Paying full price is for silly people only!

Let's be honest, who has money for expensive Christmas gifts?  Even if you are loaded, giving a Christmas gift is not all about how much you spend, but the thought and meaning behind it, so what is wrong with getting a few bucks discounted on that Christmas present? 

I went on a hunt for the best deals, but I got a little overwhelmed with all the flyers and timed offers at different stores, so I opted for Apps that I can download to my iPhone and use as I shop. So much easier than doing all the research before shopping. Less time consuming! 

Here is my list of the best Apps that you need to download and start saving on the spot: 

• RedLaser - You are at the store and see the perfect gift for you boyfriend. Want to check another store before making the purchase, just in case you are getting a deal here? This is the perfect App. You could even find it cheaper online and buy it right on the spot! 
• Amazon Price Check - You love to shop online? I don't blame you, many times you can always get better prices. Well, when you are at the store, just scan the bar code of the item and you will find out right away if it's cheaper in Amazon.com. 
• RetailMeNot - I am absolutely guilty of using this app, and it has saved me a few bucks over the last few months. I am at the store and while waiting in line to pay, I pull up my RetailMeNot app and see if there are any coupons that I can use. 100% of time I have been able to use the coupons and saved a few bucks. Lovely! 
• Target Cartwheel -  I love Target, but always thought that they were not big on coupons. I was wrong. Download this app and get special discounts on all kids of items. You add it to your cart and scat the code when checking out. So useful! 
• TheFind - If you have time to buy that Christmas present or something for yourself, you can use this app. You make a list of your stores and items you want and it wil alert you when they go on sale. That way you can stop worrying on missing that deal! 

There you go! My good dead for the season is done now :) 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out

Dani G. 

Squat it down!

This is one of those things that you watch and want to immediately forward to all of your friends because it's just that cool.

In an attempt to create health awareness globally and get people burning a couple of calories at a subway station in Moscow, they have placed a machine that would give you a free subway ticket in exchange for 30 squats. No money, just 30 squats. How cool is that?

Can they please place one at the gas station where we get 1 gallon free for 30 burpees or something like that? I'm down!

Check out the video (warning, it's not in English or Spanish, so don't think something is wrong with your computer):

Eat, Love, Adventure Out

-Dani

"America's Got Talent Live Tour" Review

Months ago my husband could not stop talking about "America's Got Talent". I felt that his excitement to watch the show religiously every week was Howard Stern more than any of the actual talents participating, but I was wrong.

I am not a big fan of reality shows that put singers or dancers to compete for a title. I hate the whole voting thing and waiting a whole week to eliminate someone to later bring them back and so on. With that mentality, I did not want to give AGT a chance. It all changed when my husband convinced me to watch a couple of YouTube videos of people doing amazing things at the show. A few months later, I was hooked on Season 8. 

When we heard that AGT Live was coming to town, we jumped on it and got tickets. $125 for 2 tickets was very well worth it. I must complain about the prices for beer at the Uptown Theater. $10 for a tall beer, dang! That's more than what they charge at a NFL or MLB game. Make it cheaper and people will buy more and actually get a buzz to enjoy some comedy and cool tricks. 

The crowd was mostly families and lots of teenage girls who were screaming for Collins Key like if the Backstreet Boys had just entered the room. I don't blame them, the kid is super cute in person, but I don't want to go on record with that since he is only 17. The show started off with a nice B-O-O-T-Y performance, continued with other acts including the best awkward comedian, Taylor Williamson, and ended with amazing Kenichi Ebina doing what he does best: dance, move, and bent in ways humans are not supposed to. 

At the end of the show, we had the opportunity to meet the talent. I was very impressed with how all the fame and popularity has kept most of this talents down to earth and very humble. I would just say that a couple of them who didn't even make it to the final, have lost the ground a little bit, but hopefully I just caught them in a bad day or moment. In general, they were all super appreciative with their audience. Taylor had a small conversation with us, and even cared to remember my name later. Impressive considering that he was meeting a lot of people. Kenichi was spending more time thanking people for supporting him than anything, and Cami Bradley didn't even want to be behind a table for people to make a line to meet her, instead, she just went and hung out with people in the middle of the crowd. 

Thank you for a great show. All my respects to humble talented people like you! 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

-Dani G.

"Guia de la Buena Esposa" (The Good Wife's Guide)

(For English Article, Click Here)

En 1953 realmente existio y fue publicada esta guia obsoleta para las mujeres, dandoles 11 consejos para ser las esposas perfectas. La autora, Pilar Primo de Rivera (1907-1991) era la hija de un dictador español de los años 20 y lider de la Seccion Femenina de la Falange. "La Guia de la Buena Esposa" era entregada a las mujeres que hacian 'servicio social' en la dictadura franquista. 


Pilar no se casó, pero siempre decía que las mujeres debían ser "femeninas y no feministas".

Tomen nota hombres y mujeres, y espero que esto les cause una buena carcajada: 

























Y para finalizar con broche de oro: 



Que buen chiste para las mujeres de hoy. Esta guia podria parecer ofensiva para muchas de nosotras, pero al mismo tiempo, podria hacernos sentir afortunadas de que los tiempos han cambiado. 


Eat, Love, Adventure Out!

-Dani

Helping Break Guinness World Record at Kansas City

The Kansas City Chiefs fans broke world record for the loudest outdoor sports stadium, and guess what? I was there screaming with them! 

I have been to more sporting events than I can count with my hands and feel, but I must say, this was the most memorable crowd of them all. On Sunday, October 13th, my husband and I drove to the Arrowhead Stadium in hopes to tailgate and party outside the stadium to hear it roar. Since we didn't have tickets, we knew that we were just going to experience it from outside. It took us over 2 hours to make it inside the stadium and actually get a parking spot. The place was flooded with red and yellow everywhere. Big and old school buses and RV's dressed for the occasion, and the unstoppable smell of meats grilling all around. It was impossible to not engage in the craziness since even the to radio station had been taken over by the Chiefs chant! 

As the game began, we were outside the stadium admiring the 14 planes that crossed over the sky and hearing the crowd already loud and excited. A few minutes later, as we prepared to walk around and make friends, a couple came to sell us a pair of tickets, but inexperienced and without big budgets, we didn't have enough cash on us. The couple ended up giving us the tickets for the $22 we had in our pockets. That was the best news!!! 

We made it into the game, and it was wild to say the least! If I thought that the outside was wild, well, the inside was insane! 

Red and Yellow everywhere, with a few sprinkles of intimidating Oakland fans. Ravens definitely like to dress to intimidate, but this time the Chiefs had the control and the majority by far. Sitting in the stadium during the Chiefs first touchdown was an incredible experience. I could feel so proud to be there, and most importantly, to be wearing the Chiefs' colors. I was screaming for a couple of quarters, and the next day I had a sexy graspy voice, so I cannot imagine what the rest of the fans who screamed the whole time were sounding like, and that's if they were able to say a word after the game. 

The vibrations of the screams and noises were electrifying and could be felt all over my body. Impressive. Speechless at that moment. The crowd was prepared to make it happen. Fans arrived with ear plugs to protect their ears, posters to encourage others to meet the goal, and even candies to keep the throat clear. 

Kansas City Chief Fans reached 137.5 decibels, breaking the record over Seahawks fans who had achieved 136.6 decibels. We must mention that the Seahawks stadium is build in a way that it keeps the noise inside, untile the Chiefs, so KC fans had to be even louder than expected. 

Once the game ended, the party continued. People chanting as they walked out the stadium and screaming proudly from the top of their lungs. They have every reason to celebrate breaking a world record and being undefeated. 

If you ever thought that tailgating happens only before the games, you probably haven't been to KC's tailgating. There is party, before, during and after the game. I had the best tacos tailgating after the game, and the party continued... until everyone was asked to leave a couple of hours later. 

Priceless experience :) Go Chiefs! 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

Dani G.


P.S. You don't believe me? Check it out yourself on ESPN!

Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime Pasta Party!

Found some interesting looking Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime pasta at the farmer's market. Seriously? You include two of my favorite ingredients into a healthy-er type of pasta, I'm in! 

After searching for a way to make it in a healthy and different way, I adjusted this recipe:

You need: 

• 1 lb. ground turkey
• 8 oz. whole wheat chipotle lime pasta
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 of a 15oz can mashed tomatoes
• 2 tomato cut in chunks 
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
• Chopped cilantro
• 1 diced avocado

Get to work: 

Bring water to boil, then add salt and then the pasta until it's soft and perfect for your taste. 

In the mean time, get a pan, spray olive oil or whatever you like on it and put the turkey to cook on medium. Once you think it's almost fully cooked, add the onions and spices. Simmer and cook for other 5 minutes. Add the smashed tomatoes and one of the tomatoes in chunks. Make sure the turkey is completely cooked, then add the mascarpone cheese. 

On the side, drain the pasta and add it to the pan with the meat and everything else. Stir and get ready to serve.

 Once you serve it, add on top the other diced tomato and some chopped cilantro. This will add tons of flavor to it. 

And there you go!!!! Dinner is served!!! 

This meal is perfect for dinner after a hard workout :) 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

Dani G. 

Hump Day Videos!

Sunday FUNday on a Wednesday.... why not?? 

Also... did one in Spanish, making fun a little of Mexico's loss against USA's soccer team yesterday. What a shame!! We can only hope now to make it to the FIFA World Cup :) 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

Dani G. 

Sunday FUN Day News!

I have decided to squeeze in a video in English once in a while, and what a better way to start off, than on the weekend when men become unavailable for any weekend function and when home TV's are possessed by thought looking guys wearing tights. Most of those players are really hot, and the games can get pretty competitive, so I'm not complaining, just laughing at the nature of NFL weekends. 

Enjoy! 

 

Check Out the Video Online

(Don't you just love the faces I can make? It's totally okay to laugh, in fact, please do!) 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

Dani G.

La mama que es abuela??

Saluditos!!!
QUE CARA! JAJAJA

My "Chef" Monologue

I love my Mexican food very much. Anything that I cook, I always find myself wanting to give it a Mexican cuisine twist to it. I cannot help it. Growing up with the best Mexican food chefs and restaurant owners at home, I learned to eat the good stuff. 

My maternal and fraternal grandparents were in the food industry business before I was even born. My parents and aunts also continued that legacy for many years. That explains my love/hate relationship with the kitchen. 

When I was little, my parents were busy enough to get food ready for hundreds, and even thousands of people, so there was no room for me to play around the kitchen. When possible, I would try to cook something and someone would always "fix" it for me or tell me what I was missing. This made me lose any interest on cooking. I felt like my parents and family were so good at cooking, that I didn't need to learn, nor did I have any interest anymore. Time went by, and I grew up hating the kitchen. Now, I don't have my mom, aunt or grandmother around the corner to make some banging cooking, but I continue to run into products, vegetables and condiments that they used to prepare my favorite dishes. So, I buy them, take them home and attempt to find those flavors that bring back so many memories. To my surprise, I find comfort in the kitchen. When needed, I call mom to verify ingredients. She has thought me that there is no such thing as a "recipe", it's all about discovering flavors and getting the best out of each ingredient you use. It's so magical trying to find that exact point where incredible flavors combine and complete each other for an explosion of taste. 

After all, I think that cooking is in my blood. I have to adapt recipes to our healthy lifestyle, and the lucky one to taste my kitchen successes and failures is my husband, but thankfully he is a good sport for it. 

Cannot wait until the weekend to head over to the City Market in Kansas City and get fresh vegetables to keep experimenting! 

Eat, Love, Adventure Out! 

DaniG

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Mexico

After watching the movie Frida about a decade ago, I became a fan of Frida Kahlo's art. It is not just about what she portrays on her art, but her strong personality, the power she represents, and the legacy she has left behind. Also, the fact that we have the same birthday makes me feel like we are connected in a special way. 

On my second weekend in Kansas, we had the opportunity to celebrate and honor my roots through Mexican art. We started off by grabbing lunch at one of my new favorite Mexican restaurants in the area, Frida's Taqueria. http://www.fridas-taqueria.com/homepage.html 

Going in, my expectations for authentic Mexican food were very low. I expect to eat real Mexican tacos from some hole in the wall in the "hood", not next to Whole Foods across from Cheesecake Factory. Definitely, I was wrong! I knew I was at the right place when I ordered a Tamal, and expecting them to run to the back to grab a frozen one and heated up in the microwave, the lady walked to a stove and pulled it out of big tamales pot like my mom used to do it. 

After lunch, we headed to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. The museum is tremendously big and great! I am very excited to have such a great museum with a lot of networking and cultural events, along with a variety of expositions year round. We are even considering becoming members of the museum to enjoy it to the fullest. 

The Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exposition was from the esteemed Gelman Collection. Over 100 pieces of arts included Mexican artists that celebrate the rich artistic traditions of Mexico yesterday and the vitality of Mexican art today.  

One of the highlights for me was the drawing by Frida Kahlo with her feet!! Incredible! 

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has free admission, but the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exposition was $8, and I must say that this were the best $8 I have spent. 

Eat, Love and Adventure Out, 

Dani G. 

Love in a bottle of Berry's Vinaigrette

Monday left me drained yesterday with too much to do, so today I have a full pantry, but no energy to spend too much time cooking. I open the fridge and a quick and delicious dish came to mind. 

Today's menu:  Grilled Chicken and Spinach salad with strawberries, avocado and berry's vinaigrette. 

Perfect, but I'm too lazy to go to the store to buy the vinaigrette, so I will have to make it myself. Here is the recipe that I did for a delicious, quick and healthy berry's vinaigrette. 

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup of blueberries, strawberries and raspberries (I actually thawed out a cup of frozen berry's mix from Trader Joes) 

1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar

1/4 cup of olive oil

1 tbsp Trader Joe's Organic Mustard (the recipe called for Dijon Mustard, but I used regular organic)

1 tsp local honey

1 tbsp minced garlic (or one big clove minced) 

Salt and pepper to taste (I don't use much salt on anything, and this was not a problem since the recipe already has so many strong flavors. 

Now, le'ts make magic happen: 

The making is super easy. Basically, throw everything on a blender and using the "pulse" button mix it all. 

DELICIOUSNESS! 

To make my salad, I just threw some spinach, chopped pecans, avocado, strawberries, raisins and the berry's vinaigrette, and it was perfect! 

"Fall in love all over again everyday!"