Monthly Archive: September 2011

17th St. Cafe & Bakery

(Based on the name of this post) you can probably guess where I went to dinner over the weekend… 17th Street Cafe & Bakery!  It’s on Montana Ave (and 17th Street – duh) and has been on my to-try list ever since we moved to Santa Monica.  I live a few blocks away, so there’s really no reason why I haven’t yet been. Last week Alene emailed saying she had a groupon for the restaurant that was about to expire.  There’s nothing like a coupon for food to get a group of friends together (add… Read more >

In & out of labor

I worked Saturday, but had Sunday and Monday off.  Wee! Let’s fly through Saturday so I can show the fun stuff.  I got up at 4:30 am to work out.  It was mediocre since I had a headache.  I don’t know that my heart rate got up since there wasn’t any cardio going on, but I did some weight stuff, resistance bands, and yoga/stretching for 30 minutes.  My headache disappeared once I drank a few glasses of water (and a mug of almond milk/coffee).  My half-caf-java was followed by the above breakfast of vanilla soy… Read more >

Back to school special

Hey September!  Welcome to the show… Even though I’m not a student, I know what this month means for all you summer vacationers (the end of sleeping in ‘til noon and wearing swim suits all day long).  Goodbye beach reads, hello homework. Kyle is just wrapping up his summer internship, so in a couple of weeks it will be back to the MBA grind party.  Which means…it’s lunchbox time again! BYOB (bring your own box) is how we roll in this hippie household.  Pros: price (so much cheaper than buying meals on campus or at… Read more >

Leafy linkage

I have been reading some interesting articles lately related to veganism, health, exercise, and the likes, and since I feel like you, my dear readers, have literary interests in common with my own, I should share them… A heart attack proof diet – a book showing the link between a plant based diet and cardiac health, who’da thunk it!  (it’s also related to Bill Clinton’s vegan diet) A sandwich at Denny’s with 99 grams of fat and 1700 calories – can you say coronary bypass? Tea is the new coffee – I’m not hating on… Read more >