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Going red at the annual Go Red for Women luncheon

The yummiest cocktail at one of my new favorite spots – Orchard City Kitchen

Joining our fellow Willow Glenians in the annual 5K

Whole Foods peonies!!

Twinning in eyelet and new sunnies

I’ve taken another one of my blogging breaks (thanks for hanging in there with me) and have really enjoyed rebooting my health regimen (more to come on that later!), spending time with friends and getting a few fun trips under my belt.  Here are some of the my favorite things from the past few weeks:

Paint night with my girls – we bought our own kits from Amazon!

I went to get my wedding ring fixed and was lucky enough to get to try on this sparkler!

An impromptu happy hour with one of my favorite people

Excited for this gorgeous weather and dining al fresco

The prettiest cheese plate ever that my mom whipped up

7th row for Giants Opening Day… my first ever!

Passionfruit with watermelon – the perfect start to my Sunday

I don’t know why I think this is so funny

My favorite brunch (chilaquiles) at our local spot

Bryce’s modeling debut

The Peter Cottontail cocktail made with vodka, ginger and carrot juice… need to recreate stat.

I find an odd amount of joy from my mani matching a magazine (this is not the first time).

Date morning coffee date with my love in Santa Cruz.

Sunday Funday dinner with our neighbors (yes that’s a pool of butter).

A big thanks to Today.com for featuring my french toast recipe as one of their 5 recommended Mother’s Day recipes!  Haven’t planned on what you are whipping up for Sunday brunch yet? Be sure to check the contenders out here!

These longer days are putting some extra spring in my step!  My daily routine has grown to include enjoying a mug of warm lemon water, juicing (with this baby), and dry brushing,  and I love how getting up for my 6am barre class isn’t as painful.  I was super inspired by Food Babe’s new book “The Food Babe Way” and Loni Jane’s new eBook “Feel the Lean.” If you are looking for some healthy reading for bikini season, these are some great choices (with awesome recipes).  Let me know what you think if you’ve read any of them!  Here are some other things inspiring me right now:

Reminiscing about our awesome family vacation in Maui… this pool…

What most of vacation was spent doing (other books on my vacation list were – Girl on the Train, Dirty Rush, On the Rocks and Sharp Objects)

My post vacation diet. JK But seriously these are my favorite thing ever (Icing on the Cake’s Big Top Cookies)

Easter flowers from my love

Dinner at Nick’s with my favorite peps

This year was one of our favorite trips yet… the past couple of years we have gone out of our comfortable “tan/swim/read 500 books” rut and spent a few days devoted to exploring the island (thus only remaining in a “tan/swim/read 300 book” rut).  I wanted to share some of our favorite pictures from our trip and include a few of our fun day trip agendas  🙂 aloha!

Wailea Day:

• Go to Big Beach for a fun day in the sun
• Grab JAWZ tacos for lunch
• Freshen up and grab drinks/dinner and the sunset at Ka’ana Kitchen (be sure to get the fried chicken, abalone risotto, and the tuna tataki with burrata) at the Andaz hotel

Paia Day:

• Grab fish tacos (or the Mahi Mahi sandwich) at the Paia Fish Market (get there at 11am to avoid long lines)
• Head over to Rock and Brews for Pina Coladas
• Drive down the road to Ho’okipa beach for awesome turtle and windsurfer sightings (bring your own towel/they have warm water showers too!)
• Grab Tobi’s for snow cones and poke on your way back into town
• Get back in the car and head to Makawao.  It is an old rodeo town with super cute shops and a infamous bakery – Komoda bakery (be sure to get their butter rolls and glazed donut holes – and be sure to get there before 4pm!)
• Continue the drive to Hali’imaile to enjoy dinner at the General Store (we loved the Sashimi Napoleon, Ombre Tomato Burrata salad, Goat Cheese Panna Cotta, and the Horseradish Crusted Opakapaka). If you get there early (as we did, be sure to check out the glassblowing facility across the street for a real live demonstration, or the distillery for some spirit tasting).
• Grab pies from Leoda’s on your way home

Pacific Ocean/Lahaina Day:

• Go on the Hula Girl (always.)
• The boat leaves at 9:15 and gets back around 2:30ish… we usually are “sunned out” by then and head back to the hotel to get ready.
• We grabbed happy hour at Fleetwood’s (half of cocktails from 2-5pm) and then enjoyed their $1 oysters (from 5-6pm).
• Dinner was at Leoda’s (our favorite “hole in the wall” spot) – be sure to get the fried salad, pastrami sandwich and Lahaina dog.

Until next time… Mahalo!

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