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Easy Homemade Holiday White Chocolate Lemon Cranberry Bars Recipe

Easy Homemade Holiday White Chocolate Lemon Cranberry Bars Recipe

I’ve been baking up a storm this winter and while doing so re-discovered my love of the playful sweet/bitter combination that cranberries bring into the mix. I made these lemon cranberry bars for Thanksgiving this year and upon request, they’ll also be making an appearance 

Easy DIY Thanksgiving Holiday Place Setting

Easy DIY Thanksgiving Holiday Place Setting

Holidays are an amazing opportunity to spend time with friends and family. Thanksgiving is the kickoff of the winter holiday season, making it an important focal point in celebration in addition to giving thanks. While seeing those important to you makes the holidays special, hosting 

It Starts With Us – Colleen Hoover’s Latest Is Now Available

It Starts With Us – Colleen Hoover’s Latest Is Now Available

It Starts With Us, the highly anticipated sequel to Colleen Hoover’s New York Times Bestseller, It Ends With Us is available today. Lovingly known as CoHo by fans around the world, Hoover is known for addicting romance novels. Fans often share their obsession of her 

Homemade Golden Apple Pie Recipe

Homemade Golden Apple Pie Recipe

There are so many reasons why fall is such a great season – yes, half of them are fall dessert like this delicious golden apple pie, and the rest include not melting into a puddle of sweat while waiting on a subway platform. In addition 

This Smart Fragrance Device Will Keep Your Home Smelling Like Fall All Season Long

This Smart Fragrance Device Will Keep Your Home Smelling Like Fall All Season Long

Wall scent plugins aren’t new, but the smart fragrance device is! When it comes to making sure my apartment smells fantastic, I’ve always gravitated towards candles and room sprays. They’re options that have that set it and forget it capability. You light the candle and 

The Woman-Owned Protein Packed Snack Getting Me Through Wedding Planning

The Woman-Owned Protein Packed Snack Getting Me Through Wedding Planning

When I became a pescatarian six years ago my biggest worry was how I was going to get enough protein. I thought about the typical protein snack I eat throughout the day. I may still eat fish, but I don’t eat a lot of it. 

Celebrating Billion Oyster Project with Villa Maria Wines

Celebrating Billion Oyster Project with Villa Maria Wines

Did you know eating an oyster is the same as eating a superfood? Practically a delicious juicy vitamin blend sitting on the half shell, eating oysters can help with bone health, weight loss, and boost your mood all in one slurp. Oysters are packed with 

I Stayed Overnight At A Luxury Treehouse Resort – Here’s My Review

I Stayed Overnight At A Luxury Treehouse Resort – Here’s My Review

It feels like yesterday that I was doing research for an article about glamping destinations for Well+Good. I sourced pictures of the dreamiest cabins, yurts, and you guessed it – a luxury treehouse resort. Little did I know that a few years later, I’d have 

Wedding Planning Tip: Custom Stationary Samples

Wedding Planning Tip: Custom Stationary Samples

It’s been a while! Between wedding planning, work, school and life there’s been a lot going on. I can’t believe there’s only 9 months to go until our wedding! Ben and I have been planning away the last couple of months, including finding an amazing 

Restaurant Review – Bluebird London NYC

Restaurant Review – Bluebird London NYC

Bluebird London – NYC * $$$ *10 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 * 4.5 stars * Less than 365 days until the wedding! It’s crazy how fast six months can go. It was December 12th, 2021 when Ben got down on one knee and 

New York Fashion Week Is Back!

New York Fashion Week Is Back!

After a two year hiatus and pivot to virtual runways, New York Fashion Week came back to the physical runway this winter. For me, this meant two days full of shows and new designer collections. It also meant getting swept up in the inevitable hurdles 

Cheers to 2022

Cheers to 2022

The New Year comes with a chance for hope for a happy and healthy year. As we extend beyond year two of the pandemic, it might seem a bit difficult to bring hope into our mindsets, but that is why it is so important to 

6 Books You Should Read During Black History Month

6 Books You Should Read During Black History Month

February marks the start of Black History Month, a national observance that encourages people to celebrate the achievements of the Black community, reflect on the challenges Black people have faced in this country throughout history as well as the challenges they are still facing today, 

Human Design: An Important Piece of Self Care

Human Design: An Important Piece of Self Care

It was still the early throes of the pandemic when I connected with my incredible friend and mentor who let me in on a little secret. She’d finally made the leap to pursue her passion full-time and become her own boss. She was tapping into 

Race Renaissance

Race Renaissance

He said he felt unsafe They moved forward, together Five hurried steps of hers to match one long stride of his, in tandem. And she talked about her new preschool friend from down the block, excited. But he could not hear her over the sirens 

Wine Not Try These Wines At Your Next At-Home Happy Hour

Wine Not Try These Wines At Your Next At-Home Happy Hour

In a somewhat “Mad Men” style, my company – in normal times – will sponsor a bar cart happy hour to make its way around the office every Thursday at around 4:30. Having volunteered for the team that makes this happen every week, I’ve come 

Libraries Are Closed – But You Can Still Have Unlimited (And Free) Access To All The Books

Libraries Are Closed – But You Can Still Have Unlimited (And Free) Access To All The Books

As more and more libraries across the country close their doors to fight coronavirus and do their part to enforce social distancing, people’s access to free books and entertainment shut down too. When Brooklyn Public Library – my go-to neighborhood library, sent out an e-mail 

5 Books To Read While On Self-Quarantine

5 Books To Read While On Self-Quarantine

It seems every day the coronavirus spreads to a new state, a new city. In New York, which has just declared a state of emergency, many offices have closed as a precaution, or remain open while encouraging employees to work from home. With family and 

A Year In Review – 2019

A Year In Review – 2019

For me, this year was like coming home. This was the year where I moved to New York as an adult. Where I picked out the cutest, quirkiest and miraculously most spacious apartment with my boyfriend, and started to call Brooklyn home. I have my 

Class Review: Row House NYC ‘Body’ Workout

Class Review: Row House NYC ‘Body’ Workout

Class & The City Cheat Sheet: “Body” Workout @Row House W. 59th Street, NYC Price: $25-30; First class is free Length: 45 Minutes The Lowdown: Rowing intervals with strength training on and off the urg. Works your legs, core, glutes, back, shoulders and arms. Great 

Book Review: What She Ate by Laura Shapiro

Book Review: What She Ate by Laura Shapiro

Book Review: What She Ate by Laura Shapiro * ♥♥♥♥ * Retails for $24 at Barnes & Noble I’ve always been a sucker for memoirs and biographies. I love the ability to be a fly on the wall and get insight into someone else’s life 

Class Review: Pure Yoga’s Zen Flow Yoga Class

Class Review: Pure Yoga’s Zen Flow Yoga Class

Pure Yoga’s Upper West Side studio is a beautiful experience from the moment you walk through its front doors. It hits you with warm mood lighting and a spike in temperature to about 75 degrees. The entryway is full of meditative and Buddhist art, gorgeous red and copper mandalas and signs such as the below, “Take your chakras to the next level. Join us downstairs.”

Book Review: One Summer In Paris by Sarah Morgan

Book Review: One Summer In Paris by Sarah Morgan

Book Review: One Summer In Paris by Sarah Morgan * ♥♥♥♥ * Retails for $8 on Amazon There are some authors that you can turn to when you’re in a certain mood or looking to escape into one. Best-selling author Sarah Morgan is one of 

Pasta alla Limoneira

Pasta alla Limoneira

Growing up in a predominantly Italian-identifying household with a mother who inherited incredible and authentic Southern Italian culinary skills, it’s safe to say I was spoiled, especially when it came to food. One of the best naturally wonderful things about Italy is that you could 

Celebrate National Donut Day With Entenmann’s

Celebrate National Donut Day With Entenmann’s

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Entenmann’s. I have been compensated for this post, however all opinions are my own. Summer Fridays are golden. The office banter is lighter because you know the workload will be too. If you’re lucky, you can sneak out and