Taco Time.

So, I had an amazing dinner party a couple weeks ago with my co-workers who also happen to be some of my best friends. It was a potluck style dinner, so I thought I'd share what I made!

I made mini taco salads, or taco muffins- whatever you want to call them! I took unbaked tortillas, baked them in muffin tins so they came out in mini bowl shapes. I then filled it with taco filling. I used tofu, just because that's my preference, but feel free to use ground beef! After baking that with some cheese, I topped it with shredded lettuce and salsa for bite-sized taco deliciousness!

My friends seemed to enjoy them, and they're perfect for party snacks, or a meal! Let me know if you give them a shot!

I'd love to hear what you've been cooking!

Alex

Tunesday.

I heard this song in a commercial, and it's also in the soundtrack of Away We Go, which i want to see! I hope you enjoy!



As the days keep turning into nights. Couldn't be more true, I wake up and work and go to class and work again and then get home to make dinner and it's night again. Then at night, I just think about how quickly time is going by. Just trying to soak up every last minute of life as I know it. Enjoying it with good music makes it that much better.

Happy Tuesday!
Alex

Do Something: Phoenix

So my awesome sister is a member of an amazing group of Phoenicians that are working together to bring local artists, stylists, and bloggers together through events in the Phoenix area. The group is called the Phoenix Style Collective, and they are always planning something for locals to get together, collaborate, and just hang out. I love the idea and I'm so glad I have gotten to be a part of most of the events they've held.

My mom, sister, and I at the event!

About a week and a half ago I attended the Phoenix Puppy Love event that the PSC held at the amazing Co+Hoots. There were raffle prizes, a silent auction, and plenty of treats - all to benefit the Humane Society. So great!

I made a DIY headband with the girls from Hearts, a fashion line that advocates world awareness and change and uses recycled materials. They were so cute- check them out!

I ate way too many of these amazing treats, but got to spend some time with my sister and some cool new friends! I also tried the coffee at Greater Than Coffee which is inside Cohoots, super delicious! Check out their website and maybe I'll see you at one of their future events!

Take care,

Alex

Tunesday.

Inspired by the awesome Sasquatch line up, here's an awesome jam by a band that will be at the music festival I so badly want to go to!

Drink some tea, relax, and turn this on.



Love it!
Alex

Day of Love.

So it was Valentines Day. This fact usually makes people cringe or sing with happiness about the cute date plans they have with their significant other. I'd say I'm somewhere in the middle ground. 

I do appreciate today, as a holiday, though. Even though it's another reason to jack up the prices of candy and flowers and all things pink and red, hey- that's life! I think some people get too caught up in the fact they don't have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or someone to take them out for a romantic dinner. Today is about love, and that can come from so many different places. I spent today working, going to class, and working again at my second job... and I'm happy as can be right now. Of course I'm not saying the box of chocolates and dinner plans wouldn't be appreciated, but I have so many other things to be happy about. 

Today I chose to be grateful for all of the love I receive from all over. The amazing family that showers me with love, friends, a roommate, and coworkers who make me smile every day, and a pretty fantastic life that I get to wake up to everyday. 

So celebrate Valentines Day, or Satisfied Being Single Day, or heck... just celebrate Arizona's Birthday! But remember, today's about feeling the love no matter where it comes from.

xo, 

Alex

Tunesday.

Because this song has been stuck in my head since the moment I heard it… months ago. I love The Lumineers so so much, and I’m still devastated I missed them while they were here in the Fall.

Check this song out, and be prepared to have it on repeat as well as the rest of the album, really.

Happy Tuesday!

Alex