Simple But Fancy Holiday Cocktails [Intro to Cooking]
If I had known then what I know now, it is that a gentle and delicious cocktail both provides a conversation starter and gives me something to do with my hands at parties. Here’s a couple of my favorite budget-friendly cocktails that only seem way fancier than I can afford.
7 Cocktails That Won’t Kill Your Waistline
The key to staying healthy and positive, is making small (but powerful) changes. The classic “try this, not that” plan. And since no one going to tell you to put down your drink this season, here are some great options that will keep you rocking into 2013.

Miley Cyrus May Be Addicted… [Candy Dish]
To Twitter. This girl cannot be stopped. She is giving followers up to the minute updates on her new hair cut. Today, my new haircut went to Starbucks. Today, my new haircut wore a rocker outfit. Today my new haircut wore red lipstick.
Fun Spring Drink Recipes You Need to Try This Weekend
There’s no better excuse for a party than warm weather. And if you’re going to have a party in the sun, you’re going to need some delicious cool beverages. Once again, we got sucked into the addictive world of Pinterest, finding recipe after recipe for amazing drinks.
Campus Scoop
• Using light to brighten up your dorm room
• How college presidents embrace technology
• Required on scholarship apps: your Facebook password?
• Shopping on a college budget
Body Blog: Skinny Sippin’
Nothing says summer, summer, summertime quite like a refreshing cocktail (or a Will Smith song), but we all know that sippin’ our calories away poolside leads to a not-so-cute looking backside (or all-around side). Many of our favorite friendly cocktails come along with a heaping helping of calories.
Candy Dish: Please Say Yes
• Do men think about anything besides sex?
• Ryan Phillipe’s gone so far downhill
• It’s time to play beard madness!!
• Dressing to attract partners
• An all star interview with Allstar Weekend
• How do I tell my boyfriend to lose weight?
• Oprah makes HOW MUCH an hour??
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The Senioritis Bucket List
Remember Freshman year when every upper classmen you knew said “treasure the next four years, they go by so fast.” Well not to sound like a broken record…but they kind of do. I’m entering my last semester of college and this huge list of things I had planned on doing before graduating has kind of well, not been tackled at all.
Inside His Head: What Your Drink Says About You
Just like a psychic that can tell your future with Tarot cards or your palm, guys can tell a lot about a woman by the kind of drink she is having at a bar. And just like those crappy psychics with crystal balls, guys are often full of sh*t too, but here goes.
The Weekly Ten: Best Cocktails Ever
After a long weekend of PBRs, cheap white wine and Corona lights this Independence Day, I’m really ready to up my drinking game a bit and start ordering drinks that I’ll actually enjoy.
No, Smirnoff shots don’t count, people.
The Weekly Ten: Worst Weekly Ten Ideas… Ever.
Usually when I tell people I write for a website I get a range of reactions. These can span from “Oh, like a blog? Like, about what?” to “Wait, let me help you construct some material that I personally find hilarious but wouldn’t appeal to anyone else other than me and maybe four other people in the world.”
Body Blog: Your Holiday Survival Guide
I could eat my own weight in Grandma’s “Won’t Fail Fudge,” but do I really want to carry around an extra me in 2010? Not exactly. Spring comes quick here in Santa Barbara, so bikinis and spring runs are just around the corner. If you’re located somewhere where you’ll be wearing large sweaters for the next four months – lucky you! (I guess?)

Halloween Spook-tails!
Halloween parties are freakin’ awesome. And it’s a known fact that us college kids will be running rampant all over the country come Halloween night. What other chance do we get to play beer pong as Kanye West and Taylor Swift (stopping the game mid-toss with a “Imma let you finish…” before snatching the pong ball from each other)?