I’ll admit that when David told me he had booked a trip to Santa Barbara for my birthday weekend, I was a little ambivalent about it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m super grateful, but I’m somewhat of a homebody when it comes to my birthday. And this, my friends, is why David is the perfect match for me. The weekend… Read More
Weekends to me are basically synonymous with Brunch. We’re creatures of habit and after our respective workouts or yoga, you can usually find David and me at Le Pain Quotidien devouring smoked salmon and soft boiled eggs. This weekend, though, we decided to change it up a little and headed to the Aussie-inspired Dudley’s in the Lower East Side…. Read More
This month’s PopSugar Must-Have Box just may have been the best yet. My two favorite items had to be the Jack & Lucy Bicoastal Wide Brim Hat, and the Smith & Cult Lip Lacquer in The Warning, a bold red with gold micro-shimmer. I wore these for a chill weekend in Princeton, NJ for lunching and apple picking at Terhune Orchards, where… Read More
I didn’t know it at the time, but this flatbread (err … pizza, pictured above) is the last gluten and dairy-laden meal I would eat. My husband and I were celebrating our 1 year anniversary in Napa this past March. I had been feeling a little low on energy and not my absolute best, which brought to the forefront the… Read More
Given that we were #blessed with perfect weather this weekend (sunny and a little cool), David and I decided to get out of the city to enjoy some time in the suburbs. We drove to charming Princeton, New Jersey where we checked into a hotel, had lunch at Nassau Seafood Company After lunch Β I grabbed the spiciest chai latte I’ve… Read More
I’m coconut-obsessed. Probably no secret. Naturally, I love coconut oil! So when Skinny & Co. reached out to me to try their 100% raw coconut oil (the only 100% raw coconut oil in the world, by the way), I couldn’t resist. Still, I had to ask about the name “Skinny,” because I’m not a fan of the word. There are a… Read More
This weekend was more of the same as last weekend with home improvement projects, stocking the fridge and tying up some loose ends for my Green Your Diet 7-Day Challenge. I’m really loving some of the down time I’ve had the past two weekends to re-charge and get grounded. As an introvert, I find I need this regularly and it’s… Read More
Health shaming is putting people down for being healthy, but the opposite is real too and I’m seeing it just as often, if not more.[Tweet “Health shaming is putting people down for being healthy, but the opposite is real too . @MarissaVicario”] A few weeks ago I was mindlessly scrolling Facebook after a long day. And there it was. A perfectly… Read More
I’ve gotten some great feedback on my Notes from the Weekend posts and to be honest, these have been some of my favorite to write, so I’ll keep doing them, even when my weekends are mundane, like this past one. Being that this weekend was the first one we were home in what seems like ages, I frantically tried to… Read More
