Kansas City, MO Part 1: Gratitude for Blogging and Friendships

August 21, 2012
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I promise my recap of my several amazing meals from Café Gratitude Kansas City will be tomorrow’s post, but as I was writing the post about how I got to have dinner with Johnna of Johnna’s Beyond 52 (as well as her other blogs, 52 Sweets, 52 Donuts, and 52 Foods on a Stick) there, […]

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Chocolate on a Saturday Night

August 12, 2012
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Happy Saturday! It’s a good thing I posted a July recap last week, considering that, as predicted, I am looking up and it is August 11th.  I was actually in Kansas City this whole past week for work, and had initially planned to pack my netbook as well as my Ipad so  as to blog, […]

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A Review of So Delicious Greek Style Cultured Almond Milk

August 2, 2012
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Eating a gluten-free vegan diet, I am always surprised at how few things I still miss. One of the few things that I do still occasionally think about is greek yogurt.  In fact, I miss yogurt more than cheese – while the later was an indulgence I enjoyed occasionally (Red Hawk anyone?), yogurt was an […]

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A July Recap of Sorts

July 30, 2012
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So I know July has two more days to go, but it went by so fast, I figured I might as well give you a little recap now rather than look up and it be August 10th.  Right now, July 4 feels a lot longer ago than just earlier in the month.  I am really […]

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July 2012 Self-Care Retreat: Inward Reflection

July 29, 2012

Our theme this week for the 2012 Self-Care Retreat – led by Cheryl of Gluten Free Goodness – is Inward Reflection, and Iris of The Daily Dietribe (whom long-time readers will remember has guest blogger here several times) has written a post that breaks that down using minimum time: the Five Minute Daily Self-Care Scan. […]

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Boston Minute, Part 2: Wagamama, Faneuil Hall

July 28, 2012
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As I mentioned, I was briefly in Boston recently – I knew my free time was limited, but I was so happy to be able to fit in one thing: dinner at Wagamama at Faneuil Hall. I first heard of Wagamama a long time ago, like the late 90s, and have heard about it several […]

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Boston Minute Part 1: Trying out Exhale CoreFusion, New Snacks & Travel Eats

July 27, 2012
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A few days ago, while DC was in the middle of a sweltering July heat wave, I was in Boston for work for a couple of days, enjoying slightly cooler temperatures.  The above picture sort of looks like it was taken from a boat, but it was actually dry land, near the hotel: Kudos to […]

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July 2012 Self-Care Retreat: Creativity

July 26, 2012

Our theme this week for the 2012 Self-Care Retreat – led by Cheryl of Gluten Free Goodness – is creativity.  This week, our hostess is Carrie of Ginger Lemon Girl, who wrote about mandalas and journaling as creative outlets, and lists many additional suggestions. Cheryl also wrote a posts on creativity in the kitchen, complete with […]

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July 2012 2nd Annual Self-Care Retreat: Movement

July 16, 2012
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Our theme this week for the 2012 Self-Care Retreat – led by Cheryl of Gluten Free Goodness – is movement.  Shirley of Gluten Free Easily is our hostess this week and wrote about incorporating additional movement into her routine.  Cheryl also wrote a post on what movement means to her.  Both post are beautiful and […]

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Broccoli Hummus with Kelp

July 15, 2012
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Tonight, I am breaking one of my blog rules: I created a new hummus recipe today and I am posting it on the same day, rather than waiting to see how the flavors blend after a night in the fridge. “Creatively flavored” hummus can sometimes taste amazing out of the food processor, but then become […]

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Trying out Barre

July 15, 2012
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This week, in the spirit of it being the week focused on movement of the 2012 Self-Care Retreat in which I am participating, I decided to try a new-to-me form of movement by going to a barre class at a studio here in Washington, DC called b.fit barre. b.fit is similar to Pure Barre, which […]

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Juice Happiness: SweetPress, Washington, DC

July 13, 2012
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I am so so so excited that SweetPress, SweetGreen’s cold pressed juice brand, has come to Logan Circle, mere blocks from where I live.  For a long time, I have been wishing Washington would have its own local, organic, cold pressed juice brand.  Sure, I juice at home and there are a few places I […]

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Green Juices, Green Smoothies, A Few Thoughts

July 13, 2012

My love for green juices and green smoothies is well-documented on this blog.  You can see it in numerous lunchbox posts, when I travel, in my smoothie recipe line-up.  Green smoothies are one of my go-to breakfasts, and I usually make green juice for two to three days a week.  A green juice is either […]

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7 Links–Reflecting & Remembering

July 11, 2012
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The wonderful Heather of Gluten-Free Cat bestowed upon me the Sunshine Award today, which is particularly kind as I had not yet followed up on her choosing me as one of five bloggers to share 7 Links.  7 Links is a lovely concept -  bloggers must choose their posts that best fit the following categories: […]

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Art Journaling Workshop & Epic Dinner at Great Sage

July 11, 2012
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Back in June, I went to an art journaling workshop led by Karen Bearse at Queen’s Ink, which is a store in Maryland I discovered through a friend in my art journaling group. The workshop focused on the use of Ranger Dylusions Ink Sprays which were very fun to play with.  Here is Karen demonstrating: […]

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