**photo above: Great Grandparents Farah, Grandmother Jeanette as a young girl, her brother Fred (1931) In our last visit to Minnesota, I was able to reconnect with my family. It FELT SO GOOD!! I’ve mentioned a few times now on the blog and my IG account how much I love a good Lebanese feast. I’m […]
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We visited Minnesota as a family in May. It was a welcome trip and the first visit to see my family since before the COVID 19 pandemic. We were also really excited to see my family for the first time since the birth of my daughter Farah which also meant traveling on an airplane with
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This is the obligatory summertime sunscreen post. For most of the northern hemisphere, wearing sunscreen is done three months out of the year. But for myself and many others, wearing sunscreen year round to ensure healthy skin is key to anti-aging and preventing skin cancer. Living in Arizona means sun every day through every season.
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“In the summer time when the weather is hot” -Mungo Jerry Every spring I do what is possible to cull the last remaining grapefruit off of our trees to preserve their juices for summer in Phoenix. There’s something unbelievably challenging about quenching your thirst in the Phoenix summer. I’ve found that this is something only
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This year the 4th of July seems a little sweeter. Since the COVID 19 vaccine roll out, a lot more people have received their vaccines and are able to spend time with their loved ones. Thankfully, my family is in that camp. We could not be more happy to spend time with our families this
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