16 delicious dishes & drinks for thanksgiving

I am so excited for Thanksgiving next week. The hubs and I will be spending our holiday weekend here at home in San Francisco. Yay for no long, airport security lines or dreadful traffic jams–this year Rob’s parents volunteered to travel to us! The rents may be insane but living in this city has it perks.

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25 Things You Should Know About Diabetes

Hi friends! It’s been another busy week at work–I’m still catching up from the craziness of last week’s video shoot! Since today is World Diabetes Day, I thought I’d share a blog post I just wrote for the MyFitnessPal blog, 25 Things You Should Know About Diabetes. Here are 5 facts that I was most surprised

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life lately

It’s been a while. Actually, it’s been so long I don’t even know where to begin! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind. So let’s catch up, shall we? Like over a mug of coffee, or a pumpkin spice latte. Just make mine a double. Wait, #PSL season isn’t over yet, is it? Have

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5 hacks for a healthier november

Back in May I made a stair-only policy with myself–as in if a set of stairs is 10 flights or less and I’m not lugging a heavy bag, escalators and stairs don’t exist. Plain and simple! I started taking the stairs at work, and in the subway, and after just a couple of weeks I found

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have a healthy halloween!

If you haven’t seen it already, you have to watch this hysterical commercial that explores the concept of serving children only healthy Halloween treats–like artichoke buttercups and tofu ghost-mallows. I promise it will have you nearly in tears. Bravo Crest & Oral B! I’m sure our kale chips will be a big hit with trick-or-treaters tonight. Have

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Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte Syrup

I don’t remember what Fall was like before the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Do you? I mean seriously. What did our parents have to look forward to on those dark, chilly Fall mornings before work–a piping hot mug of apple cider? With no caffeine? Seriously? That sounds miserable. Something else that’s miserable is the line out

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