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Slather Yourself in Oil: The Oil Cleansing Method
This winter is the coldest of my memory (although, maybe all of them feel like that). It’s the first winter we’ve lived in this apartment, with forced air heat. And while I’m grateful for heat at all with how cold it’s been, the forced air is probably the driest way to heat a place. Between the…
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Winter Time
Time in winter is a funny thing. At the end of October, I had planned to devote my free time in November, December, and into January leisurely learning new things and working on redoing my site and portfolio. I thought I’d read books, for both leisure and learning, and still have time to revel in…
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Red Wine & Chocolate
…all in a cake. What could be better? Very few things, I am certain. I first stumbled upon this cake recipe several years ago, back when I literally had hours to scroll through Smitten Kitchen’s archives & dream about taking such beautiful photos of food. Since then, I’ve actually been to a birthday party where…
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Alt Summit 2015 Reflections & Recap
Given that this was my second Alt Summit, I felt a little calmer and more prepared for the actual event. The overwhelm didn’t hit until I got home and immediately plunged myself back in the day to day of work and life. Next time, I will definitely be wiser about scheduling a couple days of decompression,…
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Eating Through Seattle
Before heading to Alt Summit, which I’ll write about a little bit later, I spent the weekend in Seattle with Chad. One of our most favorite ways to while away some time in a new city is to simply walk and eat, both as much as possible. Seattle was perfectly set up to do just that.…