Post-Competition Blues

You read all of these blogs talking about people and their journeys into bodybuilding and healthy living and those are fantastic! You get motivated and inspired and it’s a lovely sense of community in the bodybuilding and competition world. But once the competition is over, the blog posts stop completely or they change gears to…

CSI: Clean Snack Investigation

Hello again, beautiful minions. So my mom went to a breast cancer fundraiser (Ladies Out Laughing) on the weekend and brought back a huge goody bag of treats. In the bag there was a ‘healthy’ bar and I packed in my lunch today and decided to write about it, like I did for the Vega…

Did You Miss Me?

Ah, post-competition life. Super depressing, I’ll tell you that much! I wish I could afford to do more competitions but my work life and bank account could not manage any longer. Plus, I’m trying to move out of the old home nest, if you know what I mean! Anyways, my fave Aussie Skye recently wrote…

Sunshine Award

I am quite pleased at this nomination – I’d like to thank my mom, dad, whoever invented the Internet…just kidding. Thanks to Skye over in Down Under for nominating me for this lovely blog-y award – a fabulous way to spend my lunch break! 1. What’s your favorite childhood memory? You’re going to think I’m…

What’s a Hush Puppy? Electric Mud BBQ

The first thing I thought of when I walked into this culinary establishment: (Sidenote: If you haven’t seen Beasts of the Southern Wild, I highly recommend it.) Scene: Warm, sunny evening. Side street. Discarded couches on the curb. Feeling hip. Cool exterior with benches outside. Bum fight going on about beer at the neighbouring LCBO. Enter the…

Oh Margarita God: Playa Cabana Cantina

OMG (Oh Margarita God) was what I was exclaiming last night in the best Mexican place in The Junction (in my humble opinion, of course.) Playa Cabana Cantina is the “spin-off” of Playa Cabana on Dupont and it is possibly my new favourite place. My co-worker/graphic designer/awesome new babe friend/best wingwoman suggested this place for…