Archives for July 2010

I'm at my sister's house for the week, some hundreds of miles away from the cool, dry breezes of Colorado. Here, it's like going from a refrigerator to a sauna when you leave the house. My body is very confused. I brought nothing from my box o' tricks when I came, thinking blog posts would magically appear while I was here. They did not. So I went through my sister's kitchen this morning, and found 10 things that she could put on her face, RIGHT NOW, that would either moisturize, ... Continue Reading

You know how I keep saying stuff about putting food on your face? Well, it turns out, I really meant it. And now, I want to see it. Seriously. See it. Next week, I'm going to add a new shiny page to those static pages up at the top, right next to the one that says "about." In it, I am going to create a gallery for all the wonderful, magnetic, messy people who put food on their face and send me the picture to prove it. Those pictures will link back to your website or blog (provided the ... Continue Reading

Gotta admit, this is a new one for me. I live in an area where mosquitoes dare not tread, and ants basically mind their manners. Buncha moths, but I'm not afraid of them biting me much - the cat takes care of them before they get that far. However, I'm off to the muggy depths of Kansas City all next week, where mosquitoes drain humans like renegade Nazi werewolves drain gentleman vampires (Sorry. I can't think of a metaphor that doesn't reference True Blood. Little obsessed here.) I'm also ... Continue Reading

This is so exciting! After reading all about how keen strawberries are on your face, there's a linky party! If you have a fav strawberry recipe, please for the love of everything summer, link to it below. I need ideas. I need recipes. I need food IN my mouth! So let's make this quick, so we can get to the good stuff! --- Strawberries - The Nutritional Low-Down Look. I know how hard it is to choke down a strawberry. They're just terrible tasting, yeah? Ha. Strawberries are ... Continue Reading

Before we get started, I need to give a shout out to my homies Jan and Gina for their lovely Crunchy Betty posts this week. I was all verklempt. For reals. I heart you girls. -- If I were handed two eggs and a frying pan and told to make scrambled eggs without a recipe, we would be having cold pizza for breakfast. Because somehow the results would end up looking like beef stew and smelling like toejam (or maybe the other way around). There is a point to this, and if you read all the way ... Continue Reading

I made the switch to (mostly) homemade beauty, skincare, and haircare products after going through "the change."  There was much sweating, crying, and raging about the house. And, no. It wasn't menopause. It was reading books (Real Food by Nina Planck) and movies (Food, Inc.). They forced me to go through "the change" and stop eating horrible foods produced by seriously unhealthy means. Buying local, organic, and cruelty-free as much as humanly possible wasn't just a choice anymore - it was a ... Continue Reading