While Bassam was away for the weekend, I had my favorite kind of dinner every night: salad, salad, and more salad! While I know salad is not normally seen as a crave worthy food, I just love salads. I always experiment with lots of different flavors and my salads end up including almost everything I have in my fridge or…
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13 Questions to Ask Yourself to Discover Your Passion
Bassam and I have been talking a lot lately about our passions and what we want to do with our lives. We believe there is no point in living a mediocre life or to be stuck every day doing something that doesn’t excite you. This conversation also got us wondering how people discover what their passion is in the first…
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How To Throw a Valentine’s Day Tea Party
Every Valentine’s Day I throw a tea party for the women in my family + the young guys. The tradition started when my mom was first diagnosed with ALS. I wanted to find a way to add more fun and variety to her life since she could no longer do most of her favorite activities. I started decorating the house…
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One Year Anniversary Photo Shoot
One Year Anniversary Shoot Today we are sharing our one year anniversary photo shoot. When we got married, we decided to do a photo shoot every year for our anniversary. We thought it would be a great way to document what was special to us that year and have a photo memory of our highlights throughout the years. Our first…
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Unique Valentine’s Day Gifts for Every Budget
There are those who love Valentine’s Day. The hearts and flowers, the pink and red, the cheesiness, the candlelight dinners, and of course, the shopping for romantic gifts for their loved ones. Is that not you? Don’t worry. I’ve got you covered. Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday and I love finding the perfect gift for my loved ones. I’ve rounded…
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8 Ways to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions tend to get a bad rap for being counterproductive and doomed to failure. However, goal setting is an important factor of success in our personal and professional lives. There is nothing wrong with using the excitement of the new year to inspire change and growth. If you feel like making a resolution, you should go for it!…
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26 Things to Do In NYC
We wanted to write a guide to NYC, but realized we couldn’t possibly after just a few days there. NYC is an amazing city. There’s constantly something to do, see, and eat. It’s a city of crazy energy, passion for food and entertainment, love for arts, and so much more. We could spend a lifetime in NYC and still probably not…
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21 Ideas to Create Possibilities in Your Life
Serendipity. Magic. Wonder. Possibilities. All words I love because of all the wonderfully delicious things they elude to being in store. Imagine the following: The moment the plane takes off and you are off to your destination Bouncing back after heartbreak and disappointment when you thought you never could The feeling of opening up a book and not knowing what…
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8 Things Not To Do This Year
As the New Year rolls around, most of us are planning what we will do this year. All that we want to accomplish and the resolutions we will make. While it is very important to know where you are going and make a plan on how to get there, it is equally important to know what things not to do…
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Flying Over New York with FlyNYON
Flying over New York in a helicopter at sunset sounds amazing, right? That beautiful skyline, the famous buildings, Central Park…all from a bird’s eye view! Now imagine that flight in a helicopter without doors, which means nothing obstructing your views. You could shoot some amazing photos and feel like you’re truly flying. You can also sit with your feet hanging out of…
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How to Survive the Holidays After Losing a Loved One
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day, birthdays… the holidays are such a fun and exciting part of the year- except when they aren’t. One of the biggest reasons many people dread the holidays instead of look forward to them is because they are celebrating without a loved one. A little over a year ago, my mom passed away after a 6 year…
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August NYC Restaurant Review
We absolutely loved our dinner at August, an NYC restaurant. Whenever anyone asks what we did in New York, our answer is “walk and eat.” Sounds silly, but really our two favorite things to do in New York City. The food in NYC is just SO good, we can never get enough! On our most recent trip, we actually had…
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10 Must Dos This Holiday Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and also the most stressful time of the year. With all the presents you need to buy and wrap, food that you need to prepare, and relatives that you need to visit, it can be easy to lose sight of all the fun things that you can only do this time of…
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10 Reasons We Love The Library Hotel Collection
Although we barely spend much time in our hotel room while traveling, we do find a good hotel experience to be essential to a good travel experience. Starting and ending the day at a place you LOVE just makes all the difference in taking your trip from great to fabulous. Some of our favorite trips have included very memorable hotels….
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Romantic Spa Getaway at The Oaks at Ojai
We love to mix up our travel styles. From adventurous to relaxing, we love all types of vacations. That being said, we’ve never stayed at a spa before and we certainly have never stayed at a health and fitness spa. Our weekend getaway at The Oaks at Ojai couldn’t have come at a better time! We haven’t been doing the…
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