Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.
A day at the spa should be full of fun with girlfriends, pampering, and glasses of champagne topped off with raspberries. Counting down the days until this wondrous occasion seems like it takes forever but when it finally comes time, it’s all worth it. You get ready to put on one of those plush robes, […] More
As a kid, visits to the dentist were the stuff that nightmares were made of. The process of going to the dentist office was always a blow to ego: get your teeth cleaned by the hygienist (the whirrs and awful noises never helped the situation), then the dentist would come in and inspect your teeth […] More
Ah, another year around the sun. Birthday celebrations are all about you, a whole 24 hours dedicated to when you graced the world with your presence. Friends, family, and complete strangers must now submit to showering you with all the compliments, presents, booze, and most importantly, all the partying that you can handle. When it’s […] More
Two Decembers ago, I was at dinner in Brooklyn with an old friend and her coworker. After a few glasses of wine, my friend asked about the guy I was visiting/dating that lived in New York. I replied with, “Well, he lives in Clinton Hill and is a photographer.” Her coworker (who I just met […] More
Kitchens are dangerous, whether you’re at home or cooking in a restaurant. There’s a plethora of dangers that awaiting every corner. Watch out for mandolins, slicers, knives, fires, and just bumping into something you shouldn’t. Seriously, I’ve bumped into a walk-in door or almost fell over while climbing a rack to grab something (I’ve done […] More
Run-in’s with your ex will never not be awkward, unless you’re one of those people that’s still friends with their ex’s (which in that case, you’re downright insane). If you’re like the rest of us and can’t stand seeing the sight of your ex because they’re called an ex for a reason, then you can […] More
Do you remember when your family first got a computer? And then the internet?! Those AOL CD-ROMs came in the mail, finally convincing your parents to download it and life would be forever changed. You’d wait patiently for the internet to connect as that little yellow man would connect you to the world wide web, […] More
Ever wonder what it’s like to mold the minds of tomorrow? The promise of a better future is at the hands of teachers and faculty for most of the school year. Teachers have a lot on their shoulders during this time and then they get to take off for all the vacations: summer break, winter […] More
Ahhh, New York City: the concrete jungle, where dreams are made of. If you make it here you can make it anywhere, right? They don’t let you on the unknown hazing that you have to go through to become a full-bread New Yorker, thought. The damn subway. You ever wonder why MTA employees are never […] More
Nowadays, the internet is everything. We use it to wake up in the morning, for the daily weather forecast, for up to date news, and to gather information on subjects we don’t know about. Basically, the internet is LIFE. Since its conception in the late 90’s, we’ve only begun to incorporate it into our lives […] More
Countdown until finals are over. Countdown until that spring internship is done. Countdown until all the paper work is filed at your boring desk job. Countdown until you can get away from your parents, siblings, and annoying coworkers. Countdown until the best time of year: summer f*cking break. Summer: the magical time of year over […] More
Supernatural occurrences only happen in movies and X-Files, right? Agents Scully and Mulder are the only one that have to face paranormal activity on the daily while we normal folks can go about our day without a care in the world. WRONG. There have been a slew of creepy situations that we can’t explain happen: […] More
