• One Month Challenge: Apple-Pumpkin Fever, Week Three

    One Month Challenge: Apple-Pumpkin Fever, Week Three

    Okay, I’m getting a little tired of eating pumpkin. If I was just eating pumpkin all day long it might improve my chances of turning my skin a new shade of orange. Thankfully, that is not the case! [Editor's Note: Worst. Intern. Ever.]

  • 5 Ways To Fall Back Into Your Childhood this Autumn

    5 Ways To Fall Back Into Your Childhood this Autumn

    Finally — summer’s over! It’s time for sweaters, boots, Starbucks’ signature fall drinks, and for those leaves to start falling. You could spend all fall hunched over your computer working about mid-terms, or you can get in touch with your seven year old self that took time to relish the changing leaf colors, the local pumpkin patches, and of course, the cooler weather. Here are five things that you probably enjoyed during your childhood that you can still enjoy this fall.

  • Get Stoned And Do Fun Things!

    Get Stoned And Do Fun Things!

    Well my favorite holiday is here. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas cookies; I love pumpkin pie; and I also love dressing up like a slutty Dorothy, cat, nurse, (insert random noun here); but there is nothing I love more than the 20th of April.

  • Do It Yourself Tuesday: (Decadent) Apple Dumplings

    Do It Yourself Tuesday: (Decadent) Apple Dumplings

    Apple pie has always been an American fave, sure, but that term “easy as pie” doesn’t really apply to me. What is easy about cutting up a billion apples, making a crust and then waiting to eat it? So when I decided I wanted something similar, I made myself something akin to a mini apple pie, sans the irritating process of cutting up apples.

  • Tales of a Senior: Takin’ a Chill Pill

    Tales of a Senior: Takin’ a Chill Pill

    My mom always told me that when things get rough, sometimes you have to “just be.” I never underst…

  • Candy Apples: Another Sign that Halloween Is Coming!

    Candy Apples: Another Sign that Halloween Is Coming!

    Signs that Halloween is just around the corner: the local seasonal costume shop’s sign g…

  • Top 5 Reasons Fall is Fantastic

    Top 5 Reasons Fall is Fantastic

    Ah yes. The First Day Of Fall.
    That’s what today is. Officially.
    Someone figured it out a l…

  • The Best and Worst: Class Snacks

    The Best and Worst: Class Snacks

    We all get the munchies from time to time. No, not just the “It’s 2 AM on a Friday, I&#…

  • I Just Broke Up With My Boyfriend…So I’m Baking A Pie

    I Just Broke Up With My Boyfriend…So I’m Baking A Pie

    When my boyfriend and I split, I went through usual grief: denial, depression, rage. Well, main…

  • Yummy Low Fat Apple Cake: It Even Has Fruit!

    Yummy Low Fat Apple Cake: It Even Has Fruit!

    When I was a little girl, I used to hear story after story about my grandma’s apple cake. No…

  • Dessert Pizza? Yes, Please!

    Dessert Pizza? Yes, Please!

    So, I set out the other night to make a crostata, but let’s just say I don’t seem to be at that level i…

  • Breaking Up (with Caffeine) Is Hard to Do…

    Breaking Up (with Caffeine) Is Hard to Do…

    I quit Diet Coke. I’ve been clean for 2 months with one lapse, where I tried to save calorie…

  • A Do-It Yourself Pumpkin Facial

    A Do-It Yourself Pumpkin Facial

    Apples and Pumpkins. That’s fall. Apples, Pumpkins, and realizing it’s too cold for that littl…