Most of us that have essential oils around the home and use them for treating illness or for other therapeutic reasons know that you cannot use these oils forever. While essential oils don't go rancid, they do start to break down, oxidize and deteriorate with...
I had the great pleasure of meeting Emily Meyer from Tea Collection not too long ago at The Hive European Bloggers Conference. We had a great time getting to know each other and I was instantly enthralled with her great attitude and her business savvy. So I asked if...
This is part two of 24 Hours in Berlin series, a sample itinerary I would give someone who has never been to Berlin but wants to pack in as much of they can from the city in a limited amount of time. It allows you to see the most well-known and notable sights of...
I've been getting more and more emails and tweets lately from people who will be taking a trip to Berlin, but only have one day and night to spare in this amazing city. So I thought it was time to put together a post with some must see and do places -- and even put...
It's full on summer this week in Berlin and that means it is H-O-T! Living in the heat never made much difference to me, until I moved to region where ice cubes are scare and air conditioning is even less prevalent. So one of this month's favorites is directly related...
This past weekend we had the opportunity to head up to London for a quick weekend trip. Tiffany and I tend to travel a lot less than we want to and have decided that now is the time to get a lot more traveling in since the kiddo is finally at an age where she is old...
This morning was the first long run of the 16 week Hal Higdon novice marathon training plan, which meant heading out for a 10km (6mile run) - the weather, as has been the case for the past few days was absolutely dreadful and I had thoughts of heading back into our...
After starting the 2013 race season with two half marathons (The Berlin Half Marathon and the Spreewald Half Marathon) it was time to go for something a bit shorter to get the whole family involved. While Tiffany enjoyed the Avon Women's Run on Saturday (with my mom,...
Ever since I had seen the funky green pickle race medal of the Spreewald Half and Full Marathon at the Berlin Half Marathon Race Expo a few weeks ago, I wanted to run the race to get my hands on this strange medal. When my schedule cleared out and I was still in good...
Bright and early on Saturday morning, as one of two presentations kicking off The Hive European blogging conference, I was standing front and center, talking to a room full of women (and a couple men) about something that I'm actually quite passionate about:...
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