Food, Lifestyle, YYC

HOW TO EAT TEXAS STYLE BBQ WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN TEXAS

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Hey, newsflash, I love BBQ. Yeah maybe it’s not the most diet friendly food but everyone needs a cheat meal once in a while and usually mine is BBQ. Or pizza. NOWWW the secret to kick ass BBQ is finding the right spot. This can be tricky if you’re not living in Texas so I’m here to help you out. The SECRET is the smoker. A bad ass smoker makes or breaks your BBQ experience. Calgarians, you are in SOME LUCK.  I’ve toured around looking for the best BBQ joint in town and I am loyal to the best, Hayden Block. This is not the first spot I’ve gone to and I even tried a few more after Hayden Block, but it only confirmed what […]

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Fitness, Lifestyle, Shop My Style

HOW TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH YOUR WORKOUTS

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You know what sucks? When the holidays are over and you don’t really have an excuse anymore to eat every chocolate covered item in sight. Or an excuse not to workout but it’s still -100 outside, so you don’t feel like doing anything. I am right there with you. I saw this meme the other day and it really spoke to me. AMIRIGHT?! So let’s do this together. I have some easy tips that will get us motivated and back on track. Summer 18 here we come. 1 FIND A FRIEND. SERIOUSLY. This is probably the most important step. Find someone to sign up for classes together this will make you feel obligated to actually attend the gym or exercise class.  If everyone is busy […]

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Beauty, Holiday Secrets, Lifestyle, Shop My Style

DAY 5: PACKING HACKS + HOLIDAY ESSENTIALS!

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When I travel, I NEVER check luggage. Never. Ask any of my friends. I only carry on and it is the best thing of life.  Trying to navigate through a different city with a giant suitcase, let alone somewhere in EUROPE or ASIA or AUSTRALIA, is my idea of torture. It’s such a damper. News flash, your days of checking bags and paying fees is over. I’m finally sharing my VERY SECRET packing tips so that you will NEVER check a bag again.  It’s the holidays, 90% of us are travelling to see family, friends, or even to get the heck out of the snow and onto a beach somewhere. Every year I do the whole Calgary – Edmonton – Winnipeg – Calgary trip so […]

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Holiday Secrets, Home, Lifestyle

DAY 2: 4 Tips That Will Simplify Your Life During the Holidays

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This is probably the most HELPFUL post of the entire year. I have 4 tips that will simplify your life during the holidays. Now these are tips that EVERYONE can use. I cannot even describe to you how much more efficient I’ve been as soon as I started implementing these tricks into my life. + Honey STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING. I found the craziest life hack ever. This site is called Honey and it saves you time AND MONEY. Okay so what you do is download the “Chome Extention” from their site {or whatever web browser you use; Safari, etc.} and it will automatically download onto your web browser. From then on, EVERY time you shop online and go to check out, Honey will AUTOMATICALLY […]

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