Our Love Story

The love story. My story. His story. Our story. 

We met at a bar. We met where everyone tells you it's impossible to meet your prince charming. I get it. However,  I seriously fell in love with this guy that I met at a bar. Our love story doesn't prove that you can meet someone in a drunken and horny environment. It proves that love is blind and love can happen at any time as long as you recognize it and allow it to enter your soul. I could have easily blown him off by listening to the little voice in my head lecture me about meeting someone in Old Town Scottsdale. I felt something different with him by the way he smiled at me, looked me in the eyes, and made me laugh like no one ever has. I can't remember what he was saying. Maybe it was the amount of vodka-waters in me, or that I had no reason to remember his words. However, I do remember how much he made me laugh. I remember the way he made me feel. We became engulfed in each other and the noise around us diminished.  In those two hours, on a crazy Wednesday night in Old Town, nothing else mattered. 

People are constantly interacting with each other. We meet so many strangers. Every day we encounter someone different. Even if it's just a smile given across the room, we all give off an energy and a feeling.

Love is when your soul leaves your body and become attached with another. Even when we physically leave each other, our souls are still dancing somewhere in the distance. When we can recognize this, we know we've met someone special. However, our souls can only thrive for so long before we focus our attention elsewhere. In order to maintain that special relationship, our minds and souls need to be intertwined so the relationship can flourish. Falling in love required a lot of faith and belief in ourselves and each other. 

After two weeks in Arizona, he flew back to home to  New York with only a phone number and a memory of a girl he met at a bar. We talked every day. Three months later I flew to New York to spend the weekend with him. I trusted myself. I trusted him. I knew that this weekend in New York would be like no other. My expectations were met. I experienced a new, exciting city, and discover a whole new world. The question was whether we would become great friends or fall in love. In those three days, I experienced both.  

I went to New York a week before his birthday. I wanted to show him I cared but couldn't think of any traditional gift that would do justice. I decided to buy him a card and expressed my feelings inside. I wrote that if he was reading the card, it meant I had fallen in love. On the way to the airport, I pulled it out of my bag and told him he couldn't open it until his birthday. I knew right then and there that I had fallen in love. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous to give it to him but I was confident that sharing my real feelings was exactly what I wanted to do. I gave him my heart for his birthday. 

After a nine month long-distant relationship we moved to Los Angeles and found an apartment together. We had faith and believed that this love was everything we both wanted and needed in our lives. We sacrificed a lot for what may seem like crazy circumstances. We are together today because we both equally believed that we should be together. It wasn't always easy but we always knew the importance of letting each other know how much we cared. We will continue to do so each and every day.  

Homemade Face Mask

I've never had an issue with acne before. Every now and then I'll have a zit or two while "Aunt Flow" is in town (I hate that "see you next Tuesday") but overall I've had pretty good skin. Then, I move to L.A. and bam, black head city! I'm not sure if it's the extra pollution in the air, the humidity, or the universe just f'ing with me, but I do know that I need to get it under control.

I wondered how many posts it would take for my honey obsession to be exposed. The answer is two.  I hate spending money on products that don't work. I hate buying products that have 20 ingredients no one has ever heard of. I am very frugal and very cheap. I hate chemicals. I am environmentally friendly and creative. I was raised by hippies. Home remedies are a must. And I have a honey obsession.

 HOMEMADE FACE MASK

HONEY

CINNAMON 

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Mix all three in a small bowl. Make sure it's apple cider vinegar and use very little. 

You want the consistency to be mainly the honey. Not enough vinegar will be too sticky but too much will make it all run down your face. 

Put about 5-6 coats on. Just keep applying it to your face until it's thick. You can't have too much.

Leave on for about 30 min. then rinse with warm water.

Don't get too close to your eyes. The vinegar burns.  

1. Honey is a natural antiseptic. It's also a humectant which means it will help keep you moisturized. The antibacterial components of honey will kill the bacteria while soothing and softening at the same time. 

2. Cinnamon will exfoliate your skin. Apply the mask in a circular motion and you will feel it gently scrubbing the dead skin away. Like honey, cinnamon also has anti- microbial properties that can stop the growth of bacteria and fungi.

Honey & Cinnamon together are unstoppable and have so many health benefits. 

3. Apple Cider Vinegar contains malic and lactic acids which help to soften and exfoliate your skin, reduce red marks and treat acne. It also tones your skin by balancing the proper levels of pH.

Keep the leftovers. I usually apply it to my face in the morning about once a week or when needed. You will notice a difference in your skin immediately. Lack of water intake is also a huge reason for acne so drink lots of it. 

My first post.

I recently moved to L.A. and am absolutely loving it. I've been here for only two and a half months and have already learned so much about myself. My personality and who I am is thriving here. It's a new life that I could have never imagined. I left all my friends, family and city behind. For what? I didn't really have an idea of what to expect I just knew that I wanted the chance to find out. I have found new energy on what life is about and how to enjoy it at it's fullest. I'll admit, I don't always have this much optimism.  There are days when I feel tiny in this face-paced city and I have to push myself back onto the conveyor belt. I often wonder if it's possible to make the same type of friendships I had back home. However, since being here, my passion for cooking has takin off; my design guru inside of me has come out to play; and I am in love. Life couldn't be better. 

I wanted a chance to share my life experiences with everyone who cares to follow. I'll share recipes, photos, school struggles and achievements, and of course, love stories. <------ yet not too invasive since "The" boyfriend prefers to keep everything private. 

As silly as it may seem, this first post idea came about because of an tasty and fun drink I just discovered. I've wanted to start a blog, since the move, in order to for my friends and family back home to follow my adventure. I tasted this drink and wanted to share it with everyone. Instead of sending a crazy text (I've been sending out a few too many) I thought it would be a great opportunity to start my blog. So enjoy every little post/story about my L.A. times including this watermelon, strawberry creamsicle drink :)

I bought a blender yesterday. The Ninja (post coming soon). Last night I blended watermelon, strawberries and a little mint. Very refreshing. Today after being at the school all day I came home starving and this juice was the fastest thing to save my stomach before turning into the hunger monster. So I added soy milk just to make it a little more filling. This is now my favorite little gem, at least for a day until I discover a new favorite. It tastes like a watermelon and strawberry cremesicle. And it's good for you! Trust me and try it! I'm sure it would taste good with any other milk but soy is my "go-to". Besides a homemade Breakfast Buzz, this is now my favorite thing to drink. I must try with other blended juices.