Sweet.

September 18, 2009 at 4:19 pm (Uncategorized)

That’s how today was.
First my sister, Sarah, took me out to lunch (slept in and missed breakfast—oops!)  for my birthday the food was delicioso. I ordered a simple, plain dish to really put their sauce to the test and I can happily report that I added neither salt nor pepper. Sergio’s is definitely worth checking out.

Afterwards I drove home and babysat for one of my favorite families, who after three years have become like family to me. Jason, Skylar and I practiced yoga, played board games, and hung out outdoors–all in all a very sweet afternoon.

Then after that I headed to CDY to cover a shift for a fellow Karma Club member (Karma Club=people who work a shift at the studio, either the front desk or day care, per week in exchange for free yoga classes) and got to hang out with Jake and Samantha, two very awesome kids.

Finally after that I went to dinner with a friend of mine, Max, at Kawa Sushi. With my newly legal-CA DL I ordered myself a Mai Tai and was somewhat dismayed when it was actually a good, strong drink. I was counting on the stereotype that restaurants don’t serve strong cocktails…besides that the food (and company) were great.

Afterwards I came back to William’s (my boyfriend) house and did his dishes and folded his laundry for him while he worked on some new clothing designs. His birthday was this past Wednesday, so I was more than happy to do some cleaning for him as I know it really gets him down when the house is a wreck (not to mention the fact that his birthday present to me was spectacular and as I type this he’s handing me delicious left over pasta he reheated for me on the stove from Sergio’s…Mmmmm). Anyway, tomorrow we’re going to the beach so I made us sandwiches, chopped up fruit and got everything ready…

I promise to provide a little more substance tomorrow…not much here to chew on…accept maybe a conversation about great Italian restaurants?  I’ve gotta say Sergio’s really impressed me…they had minced black olives in their olive oil to go with their freshly baked (and promptly served) foccacia bread. How about this: what’s your favorite restaurant and why?

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CHALLENGE

September 17, 2009 at 1:10 pm (Life, Yoga)

I’m challenging myself. The challenge is for me to blog every day until it becomes habitual. I keep reading other peoples’ blogs and envying how often they post…I realized that I do have things that I could write about every single day and that I need to take the lid off of what I consider “postable.” So here’s today’s post:

I SIGNED UP FOR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING! WOOOO HOOOOO!! My training starts October 23rd and runs through February 26th. By the time I am done I’ll be able to teach yoga and I am SO excited!

In other news, today was a good day. I’ve been teaching one yoga class a week to two visually impaired kids, Ross and Katie. It really puts my verbal skills to the test! It’s really fun to have a forum for my creative problem solving skills…finding ways to communicate yoga poses to kids whose view of the human body is fuzzy at best (Ross and Katie can see some colors, but Diego who will be joining us starting next week is completely in the dark).

I then worked my shift at The Dog (also known as CDY and Cosmic Dog Yoga), which is always a blast. I got to hold the darling KD Rosenberg and practice some flying therapeutics and acro yoga with the talented Jamie McMaster. If any of you readers out there have been interested in trying out yoga, Jamie is teaching a partner yoga workshop on October 3rd. Partner yoga is very beginner friendly and because it is less structured than a regular yoga class and a lot more playful it’s not as intimidating as another class might be.

Well more tomorrow, I promise! In the meantime, I’m curious, to those of you who haven’t done much yoga, or any at all…why don’t you do more yoga? Or what stops you from wanting to give it a try? What do you think of yoga (ie in terms of stereotypes)?

Love to you all,

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