A perfect Sunday

Things around here have been pretty busy-- with just two weeks until my dissertation is due I've been frantically typing away just about any chance I get, which is why there has been such a lull on the blog. I've finally gotten to a place where I'm not quite as worried though, which arrived just in …

Monday Motivation

Last week was a busy week for me. I started a new internship, said goodbye to a friend of mine who moved back to the states, and had a mini-breakdown that it's August and my dissertation is due in less than a month. I thought I would put together a few things that helped me …

Friday Cocktail: Summer Shrub

A shrub? Yes. Well, no, not if you're thinking about the garden variety, but definitely yes if you are thinking about a delicious, summery syrup that will keep in your fridge well into the fall, then the answer is definitely yes. What is a shrub exactly? Well at it's most simple it's a sort of …