Lena’s Note: When Bassam and I travel, we tend to eat anything and everything. We often come back home needing a major detox and fitness reboot. While it’s great to indulge on vacation and to explore a new destination by trying the local food, everything is best in moderation. Since healthy eating while traveling is not our strong suit but…
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Two Nights in Paris with Hotel Balmoral
Thank you to Hotel Balmoral for our wonderful stay! Paris is one of my favorite cities in the whole world. It’s one of the few places I’ve visited multiple times and feel I could never get tired of. I truly believe there is something in Paris for everyone: from the foodie, to the art lover, to the creative, to the…
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Easy DIY Potpourri Simmer Pot Recipe to Make Your Home Smell Like Fall
Close your eyes and imagine the following. {Well, read this post and then close your eyes, haha} You’re curled up on a comfy couch with a cozy blanket, sipping a cup of tea or glass of wine with a cracking fireplace. There’s nothing on your agenda all afternoon but losing yourself in a good book. You can hear the leaves…
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How I Turned My Grief Into a Source of Inspiration
This post is sponsored by Prudential Financial and BlogLovin One of the most consistent comments I get is how happy and full of joy I always seem. What most people don’t realize is behind that sense of happiness is also a deep pain and sadness over the greatest loss of my life. While I’ve always been a generally happy, optimistic,…
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Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Pasta
We love pasta in this house. It’s one of my absolute favorite foods and I especially love a good cream pasta! I pretty much never make cream based pasta sauces because we try to make healthy choices when cooking at home. I’ve been experimenting with making healthier cream sauces and while neither Bassam or I are vegan, we don’t mind…
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How To Set Up An Avocado Toast Bar For a Girl’s Brunch
I recently hosted a girl’s brunch and had a hard time figuring out what to serve. I don’t usually struggle with brunch menus, but I had a few dietary restrictions to account for like a vegan, a pescetarian, and a non-dairy eater. Since eggs and cheese usually play a big role in my brunch menus, I had no idea what…
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17 Things to Know Before Your Trip to Colombia
*this post may include affiliate links* When we told people we were going to Colombia, we got a lot of questions such as, “is Colombia safe to travel to?”, “why would you go to Colombia?”, and “what is there to do in Colombia?” We were a bit surprised by these questions as we had been wanting to travel to Colombia…
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7 Must Have Pieces for Fall Travel
*this post may contain affiliate links* I CANNOT believe it’s fall already! I feel like I say this every year, but summer just goes by so fast. While fall weather in Los Angeles is not that different than summer, we usually travel during the fall and so I need good fall clothes for travel. My ideal pieces for fall travel…
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20 Book Recommendations According to Your Mood
Books have the magical ability to take us to far away places, introduce us to people we never would have met, take us on adventures we never would have taken, expose us to our darkest fears, open our minds to crazy new ideas, and show us just how happy life and love can be. Here are a few books that…
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How to Decorate for Fall on a Budget
Fall is my absolute favorite holiday to decorate for and I swoon over all things white pumpkins. If I’m not careful, I can easily go over budget with my decorating. Since this year we are on a tighter budget, I’ve come up with budget friendly ways to decorate for the fall. You won’t need to sacrifice any style with these…
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How To Plan The Perfect Paris Picnic
| shop the dress | One of my all-time favorite things to do in Paris, besides wandering, is to picnic. I’m a big picnic-er in general and my picnics at home tend to be big productions full of Pinterest worthy details and lots of planning. That being said, as much as I love setting up pretty picnics while I’m at…
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What I’ve Read Lately Vol. #2
This post may include affiliate links Welcome to Volume 2 of what I’ve read lately! The monthly round-up where I share what I’ve recently read, what I loved, and what I didn’t. {You can read Volume 1 here} While I didn’t read a ton of books this month, there were a few I really loved, like read in one night…
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13 Travel Bloggers Share Where to Travel This Fall
Fall is our absolute favorite time of the year to travel. It’s usually shoulder season for most places {just outside of the high season, which means cheaper rates and fewer crowds!} The weather is a bit cooler which makes outdoor activities more enjoyable. Plus we love seeing how fall looks all over the world. This fall, we are doing a…
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The Perfect French Skin Care Routine You’ll Want to Steal
Dying to know all the French skin care routine secrets that make up a French skin care routine? I had been curious for a long time and was determined to find out. During a recent trip to Paris, I was amazed by the skin of almost every French woman I met. Almost every one of them had glowing, radiant, beautiful…
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Opening Up About Grief Weight
I was in a yoga class with one of my favorite instructors and fighting back tears. I would try so hard not to cry, I would feel like I was choking. I had to step out several times to regain my composure, but I was insistent to make it to the end without leaving. It was a torturous 70 minutes….
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