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A Labor Day Morning

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By the looks of my Cafe Brazil coffee stash it doesn’t seem as though I’ve been longing for my Dallas days lately – holy icicles!  Perhaps I’ve been distracted with thoughts of LA, continuous DC work trips, or more likely, the coffee was buried so deeply in my freezer that I forgot it was even there.

Neglected coffee means neglected percolator.  I’m sorry percolator.

I made a conscious effort to eat a simple and lovely meal at home this morning as I’ll be at the airport bright and early tomorrow and then in DC for the following seven mornings.  Seven mornings with disposable coffee cups, seven mornings with questionable breakfasts.

I combatted the potential ‘woe is me’ moment with over medium eggs on sprouted wheat toast and piping hot cup of Joe.

I packed the remaining HLS bars with hopes that having an alternative to office pastries and muffins will aid in my survival for the next seven mornings.

Have any tips for healthy habits during an extended work trip?

Wish me luck!!

Football And Chicken Wings?

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After a steamy day of taking new blonde blog photos with Patrick (you should check his website out, he’s AMAZING) and Justin, it was time for some cold beers and football.

We made it a middle school affair by meeting up with the other Kristens, both of who I met at the fresh age of 11.  It’s crazy to think it’s possible to know people for 17 years and counting.   And I love that years can pass and we can still reunite and be just as silly as the day we met.

I was craving wing sauce like nobody’s business and I didn’t hold back, not one bit.  I’m still eating about 99% dairy free and 90-ish% meat free since the LA meat debacle. But since hearing Dawn Jackson Blatner, author of The Flexitarian Diet, speak at HLS, I’ve decided that it’s not the end of the world if I occasionally do the meat thing on special occasions.

And if Gator Football isn’t a special occasion, then by golly, what is??

What are your favorite special, splurging occasions?

Happy Gameday!

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A Yogi Tea with a spiritual quote of the day is far from a typical gameday beverage.  But with a week of DC travel ahead of me, a calm Labor Day weekend is the wiser choice.

I was torn between incorporating the leftover Pizza Fusion tapenade into my breakfast or eating straight up leftovers.  Decisions, decisions.

Incorporated breakfast won!  I scrambled an egg, spinach, and vegan cheddar til fluffy and set atop a tapenade covered piece of sprouted wheat toast.  It was a hearty little breakfast.

Happy gameday to you all and Gooooooooo Gators!

Hipsta-Sushi

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I made a mental note as I walked out the door this morning to pack my camera and, whattayaknow, I left it on the kitchen counter.  Luckily I have the Hipstamatic app on my phone, which does its best to mask the terribleness of the iPhone 3 camera.  Where are you iPhone 5!?

Robbie, who I can usually convince to go wherever I want for lunch, has been a tad difficult lately.  I mean, seriously, what’s wrong with wanting to go to Cafe Hey every day for lunch?  Anyway, I lost that battle, and we settled on The Rack where I could get sushi and he could get man food.  I would never let him know that it worked out for the best, but it did, because the tuna and avocado salad was pretty much my dream lunch.

Don’t for get to check out my guest post on Then Heather Said!