Bliss...ful

Every girl (Jentionary: girl means any female - young or old - because I refuse to think I'm no longer a girl) needs a girls weekend. I was lucky enough to spend last weekend with some truly wonderful girls in Atlanta at the W Hotel Midtown. The hotel was awesome, Spice Market was yummy, Whiskey Bar was...entertaining, but the true highlight was the Bliss Spa. Now, don't go to Bliss for luxury, you won't find it. At least not at the spa I went to. It was a little disappointing in that regard. But I would go back time and time again for the Bliss Oxygen Blast combined with the alpha beta peel. Never have I left a spa after a facial treatment and looked so good. Almost a week later and my skin still looks smoother and clearer. Highly, highly recomend this treatment for anyone. Ok, if you have wicked sensitive skin the peel might not be good for you. But otherwise, try it and thank me later.

Dance. Dance. Dance.

uh huh. Dance. Dance. Dance.

It's that time of year once again. Time to see what happens when people all over the world turn off their lights at 8:30pm. I'm hoping to eat a polenta pizza by candlelight and listen to the rain. Or maybe I'll paint my nails with some Lincoln Park After Dark. That would be fitting. My hubbie is out on a canoe trip, so it's just me and the baby (and he's asleep, fingers crossed that he stays that way). How will you spend Earth Hour? Whatever you do - turn those lights off!

What's the Skinny?

Not sure what to make of Skinny in the City. It's got the cute and catchy theme, but does it have substance? Maybe visitors to this site aren't looking for substance, but darnit, I am. But does SITC deliver?

I give a big thumbs up for their restaurant reviews and ordering guides. How cool is that? The next time I visit NYC or San Fran I'll definitely visit the site for tips on where (and what) to eat. Now if only I lived in a major city (although if they'd review some Atlanta restaurants that could come in handy).

The site also provides nutritious recipes (especially since the site is backed by a well known dietitian) and exercise tips. All that is fine and dandy. I don't think it's provided in the most user friendly format. I'd like to see a list of recipes, or categories that I could click on for recipes. But instead they post a new recipe each week. Hmm. Exercise tips are even harder to find. There's no specific category that I can find for exercise. Am I wrong or don't you need to combine exercise with diet to lose weight? Hmm.

Last compliant, I swear: I feel a bit dumbed down by having trendy girls with assigned backgrounds/personalities for each section. Are these girls supposed to be role models? Am I supposed to relate to them on some level and therefore connect to the site in a new and exciting way? Or are they just there to be pretty? I wish they just had the girls as a graphic on the homepage and that's it. OR if these women were real women with real photos, that would interest me more. If I want cartoon characters I'll watch Disney movies. All that being said, the site has some valuable information on it and their weekly e-newsletter might be a fun read. I'll keep checking it out for a couple months before I give it pass final judgement.

Sweet!

Dairy Queen is wondering what you'd do for a free sweet deal...hmm. If I could have sweet deals for a year, I would change the name of my blog to Totally Like Sweet Deals for Pink at Dairy Queen. How bout that? Now where's my free ice cream cone?

BeardHead

I'd be so rad in this.