Per Ardua

Recipe: Lasagna for Gluten-Free, Non-Dairy, No Egg-Eaters

May

2013

It’s been a while since I ventured into the cooking world and experimenting with preparing my own food of the “vegan” variety. My last foray into cooking vegan didn’t have as delicious an ending as I wanted. But I finally sucked it up and decided to try my hand at another dish. This is my ...

News is Trending

Apr

2013

As many of you know, part of my day job is to aggregate news and information in the finance, business and accounting industry. So I try to stay on top of the latest trends in news aggregation and summarization. When RSS was invented (thank you Aaron Swartz and may you rest in peace), it revolutionized ...

Pittsburgh: Places I Could Live

Apr

2013

There are few places I could live other than New York City. So far I’ve determined that besides NYC, I could live in Washington, DC, Dallas, Austin and now Pittsburgh. I have certainly not been everywhere, but as I follow my partner around the country on the first national tour of Anything Goes, I get ...

My Top 5 Travel Apps 1

Mar

2013

I do a lot of traveling. I’ve come across a few apps that make my traveling a lot easier, so I wanted to share them with you. These are all free to download on the iPhone, although some may cost money if you upgrade service levels or purchase anything through them. TripIt – I love ...

My Last Night in Austin – SXSW Interactive 1

Mar

2013

I’m writing this post as I close out my time at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX. I’ve been here for the last five days. So, how was it? Well it was a lot of things, and like most everything, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it and what you ...

Fruit is Always the First Dept at a Grocery Store, Why?

Mar

2013

Think about it. Walk into any grocery store: Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, ShopRite, Meijer, wherever. Most of the time the first department you encounter as a consumer is the fruits and vegetables, produce, department. Why is that? Doesn’t make much sense since fruit and vegetables will bruise if you put them at the bottom of ...

Why Isn’t There a Broadway Museum?

Mar

2013

I found myself asking this very question as I exited the Museum of the Moving Image (a fine museum I might add) this past weekend. I recalled as well that during the Oscars the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was announced. Dorothy’s ruby red slippers were even present to mark the occasion. The museum is ...

Recipe: Vegan, Gluten-Free “Macaroni and Cheese”

Feb

2013

A few months ago a took an IgG blood test to determine what foods I am sensitive too, although not allergic.* The results were surprising. I had a high sensitivity to dairy, eggs, olives, mussels, bananas, gluten, wheat and a few other foods. So since then I have avoided these foods and substituted others. Needless ...

My First Cleanse Experience

Feb

2013

I have never peed so much in my life. Sorry, had to get that out of the way. I just finished my first cleanse and wow. For years I have been hearing about cleansing and have read about many different products out there, but had never done a cleanse. Some of my friends have and ...

An Introduction to Per Ardua

Feb

2013

Hi there! I’ve had a number of blogs over the last 15 years or so, going all the way back to the days of LiveJournal. And I even manage a blog for work (AICPA Insights). But this blog is different. This is just an opportunity for me to share my thoughts and experiences with life. ...