Another farm tour I did while in Washington over the summer was at Cloudview Farm, just a few miles from my grandma’s house in my hometown. Most of the farmers where I grew up are the typical farmer that you see across the United States today. High use of pesticides and fertilizer, focusing on large [...]

Pinterest is awesome, but how do you know which recipes are any good? I had an idea how we can sort through the duds… a collaborative recipe board! Go here and see the recipes I’m loving lately, and what changes I would recommend. Like this carrot soup from Eat Live Run. I think the changes [...]

I recently signed up for a pilot program with Rafflecopter, working toward developing a platform to connect companies looking to promote their products with bloggers interested in running giveaways, and so you’ll see several giveaways from me over the next little bit. It’s exciting to see new opportunities pop up, but I’m working hard to [...]

When we announced we were moving I asked for your favorite places to eat, and one of the places that was brought up was Next. Back then it was just a concept, but I was intrigued by the idea. World famous chef Grant Achatz, the same chef/creator of Alinea (the place we plan to eat [...]

I started a club. It’s an in-person club, so right now it’s only for people in Chicago. Next year I will move to Dallas and it will be in Texas. If you’re in the area would you like to be a part of it? This club was inspired by a post over at Word of [...]