babycakes – Hungry Hungry Hippie

Longer than I’ve been alive

Earlier this week my unit threw a huge retirement party for one of my coworkers. She has been a nurse for 33 years. 33 years! Can you even imagine?!? Naturally, she had a ton of colleagues friends to give her a royal send off. Staff members who had long since retired came to wish her well (they were joking that they were in Florence Nightingale’s class). It was such a special thing to see, so I can only guess how much it meant to her. When I was hired, there were rumors of her (then… Read more >

Elise January 10, 2012 babycakes, vegan cakerecipe Read more >

12 miles/hr

Here’s a fun little “would you rather.” It’s pretty much the question that most Angelinos face on a daily basis. Would you rather drive or ride your bike for 12 miles? What if I told you the cycling route would be a guaranteed 60 minute commute, but you may or may not be in your car for 1-2 hours? Welcome to my life. I chose the bike. My parents are in So Cal this week to see all the new babies in the fam, so on Monday night they took us out to dinnah…. Read more >

Elise August 10, 2011 babycakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, falafel, hummus, kale, m cafe, soba noodles, vegan cake, vegan pudding, veggie burger Read more >