As a long time juicer and lover of juice I must admit it is still hard to break the habit of not juicing a lot. I guess it’s the labor (which once you begin there really is very little) but mostly it’s dedicating time to yourself. I grew up juicing and have gone in and out of dedicating to it over the years. I have no organic juice shop in my neighborhood which bites, so I can really only do it at home, unless I’m at one of my favorite juice places, which at the moment seem to be, Candle Cafe, Peacefood cafe and Terri’s, who’s Perfect Pear is my favorite! This brings me to highlighting a die hard juicer, and dear friend of mine, The Juice Boy. I am uber-impressed with his knowledge of juicing, yummy juice recipes, and overall fun videos for the new juicer or seasoned juicer. Make sure to check him out! In honor of the juice boy I have juiced this a.m. and am proud to say he lit the juice fire under me! Thanks Juice boy!! Today’s yummy juice was a combo of carrots, spinach, strawberries & red grapes (all organic). My lovely little 13 month old loved it too! It was a tad sweet, but a perfect way to start the day. …p.s. the juice looked a little off color (the orange) – I shook the glass – a definite no no for looks. I am also looking to purchase a new juicer. I may try the juice boy’s suggestion and go with the Breville Juicer, and donate my Jack La Lane version, which I have not been happy with.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Ode to Juicing & the Juice Boy
Posted in Food, Uncategorized, Vegetarian
Honeydew Ice
I believe I’ve mentioned before my insane love of ices. Well, i do not lie. I dig them! On a quick impulse I had some fresh honeydew melon in the house & threw it into the vitamix with some ice: presto: a honeydew ice drink! I need to do this more often. It’s such a great way to get a quick fruit-sugar pick- me-up in the middle of the day, in a healthy way, instead of some nonsense chocolate or chai craving. So when you have any nice fruit around do it, and enjoy.
Posted in Food, Vegetarian
I Covet Friday’s: Affordable prints
I finally got around to hanging a load of prints in my LR that have been tucked away (I’ll show you some pics soon), however, it has also sparked me to get some new work, and continue to fill in. I love trolling the web for new & cool artists, illustrators & photographers. I think the key with buying prints is putting your own spin on each piece and being creative in how you frame the work. A cool partnership btwn Society6 & Urban Outfitters, The Print Shop, is worth checking out for very affordable art. I love this Coney Island Print by Mina Georgescu.
Posted in Design, Paper, Uncategorized
And he turns 1!
So as many of you know I have been planing my little guy’s first birthday (which also happens to be my birthday) for quite some time. I wanted to share a re-cap, some pics and some of the truly great items i pulled together and just loved. For the table centerpiece, toothpics in the mini cupcakes and some of the wall decor I used Meri Meri’s Animal Parade and got it from the birthday section of diapers.com. Not sure how many of you use this or even knew they had a birthday section, but wow was it easy. I had it ordered & sent a few weeks before & saved myself loads of time rushing around store to store to find what I liked. I ordered my amazing invites from Night Owl Paper Goods and boy was I thrilled. I really wanted to have something forever from the birthday and night owl gave me the chance to have a beautiful wood invitation that I am going to frame and hang up in his room…what a treat. and by the way dealing with Megan and the team there was so super easy and smooth- for any celebratory events you must print on wood! I also used Hip Hooray’s awesome flag banners in rainbow. I felt i’d much rtaher buy banners (or garland) that I can re-use and keep. The material was quite durable and the color & style so very festive – i Loved it! I also can’t really talk about the lovely little soiree without discussing my most favorite item – the cake! I got the most yummy mini-cupcakes and cake from One Girl Cookies in Brooklyn and boy did they deliver the most scrumptious cake! It was vanilla cake with a dulce du leche caramel filling and a vanilla buttercreme – beyond! While the design was uber simple (I upped the look with little animal candles) for a first birthday I didn’t think we had to have anything too ‘kiddie’ since it was really for the adults. Speaking of adults I crazily made too much food: orzo salad with feta, 2 types of veggie sandwiches: tomato, mozzarella, basil & pesto, and a grilled veggie, artichoke and roasted mushroom sandwich, and had loads of sparkling pink lemonade and french berry soda from Lorina – I love that they are just natural, i think it’s fine to enjoy a little sweet when it’s not junky soda; plus it’s so lovely & festive for a party.
Posted in Baby, Design, Food, Paper, Vegetarian
I’ve missed you
I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since I’ve posted. My granny had an accident and had emergency surgery. Suffice to say, she’s doing much better & I can finally try & get my life back in shape. Btwn her, Mr. W, and everyday life I haven’t had any time for anything else, let alone time to blog…and I MISS IT! I am gearing up to do some serious posting. I need to update you on the fabulous 1st birthday, as well as a few other fun things I’ve found, some pics I’m working on and just general things to chat about. Stay tuned.
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