I don’t know about you, but I live in sandals in the summertime!! Somehow, the people at Havaianas must’ve known this and then offered to let me give away a pair of their FABULOUS sandals (up to a $40 value) on this blog! The hardest part of winning this giveaway will be choosing which style […] Read more…
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England – Liverpool
Next tour stop – LIVERPOOL! Which basically means The Beatles! At least on our tour it did. We arrived in Liverpool in the late afternoon – just in time for a Beatles tour – and then we promptly left for our next destination in the morning. But being there for just a Beatles tour is […] Read more…
Simple Summer Dish – Squash & Zucchini
It’s summer and if you’re invited to any sort of dinner/BBQ and asked to bring a tasty “veggie” dish…here’s one that should work out really well for you! I loved making it because basically other than buying the squash and zucchini, I had all the ingredients (and, in fact, I did have 2 zucchinis ready […] Read more…
Vegan Love in Chester, England
Back to sharing memories of our trip to England. Next stop – Chester! We weren’t here long – only a few hours – but I’ve been here before and find this town so very precious with it’s black and white buildings – which it is somewhat known for. Chester is one of the best preserved […] Read more…
Peach Pastry
I’m not sure about where you live, but finally fresh peaches are ready for us here this summer! Oh, and I LOVE peaches!! I love their smell, I love their texture and I love them in pretty much any form! I noticed I had some puff pastry in my freezer just waiting to be used […] Read more…
England Day 3 – Stratford on Avon
As we continued our travels northward from Bath, we stopped for a visit in the town Stratford on Avon. Stratford is best known for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare. He spent much of his life here and therefore it is also where you can find his gravesite. It’s a beautiful little town with many […] Read more…
England Day 3 – Bath
For me, 2 words came to mind on traveling to Bath – Jane Austen! See, I’m a huge Jane Austen fan. I’ve read all her books – numerous times, I might add. I’ve seen all the movies of her books, and movies about her life and movies about others who also love her and her […] Read more…
England Day 3 – Stonehenge
Day 3 of the tour and we’re off to the English county of Wiltshire to visit Stonehenge! Luckily, we are here a day before the Summer Solstice as the site will be closed to the general public this day when 10-15 thousand people typically arrive to celebrate. We did, in fact, see much more than […] Read more…
England Day 2 – More London
Day 2 of our trip and the tour begins. Today we traveled around the beautiful city of London getting to see a lot of the major sites. As you can see in the photo above, the city (and we later saw much of England), is still decorated from celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee! What an exciting […] Read more…
We’re Home from England – Time to Share
Wow, what an AWESOME trip we just had!! It’s hard to believe we’ve been half way across the globe and now we’re back home again! It’s time to share!! First, I’d like to say the trip was amazing. We booked our tour through Virgin Vacation tours (you can also book through Gate 1 Travel) Let […] Read more…
London Photo Play
We leave London today to head to Stonehenge and Bath. Here are a couple more photos I’ve had time to play with using Photoshop on my iPad (yes, I’m being a techie geek even on vacay!) This is the punk Lollita from the Victoria & Albert’s museums British Fashion exhibit…basically I love this! this […] Read more…
London!
We made it and we’re having a great time! Testing different ways to post from here now, so sorry if this looks a bit funny at times ;) Happy Monday everyone! (yes, I went meatless today…even with having dinner in a pub!) Read more…
Wordless Wednesday – England/Scotland Memories
Reminiscing over my last trip to England while packing for my upcoming trip. Happy Wednesday! P.S. if you have a Wordless Wednesday post, please share so I can stop on by to view your photos! Read more…
England/Scotland Trip Preparations
Next week at this time, I will be on a tour of the beautiful city London. I was there briefly years ago on another tour with my mom. This time I head out again with my mom and in addition to Mimi, Jimi (Pops) and our friends Greg and Dianna. This is Pops’s first tour […] Read more…
Biscoff Spread – Yummy & Vegan?!
So finding this delicious spread happened in one of those instances when it’s a good idea to tell just about everyone you see that you’re vegan (this isn’t always the case, but more on that another time). A co-worker of mine came over to me to tell me about his “spread” he had tried that […] Read more…
Cinnaholic = JOY
Cinnaholic = Joy yep, that’s all I could come up with as a title to this post. Joy is not a word I use often, but it’s what popped into my head when I was thinking about how I felt when I finally got to Cinnaholic. You could say I’m a little crazy (cuckoo, nutso, […] Read more…
Breakfast ’round These Here Parts
Just for fun, I thought I’d post some photos of a typical breakfast around our house. I know for some people it’s easy to skip breakfast even if you know that it’s not good for you to do so. I’m not much of a cereal eater and I’m not fond of starting my day with […] Read more…
Meatless Monday – Recipe Share
Ok, so I didn’t actually cook anything “new” or “exciting” this past week. But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to share on this Meatless Monday!! I decided to look through my Google Reader and share some of the current vegan recipes from some of my favorite blogs! From Kathy Patalsky over at The Lunchbox […] Read more…
Green Tip – Nellie’s Laundry Products Giveaway
In my never-ending attempt at making our house greener and greener, I’ve found a new line of laundry products I’d love to share. Nellie’s All-Natural Laundry Products I have been using the Laundry Nuggets and the Oxygen Brightener for a few weeks now and LOVE them! You know how you’ve probably read that people (and […] Read more…
Wordless Wednesday – Hakone Gardens
Best part of visiting Hakone Gardens in Saratoga…visiting with Mom! Happy Wednesday, Read more…
Leap Into Spring Photo Fun
The incredible women over at Live and Love Out Loud, Bumbles&Light and Project Alicia have been putting on a weekly photo challenge this Spring called “Leap Into Spring”. If you’ve missed any of it, pop on over to their sites to see all the amazing photos that have been submitted. I haven’t been prepared enough […] Read more…
Couscous, Black Bean & Corn Salad
Happy Meatless Monday everyone!! I made this couscous salad for a bar-b-que we had with the kids yesterday on Mother’s Day. Our first BBQ of the season! This salad was super easy to make – and easy to improvise with if you’re running short of time and have to use what you have on hand […] Read more…
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all the fabulous moms I know…step-moms, Grandmoms, birth moms, moms-in-law, stand-in moms, pet moms – any mom who loves another and has ever taken care of a child, pet or other human being…you are AWESOME!!! Enjoy your day and feel the love around you! And much love to my incredible mom […] Read more…
Product Review – Rodan + Fields
Aaahhh the skin! If you’ve never had skin issues of any sort, well then I am so very envious of you! I’ve never had major skin issues, though I definitely have noticed more acne – yes, acne in my 40s than I have at any other time in my life. Could this be hormones? Who […] Read more…
Meatless Monday – Cauliflower on the Brain
Truly, lately I’ve had cauliflower on the brain. This has created somewhat of an obsession with this little-used-in-my-house veggie. Let me tell you how it all started… A couple of weeks ago I came across a recipe for a curried-cashew cauliflower dish. The obsession begins… I haven’t made this recipe yet because I keep forgetting […] Read more…