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Dancing with the Devil, dinosaur steaks & transcontinental tryings.

image via Pinterest

image via Pinterest

What a week it’s been! I have to admit, I thought I was pretty well prepared to “Just quit” my little sugar addiction this week, but life certainly has a habit of getting in the way and this week has been one of my most challenging so far.

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Spanish nights, a cheesy ending & poached perfection

image: Maria Benitez by Lois Greenfield via institutespanisharts.org

One down and seven to go! My I Quit Sugar experiment is off to a fine start indeed. The instruction from Headmistress Wilson was to “start to cut back” and I have. I’ve severed fruit from my diet (except one banana and a few sultanas over the week), and I’ve successfully avoided all form of dessert, chocolate and sweet gooey things. And, I’ve managed to do this without too much drama. (more…)

Poetry, Cankles & a digestive ctrl+alt+delete

image: Vogue Italia

“The best laid schemes of o’mice an’ men
gang aft a-gley…”            ∼ R. Burns, 1786

Fast forward to 2014 and a modern re-interpretation of this famous poem might go something like this:

“The well-intentioned plans of two holistic hotties
with a  sense of adventure and a penchant for wine
often go 
wrongwild…astray.”

So, I’m back from my holidays. Istanbul and Cappodocia were truly charming, enchanting and inspiring but it’s only fair to admit that my holistic holiday challenge didn’t go nearly as well as I’d intended… (more…)

P.S. Love List

It’s the weekend and I’m on vacay in the English countryside. It’s divine. Beastie and I have been hanging out and going on road trips, stopping at fairytale English villages, getting lost in cavernous antique stores and sipping Elderberry wine at Stonehenge.

I posted recently pondering how to stay holistically healthy while on holidays. Without a doubt, one of the easiest tools to pack  – it takes up no room in my cabin bag – is so ridiculously simple yet effective that over the years, it’s actually become one of my everyday holistic rituals. (more…)