Month In Review: April 2014...

♥ Justin buying us tickets to see Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall in June

♥ Hanging out in NYC with Erin & Day

♥ Going to the Huffington Post NYC Headquarters for their Fed Up & The Family Cooks Roundtable Discussion

♥ Attending a taping of The View with my mother, sister and friend

♥ Hosting Easter dinner at mine & Justin's apartment

♥ A surprise visit from my cousin from California

♥ Eating lots of yummy expensive food

♥ Spending an afternoon exploring a new town with Justin

♥ Making plans with Phil to go on day adventures

♥ Having people come visit me at work

♥ Warby Parker Spectrum Sun Review

♥ Line Of Sight

♥ Cookin' Librarian: Tortilla Soup

♥ If My Blog Was An Outfit

♥ Dance It Out

♥ Lisa Scottoline Q&A

♥ My Newest Addiction

♥ Weekend Recap

♥ Attending A Huffington Post Roundtable Discussion

♥ Tickets To The View & Lunch In NYC
♥ Photos From The View
♥ Empties: Products I've Used Up
♥ Forgotten Photos From My iPhone

♥ Lucy Laucht ♥

♥ Paris In Four Months ♥

♥ The Pink Diary ♥

♥ Mini Mom ♥

♥ Cara Loren ♥

♥ South Beach Tow (2011-Present) ♥

♥ The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013) ♥

♥  "The Boozy Baker: 75 Recipes for Spirited Sweets" by Lucy Baker♥

♥  "The Mac + Cheese Cookbook" by Allison Arevalo & Erin Wade♥

♥  "Eat & Make: Charming Recipes & Kitchen Crafts You Will Love" by Paul Lowe♥
♥  "The Repurposed Library" by Lisa Occhipinti♥
♥ "Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story" by Charlie McDowell♥
♥ "Nice Is Just a Place in France" by The Betches♥
♥ "Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar" by Kelly Oxford♥
 ♥ "White Girl Problems" by Babe Walker♥

♥ Sarah Hawkinson ♥

Attending A Huffington Post Roundtable Discussion...

Earlier today I had the honor to attend a roundtable discussion hosted by The Huffington Post, Rodale and Laurie David (Who for those of you that don't know is a movie producer, author, Larry David's ex-wife and an environmental activist) about the upcoming documentary Fed Up (2014), The Family Cooks & the "Home Cooked Sundays" Challenge in New York City at The Huffington Post NYC Headquarters.

Can I tell you, it was amazing (And I had no idea what to except going into this whole thing). It started off with a beautiful little offering of delicious foods from The Family Cooks cookbook (I'm serious, it was all really yummy. Like, I am still snacking on some of the Seeds of Power Granola that I took to go). 

And then we headed into a little conference room to listen to Laurie, as well as Kristin Uhrenholdt, speak about and touch upon topics from the upcoming film Fed Up (2014), the concept behind the new cookbook (ex: Learning that everyone can cook, getting your family involved in cooking, not relying on processed foods, etc) and the idea of having "Home Cooked Sundays" become part of the American way of life.

It was all extremely interesting and there were a lot of things that I personally took away that I would like to implement in my own life and daily routines. Like being more aware of and trying to cut out some processed foods and sugars. Training my brain to reach for water with meals instead of whatever other beverage is on hand. So on and so forth...

I haven't mentioned it but I've already been kinda sorta detoxing for the past few weeks -- Minus all the booze I drank over the weekend and the rich lunch Justin and I shared on Sunday. I haven't had coffee or caffeine pills in over a month, I've only been drinking water or tea with little or no natural sweeteners, I've been substituting cauliflower for rice, limited dairy in the form of Greek yogurt, etc. So listening to Laurie and Kristin speak really made me want to continue and take it a further.

But yeah, this roundtable experience was amazing and you can bet if I get invited to another I'll be there in a heartbeat.

Oh, for those of you interested here is the trailer for Fed Up (2014)...

I think it looks like a fascinating documentary and I'm very much so going to drag some people to see it after it is released May 9th (I was actually invited to an advance screening tonight but I had to go to work, so I'm kinda bummed).

What do you guys think of all of the above?