workout of the week

Tuck Jump | Squat Hold + Bicep Curl | Modified Tricep Push-up | Burpee | Lateral Lunge I’m not sure what I love more about traveling, the excitement and adventure of it, or coming back home with a renewed appreciation for my normal routine. Over the past ten days I flew nearly 8,000 miles, traveled to

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The Best Lemon Bar Tart

It’s not too early for dessert, is it? Good. Grab a glass of milk and join me. A couple of weeks ago the hubs requested “something lemon” for his special birthday dessert. One year I baked him a homemade lemon cake complete with buttercream frosting and candles, but this year the lemon bar-lover in me

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A Glamorous Mirrored Minibar

Ever since moving into our apartment last March I’ve been hunting for the perfect bar cart. A gold one. With wheels, so I can push it from one side of our dining room to another. Glass or mirrored it makes no matter to me. I’ve actually fallen in love with quite a few––but if you’ve

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Tips for the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg

Boiled eggs. So simple, yet not. Cook them too long and you end up with dry, grayish yolks; too little and they’re a slimy, wet mess. And then there’s that whole peeling problem. You know, when half of the egg white sticks to the shell. When it comes to culinary woes, is there anything more frustrating?

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5 Reasons to Get Yourself a Butcher

I never used to be a butcher person. As a poor grad student I was under the impression I couldn’t afford their high-end meats, and most of the time the selection at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods was, well, good enough. And it was good enough–until we moved to San Francisco last March and met Joey.

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