City Life Eats — the art of healthy urban living

Pork Souvlaki

April 1, 2009

SouvlakiOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Welcome back to What’s Cooking Wednesday – be sure to check out WCW’s home over at Shan’s blog.My main contribution to today’s post was finding this recipe over on Kalofagas, a great food blog by Peter Minakis, and then sending the link over to my husband with the header, […]

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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom and Tim Tams Giveaway Results

March 31, 2009

Cherry Blossoms in Full BloomOriginally uploaded by terren in Virginia It’s that time of the year again here in Washington – the cherry blossoms are blooming and it’s time for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The famous ones by the tidal basin are what everyone is talking about, but there blossoming trees all over the […]

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Beauty Monday – CocoaPink’s Soulmate Conditioner

March 30, 2009

My January CocoaPink OrderOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Beauty Monday is a weekly feature focusing on green beauty, paraben-free skincare and the beauty industry and marketing. I am a huge fan of CocoaPink bath and body products. I could talk about them for hours, but today I wanted to focus on CocoaPink’s Soulmate conditioner […]

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Happy Sunday, Dark Chocolate and Green Tea

March 29, 2009

Theo’s Bread and Chocolate Bar and Japanese Green TeaOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Happy Sunday – it was gorgeous today so I got in a nice long walk with several fun stops, including a manicure-pedicure, some shopping for gifts at Biagio, which is an amazing chocolate store (I love their stuff), and then a […]

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Fashion Musings and Spotlight on Carissa Brown and Bratique Helene

March 26, 2009

2010 Update: Bratique Helene is now named Carissa Rose. A few weeks ago, the lovely Carissa Brown of Bratique Helene contacted me. Turns out, she reads Corporette too, and had seen a post there on how to dress professionally if you are busty. Both Carissa and I had left comments on the post and that’s […]

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Spinach, Feta and Parmesan Strata

March 25, 2009

Spinach, feta and parmesan strataOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Welcome to What’s Cooking Wednesday – as always be sure to check out WCW’s home over at Shan’s blog.I am a big fan of trying to cook with leftovers and odds and end as much as possible. One of the things I always seem to […]

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Beauty Monday

March 23, 2009

Beauty Monday is a weekly feature focusing on green beauty, paraben-free skincare and the beauty industry and marketing It’s an insane Monday today for me today, but I wanted to stop by and say hello. I also would like to ask you to please check out The Makeup Museum blog. You see, The Curator there […]

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Impromptu Macaron Throwdown

March 23, 2009

Locolat MacaronsOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Yesterday, I went to Locolat Café at 17th and Florida in Adams Morgan to check out their macarons – as you can see from the picture, they are pretty. The flavors are very nice too, but they definitely ascribe to the crispier macaron approach – I like my […]

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Maoz Coming to Washington, DC

March 21, 2009

Maoz Storefront in Washington, DCOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle If you follow me on twitter, you may have seen my excited tweet last Saturday about seeing a Maoz storefront on M Street in Washington. I was half asleep and it was early in the morning but the sign was unmistakable. Some quick research shows […]

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City Girl’s Real Simple Corner

March 20, 2009

As I have mentioned many times before, I love Real Simple Magazine. Every month, I start reading it the day it arrives – it arrived last Friday, and I have already happily made my way through it. The cover makes me smile – it’s just so happy and sunny! You will see it on newstands […]

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Fashion Musings – TranquiliT Event This Saturday

March 19, 2009

You know how much I like bamboo clothing, particularly from TranquiliT. I won’t be able to make it to this event on Saturday, but if you are in the Washington, DC area and want to see the full TranquiliT collection, do check out this event at the TranquiliT showroom (click on the graphic to get […]

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Emergency Migas

March 18, 2009

I love Smitten Kitchen – the photography is beautiful, the recipes are wonderful, and Deb, the writer, is very funny. But sometimes, Smitten Kitchen tortures me – last Wednesday is a prime example. I was working late and made the mistake of taking a blog break and saw that day’s Smitten Kitchen post – Migas […]

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Beauty Monday – A Day Late – Bobbi Brown Sale!

March 17, 2009

Beauty Monday is a weekly feature focusing on green beauty, paraben-free skincare and the beauty industry and marketing. Yes, I know, I am late with my usual Beauty Monday … but this time it’s worth it. Bobbi Brown is having a 25% sale from today until March 19th! And if you enter the code INSTANT, […]

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Fashion Musings – Another Pair of Ballet Flats

March 16, 2009

Today, I found myself in Downtown DC 45 minutes early for an event I was attending – and I was just a block from Macy’s, so I stopped by their shoe section. You see, I was in dire need of another pair of flats for work – yes, I practically have a uniform – pantsuits […]