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Yesterday, March 20th, was Meatout.  I blogged about the campaign last week, which encourages veg friendly peeps to spread the word to their family, friends, and/or anyone else who is receptive. In honor of the day I took my sister (who is already very into plant based foods and vegan-friendly dining) to a few of my favorite hippie places around LA.    Actually that’s pretty much all we did these past 3 days.   Hey, I have to send her off to Australia in style, right?  I’m so sad that she’s leaving without a return ticket… Read more >

ADD post coming your way!   Home-made maple glazed nuts and tortilla chips have been on repeat in the hippie household.  Our oven is eventually going to need to be tested on something more substantial than snack food.  I’ve been eating breakfast for every meal.  Oats for dinner.  Granola for lunch.  Pancakes for breakfast.  Repeat.  It’s probably because I’m on night shifts this week so my body doesn’t know morning from evening.    Yes, that’s a new granola recipe.  Wait for it.   This new flavor of Zevia (strawberry!!) gave me such bad GERD I… Read more >

I seem to be unable to motivate myself to run.  I think I have the reverse problem from the rest of society…as soon as I sign up for a race I lose all inspiration to train.  I’m OCD enough to eke out some willpower, but forced running is not fun running.  I know myself, so I know the difference between being bored with my running route and being bored with running in any form.  Boredom is not my problem.  Motivation is.  I’m missing my running mojo. The difference between the old Elise and the person… Read more >

I don’t have many photos yet because this is the first time I’ve turned on my computer since February, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek of our new apartment home.   Ok, maybe you can’t tell much of anything from the picture of Kyle unpacking the kitchen… The days leading up to the move were chaotic; and it was a (planned) blessing that I worked the day the movers actually came.  It was really weird leaving to go to the hospital from one apartment…and then coming home to a brand new place. … Read more >