Love relaxing days like these...

Good evening everyone!!!!

Ginger and I are just lounging about. Watching movies and blogging :)

How has your day been so far?

Mine has been fairly relaxing.

No work. No obligations. Just did what I felt like doing.

Don't you love days like these?

Let's take a little glimpse into it....

This morning I...

began updating this post at 7 am in my Zombie like state...I didn't even have work this morning - I just couldn't fall back asleep!

I then had a delicious breakfast consisting of:

Chunky peanut butter and honey toast with 2 fried egg whites & half a yolk on top.

1 veggie pattie.

Coffee & Skim milk.

Lastly - 1/2 of a smoothie consisting of:

(this recipe makes two 8 oz glasses)

1 banana

2 apples

1/2 cup blueberries

1 cup fresh spinach

8 oz skim milk

blueberry activia yogurt

2 teaspoons honey

2 tablespoons lemon juice

a few shakes of cinnamon

I suggest you give this recipe a go sometime. It is quite the delicious combo!

This afternoon I...

went on a 20 mile bike ride with my dad. By the end of the ride I realized that my dad, who is 40 years older than me, is in A LOT better shape than I am. That needs to change lol.

Lookin mighty sporty in my dad's 'Fairlane' hat.

Speaking of sporty - def rocking the fanny pack. No shame.

Such a beautiful day for a bike ride!

This is my dad. He rides his bike almost every day- looking like a bumble bee. Love it.

Lookin like a little boy lol - ready to ride.

During our ride we stopped by my moms office to say hello- she took this photo before we dipped out.

(This picture wasn't altered in any way- the colors just turned out awesome!)

This was roughly a 20 mile bike ride. After we were finished my legs felt like complete jello, I was dehydrated, and hungry. I went home - drank my body weight in water - finished my smoothie - and slept for three hours.

Awesome day so far!!

Tonight I....

will be watching season 3 of the television series 'Dexter' with my friend Kim!! Eeeek I'm so excited!!

After finishing season 2 over this past weekend - I've been itching with childlike anticipation to begin season 3!

I'm also excited for our 'Dexter' watching ritual - baking and devouring HUGE DELICIOUS blueberry muffins! About a month ago Kim and I found the blueberry muffin recipe to end all blueberry muffin recipes, and ever since then its been a ritual of ours to make them during our Dexter marathons!

I will be sure to feature them as soon as possible on my blog, but for now....I'd like to keep this one to myself ;)

I'm sure we wont complete our season 3 marathon tonight, because we have an art class at 9 am tomorrow morning, but I'm sure we'll get a good chunk of it out of the way!

Tomorrow I will....

Go to art class with Kim at 9 am.

Eat lunch with Kim at my favorite restaurant - Taqueria Mixteca (I've been having withdrawals lol)

Go to the gym. Ride my bike. Relax.

Then have yet another Dexter marathon with Kim!!

(I bet she's going to be sick of me by the end of tomorrow night lol)

While going through my daily "blog check" today I came across a lot of pictures that I find interesting, cool, beautiful, and wonderful in one way or another:

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend filled with delicious foods and fun times.

Be sure to check back for my next post - I'll be featuring a brand new recipe!

Let us begin...

[[Today’s music]]

I usually don't feature more than one artist during each post...but I decided it was more than necessary today, because I've been listening to these songs over and over again this week.

These two girls are my absolute favorite female artists - it's safe to say that I have a girl crush on the both of them.

I suggest you give them a listen.

(1) ST VINCENT – WHAT ME WORRY

This live version of "what me worry" is amazing - not to mention she is one of the most beautiful curly heads around.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Ellie is amazing. Beautiful voice – beautiful music. Makes me happy to be alive at this time in music history.

[[Today’s restaurant]]

BOB’S CLAM HUT – MAINE

[[Today's kitchen gadget]]

ROTARY KETTLE

[[Today’s news]]

CHEFS WHO MAKE HOUSE CALLS

"On the counter in Jill Donenfeld's Malibu kitchen, just across Pacific Coast Highway from David Geffen's sprawling compound: leafy cilantro; wild arugula; portobello, shiitake and cremini mushrooms; a deep purple eggplant; silken organic tofu; gourmet olive oil; sea salt and a food processor. Donenfeld certainly knows her way around the kitchen — she's been a recipe tester, a sous-chef for a catering company and a cookbook author — but on this sunny afternoon she's not doing the cooking. Her "culinista" is.

Four years ago, 26-year-old Donenfeld founded a weekly home chef service called the Dish's Dish, which employs a stable of trained chefs, called culinistas (she's trademarked the word) to shop for, plan and prepare a variety of store-and-serve, mix-and-match meals for busy families and professionals in Los Angeles and New York City. The service made its bicoastal leap to L.A. a year ago.

There are other similar services, such as Rawvolution, Vegin' Out, Freshology, Sunfare and Susan's Healthy Gourmet, that will prepare this kind of food in advance and deliver it to your door. What sets Dish's Dish apart is its level of personalization. It doesn't just send food; it sends a chef who will create a menu based on your personal taste and health requirements, cook a week's worth of food for you, store it in Tupperware and leave it for you along with reheating instructions and nutritional information.

The cost is $300 per week, plus groceries, which, depending on the size of your family, generally adds an additional $70 to $170 per week. That's to say, this kind of attention to detail doesn't come cheap. And considering that the median weekly household income for residents living in Los Angeles County is just more than $1,000, according to the U.S. census, using a service like the Dish's Dish is, by any stretch of the imagination, a luxury.

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Want to read more?

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-dishes-dish-20100916,0,2016679.story

[[Today’s random]]

TAKASHI MURAKAMI EXHIBITION @ THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES RECAP

“Although the show isn’t set to officially open until September 14th, we can now offer a first look into the new exhibition from Japanese superflat artist Takashi Murakami. As extravagant as one would expect, the exhibition showcases a beautiful array of works, including paintings and sculptures in a cornucopia of vibrant colors. For those in town be sure to stop by as the exhibition will be running through December 12th, 2010, on display at the prestigious Chateau de Versailles, which marks a major development in the career of Takashi Murakami.”

[[Todays food clip]]

DENISE’S SOUL FOOD TRUCK – WHERE THE CARIBBEAN MEETS THE DEEP SOUTH IN PHILLY

[[Today's curly head]]

EMMA STONE

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