I haven’t had much excitement for writing lately (obviously). This has been such a strange year. The absolute highlight was a belated honeymoon - 2 weeks in France.

I left the studio early today to enjoy a drop of sun. No gloves needed.

Somewhere around eight months ago, I went through a two-week rejuvenating cleanse. It wasn’t easy, but afterwards I felt invigorated and healthy! I emerged from the experience with amazing eating and living routines. Between moving and getting married, life has been pretty hectic and, unfortunately, my health and eating routines have gone from stellar to […]

When I first started planning our wedding, I had a few key thoughts in mind: local, vegan, artistic. And, it all came together beautifully. Unfortunately, I had thought that I’d have more time to write about getting ready for our wedding, but time just flew like mad towards the end. There are some key folks […]

Could it be…next Saturday is the wedding!? With all of the big decisions made, this week appears to be all about entertaining, getting pretty and wrapping up loose ends. With a few dinners, a rehearsal and party to put on before the day, time is flying way too quickly! And, Ray and I just realized […]

Ray and I have been searching every nook and cranny of Portland searching out the perfect cake for our wedding. Luckily, finding a wedding cake means tasting a lot of cakes, which is actually quite fun. We wanted a square red velvet cake. Vegan, too. And, that’s where things became difficult. It seems that, if […]

Since this last cleanse, I have been eating more raw food than ever before and discovering a bunch of new recipes. One of the easy recipes is a raw herb encrusted mushroom steak (created by Rhio). This is the most savory, filling raw recipe I’ve made to date. I just loved it and Ray’s […]

I’ve been feeling pretty good since our fast. More motivated to drink green drinks in the morning and have been enjoying gorgeous salads as well. Although I’d like to work on cleansing for a bit longer next time, I feel really good about the cleanse we did. And, I have been savoring healthy food like […]

The past 3 days have been pretty strange - my body has alternately felt high and low. And, this is certainly the longest I’ve gone without solid food. I went from craving salads on the first day, then bread, then enchiladas and refried beans by last night (which was strange because I have been eating […]

Mornings are the easiest with this cleanse. Wake up, all groggy and coated tongue, do some stretched, drink the salt water and then…reality. Another day of slight hunger and the tea. Good things are happening with the body, though! Definitely aware of cleansing activity just about everywhere and I’ve lost almost 6 pounds (half will […]