Shine in the Rain

It's overcast & raining here in the bay...

But

I'm meeting up with a dear friend to go check out diamonds at the Legion of Honor (free day for the first Tues of the month)
Sharing a delicious dinner to warm the soul
& Perhaps some power yoga with a controversial teacher in SOMA

Intriguing!

Jouer Vivre

Photo by the lovely & inspiring Garance Dore.

Cogito Cogito!

“Cogito, ergo sum” —
“I think, therefore I am”

Truer words...
So easy to forget

How do you see your world
How does your perception shape your day to day
& thus your present, your future, you

School to Work

Sometimes I have to remind myself!

Surrounded by dusty old practitioners with an eye on the bottom line
The worst fate is one of monotony & loss of soul in daily life
Living for the weekend, is second worst
Amor fati, creativity & love of the little things
Keep an eye on quality & purpose and live it out the way you like it
Jouer Vivre

Sunday Funday

Lafayette Park, a nice little place to plop down on the sunny hillside with a good book. Stroll right down Octavia if you get hungry and find Blue Fog Market offering gourmet baked goods & sandwiches for an impromptu picnic.

Jamie Cullum is all kinds of amazing, nice way to start a leisurely Sunday! 21:30, he covers Lauren Hill!


Yesterday was Coco Chanel, I love strong, graceful, beautiful, powerful, intelligent women.

Sundays mean reading the paper, soy lattes, a catch up brunch fest with friends, baking if inspired, pedicures, magazine catch up sessions at the local bookstore.



Another beautiful, sunny day in San Francisco...life is good.

San Francisco at night

I love running at night in San Francisco. The streets still have so much energy, the air is so crisp & the hills offer up a perfect challenge to tone & firm. I love the majestic houses that shield you from the wind, some elegant, others overwrought and hungry for attention. I love the lights of the city. I love the postcard views from every angle.

A view from Alta Plaza at night.

Ever Changing

Like everything else in San Francisco, the weather is ever changing. Today, a flash flood one minute ( and my 2nd umbrella purchase in a week), and sun breaking through revealing clear blue skies the next.

Other things that seem to be just as mercurial in this city,

aside from of course the weather,
restaurant menus (seasonal, local, organic, fresh in the truest sense)
food carts (twitter to follow the chef on the go)
people talking (talking a mile a minute where ADHD isn't diagnosed but the norm)
people walking (walking, biking, up and down the hills of SF, a pedestrian paradise)
the landscape (is it any wonder, it fits the city, as SF is shaken, literally, topography follows suit in ceaseless, tireless motion)

Fraiche, divine healthy & organic dessert

A happenstance drop in at Fraiche on Fillmore street after dinner with my cousin at Dosa (which was great for ambience, just okay for food), and I decided right then that I must move into a unit above this Yogurt shop.



Not only do they offer the most delicious organic frozen or non-frozen fresh yogurts, they have fresh fruit toppings that include fresh pomegranite to on the spot shaved dark chocolate.

It doesn't stop there, they offer frozen SOY YOGURT! This is the only froyo spot I've found that offers a non-dairy option which is the only kind I can have. And it isn't too sweet, and just delicious.



And it goes on, you can have a perfectly healthy breakfast of slow cooked steel cut oats, or a freshly baked vegan organic applesauce muffin with your fresh yogurt. And yes, Blue Bottle Coffee is of course served here.



I've found my perfect breakfast/dessert spot in San Francisco, and I'm never moving!

All photos from the fraiche website:
http://www.fraicheyogurt.com
"Fraiche is a homemade, organic fresh yogurt and frozen yogurt café. All of our European-style yogurts are made from scratch, in-house using local Clover organic milk and a special probiotic-focused culture. We believe in the goodness of pure, simple foods and that you shouldn't have to choose between "great tasting" and "good for you". We use only the finest ingredients to handcraft the most delicious yogurts and specialty toppings you can find. With our selection of fresh-cut fruits, local honeys and purees, toasted nuts, homemade granola, and hand-shaved Callebaut chocolate..."