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Hello.  Remember me?

Well in case you missed it, last week I FINISHED law school.  FTMFW! *applause*  In my quest to complete school and graduate blogging fell by the wayside.  Now the NEUROTIC QUEEN in me wants to update the blog with everything that has happened since the last post.  Luckily most of what happened was studying.  So there; update complete.

....BUT since I have been gone so long, this post will be like three-posts-in-one.

Post No. 1: Ultimate Relaxation

These are my toes after an amazing spa pedicure.  The background, in case you couldn't tell, is the BEACH--which is one of my favorite things ever.  The bestie and I made our second appearance in less than 3 weeks at beach this past weekend.  But what better way to spend the weekend after completing law school?  

Oh, I know: Eating fruit, marshmallows and mini éclairs dipped in warm chocolate and caramel.  Yes please! And thank you.  Fondue at the Little Dipper was Phenomenal.  If you haven't had it, you must.  Seriously.
















Post No. 2: Veggie Tales


So, you may or may not know about my obsession with the idea of being a vegetarian.  On my weekend trip I decided to try all veggie-eating to see what it was like.  Loved it.  Eating that way brought me in contact with so many different flavors and textures.  I'm afraid to "officially" say I am no longer eating meat because...for example what happens when I go to a cookout?  I'm not sure I can resist a hot dog.  But I know I am definitely incorporating more veggie foods into my "diet."  (I say diet in quotes because I'm obviously not on a diet--see fondue chocolate above.  I just mean into my more regular eating pattern.)

In honor of veggies, I made this simply delicious black bean quesadilla  yesterday:

Ingredients  

• Sun-dried tomato tortilla
• diced tomato with onion and green pepper
• black beans
• CHEESE (yum!)

Preparation

• Heat tortilla cover in cheese until cheese is melty
• add ingredients 
• fold in half, smash with spatula :) (my favorite part)
• garnish with your favorite dipping sauces--mine are salsa and guac.
• DEVOUR 

Post No. 3: Summer Hair Preparation

After being sand-blasted at the beach--it was super windy--I returned home with sand everywhere including in my hair.  I decided to use the opportunity with which I was presented--the need to wash my hair--to try out some new products for my summer hair.  "But Tiff, what is "summer hair?"  By summer hair, I mean my natural, un-straightened hair.  I saw these product in Whole Foods, and after my LS extolled its greatness to me via Twitter ("@tdotey I LOVE IT") I decided to give them a try.

Before: Icky, Frizzy, Crinkly Mess

After: Less Messy, More Curly

All in all, the products, which were extremely pricey, worked well.  Turns out my hair is slightly damaged from too much flat-iron heat. FML.  So there are about a million different curl patterns going on.  Eh well.  Que Sera Sera.  In any event, Kinky-Curly will be the product of Summer Hair 2010.  Yup.

Ok.  So there it is.  Three posts in one.  I think we're back on track.  Operation sick bod will follow suit (ie get back on track) momentarily.

Ciao

A Taste of the "Foodie" Life

I love being inspired! And this week I was inspired by this -->afoodiestaysfit.com and this--->First Camera, Then Fork (also courtesy of Teri at afoodiestaysfit.com).  So today I am giving this foodie-blog-girl thing a try.

This a.m. I vacillated back and forth about trying a yoga class at this hippie yoga center downtown.  But spontaneity is the spice of life, and so I went... And LOVED IT!  More on that later.  But the point is after I was finished with what amounted to a private lesson in vinyasa yoga, I was craving a homemade smoothie.  Problem: I don't have a blender.  Well, I didn't but I immediately ran to Target and found the perfect single-serving blender for a pretty price point! $15.99 FTW!  See pic on right ---------->

Fast forward to me mixing up ingredients in my kitchen and the Blog pops into my head.  And my first "foodie" post was conceived.  So here it is:

"Ingredients"

Frozen fruit: strawberries, mangos, pineapples, Fresh fruit: bananas, Simply Raspberry Lemonade, Vanilla yogurt.

"Finished Product"

This smoothie was DELISH!  Seriously, I will never buy another smoothie out again.  Ok that might be an exaggeration.  But I loved making this at home.  It was simple and simply delicious.  Can't wait to make another one.

So after my yoga class I was also craving a scrumptious lunch.  That reminded me of Teri's blog post about the open-faced roasted-veggie sandwich (in case you missed it above).  Decided to make my own, here's how it goes:

• 
  
  roasted veggies: squash, green beans, carrots, red pepper, onion, zucchini tossed in a little olive oil, oven-roasted at 400 for about 30 minutes
• 
  
  cream cheese
• 
  
  tangy barbecue sauce
• 
  
  toasted bagel, halfed, with the center slightly scooped out.
• 
  
  shredded parmesan cheese
• 
  
  ASSEMBLY: spread cream cheese on inside of scooped out bagle, spoon a little tangy barbecue sauce over the cream cheese, pile high with roasted veggies, sprinkle with shredded parmesan.
• 
  
  FEAST

Ok, so does this post make me a foodie?  Doubtful!  Actually, I'm pretty sure it doesn't.  But blogging about food was super fun.

So my day so far has been Delightful.  Went to yoga at The Yoga Gallery where I got instruction on how to improve my practice.  We did a flow-based class on the warrior series of poses and concluded with pigeon pose.  All these poses were about alignment and opening of the hips.  After an hour and a half, lets just say my hips are feeling SUPER open. O_o.    Unfortunately now I have to turn my attention away from all this AWESOME stuff and back to studying. WOMP WOMP WOMP. 

But I see the light at the end of the table-- Graduation is May 16-17, 2010!