Swanktastic
Hey hey hey 🙂 How are you? Hope your day has been lovely. Thanks for all of your fabulous comments this morning- I’m so stoked to hear that the Brita filter works!
So the reason why I woke up early as ballz was because my work friends and I went to Miraval, one of the local health resorts.
Before leaving the casa, I packed up two gluten-free waffles with an egg puff, and put it in a baggie in my purse for later. I was SO glad I had it!
We spent the morning training some of Miraval’s retail employees- it was a lot of fun 🙂
After our training sesh, my manager had to take a conference call, so the rest of us went exploring.
Miraval is BEAUTIFUL.
Comfy bed?
Yes please.
Gorgeous pool?
Uh huh.
OUTDOOR yoga studio with mountain views?
YES PLEASE.
I’m kicking myself for not buying the Groupon they had a few weeks ago….
After the adventure, we stopped at Ike’s for a little caffeine boost:
(Rice Milk Chai)
and I came back to the casa to make some lunch.
Leftover lentil loaf with kale and 3 egg whites:
Thanks so much for your tips on how to get the lentil loaf to stick better next time (flax/chia egg and/or processing half the lentils in the food processor). I knew that Ange had made one (which took her a couple of trials and she perfected it), but figured I’d give it a whirl on my own. I need to remind myself that there’s no need to re-invent the wheel… if another blogger has created an amazing version, why mess with perfection? 🙂
I’m off to choreograph for a while and then teach!
See ya in the morning <3
xoxo
Gina
Something to read:
The lululemon blog– yours truly got a special shout out today for my unicorn tears comment 🙂 One of my goals is to eventually write the “Juicy Goods” (the company weekly update), so this was extra exciting
Tory Horton’s Hardcore Fitness Plan
Millions of dead fish blanket Redondo’s King Harbor Marina (so very sad)
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Omg that bed looks like a cloud!
it’s so fluffy… i’m gonna die!
hahahahha great quote!!
I’ve made Angela’s lentil loaf and it’s so good! That’s so cool you got a shout out! 🙂 Have a good night!
The Pilot may need to worry a bit about the man on the bench. He’s a hottie…I’m just sayin’… 😉
that einstein… what a lady killer, right?
How exciting about the shout out! Ill check it out right now 🙂 Oh and I totally had an egg puff yesterday!
Miraval looks like a fabulous place. The view is beautiful!
The kale looks great, I need to start eating it. It feels like the universe is telling me to eat it. Kale is the new spinach! (Modern Family) You inspired me to try my hand at Indian food. So, I thought I would tell you about Seeds of Change simmer sauces… they are AMAZING!! They are certified organic (a must!) they were $3.89 at my Whole Foods in Utah, and there is a $1.00 coupon on the Whole Foods Website. I hope you give them a try.
that place looks amazeballz haha
im going to have to try to make my own lentil loaf, ill try and follow an already perfected one, but still knowing me.. i wont haha
I saw the shout out. You go girl! That place is gorgeous! But Einstein is lookin a bit handsy. Pilot might wanna watch out. :p
haha!
Love the pic of you on the bench, lol! Too cute!
Wow the outdoor yoga looks amazing! The whole place looks amazing!
Have a good night friend! Woohoo on the Lulu thing!!!!! xoxo <3
I need me some Miraval, like NOW!!!
Miraval does look beautiful! That would be such a fun place to stay!
What is it about having a huge fluffy bed all made-up for you that just takes “being somewhere else” to HOLY LUXURY happines?! haha, enjoy : )
They have rice milk at Ike’s? I WISH Starbucks would start offering almond milk!
mmmm that place does look swanky nice 🙂 Nice job on the shoutout on the blog!!
Uh oh – maybe the Pilot will grow back his ‘stache since you seem to like Einstein’s? 🙂
That place looks amazing!!!
those 20 reasons to be happy – thing about loans–well damn I guess I should have just gotten loans and went to college instead of being an admin at 17 – so much for earning your money before spending it!
I’ve heard Miraval is AMAZING! Enjoy your time there!
OUTDOOR yoga studio with mountain views = omg that is a gorgeous shot! I bet yoga would be sooo awesome right there! And in AZ, you have your own personal “bikram/hot yoga” studio for more than half the year. No need to invest in a heater with the weather there 🙂
I’ve heard awesome things about Miraval, too. How wonderful for you.
And reinventing the wheel…girl, I am so right there. Sometimes I want to make something on my own, make it my own, put my own spin on it, but then I go back and study what another blogger, cookbook author, or my mother or grandmother did, and i realize there is NO NEED to reinvent the wheel.
But with all that said, your lentil loaf (and angela’s!) both looked awesome!
wow – yoga with the mountain view sounds like my fave part!
I love you, and I love that you gave Ange props 🙂
love you too friend. good recipes always deserve props 🙂
The most amazing bed I stayed in was at Mirage hotel in las vegas…. they WERE CLOUDS. LOL. 🙂
ooh, and lentil loaf sounds like a good dinner tonight! 🙂
Hideeho g-monaaaaaaaaaaah,
Ahem, so anyway, this is a link I found via another blog i enjoy, theclothesmakethegirl.blogspot: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/03/09/the-perfect-body-as-illustrated-by-olympic-athletes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving+%28Sociological+Images%3A+Seeing+Is+Believing%29
And I think it’s so cool! Just wanted to share it with you and thought you might want to share it with your readership as well.
Wow, wish I could be in your place- yoga, massages, lentils….
You’ve got it good- enjoy! 🙂
Love waffle sandwiches like that!
I am literally drooling right now over that outdoor yoga studio! I LOVE doing yoga outside!!
Wow, that resort looks splendid!!
i’ve always wanted to try the lentil load from oh she glows!
Absolutely GORG. I am a Groupon FIEND, it is my favorite way to keep up with my cheapo ways:)
That bed looks so so comfy!! I would love to try yoga at that outdoor studio! I cannot imagine how peaceful and serene it must be out there!
The outdoor yoga studio is beautiful! Love the pic with you and the other man.
OMG I’m so jealous you live so close to Miraval! That’s pretty much my dream holiday destination and my mum and I are planning a (late) graduation present trip to go there. I’ve looked at the website so many times and REALLY want to try some of the cooking classes that they offer. Everything looks so amazing!!
I’ve been tempted multiple times to buy trips to Miraval on both http://www.jetsetter.com/sales and http://www.ruelala.com. don’t mean to fuel the shopping fire.. but I do… 🙂
also the blurb about Starbucks being on a health kick? so awesome. makes me feel less bad about my $5 chai everyday.
oh wait a sec.. is that link old? I skimmed it earlier but it just occurred to me that other things on the list happened awhile ago. weird.. wonder why they still have it on their site.
Thanks for the link on the fish in Redondo Beach, i am from that area and when my friend (who still lives there) sent it to me yesterday i was DEVASTATED, but so happy to learn it was not from pollution, whew!!!! Still a frightening scene, but nonetheless relieved to hear the cause.
That resort looks amazing, sign me up!
I’ve always wanted to visit that resort! it looks amazing!!! I hope you get to go and stay awhile soon. What a fun work trip!
Wow, swanky resort indeed! When I was last in northeastern India, there were a ton of “spiritual”/healing resorts that literally looked like magical palaces. You’d have an absolute field day there!
so swanky! I want to stay there 🙂
Don;t you love Groupons? That outdoor yoga space looks like perfection.
Hey Gina:
I really love the new (or new to me, at least) “you might also like” widget! I’ve been playing around on it, and at one point it took me to a post (“Sweet Day”)that included some delicious-looking raw cacao cayenne truffles. Unfortunately, I didn’t see a recipe anywhere. Any chance you could point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Miraval looks gorgeous! I definitely want to go there someday 🙂
I love your links of stuff to read… they’re always interesting!! 🙂
I love the new ‘you might also like’ widgets! help me find older posts I like before I knew about the blog
Mirival looks like heaven…maybe someday. On a sidenote, I broke down and bought a bag of Sun Warrior from your promo…totally an impulse buy! But I;ve been dying to try it!!
let me know what you htink- i have a feeling you’ll love it 🙂
That resort looks amazing. I’d love to go there.
That outdoor yoga studio is amazing! Now *that* is how yoga is meant to be practiced!
GINA!
Is the sun warrior promo only for the vanilla sun warrior??? i need me some of my beloved chocolate SW!! (they say admitting is the first step to addiction). I’m addicted and in need! hehe thanks 🙂
i think it is- just add cacao powder to it and then you have vanilla and chocolate 🙂
p.s. lurve your little zip-up; is it LuLu?
yup the define jacket