Escape to New York After exactly two years (a time during which quite a lot happened!) I was finally able to return for a long weekend to one of my favourite cities, New York. With the very same bunch of friends of last time, I travelled solo for a few days baby, dog and husband free. Did I enjoy my time? Of course I did, and I rediscovered the pleasure of being alone too, as well as roaming the streets…
Fitness… how many times have I mentioned this word in my posts in the last 10 months or so? Enough to justify a post on a fitness event, methinks. Healthy eating is now a major party of my lifestyle and goes hand in hand with my fitness regime, as well as cooking with different ingredients and experimenting new recipes. When my fellow blogger and friend Sonia (nel Paese delle Stoviglie) invited me to join her at Be:Fit London I immediately…
I have been following a few ‘healthy’ social media accounts for a while now; experimenting with low carbs, low sugars bakes; becoming generally a bit of a fitness freak all together and watching my diet accordingly. One thing I had been thinking about trying for a while was a mousse made with avocado, instead of dairy and eggs. And then, watching an episode of Masterchef a few weeks ago where a contestant made a fairly horrible looking avocado dessert, finally…
Around June last year I decided it was time to change things a bit in my ‘fitness regime’. After years of wasting time with pointless zumba classes or putting effort into the likes of spinning and body pump, I got myself a personal trainer to see whether I could loose a couple of kilos that seemed stuck on me for good. After meeting a couple of enthusiastic sales people, I came across the deceptively gentle Peter Pazdro who almost reduced…