Month: March 2016

Easter Bunny Bread: An Italian Family Tradition?

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Easter bunny bread recipe: sweet, lemon bread, the perfect Easter tradition!

A SWEET, WHIMSICAL, LEMONY DELIGHT

Growing up, this delicious lemon Bunny Bread was a staple at our Easter Sunday brunch (post-egg-hunting, of course). It’s a tradition in our family, one that my Italian-immigrant grandmother started. But it’s far from an Italian tradition! The recipe was borne of Grandma’s desire to fit into American culture (and probably clipped from Good Housekeeping). It still had familiarity, though, as lemon bread is also a common Italian baked good. And boy, is it delicious.

Here’s the recipe. Mangia!

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My 2nd Stitch Fix Experience

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My 2nd Stitch Fix box was a complete success! I kept all five items.

OH, STITCH FIX, YOU ARE ONE CONFUSING BUGGER

I still haven’t made up my mind about you. Are you really worth it or not? Like I’ve said before: It depends. 

After sharing the photos from my first Stitch Fix experience, I had enough referral credit to try a second box. Long story short: I kept all 5 items! Take a look at the goods.

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Is stitch fix really worth it?

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Is the Stitch Fix personal-styling service really worth it? Let me lay it out there in terms of how it works, the pros and cons, and the best way to get the most bang for your buck.

Corduroys, white blouse, and green puffy vest from my 2nd Stitch Fix

DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DO IT

Are you on the fence about trying out the ever-popular personal-styling trend?

Yeah, I was too. You definitely aren’t completely missing out if you decide not to dabble in Stitch Fix… but it could also really work in your favor. Let me lay it out there in terms of how it works, the pros and cons, and the best way to get the most bang for your buck.

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IKEA and I: Assembling a Life Alone

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IKEA & I: ASSEMBLING A LIFE ALONE

STARTING OVER, BY YOURSELF

I might as well be up-front about it: I’m going through a break-up (er… divorce). It’s a struggle for many reasons, as you can either relate to or imagine. But aside from the immense emotional and financial turmoil, it’s the little, every-day adjustments that have caught me most off-guard. And from these small conquests I have learned the largest lessons about embracing this new phase of life. So here they are.
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Getting Real: An Introduction

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Basic Bitch feet in grass photo. :) Springy/strappy sandals!

Those are my feet in the grass! What a Basic.

Welcome to The Real Life!

This blog project has been brewing for some time. I have dabbled in blogs before, but they never stuck. Why? Because I wasn’t being my authentic self. I was subscribing to the blog-o-sphere’s obsession with apparent perfectionism (emphasis on apparent). I was trying to do all, be all, conquer all—essentially be something that I was not. And in the end, I was benefitting no one, least of all myself.

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