Ever since I was in school and for a long long time, mornings were my least favourite time of the day. I always struggled to wake up and when I did, I’d spend the next couple of hours grumpy and dragging my feet. [READ MORE]
Ever since I was in school and for a long long time, mornings were my least favourite time of the day. I always struggled to wake up and when I did, I’d spend the next couple of hours grumpy and dragging my feet. [READ MORE]
If you’re anything like me, you’re still not done with your Christmas shopping, still going for last minute runs to the stores (oh how I loathe all the stores around Christmas time!) or the post office (seriously, the worst). If you’re like me, you’re still trying to find the perfect extra to the gift you’ve already bought, or come up with an idea for Secret Santa, one that’s cool enough, yet not pretentious, funny, but not overly ridiculous. [READ MORE]
Let’s start this week on a wholesome, delicious and kinda sweet tone, shall we? Let’s start with some TLC, some gentle love for ourselves and for others. Let’s start with familiar, comforting, good-for-you, hitting-all-the-right-notes ingredients. Let’s start with breakfast. [READ MORE]
My favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning is wake up early, have a big cup of strong black coffee and go for an (embarrassingly short) run. On the way back, I usually buy a flaky, hot and insanely aromatic pain au chocolat- to be honest, that’s probably the main reason why I get up early and go for a run in the first place… [READ MORE]
I always prefer going to the gym is early in the morning- as early as possible, so I can get it over and done with; also the relative quietness allows me to focus on my workout and my daydreaming about food- my favourite thing to think about when exercising. [READ MORE]
I love family gatherings around the table; I love them even when I hate them, you know what I mean? I don’t know what your family is like, but mine is LOUD. And opinionated. And LOUD. Our meals together consist of tenderness and eagerness to have interesting, calm conversations- from my parents’ side; also, of snarky comments and pointless arguments, followed by emotional make ups- from mine and my sister’s side. I grew up thinking that all families had similar meals; and I was very surprised to discover that, in fact, they don’t.