dark chocolate may come to mind. Oysters, however, don’t typically make the cut. I won’t argue that these mollusks should be considered a superfood, but Oysters contain overwhelmingly more good qualities than bad, which makes me feel a whole lot better about all of those raw bar cocktail hours I’ve frequented.
Read MoreThere are a LOT of flavors happening at Passover Seder, and even more challenging for a wino is that we’re not used to eating most in our typical diets. As such, it can be difficult to pick the right wine to accompany a Seder meal.
Read MoreMy favorite dish on Thanksgiving, you may be surprised to learn, is not a locally sourced wild turkey or raw no-bread stuffing; it’s good old pumpkin pie. And more than likely, it’s not made with the freshest of pumpkins plucked from the patch.
Read MoreI 100% stole this snack recipe from Joy Bauer, who spoke about healthy food choices as part of my Institute for Integrative Nutrition program. Joy emphasizes that every snack should have protein and fiber to keep you energized and full. That is all true, but mostly I just love popcorn so any snack that incorporates it has me sold.
Read MoreFive years ago, in the land of steak houses, giant pizza slices, and Ben’s Chili Bowl, Elizabeth Petty had a frightening wake-up call. After being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and undergoing traditional medical treatments, Petty turned to alternative methods to aid in her recovery. After seeing remarkable improvement in her health by adhering to a vegan diet, not only did Petty ultimately enter remission, she became inspired to share this knowledge with others.
Read MoreFermented foods seem to have been in a spotlight the last six months, and with good reason. As people are becoming more educated on gut health, the demand for probiotic-laced foods has increased, along with articles and books that stress the significance fermented food plays in your overall immunity and health.
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