Grapefruit Champagne

Last week, at my graduation dinner, I had a margarita. No surprises there, I love margaritas. But this menu was the first menu that actually had the... um... nutritional information about their drinks.

I was horrified. It had about as many calories as my meal, and a crapton more sugar and sodium than I thought. (I'm talking 80% of your daily recommended intake.)

Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to eating junk food, but I figure my body can only process so much junk, and I'd rather save its capacity to do that for a big bag of salt and vinegar chips.

So, I'm going to learn how to make craft cocktails. According to Robert Sharp (aka The Barman), "the process of making craft cocktails is a lot like that of the artisan food movement, focusing on flavor, high quality ingredients and taking your time in order to do those ingredients justice."

Sounds good to me.

I found this recipe for grapefruit champagne by Lauryn Evarts, and made a few changes. Lauryn adds vodka to her recipe and doesn't include any sparkling water, but I wanted something that tasted like a refreshing citrus soda with just a little kick. Here's what I did:

• Squeeze 1 grapefruit, 1/2 lemon, 1/2 lime. Mix.

• Add 1/2 cup grapefruit Perrier

• Top it off with champagne

Simple, clean ingredients and no added sugar! Star-shaped ice-cubes optional but highly recommended :)

Vancouver (Grishma Travels)

So there was this one time I ate like 2 spoons of hummus over the course of 16 hours and then tried to climb 2400 feet over a 2-mile hike.

If you're reading this, I survived.

Here are some snapshots of my weekend in Canada!

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Graduation Outfit (Woo!)

Last week, I graduated with my Masters degree in secondary math education!

Being a full-time student on top of my first two years of teaching forced me to evolve the way I thought about myself, time, feelings, success, relationships, etc. etc. (basically, it took what would have otherwise been a 10-year growth process and condensed it into two years)

But I don't want to talk about that yet. Right now I want to show you what I wore to my graduation!

I used the Ion Color Brillians Brights in Red to dye the ends of my hair

Dress is from ASOS // Tights are from NY&C // Watch is from Fossil

Age Quod Agis means “do well in whatever you do.” It comforted me two years ago while I sat terrified at my graduation, about to get degrees in philosophy(!) and classics(!) and on my way to be a math teacher(??) At graduation, I sat terrified again, unsure of what the future holds (but with a blue hood around my neck this time!) and was comforted not just by a stronger belief in age quod agis, but by those who I’ve worked so hard for.

What pushed me to becoming a better teacher was never the discussion posts or papers, but the names you see on this cap. I love these students and I love the community we’ve created in my classroom, and I’m so happy they could walk with me at my graduation.

Here are a few more photos from the night!

VLOG: Shopping with Erica and Christina

I'm sitting around sniffling and coughing (wooooo!) so no new video this week, guys. BUT here's a month-old vlog of a fun afternoon with Erica and Christina! I can at least reminisce about being able to breathe through my nose...

tl;dr Pacsun has weird sunglasses.

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