"Climb mountains not so that the world can see you, but so you can see the world." Happy Friday! Any fun Super Bowl or weekend plans? Speaking of the weekend, today I'm hopping back a few weekends to talk about where I spent part of my MLK Jr. holiday: When I found out that both my hubby and I had no plans for the Monday holiday I had off, I decided that it'd be a great day to try a new hiking trail in the area. Since Southern Cali has gotten a good amount of rain recently (well, for here at least!), I thought it'd be cool to check out a waterfall hike. We decided to head out to the Cedar Creek Falls Trail - a hiking spot located in a town called Ramona about an hour from my house. ... [Read More]
Archives for January 2015
San Diego Restaurant Week Fun: Del Mar’s CUCINA enoteca + Taste of Thai
Last week was an exciting time for a San Diego foodie who enjoys a good deal like myself: the city's 2015 Restaurant Week! Over the course of 7 days, diners can enjoy discounted prix fixe lunch and dinner menus at the more than 180 participating eateries in 12 regions throughout San Diego County. Every year that I've been in town for it, I love taking the opportunity to grab a bite at a few of the participating restaurants that I've never been to before for a few bucks cheaper. The first restaurant that I dined at during Restaurant Week was Del Mar's CUCINA enoteca -- an eatery featuring California-inspired dishes with an Italian flair. CUCINA enoteca opened in 2013, and I had heard good things about it. Zagat recently called Cucina Enoteca one of the hottest restaurants in ... [Read More]
(Super Bowl Recipe Idea Alert!) Chickpea Sliders with Vegan Garlic Aioli
Hi friends! Hope you had a nice weekend! My weekend was pretty low-key, and the highlights were a Friday evening light hike with my little family, a pedi/lunch date with a girlfriend on Saturday and a trip to the dog beach on Sunday afternoon. Do you know what my weekend did not include? Football. Well, technically that's not true, since I did watch a bit of the Pro Bowl when Serena Williams' match at the Australian Open last night went to commercial, but that's only kinda sorta a real NFL game. This is the time of the year when the NFL season ends, and on one hand, it's nice because I have extra time to do other things on Sundays; but on the other hand, I get a little sad because I love watching football and all of a sudden there's this empty hole in my sports viewing life. ... [Read More]
Mediterranean Wedge Salad with Chickpea Vinaigrette
Ever heard of the phrase, "If you're bored then you're boring"? For some reason I was thinking about this the other day in the context of food as I was photo editing this recipe. If you eat the same foods day in and day out and are just kind of blah about your meals, you're most definitely a boring eater. And you're probably bored with your diet. Let's talk about salads in this context. Numerous people have said to me, "I can't eat a lot of salads because they just get boring." ... [Read More]
Being Gym-less + Gigabody Online Fitness Class Subscription Giveaway
Ever since I was a teenager, I've belonged to a regular gym.... that is, until last year, when I moved and left my beloved, cozy gym full of friendly people and didn't begin a membership somewhere new. Since then I've tried out a few regular gyms, but haven't found one that I've loved enough to join as a member. While I'll probably join a gym sometime in the near future to switch things up, I certainly haven't been bored during these months. Between hiking around Southern Cali and other outdoor workouts, trying out a couple of new workouts with Groupon, doing a few fitness collaborations for the blog, including trying out ClassPass and working out at Fitwall, taking challenging classes instructed by my newly Lagree method certified friend (Core40 review here!), and working it out ... [Read More]
Date Night in Carlsbad {Weekend Recap}
Hi friends! I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend. My long weekend was a great one, and here were some of its highlights: I kicked off my weekend with a walk along the beach with my little family. I had planned on getting an at-home workout in afterwards, but wound up not feeling like it at all. Most of the time when I'm feeling this way I just push through an exercise session, but once in a blue moon I just skip it - especially when I've worked out every other day that week as was the case on Friday night. Instead of working out I baked banana bread, read blogs, made white broccoli pizza and watched a movie.....and it was fabulous. Saturday morning I met up with a few other women for a hike at Torrey Pines State Beach. It was a perfect day weather-wise, and ... [Read More]