I'm on day 6 of the fat flush plan. Phase I is two weeks long: No grains, starches, dairy, salt, sugar, or alcohol. I get 2 eggs, 8 oz lean protein, 2 fruits, and as much vegetables as I want. In addition, I'm drinking 48 oz of cranberry water, 2 tbsp ground flax seed, 2 tbsp flax seed oil, dandelion root and milk thistle. Once I enter Phase II, I ( Read more... )

The most difficult part by far of this semester is going to be interacting with my classmates. I am so sick of these people ( Read more... )

The party at work the other night could be summed up with two words: open. bar.

But here are a few more.

Winning the ass-shaking contest by bouncing to Big Freedia: $20
Taking a body shot off the dishwasher: Gift certificate for a massage
Getting so drunk I lose both: Priceless

Outside my window... there is still a dusting of Asheville's first snow of the season ( Read more... )

I have Ginger to thank for reminding me that there's still a blog out there with my name on it, and at least one person interested in what I have to say. It's always hard to pick back up on writing, to decide where to start, but I'll try ( Read more... )

i don't think it's even officially summer yet, but it certainly feels like it. while i do enjoy sunlight, my sensitive skin and eyes do not. exposing myself for a mere hour between 11 and 4, and i'll be seeing spots and turning very pink. so i've been trying to stay shaded and wait til after sunset to work in the garden. this hasn't proven too ( Read more... )

i arrived a little before 10 and started dicing cantaloupe and quartering strawberries. it was the first day ever of brunch service, and we were offering a limited, simple but elegant menu: house-smoked salmon salad with lemon vinaigrette, garnished with grated hard-boiled egg white and yolk; crab cake benedicts with bearnaise, smoked salmon ( Read more... )

i'm about to embark on a summer of interning at blue water seafood in hendersonville, nc. there i will do everything from brunch, lunch and dinner service, to prep work, fish fabrication and customer service at the retail fish counter ( Read more... )

spring break is 13 days away. i am counting down every minute because it has been months since i've had a real escape and school is starting to make me feel like a broken horse. i'm flying to orlando on april 6, to meet up with my family. still unsure of what exactly we'll be doing there, but there were mentions of NASA museum, seaworld, the ( Read more... )

sure enough, i've neglected the blog again for months at a time. but school has completely consumed my life as it never has before. even though i usually work less than 10 hours a week, i'm getting just about enough down time to survive. i think, sleep, dream and speak food. starting to feel like i'm losing my identity sometimes, like when i decide ( Read more... )