I Eat Asphalt

Life is moving so quickly. In the past week I started packing up my life, graduated with a Masters in Public Health, finally signed a lease, and drove back to PA to throw a bridal shower. I’m moving on June 1st to Charlottesville, VA and will start a new job with the Albemarle County Commissions [..

Having a gym in my apartment building is great. I don’t have to get bundled up to go outside, theres not an extra bill to pay, and I can’t make excuses for myself. But the one thing that I miss about the gym experience are group classes. I was a regular at spin classes and [...]

  Before I really knew what a food deserts was, I was living in the second most food insecure areas of the country. “Food insecurity” is a term defined by the United States Department of Agriculture that indicates that the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acqui

(Photo credit: Sarah) This little blog is officially two. Time is seriously flying. As an unofficial blog day celebration, I packed up and drove to Swoope, VA last Friday with two fellow VA bloggers for a little farm fun. If you’ve followed me for a while you know my feelings about Food, Inc and Pol

When I was in high school I believed that life would be easy and fall into a perfectly organized plan. I’d go to college, get the perfect job, buy a house, and get married all before 25. Maybe it was too many Disney princess movies or Barbie dolls that led me to believe such a [...]

In a few short days this blog will turn two years old. I never really celebrated my first blog birthday. I was going through an emotionally tumultuous time and just needed to step back to find myself. And once again, this spring will bring more, even bigger, life changes. My thesis is due in two [..

I go through really random food phases. Right now, all I want is Tex-Mex and sweet potato tacos are my new obsession. Actually, the guacamole dressing is pretty much the sole reason for making the tacos. You could just make the dressing and eat it on eggs, raw veggies, or dip chips in it and [...]

Pizza is probably my favorite food (it’s hard to choose only one). But this whole no gluten no dairy song and dance has significantly cut down on my pizza consumption. I personally don’t like many of the frozen gluten-free pizza crusts and I dont have the patience to wait for a yeast dough to rise.

My brain is fried from the past seven weeks of classes. Thankfully spring break starts on Monday, and while I will not be jet setting to some exotic island this year, but writing my thesis, the break is much needed. I’m not sure how the pieces of my life are staying together. Some how in [...]

(source) Yesterday I started 21 days of reiki self-care. I’ve had an interest in integrative medicine for a while and was excited to have the opportunity to learn about a complementary practice I can do on my own. Over the next 21 days I hope to tune into my body and to find a method [...]