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Food & Health, Food & Health

Hey y’all! I’m so exited to add a health category to my blog! Here I will post grocery hauls, recipes and healthy food options. My main 2019 resolution was to get back to being vegetarian. Last year I had the same resolution and I made it up to June. I stopped for no good reason other than I gave in to temptation. This year I started two weeks later than I wanted to, but jumped right back in smoothly. This time around I feel it would be easier because we worked out most of the kinks last time. I already know what I like, what I didn’t, where to shop and who has better prices. I constantly got asked what I buy when I go grocery shopping, so I recently did a grocery haul on my IG page, which I added to my highlights section on my profile. I also constantly add recipes I try on my IG stories so check those out as well.

Below I Linked my recent refrigerator pic right after grocery shopping (and organizing for a long time )

I’m also adding some smoothie bowls I’ve made:

Make sure you come back check out my next blog posts, and see what I buy and make next. Also, if you know any recipes I should try let me know!

Xxx

Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019!

About Me

Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s that time again. I always look forward to the Holidays and New Years, but I always get a little sad when it’s over. 2018 was a great year for me, I finally took a leap and decided to start this blog, which is something I’ve been wanting to do for years now. For 2019, I would like to plan out and set my goals, and see them in writing that way I’m held responsible for them. I would also like to read this at the end of this year and see what goals I accomplished.

As the new year starts, I would like to focus mainly on my mental and physical growth. Get back to a cleaner diet and workout a couple times a week. I want to dedicate more time to my blog and write a minimum of one post a week as well as get some vlogs out. My goal is to grow my page and blog, while making sure I keep my focus on my love for fashion, beauty and home decor.

Traveling more is always a goal of mine, I already have a couple trips planned and I can’t wait to plan some more. I cannot wait to see what 2019 has in store for me, but I also love to look back and see my past work and learn and grow from it.

So, here’s a look at my last year in pics…. ( no particular order, just some highlights)

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Did your 2018 goals become reality? What are some goals you made for 2019!? Do you have any blog posts idea you would like to submit? Let me know on here or on my IG ! Thank you for the support I received in my first months as a blogger and I hope you guys stick around to see my posts this year.

– Aida

Local Guide: New York

Local Guides + Travel

One NY trip post is never enough to cover the city, so you can call this NY post part II. After visiting NYC, I had a chance to spend some days north of the city, and I LOVED it. Although NYC, will always be my favorite city, I must say staying in a slower, less busy parts f NY was also nice. Growing up in the city, I never realized how big New York is. I was so consumed by the city, I never saw the charm and beauty other cities in New York had to offer.

Some other places I visited were:

  • Yonkers
  • White Plains
  • Mount Vernon
  • New Rochelle
  • Mamaroneck
  • Nyack
  • Nanuet
  • Stony Point

Most of my time was spent in Stony Point, NY. Small but beautiful Historic Town. While I was there I headed over to Bear Mountain State Park. Which is linked here. I had a great time sight seeing and driving the park.

I of course did some shopping, some places I shopped were The Palisades Mall in Nyack. While there I played in Dave and Busters, ate Nathan’s hotdogs (yumm) and shopped Zara, Uniqlo, H&M and F21. They also have a lot of local / small owned business which are great to get unique pieces. I also visited the Nanuet Shops, an outdoor mall with so much to offer. We stopped in to The Westchester Mall , a beautiful, upscale mall.

Some food spots we hit while there

  • Pops Espresso , in New Rochelle
  • Mount Ivy in Pomona
  • Art Cafe of Nyack
  • We had pizza in two different places in Yonkers, don’t know the name but you can’t really go wrong with Pizza anywhere in NY.

The rest of my time was spent catching up with family. Sometimes staying home with family and spending quality time is all you need.

Nanuet Mall

Pops Espresso

Westchester Mall

Family

The Weekender… New York Edition

Local Guides + Travel

Washington Square Park

The second edition of ‘The Weekender’ is here and this might be my favorite edition of all time because it’s about my hometown and best city in the world.. NYC! My family and I came up to New York for Thanksgiving week. I of course starting planning my trip as soon as I found out we were coming. I knew I needed to plan my outfits ahead of time, and that I needed to get a list of places I wanted to hit while being here. My time in the City would be short so I mapped out the destinations and figured out a route that worked best. Anyone who knows me knows how organization makes me happy, I had so much fun picking out the best spots and organizing the route. I constantly get asked how I find the spots I go to for pics, brunch, etc. Yelp ! Yelp saves me every time I don’t know what I want to eat or where to go. It’s also very helpful when I’m out of town and don’t really know the areas. After yelping NYC, browsing IG and remembering my fav childhood spots, I had a plan; Hit lower Manhattan and get those shots!

Lower Manhattan is my absolute fav part of the City. Its home to so much; to name a few:

  • Flat Iron District
  • Union Square
  • Washington Square Park
  • Soho
  • Stuyvesant Town
  • Chinatown
  • Little Italy
  • Battery Park
  • East / West / Greenwich Villages
  • Tribeca

Here’s my weekend through pics.

Flat Iron Building

Washington Square

Stuyvesant Street, NYC

New Territories Instagram linked here.

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I absolutely loved walking, sight seeing and shopping the city. We then headed North to spend time with family. Other places we saw included Yonkers, New Rochelle, White Plains, Nyack, Stony Point and Black Bear Mountain to name a few. Those pics will be posted in my next post! You can always catch more pics and posts on my IG .

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