OHM

Last Sunday my friend Cami convinced me to join her at a Sacred Yoga class. The room was heated with aroma candles and soft music. The teacher gave us massages with mint oil, (although I was told that the massages were much longer the previous week) and were incredibly soothing. So for anybody in the Boston area I would encourage you to sign up for All One Yoga's two week trial membership and head over there for some pretty amazing yoga. Tonight's Class: Pilates, Tomorrow: Pain! Oh yeah..it's also 90 degrees out today! What?

HOME MADE THE CHEAPER OPTION?

This is a great article that Apartment Therapy posted today, and it's definitely something that I had thought about before, but then realized that it didn't matter to me one way or another because A.) I enjoy making things from scratch at home, and B.) The quality will always be better. but this article sort of confirms my thoughts.

www.slate.com/id/2216611/pagenum/all

DIY

I often joke with my friends and family about being a total do-it-myselfer, but to be honest, why buy it when you can make it? Does that phrase have a copyright because if not somebody should jump on it, and by somebody I mean me. Where was I? Oh yeah, so basically I saw these cool posters of cities, that used typography to map out the geography of it's boroughs or neighborhoods. Of course the big cities were included in this set, but Philadelphia was not yet done, and as a christmas present I was hoping to get one for my sister. Since she relocated to there only a few months prior I thought it to be the perfect gift. So... I improvised and made my own, and here it is.



My inspiration is from Ork Posters, and for $18.00 a pop, they are a good deal. Here is one of Boston:

MATTE NAIL POLISH

Knock-Out brand nail polish! Offers white, red and black matte finish polishes, and I want it now!

BAKING

For our anniversary dinner tonight, I thought that I would bake some yummy goodness, but I couldn't convince myself that I should throw away all of the hard work I did last week with my detox on some over indulgent dessert. So instead I found an awesome yet healthy recipe for pumpkin walnut bread. The loaves just finished baking and they look spectacular! My photos stink, so I'm plugging in the image from the recipe site. Minus 1 for me.

Update: It tastes amazing!

I WANT...

To go to Lollapalooza this year. I'm overwhlemed by the amazingness of the line-up. Beastie Boys, Killers, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode, MSTRKRFT, Boys Noize, Cold War Kids, Of Montreal, Vampire Weekend, Crystal Castles !!!!

It's almost too much to handle, almost.

CATBALL

This may be the first in a new series of posts dedicated to the odd forms our beloved Leche takes while sleeping, which is about roughly 98% of the day.

TODAYS FORECAST: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN

More like chance of downpours! I left the house this morning with mere drizzle, possibly a mist. However, on my way home with a load of groceries the sky opened up and the rain poured down. Down the hill, over my feet, down my back and into my groceries! By the time I got home I looked like the equivalent of a drowned cat. My next purchase: an umbrella.



This is what it looked like outside:

ANOTHER THING

I'm masochistic, and while on this detox I have spent many days looking for new recipes that I can make for when I am done. One blog i found (http://thecrepesofwrath.wordpress.com ) has some of the most appealing sweets I have ever seen.
For starters : Samoa Bars- not a cookie, a BAR? Nutella Banana Oatmeal Muffins, Pumpkin Pecan Scones, Butterfinger Blondies and last but not least, Strawberry Lemonade bars! Whoa! I encourage everyone to look at this blog, and see for yourselves the awesomeness abounding!

DETOX

I have been really slow with posts this week, and I'm going to blame it on my lack of energy stemming from my intensely restricted diet this week, but it's probably more about the fact that I haven't found or done anything worth noting this week that I feel compelled to share with the entire world wide web. My detox is something that I have been wanted to do for a really long time, but haven't had a full week to dedicate to eating right. So this week I stepped up to the plate, and after having a great and very filling weekend at my parents house I jumped on the band wagon, jogged my butt over to TJ's and began my no soy, no meat, no grains containing gluten, no processed food,no caffeine, no sugar, wholly organic diet. My first realization: I am addicted to Coffee. One day without it and I had the worst headache of my life! So after this week I'm going to be limiting myself (severely) to only one cup or less a day! Yup- that's the plan.