Lately when I'm not eating hot and sour soup or potstickers, I'm on the hunt for something salty or salty and sweet. With the exception of the chicken strips and french fries, three of my four favorite snacks are actually healthy. Airpopped Popcorn with Olive Oil and Fresh Cracked Pepper and Himalayan Salt Guacamole with Tomatoes on Toasted Sliced Sour Batard Drizzled with Olive Oil and Topped with Fresh Cracked Pepper and Himalayan Salt Water Crackers with Chevre (Pasteurized) Drizzled with Balsamic Vinegar and Topped with Fresh Cracked Pepper and Himalayan Salt Chicken Strips with French Fries and Barbecue Dipping Sauce from Black Bear Diner What did you crave when you were pregnant? Bon Apetit! Eden   Credits: All images taken by Eden Hensley Silverstein for The Road to the Good Life.

One of my favorite places to window shop is ModCloth. At any given time I can find hundreds of outfits to dream about. Right now I'm loving these vegan flats and boots with brogueing . The Finds (top clockwise) : Cool with That Flat, $32.99 ; Trim the Tree Boot, $49.99 ; Dress Up Flat, $37.99 . Ciao Bella! Eden   Credits: All images taken by ModCloth . Collage created by Eden Hensley Silverstein for The Road to the Good Life.

Ever wonder what something on a shoe is called? I do. Recently I discovered that all of my favorite shoes (and most of my recent purchases) have small punches for embellishment. I wondered if there was a technical term for this. There is: brogueing. Brogueing: A term that refers to the perforations or small punches that can be used to decorate a shoe. - Source: On the Fly's Glossary of Shoe Terms What's your favorite detail on shoes? Ciao Bella! Eden   Credits: All images taken by Eden Hensley Silverstein for The Road to the Good Life.   Details to Love is a monthly series, published on the second Monday of each month. Posts from April 2011 to December 2011 are available at A Timeless Affair - Life with a Vintage Touch .

The Thanksgiving holiday is always a nice break for us. It typically means catching up with family and friends, lazy days hanging out together watching TV show marathons, and analyzing and maintaining my blogs. This year was no exception. What's going to happen as a result of analyzing my blogs is an exception. Did you have a good Thanksgiving? How did you spend the holiday? Thanksgiving Day started with both cubes and I in the kitchen. While cubes made mashed potatoes for our Thanksgiving potluck celebration, I served up dairy- and refined sugar-free pancakes. We then headed to the East Bay to share a meal with my parents and grandmother at Skate's on the Bay . Dessert was my mom's pumpkin pie - a treat I hadn't had in years! Then, it was back to our place to reheat the mashed potatoes and head down the peninsula to our friends' potluck celebration. When we weren't eating (or preparing our apartment for the baby), we indulged in a marathon of The Walking Dead...

Growing up, ribbons or trophies were awarded for first place, second place, and third place - not for participation or effort. To say I was competitive would be an understatement. It was more like I was driven. Second place - or shudder third place - wasn't good enough for me, especially if the competition involved boys.     I blame a second grade teacher for this character flaw. She probably was a well-meaning Irish Catholic sister, but to a 7 year old girl, her words amounted to a life without parole sentence. The fateful sentence that would shape most of my life went something like this:   "It's too bad you're a girl; it's such a waste of a brain."   From that moment, I set out to prove I wasn't second rate. I set out to prove that I could overcome the handicap of being a girl. Top student for the next four years would seesaw back and forth between myself and one boy, a boy who after high school would help me survive Calculus in college.   This dri...