My secret’s out: I really like Maroon 5. I used a little bit embarrassed by this, but I’m over it. Songs About Jane is a great record, and I’m finally starting to explore the new album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. I’m really digging the new single, Wake Up Call. The song is hot, Adam is hot, and the video is campy good fun. Enjoy!
Yahoo had an interesting article the other day about how yoga can actually reduce wrinkles. According to Annelise Hagen, doing facial yoga poses can help strengthen and tone the face, thereby keeping it firm and younger looking. Interesting. For the article, click here. For more info, check out Hagen’s book, The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift.
One Comment on this. Add yours.Check out this moving PSA from Kyra Sedgwick, Natalie Portman (one of my faves!), and Chloe Sevigny. Then go out and replace your lightbulbs (we’ve been using these in our home for the past few years and they’re awesome)!
Like pretty much everyone, I love to travel. I want to see the world, especially since my husband’s grandma lives in France and my dad works in Singapore. These opportunities are too good to pass up. But one vacation I’ve been dreaming about for years is a trip up the Pacific Northwest Coast. Ideally, I’d like to visit Napa, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle (I used to live there!) and Vancouver. But if I only had the chance to see one of these cities, I’d choose Portland.
I’ve never been there, but I just get a certain vibe about it. It seems like a big city with a small town mentality. Very green, with lots of buses and biking, fabulous gardens, a great arts scene, tons of outdoor activities…it just seems cool.
Travel Portland has a lot of great information about the town, including lodging info, the shopping scoop, and details about the arts scene. Portland is also home to four amazing gardens: the Portland Classical Chinese Garden, The Oregon Garden, the Portland Japanese Garden, and the International Rose Test Garden.
The site also breaks down the various arts neighborhoods, has dining suggestions, and even offers multicultural and gay/lesbian information. I know that I’m going to love living in Austin, but I hope that once I’m all done with school I get to live in Portland for awhile. In the meantime, I’ll be saving up for a vacation!
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- http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleeker/126738485/
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In my quest to become a raw foodist, I just discovered Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen by Ani Phyo. She makes eating raw and living green seem simple, delicious and desirable. The executive chef of SmartMonkey Foods, a raw food company, Phyo has been a raw foodist and vegan for years. Her recipes seem easy and delicious, and she has come up with creative raw (vegan!) versions of her favorite cooked foods, such as pancakes, burgers, steak, and cheesecake.
One of the recipes I’m most excited to try is donut holes. I love donut holes, but not the lard, fat content, high calorie, processed-ness that comes with donuts. So I’m stoked to try a healthy version. The ingredients are:
Donut Holes
1 cup almonds, dry
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 vanilla bean, scraped
1 cup dried pineapple, chopped
1 cup pitted dates
5 Tablespoons dried shredded coconut
Her website has links to more YouTube videos of her “uncooking” demonstrations. Enjoy!
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