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The “glowing green” smoothie
I recently became aware of celebrity nutritionist and author Kimberly Snyder when I read that Fergie and Josh Duhamel regularly drink Snyder’s Glowing Green Smoothies. As a smoothie lover, I was intrigued, so I did a little research. Kimberly Snyder is a proponent of whole foods, especially fresh fruits and veggies, and a supporter of [...]
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Kittens with grenades
A few months ago, I bought the sweatshirt pictured above from Arm the Animals, one of my new favorite websites/companies. The premise is this: buy a groovy shirt that makes an animal-rights statement, and part of the proceeds from the sale go to animal rescue. This is their mission statement: The mission? Simple: Create killer T-Shirts [...]
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While I was out…
Last year I took an extended hiatus from blogging, in order to tackle other things in my life. While I was away, a lot of interesting things happened, both in the world and in my life. Rather than posting about each one individually, I’m tackling several of them in one post. Britney Spears released her [...]
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Sarah Addison Allen: The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen said it best when she described her books as “Southern-fried magical realism.” That’s an almost perfect description of her work: her novels are always set in the Carolinas and food features heavily in most of them. But it’s the spark of magical realism that keeps readers coming back. Whether it’s the throwing [...]
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Fun summer music: Shakira’s “Sale el Sol”
Anyone who watched last summer’s World Cup should remember three things: the U.S. actually beat England in a soccer match, vuvuzelas are annoying and made the stadiums sound like giant beehives, and the official anthem of the event was Shakira’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). The soccer buzz may have faded, but Shakira’s music [...]
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My favorite summer smoothie
Now that the weather is officially warm, I find myself drinking a smoothie nearly every day. Sometimes as a meal replacement, sometimes as a snack, or sometimes as a protein boost after a workout. I have a variety of smoothies in my repertoire: chocolate banana, fuzzy navel, pina colada, chocolate spinach (it sounds weird, but [...]
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