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A. People do like to watch what I eat when I'm out because they want to catch me cheating! (Laughs) I practice what I preach. I'm a raw food foodie and I do cheat sometimes, but I say that in my book -- there are moments when you can cheat and that's OK. Just like everyone else, I'm not an angel. Sometimes, I just like to eat the cheese off the top of my pizza because it's so good. But I won't eat the gluten. And, you know, I say the raw diet is probably the easiest to follow 'cause it's so easy to eat! I have found that in general, it's so much easier everywhere else than the U.S. to eat healthy. In Italy, I can find amazing raw milk cheese that is illegal here.
Q. What are some of your favorite cities?
A. Rome, and not just for the food! St. Petersburg, Russia -- it is so beautiful. At Christmastime, there's no city in the world that rivals it. I've never seen a city so spectacular. I went to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) and it was so peaceful and serene. The colors were spectacular when the sun went down.
Q. When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A. I always bring a little bit of olive oil to put on my skin. I find that it's so dry on the plane. My boyfriend always says that I'm slimed up when I put it on, but it makes the skin so soft and beautiful.
Q. What is your best vacation memory?
A. I had my first vacation with my boyfriend, which was so much fun. I never took a vacation when I was married. We never did that kind of fun stuff and I was always working and our schedules never meshed. Suddenly, I'm dating a guy who says, "I need to go on vacation and lay by the water." It was hard at first, because I wasn't used to just sitting there but then it was kind of cool.
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