Worthwhile Break

Wow I didn't realize that it had been so long since my last post! However, I do have a worthwhile excuse...

I spent all of last week basking in the beautiful views of St. Johns in the US Virgin Islands. A vacation in the middle of February is probably the healthiest, most relaxing activity that I could think of doing - and since this is a healthy living blog, I figured it had to be featured ;) 

There was snorkeling, hiking, sunsets, swimming, reading (I read three books!), sleeping, running, and eating of course...while I didn't get a ton of food photos, I did manage to snag a few of my favorites!

Delicious Breakfast Burrito

Stuffed Waffles with Fresh Mango and Bananas

This was the menu from La Tapa restaurant that we went to on our last night - the owner shuts down during Hurricane season and travels the world to find new recipes and ingredients. She then comes back to St. John and incorporates them into her menu and changes it every night! I had the Yellowfin Tuna, which was absolutely spectacular! 

Lots of banana smoothies were consumed :)

Home sweet home  - and another trip to Boston this weekend to look forward to! Have a great week everyone :)

L O S T?

Happy hump day folks! After Wednesday's are over I feel so much more refreshed...it's amazing what little things can do for your spirit huh?

In case you live under a rock and were unaware of last night's festivities, it was the LOST premiere (or in case you have more productive/educational hobbies that preoccupy your time - to each his own)!! My roommate was so excited she almost printed out these:

We were having a little get together at our place with some friends from college that we hadn't seen in ages! LOST was something we all used to look forward to at school and watch together so getting together for an ol' pasttime was half of the enjoyment in my opinion. :)

Dinner consisted of take-out pizza and beer (did I mention we were with boys??).

We loaded upon on a Cheese pizza with mushrooms, mozzarella sticks (for the veggie in the house!), meatballs, and a salad. Random combo I know. I don't particularly like the cheese on my pizza, unless it's mozzarella or super fresh so I ate two pieces of pizza sans the cheese, half a meatball (no, I am not the veggie - I would never survive), and some of the salad since I have been feeling seriously devoid of greens these days!

This was the beer we picked up from our snow tubing trip. Gets better every time!

The premiere was great! However, while this might make me sound like an idiot (unlike all of the other incredibly intellectual things that I say ;) ) I seriously do not understand time travel and this show is chock-full of it - I was LOST, pun intended. I'm hoping that it tones down a little this season or at least gets explained a little better!

Overall a great night, topped off with a great spin class this morning and a clean and simple breakfast of vanilla protein powder shake with lots o' cinnamon . mm mm.

The Scheduler

Shout out to my jersey shore fans! It's a guilty pleasure, but I was recently introduced and can see myself indulging in it shamefully. Oh well!
The Scheduler is now my official Jersey Shore nickname, designated to myself by myself. After 2009 ended, I went a few weeks without a new planner and felt utterly and entirely lost and incompetant; picture the equivalent of a chicken with its' head cut off. I'm not sure if I just like to see things written down on paper, or if I really am so scatterbrained that plans, mentionings, appointments, etc. just go in one ear and out the other. However, if you ever talked to anyone that knows me, they would say that I am completely organized, on time and definitely Type-A. This is all due to my handy-dandy planner. I finally took myself to a bookstore and found this delightful little organizer/calendar/savior that was just perfect for me :)

See, I literally write down everything along with post-its and stickies (I swear I don't color coordinate...??) This way I know I won't forget things and I just feel calmer. Scheduling is definitely my way of feeling at ease and peaceful.

Is there anything that you do to make yourself feel more together?

Friday Night Lite[s]

"To go out or not to go out. That is the question." 

When most people think of Fridays, they think of raucous parties and nights out on the town with their girlfriends, boyfriend, out of town friends...I think of homemade dinners, a small vanilla Tasti with rainbow sprinkles and rewatching a Ryan Reynolds ro-co on my computer. You might be thinking, "hmm..pathetic much?" Think that all you'd like; in fact, this typical Friday night routine is one of my favorites. 

Don't underestimate me. The rest of my weekend, usually, is jam packed at my favorite maize and blue NYC bar, screaming the fight song at the top of my lungs, dressing up and grabbing dinner and drinks with my girlfriends and meeting a friend when he gets a chance to leave his cubicle on sundays for a cup of coffee. 

Friday is date night with myself! when I can curl up with a good book, give myself a homemade facial, or simply rehydrate to rid myself of any lingering feelings from Thursday's office happy hour (plus 5). 

Of course, I am 23, single, and human, and therefore a sucker for peer pressure. So, when I get that call at 10:30 saying "Let's go out with X and his friends from Y - they are super cute!" there is that moment of weakness that washes over me. It's tempting to think about what I could be passing up: shameless flirting, dance parties, the chance to meet my next BIG love (ahem, I mean spooning buddy). But if I think about what I actually want to do, instead of what some people say I should be doing in my early 20's, if the answer is stay in have a quiet night, then I'm comfortable with that. 

See, what I've learned in the past 13 months of post collegiate life in New York, is that the key to happiness and smooth transitioning, is balance. I'm not in college anymore, but that doesn't mean that I need to kiss goodbye all craziness and say Hello! to bills and boring nights. 

This blog is my attempt to regain some balance in my life and to hopefully share some insight with other recent grads, budget conscious working girls with shopping additions, food[ies/idiots] who love to try to bake and experiment in tiny new york kitchens, health conscious exercise lovers, and anyone else who just likes to read random blogs :)

I hope you enjoy! And feel free to contact me with any topics, questions, comments that you have!