Good morning! It’s almost the weekend! Do you have any fun weekend plans getting you through to Friday? Do tell! Velvet Husband and I are headed to Lake Tahoe for a spring ski trip to celebrate his birthday!
Have you ever noticed these knobby-looking pollarded trees looming over Bay Area streets? Check out these beauties near our flat. Kinda creepy and The Road-esque, huh?
Breakfast was Overnight Oats in a Jar Part Deux! My first attempt wasn’t too successful, probably because I left out the “in a jar” part and made them in a bowl. Super smart, I know! 😉 As you can imagine, without all the peanut butter goodness to scrape off the sides, my first OIAJ attempt was a little “meh.” This attempt, however, was a peanut-buttery success! The night before, I mixed together 1/2 cup of oats, 1 cup of water, cocoa nibs, and a few banana slices.
Searching for warmth on a cold and drizzly morning, I heated up my OIAJ in the microwave for about a minute and added blueberries and a scoop of peanut butter. I love how comforting and portable this breakfast is. Many thanks to the amazing bloggers, Tina from Carrots ‘N’ Cake and Kath at Kath Eats Real Food, for inspiring my little breakfast jar.
For lunch, I met Velvet Husband at a vegetarian restaurant called Greens, which I highly recommend if you’re in town. I first ate at Greens when a dear friend from Russia (she’s from Colorado; we just lived together in Russia) visited me around the time Velvet Husband and I first moved to San Francisco. Stunning light-and-airy dining room, sweeping Golden Gate Bridge views, vegetarian splendor, and a few vegan dessert options! I had fresh spring rolls (pictured here with tofu, which I promptly removed post-picture because of my soy sensitivity), spring stir fry, and a vegan brownie with almond sorbet. The spring rolls were a great starter, and spring stir fry was oh-so-delish. The vegan brownie was good, but a bit on the dry side. I kind of ended up wishing I had saved room for a cupcake instead, but hey, at least it looks pretty! 😉 Overall, a wonderful experience. Definitely worth checking out when you’re in San Francisco!
Since we had a late lunch, I skipped the leftover stuffed bell pepper and went with a Carrot Cake Larabar during a break in my Russian class. Much less annoying than a classroom carrot chomp fest, agreed?
Don’t you just love those professors who treat grown students like middle schoolers? I do, I do! And if you’re curious, this is a continuing education class I’m taking to brush up on my Russian — I already graduated from college and law school. 🙂 Anywho, our sweet professor brought us delicious Russian candy that remind me of Mother Russia! You’ll find these chocolates made by the famous Russian candy company, “Krasny Oktyabr” (Red October) all over Russia and in speciality shops stateside. Red October makes delicious and uniquely Russian chocolates with cute names like “Skazki Pushkina” (Pushkin’s Fairy Tales), “Misha Kosolapy” (The Pigeon-Toed Bear), and the one I had last night, “Krasnaya Shapochka” (The Little Red Riding Hood). I forgot how vkusno (tasty) Russian candy is! Do you have any favorite international sweets? Where do you find them in the U.S.?
Good night, San Francisco! Thank you so much for reading my baby blog! 🙂
I love your blog, Angel, it’s so professional!! Thank you for joining me at Greens yesterday. What a great lunch. I can’t wait for our weekend together at Tahoe! You will have some great pics to post from the slopes!! Hope you are having a beautiful day.
Love you, Velvet Husband
Awww thanks for the shout out, my love! Can’t wait to celebrate your birthday in Tahoe…hopefully our weights workout the other day prepared us for the slopes!! 😉 LOVE YOU.
I absolutely loveeee Overnight Oats in a Jar.. and I may have a small peanut putter addiction (in addition to bananas of course!) 🙂
Also.. love the comment from you hubby.. it is so cute! BOTH of you are so cute!
Thanks, girl! And hey, PB is a healthy addiction, right? Just like blogging, lol! Yeah, the OIAJ are so fun, and I can already foresee making ’em for road trips and such. Have a fab night!!
Your blog is great and you and your hubby are too cute!!
I love that you sneak oink stuff in!! haha! I have a hello kitty toaster I snuck in the kitchen, he was ok with it ! I want that pink kitchen aid mixer too! Its so cool!
Have a great night!!! xoxo
That dessert looks amazing!
Thanks so much, Katie!! Yes, pink accessories/duvet covers/kitchen appliances will slowly make a comeback in our house — husband beware!! 😉 Happy (early) Birthday!! I hope it’s fabulous!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I had a professor in college who was like our sweet little grandmother. She would make our class chocolate chip cookies and call us when it snowed to make sure we didn’t try to make it to her class. I wanted to be her honorary granddaughter. 🙂
Your college professor sounds amazing — how cute that she called you to make sure you DIDN’T come to class, lol! One of my professors from college was a lot like that and was SO good-natured and caring. His last name is Kolsti and one of his former students named their first child Kolsti after him! 🙂