Vegan

From Cacao to Chocolate

Words cannot express how happy the Choco Museo in Antigua makes me. Within seconds of entering, I was sipping cocoa husk tea and signing up for the chocolate making workshop ($21/person).  If you cannot go to the Choco Museo, I’m terribly sorry. It is worth the plane ticket to Antigua. However, I will share a

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Homemade Coconut Milk

  Palm trees line either side of the driveway, ushering me toward the little round house that is to be our home for the next few weeks. We are tired. Sprinting across the east coast of the United States for eight weeks left us exhausted. So we stop.  At the little round house on Pine

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Is Key West Worth the Hype?

It takes 3 hours driving 45 mph (mostly) on a two-lane road to get there.  Accommodation is extremely expensive – about 90% more than anywhere else we’ve paid to stay. The beach has less than ideal swimming conditions – extremely shallow and full of weeds.  Kitschy tourist shops line the streets. Is visiting Key West

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Cucumber Fennel Salad

  Yesterday, I didn’t go for a run outside because with the wind chill the temperature was 33 degrees – too cold for me! Today, I went for a run and the temperature was 75 degrees. What?! I’m not complaining, but this see-saw weather is so hard to adjust to!  I guess I’ll just have

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