Green has been, and always will be, my favorite color and when I say I had a childhood obsession with green, I’m not joking around. According to my mother, I ONLY wore the color green (and some shades of teal and blue/greens) for the first four years of my life. I also had a pair of green Nike sneakers that I literally wore until they fell apart. Basically, when I decide I like something, I like REALLY like it…and you’ve gotta respect that quality about anyone.
Back in June I hosted a Healthy Happy Hour for Urban Remedy that was such a hit that we decided we needed to do something similar every six weeks or so. Since the Urban Remedy brand is all about treating yourself and your body right, I hosted a small blogger event where we gathered in a circle (in a tepee, duh) and celebrated ourselves. Celebrating yourself is something that’s so easy to forget to do, which is why it was really very enlightening to “circle”, as they call it, with 15 amazing women.
I just wanted to send out a big thank you to all of my friends and readers who came to our Cory Monteith Charity Sale this past Saturday. We were able to raise about $800 for one of Cory’s favorite charities, Project Limelight, and I know he would’ve been very happy about that. On another note, we donated any beauty products that weren’t sold to Goodwill, to help spread the love even more!
For me, there’s something synonymous about fall and apple cider. It reminds me of childhood apple picking days in New York with my family, and then coming home and drinking all of the amazing cider that we bought while at the apple orchid. I like apples, sure, but apple cider is where it’s AT guys. While home visiting my family for Christmas a few years ago, I found myself up late watching TV while everyone else was asleep…I’ve always been a night owl, so it’s not really any big surprise. My dad ran out of wine that night and I was craving a cocktail as I watched old episodes of Law & Order: SVU, as we do. After checking my dad’s fridge, where he keeps ALL wine (both white AND red- don’t ask), I realized he was out and my options were: water, orange juice and, wait for it, apple cider. Instinctively I went for the OJ because lord knows I loved me a good Screwdriver in college, but then a light went off in my head about the cider. I mean, if vodka works well with orange juice, why not fancy apple juice? The verdict: DELICIOUS.
Apple Cider Vodka Cocktail
1 shot of vodka
1-2 ice cubes
Apple cider
Cinnamon Stick and/or apple slice for garnish
1. Put ice cubes into 8 ounce glass, and add shot of vodka
2. Fill the glass up with apple cider
3. Stir the drink with the cinnamon stick and add apple slice, if desired
Jonathan Adler is having a FRIENDS AND FAMILY 20% sale. Yes, that’s right. I got so excited when I found out,that I decided to do an impromptu post of all of the things I would buy, all at 20% off, obviously. Get 20% off your entire purchase from now until Monday, October 14th: use code FF2013 at check out!
Many of you might know that I recently started freelancing for Shape.com and it’s quickly becoming a big obsession for me, e.g. researching and learning about healthy recipes. Yes, I said it. The girl who literally never cooked anything aside from pasta (until maybe four years ago) is now writing articles about COOKING. It’s a big accomplishment for me, both as a writer AND as a 30-year-old who used to literally live on NYC Chinese takeout and salads from Chipotle. Ok, so I still probably get salads from Chipotle at least twice a week (they are GOOD, guys), but at least now I can feasibly make simple and healthy things for myself. Case and point, THESE recipes for healthy one-pot meals. Tell me, what are your easy go-to meals?
