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NY sizzle

Well, it’s safe to say my feelings about New York haven’t changed much.  Humidity is not my friend.  Aretha Franklin?  Nope, that fro is ALL mine.  God bless the inventor of the flat iron.  Our red-eye flight was as delightful as you’d expect any red-eye flight to be.  Luckily the only thing on the agenda for the day was a bridal shower for Jess.  In other words, I was in store for a day’s worth of boozing…which hardly helped the delirium that I was battling after 3 hours of interrupted shut eye. We couldn’t check… Read more >

Santa Barbara

After spending time relaxing in Monterey, we packed back up and headed down south…off to Santa Barbara! I was driving so my personal hand model Kyle snapped this picture for me. I thought we could forge ahead without any detours, but we hit some serious traffic so a stop in San Luis Obispo for lunch was very necessary.  As good as it is, Strawberry Serenity Kombucha does not a meal make. What is Mondeo?  I’m still not quite sure… As far as I could tell the restaurant had meal concepts (for lack of a better… Read more >

Showered

Last weekend, my Aunt, cousins, and G-ma threw me a wedding shower. Sisters & cousins. Me & G-ma. Mom & Aunt. It was at my G-ma’s in Newport Beach and was definitely a hippie affair. Exhibit A: My sis gave me an HHH engraved cutting board Exhibit B: My cousin prepared a vegan cake Yep, that delicious looking thing was VEGAN.  But I’m getting ahead of myself starting with dessert.  Let me back up to the rest of the day’s menu… Appetizers Veggies, pita wedges, pita chips, and many flavors of hummus. Lunch spread Catering… Read more >

Moving day

This post is super old but I didn’t have internet for the looooongest time…let’s back track a few days: Kyle and I were up at 6 am to do some last minute prep work before the movers arrived.  Naturally a run to the ‘bucks was in order. Once 9 am rolled around, the movers arrived and we sat back and watched the magic happen (wow!!).  Talk about perfecting their craft (I’m taking the liberty of describing moving as an art form – if you’ve ever done a big one, you will agree with me on… Read more >

Gotham nights

I started the morning sans cafe because I just wasn’t in the mood.  The wind was pretty ferosh outside, which always makes me want to snuggle up with a book.  So I read on the couch while enjoying a plate of grapes and strawberries.  Later on a made an oat, cinnamon, raisin elixir. Here’s a confession: I like raw oats.  As in, uncooked whole rolled oats. When I was little I used to pour the instant Quaker packs in a bowl, add milk, and eat it like cold cereal.  Obviously, my palate hasn’t matured very… Read more >