[arms of undertow]

Shamelessly borrowing the dairy association's tagline because it is WAAAAY more appropriate for yoga. For real. Yoga, is done, in some way, shape or form by all. Everything needs a good stretch now and again. Yoga just takes it to a whole other level. But I digress. And I actually enjoy a cold glass of milk every now and again (not milk hating by any means). In February I passed my 1 year yoga-versary and it's been an incredible journey. "Wheel you humor me and take a pic?" @Mt. Whitney waterfall Things I learned: I am insanely flexible (move over Gumby) Pranayama steadies my nerves and allows me to deeply focus on the task at hand When I practice regularly I can attain balance - spiritually, emotionally and physically All those fancy schmancy asanas (poses) that seemed soooooo impossible - not so! they are definitely attainable and with practice you will be graceful That fear that everyone in class will judge me? Bollocks. In fact, public class is soo...

Summer is upon us and the work powers that be decided to spring a fun Thursday outing on the staff with lessons on how to throw a proper (pinkies up) cocktail party. Fueled with good food and great drinks while surrounded by awesome company the team headed down to North Park in San Diego for a step-by-step culinary and cocktail guide c/o of Hip Cooks . The theme for the night was infusions. The cocktail station  Peter (PEEEETAAAAA!!), our gastronomic sage guided us on our journey teaching us how to prep and cook fabulous finger foods. We created 3 dishes at a time and while the food cooked the team diversion came via Aaron, master mixologist, who taught us how to make Dionysian libations (also 3 at a time) appropriately paired for our noms. We were sooooo fancy :) Garden Party cocktail in the making  2 rounds of delicious apps and lots of liquid love brought the team together in celebration of 1/2 a year of amazing work for ourselves and our clients. It was a...

I've never been crazy about prints, cos frankly I don't feel I can pull them off.  But i'm becoming a bit more daring and lately i've been crazy about Ikat .  Here are a few lovely examples of this type of print, which seems insanely labor intensive..but the results are gorgeous: Dresses...I've never been much of a dress-wearer...but I live in Southern CA now and when it gets hot...it really gets HOT.  If i'm going to rock a frock, it will probably be something along these lines =) The colors and the cuts are right up my alley <3 Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent, $334 @ Revolve Clothing Nanette Lepore, $126 @ Revolve Clothing I love the home accents...and will probably try a few out in my own lil corner of California.  With prints, I think the basic rule of thumb rings true and you should definitely keep it minimal.  No better way to accents the neutral tones of my home than with either a pop of turquoise in the pillow above or with han...

My Valentine's Day post suggested making cupcakes for the sweet significant other in your life.  I thought long and hard about what kind of cupcakes i'd make.  While skipping joyfully through the aisles of the local Filipino food mart in Riverside, CA....and naturally, plucking from the shelves all the ube (purple yam) infused foods I could find, it hit me.  Ube cupcakes.  Duh. They're sweet and they're purple. Can't go wrong for Valentine's <3 I found this recipe online @ kirbiecravings.com : Ingredients 1 cup grated ube yam (can be found frozen in Asian markets) 2/3 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 Tablespoons butter (1.5 sticks), softened 2 1/4 cups sugar 4 large eggs 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil 3 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Thaw and drain ube yam. Place ube on a small sheet of foil, place foil in...