When an occasion came along recently for us to celebrate, my number one choice was Ellina. The Vermonster and I had heard plenty of great things about Ellina, but hadn’t gotten a chance to check it out. It’s three seasons old (that’s a summer, winter, and now a summer) but still growing its buzz with…
Tag: eating
I have decided I think about food too much
I spent this weekend with a new set of friends. A non-Paleo-eating, non-CrossFitting set of friends, who I watched consume foods I haven’t even considered eating for years. YEARS. Maybe ever. (Powdered donuts? Slurpees?) I’m certainly not judging, and they didn’t judge me for my eating habits (gotta love them for that), but it is interesting…
My Favorite Places
For an advisory position I’m fulfilling this coming week (more about that later!), I had to list my favorite places. As I sat down with both Austin and Aspen categories, I realized that the majority of my fave places are fitness-and-outdoors-related. No surprise, right? In Aspen: Bleeker Street, King Yoga, Rio Grande Trail, Jimmy’s, and…
Aspen: Aspen ECO FEST – My Top 3 Picks
ASPEN ECO FEST is in its second year, a festival focused on blending lifestyle, business, and the environment. Click here for the full schedule; below are my top three can’t-miss events of the weekend! 1) Saturday and Sunday, 10a-5p: ECO Marketplace featuring vendors and demos of all things handmade, remade, recycled, organic, or reused; products…
Austin: Giveaway! Tix to Advance Screening of Forks Over Knives
“The answer is so simple it’s criminal: people starting to take responsibility for their health.” This trailer is for FORKS OVER KNIVES, a film examining the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods*. *You know that…
Reading List
Books I think you should read, then decide on your own how you feel about diet and nutrition: Books my friends are reading that I want to read: Want to buy these books? They’re all in my aStore from Amazon.
Aspen: Thai at Jimmy’s!
At a time of year (off-season) that many restaurants are closing shop and getting somewhere warm, Jimmy’s is bringing the heat by introducing a special Thai menu now through May 7! Click here for the menu, which includes specialities like Choo Chee Pl (halibut), Phad Thai, Massaman Lamb, Chicken Satay, and Goong Sarong. For other off-season…
Food + Travel = Perfect
It’s the weekend, so let’s all dream of vacations, particularly those in my beloved Italy, shall we? Petite Peche & Co., a boutique culinary travel food company based in Austin, recently released its schedule of culinary tours throughout 2011, complete with French and Italian destinations. Travelers can choose a “city” or “country” experience, both of…
Overnight Fauxoats
I’ve mentioned my favorite non-crossfitting, non-paleo-eating friend before, and here she is with another gem! On a recent evening at my parents’ house drinking a glass of wine, she shared with us the secret to her recent weight loss: overnight oats. She, and her other friends and “everyone she tells about overnight oats” credit this…
What did I eat my first day off of the HCG diet?
Well let me tell you: 1 cup hot cocoa made with heavy cream, cacao, and sugar, with a splash of coconut rum and frangelico. Splurge! Pad Thai from Sundeck … I ordered it just with veggies and shrimp (no noodles) but the peanut sauce and its inevitable accompanying sugar are a splurge. 1 bloody mary…