I hope you all had a great past week and have some fun things planned for the upcoming week!
Here are some things I am loving!
1. Mail from roommates
We just got this wonderful postcard from my roommate who it is Africa this summer. How awesome is that?!
2. Birthdays and birthday celebrations
Last week was my 21st birthday and I had a wonderful time, getting to spend time with the people I care most about!
I also received many super thoughtful, useful, and perfect gifts. From my parents I got the Ninja blender which is UH-mazing! I finally have something that can blend the giant smoothies I make on a near daily basis. This thing has a 72oz pitcher which a couple nights ago I filled to the brim with smoothie good-ness! I also got a vast array of tazo teas, something I am extremely grateful for, cause can you really ever have too much tea? I certainly don't think so!
From Morgan I also got some wonderful gifts. I had asked for a new yoga mat and a deck of yoga pose cards both of which are super useful for my yoga practice. I was also pleasantly surprised by some beautiful natural amethyst earrings and this painting!
It was overall a wonderful birthday and thank you to everyone who I was able to celebrate with!
3. My first bar experience
The night of my birthday I went out with Morgan and my parents and had my first legal drinks! We first hit up a bar in Ballard called the Copper Gate which is unfortunately closing at the end of the month. This place has quite unique decor with pictures of women in the nude everywhere you look as well as a viking ship. Here, as my first legal drink I had a Cidre Bouche Brut de Normandie which was delicious and tasted like an apple cider made like champagne. Yum yum!
Here are a couple pics I got of the night!
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| The naked ladies in the bathroom |
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| The ship in the middle of the bar |
I just finished reading this lovely nutrition/cook book last week and it was one I absolutely adored! Normally I just get books from the library, read them, and then move on. However this book is one I want to own, and so my amazon order is on its way!
Some of my favorite parts of this book were the sections on how to prep and store different fruits and veggies, the chapter on beauty products and the different plastics in food storage products, homemade herbal tea blends, tips on limiting or eliminating refined sugars, as well as some delicious recipes.
I started making this this past week and I love it! It is super easy, cheap, and fast to make. It even has cinnamon in it, which gives it a really nice taste!!
I found the recipe here, one of my all time favorite blogs.
6. Homemade granola
Another oat centered item! Since I had the week off I did a good amount of recipe experimenting and this was another experiment that turned out really well!
Check it out!
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| This is part of my second batch of the week, it was so delicious I couldn't resist the first batch! |
This tea is so delicious! I first encountered it at the tea bar in the tazo store in University Village and fell in love with it on the spot! This was one of the teas I received as a gift from my parents and have cold brewed it for the past two nights.
Look at how beautiful that is!
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| A blend of hibiscus, freeze dried strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry, jasmine green tea, rooibos, orange peel, rose petals, chamomile, and blackberry leaves. Yummy! |
I just finished watching the season finale of Mad Men and also started re-watching 30 Rock this past week. I love going back through shows from the beginning, I am always amazed at how some actors will look really different in earlier seasons while others don't age a bit! I also find that going through the years on a tv show is a great way to see how fashion trends and styles have changed over the years!
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Also, tune in later this week for some installments of my personal experiences with illness, recovery, and finally health and how this connects so centrally to my diet, who I am today, and who I plan to be!
Happy Monday!
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