• SUP yoga in Bahrain

    sup yoga in bahrain

    I have been wanting to try SUP yoga for years, but no one would ever do it with me in California or DC. So imagine my surprise when we moved to Bahrain and my first (and best) friend there turned out to be a certified SUP yoga instructor! Haunani is an awesome yoga instructor on land AND […]

  • Off the shoulder in Barcelona

    travel style off the shoulder dress

    I wasn’t really on board with the off-the-shoulder look when it first started trending. I never thought it looked bad (although some stuff can be weird if it’s not made correctly). It’s just that I thought it was annoying to not be able to lift my arms and to have to wear a strapless bra. […]

  • 9 best date night restaurants in Bahrain

    cut bahrain steakhouse

    One of the things we weren’t expecting when we moved to Bahrain was an amazing restaurant scene, with everything from roadside shawarma stalls to cool, upscale restaurants that made us feel like we were in New York or L.A. Today, I wanted to share a few of our favorite Bahrain date night* restaurants that combine […]

  • 1001 Nights pistachio rose cake

    pistachio rose cake recipe

    Near our house in Bahrain, there’s this fabulous bakery and tea room called The Orangery, and they have a beautiful cake called the 1001 Nights cake, which is pistachio with rose buttercream. That sounded amazing to me, and I wanted to create something similar for our rug flop (sort of like a Tupperware party, but […]