Goodness Bowl #2

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I know it’s been a minute since I’ve shared a recipe- but I hope this one will make up for it!  And now that I’m bunking up with a stylist- well things just got even prettier around here!  What you’re seeing here is tri-color quinoa, roasted veggies (beets, broccoli, butternut squash) and a citrus turmeric dressing.  This recipe makes enough for leftovers if two people are enjoying it- which is great, and a little extra dressing that can be enjoyed on other vegetable or fish dishes!  It’s my first time using raw turmeric and I’m now obsessed.  Please expect my fingers to be permanently yellow!  I hope you make it, I hope you love it as much as I do, and I hope you have a giant good old fashioned belly laugh at least once today!! xx- Sarah  {see my last goodness bowl here}

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Style Round Up

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Today’s post is dedicated to the color grey and these badass ladies who’re showing us all how to rock it best. There’s something to be said for a wardrobe full of neutrals and grey is at the top of my list in said wardrobe- it might even be my favorite as of late!  And how cute is that skirt/sweater combo below?  Time for some shopping!  xx- Sarah  {via 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5}

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I Got Dressed!

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Happy Tuesday my friends, I hope you had a great weekend!  Well, the background of my style posts are going to have a whole new flavor to them now that we’re living in San Diego!  I haven’t had too many excuses to get out of my yoga pants (or brush my hair or put on makeup) since our move- but I managed to yesterday and it felt amazing!  Today I have a meeting that will require me to be presentable and  tomorrow I’m headed to LA for a project so I’ll have been dressed three days in a row!  Funny how that can feel like an actual victory.  ha!  Wishing you all small victories today!  xx- Sarah

Outfit details: jacket: Zara, blouse : Stella & James (similar), pants: Zara, shoes: Brian Atwood, bag: Chloe, sunglasses: Karen Walker

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Sea Ranch Dream House

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Phew, we all made it to Friday!!!!  And I’ve got a visual reward for us.  At the end of last year we went to a magical little town a couple hours north of San Francisco called The Sea Ranch.  It is seriously one of my favorite places in California that I’ve visited so far.  So when I stumbled across this amazing house in Dwell I pretty much fell off my seat and into a puddle of my own drool. Check it out below-  ISN’T IT AMAZING?!  Have a great weekend my friends!  xx- Sarah

{via Dwell}

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Bali Part II

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Thank you all for the sweetest comments on my last two posts- they made me laugh, some of them made me cry, and overall they just made my heart warm.  I love you guys!!!!  We’re all settled in with the friends that we’re staying with until we close on the new house (!!!!!!!) and I’m thinking that by next week I’ll be back to regular recipe posts, style posts and my usual song and dance.  But before that happens I want to share the second half of our Bali trip with you!  This post is dedicated to all of you in the northeast still shoveling your way out of the heaping present that Juno left!  I grew up in Maine so I remember those stormy days oh so well!  Let today’s post be a little escape to a place where snow doesn’t fall, windshields don’t need scraping, and mittens are non-existent!

As you saw here, we spent the first of our two weeks in  Ubud,Bali at the amazing Castello Jasper with friends!  And then we snuck away for a romantic week at The Bale´hotel in Nusa Dua- in search of white sand beaches and a whole lot of nothing to do.  We found exactly what we were looking for!  I don’t have a ton of recommendations because we barely left the beach/hotel/spa- but it was one of the most amazing places we’ve ever stayed and too gorgeous to not share!  It’s not a budget friendly hotel but we were there during the off season and they were running a special so we snuck into a hotel that we normally couldn’t afford.  As for travel to Bali during the “off season”- it rains a bit more (which I found romantic and lovely), there a more mosquitos than during the non-rainy season and it’s quieter.  From what I gathered that’s about the only major difference. Well worth the savings to visit then in my opinion!

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Health Update

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Ok, so after yesterday’s post where I laid out all of my angst about food, the judgmental and laughable ways we talk about it, and summarized some of the amazing mass of contradictory information floating around the interwebs- I want tell you what I REALLY think about food, what’s changed for me over the past year, what’s working for me now and what I’ve learned.  Yesterday was my way of poking fun of something that is totally overwhelming for so many of us- that leaves us feeling like we’re falling short of an ideal or messing up our health in one way or another.  It was a much needed laugh about something that has consumed so much of my thought and time these past few years.

So now I want to tell you what’s been going on with my health and diet, because sharing my challenges with Crohn’s disease and helping to raise awareness remains one of the things I’m most proud of with this site.  As you may know, I’ve remained in remission from Crohn’s since my diagnosis in February 2011 (which does not mean I’ve been in perfect health- but does mean that I’ve not had a full blown “flare up” requiring hospitalization or medications, which anyone with Crohn’s can attest to as being a gigantic WIN!)

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