I was recently invited to a beautiful “Lil Peanut”-themed baby shower. Can you believe this is only the second baby shower I’ve ever been to in my life?! When my friends in Finland started popping babies I was already living in the US so I missed all of those. Then when my friends in NYC […]
Parties
Beauty Detox Potluck

I had so much fun being part of our Beauty Detox Potluck the other weekend. We all “met” through Kimberly Snyder’s Beauty Detox Food group on Facebook and later formed our own local San Francisco Bay Area group for get-togethers and events supporting the Beauty Detox lifestyle. So far we’ve had dinner in Oakland, attended […]
VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY

In Finland, Valentine’s Day is called the “Friend’s Day” and as the name indicates, this day is more about remembering friends, not significant others. The day has no romantic content, instead people send cards and gifts to their friends. Valentine’s Day celebration came to Finland quite late which might be the reason why it led to it’s […]
GIRLS NIGHT IN JERSEY

One cold Saturday afternoon we decided to get together with the girls and enjoy lots of goodies and chit chat to beat the winter blues: a Girls Night! We’ve got lots of snow and freezing temperatures lately so everyone is dreaming about the spring by now. I sure am. This winter has felt extremely long […]
NIGHT OF RENEWAL

About a week ago I attended fun, tasty and inspiring wellness event at our local juice bar Manhattan Juice Bar & Cafe. There was lots of healthy goodies, informative speakers talking about how we can all transform our lives, as well as a raffle (I won pilates classes and chiropractic screening!). We got to taste […]