Last year, I made myself a unicorn cake for my birthday. This year, I wanted something a little different. I thought about baking a hummingbird cake (one of my faves) or trying a new flavor… but then I realized that the perfect cake for a red-headed aquaholic like me was a mermaid cake. An ombre mermaid […]
It’s almost the end of my birthday month, but I think there’s time for one more giveaway, don’t you? The last prize is a top, capris and socks from one of my all-time favorite brands: Tru Active! Tru Active was created by two amazing Bahraini sisters, Hala and Dana, and many of their designs incorporate […]
I’m super excited about my next giveaway, and you should be, too! Today I’m giving away the book Kintsugi Wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit, by Candice Kumai. This book is AMAZING and you totally need it in your life. Longtime readers may recall that I’m a bit of a Candice […]
Hello y’all! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to remind you that there is still time to enter to win a month subscription to the 12-minute metabolism booster — an awesome daily workout program designed for endurance athletes that will help you get in some strength training every day (whether you’re an […]
Please note: This giveaway has ended. For my second giveaway, I’m switching gears and giving away a one-month subscription to a daily workout program called the 12-minute metabolism booster! And I will tell you all about the subscription and workouts, but first I need to tell you about the woman who designed them. Katie Hart […]
Please note: This giveaway has ended, but there are others still going on! It’s my birthday, and I’m going to give YOU presents! I know, it’s weird. But I thought giving some of my favorite things to you guys was a great way to celebrate my birthday. I hope you agree. And don’t worry, after […]
When our Bahrain BFFs asked me to make a 3-shaped cake for their adorable son’s third birthday party, I had some ideas but wasn’t quite sure of the best way to build it. We had both seen 3-shaped cakes on Pinterest, of course, but there didn’t seem to be a lot of tutorials out there. […]
I had been obsessed with visiting India for almost 20 years by the time I moved to Bahrain, so obviously it was at the top of our “to go” list from the beginning. The country is so vast and magical that you definitely need more than a few days to even get a feel for […]
I have never been very good at packing light, and packing for summer in Spain last year seemed particularly daunting, since I knew I was going to have to haul my own suitcases through hotels and train stations in Barcelona and Valencia before heading to the US (with those same suitcases)! Plus, since I was […]
To really understand how important pecan pie is in my life, I need to tell you a story about the first time I went to Afghanistan, in 2008. As soon as I got off the plane at Kandahar Air Field, my friend Kelly (who was the public affairs officer for the unit I was embedding […]