Now that was an adventure. We set out for Frederick at 4PM yesterday, and didn’t get in town until almost 7:30! The roads were horrendous last night . My friends and I had booked a hotel room anyway since Frederick is kind of our of the way and we wanted  to avoid any drinking and driving - given our travel [...]

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Hi Bloggies! Gotta make this one short and sweet. First things first - Happy official one year in DC to me!! - I’ve already celebrated the occasion and I already wrote my cheesy post here - so that’s all the mention I’ll give it today. But trust that I feel like the happiest, luckiest girl in the world right [...]

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FRIDAY! I can’t believe we’re here already. And I’ve got a super fun weekend planned so I couldn’t be in a better mood about it. But first, last night’s culinary school! I just love it. We did the soups lesson and spent the majority of our class time watching demonstrations of –  Soup Cultivateur (soup of the farmer), [...]

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Morning! I love getting mail, most especially packages. Especially when they’re packages of food. The other day Foodbuzz and Special K sent me some new products to try – fruit crisps and low-fat granola. And this morning I tried them both! First, my breakfast. A cup of granola with a tbsp. of flax, a banana, vanilla soy [...]

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I looove long weekends. It feels like Monday yet it’s Wednesday already! I’ve missed my oatmeal dearly the past few days. Apparently not everyone loves it as much as me and so I had to go without. The sacrifice!   1/3 cup oats/water/vanilla soy cinnamon vanilla banana tbsp. flax tsp. maple syrup 2 scoops of almond [...]

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Ah! Hi everyone! Sorry for my brief hiatus from blogging. I was entertaining my out-of-town visitor but he’s gone today and it’s back to reality for me. It’s been a fun past few days – the One Year in DC night was fab, we’ve done lots of Washington sightseeing and of course made some time for some [...]

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Awww man, I am not a baker. I had what I thought was an adorable idea to make Ina Garten’s Peanut Butter Chocolate cupcakes last night for our party guests this evening. But, it didn’t go so well. I was on a roll at first, but once they went into the oven the cups were [...]

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Good morning! Yesterday I was on the go from the time my alarm went off at 6AM until I finally got back to my house at 11PM. And you know what? I wasn’t even tired! As I walked home from the metro I felt happy and energized because I had a glorious first day of [...]

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Hiiii Everybody. As my soreness was finally subsiding yesterday I headed back to the gym for round two of Body Pump. And you know what is amazing!? It was so, so much easier than the first time! It’s incredible how quickly your body can get in (and out) of shape in certain muscle groups. I may [...]

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There are so many exciting things coming up this week, I feel like the first half just keeeepppsss drrraaaggging along. Tomorrow my culinary school begins! I am a little bit scared to be honest as I have no idea what to expect. I just want the first class to come NOW so I know what it’s like and who I’m [...]

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