garden update 4 (two weeks)

a long-overdue garden update:

cilantro, two weeks ago.

cliantro, 1 week ago.

kale, two weeks ago.

kale, 1 week ago.

carmello tomato, 2 weeks ago.

carmello tomato, 1 week ago.

lots of sungold cherry tomatos.

more of the sungold cherry tomatoes.

the first ripe tomato!

and then i ate it.  it was delish. 

big boy tomato, 2 weeks ago.

big boy tomato, 1 week ago.

tomatoes, 2 weeks ago.

tomatoes, 1 week ago.

i'm about to have lots of tomatoes and cilantro, guess i'm making salsa this summer!

parisian-ish

the weather we've been having in LA is ridiculously undecided.  is it summer?  is it spring?  is it winter?  who knows.  it's 80 degrees one day and 65 the next.  maybe it will sprinkle.  its just that time of year when the weather just can't make up its mind, which makes getting dressed a bit more complicated.  i have to ask myself - will it be cold today?  will the AC in my office be turned up way to high because its slightly warm outside?  will the wind pick up and make it feel cooler than it actually is?  so much thought goes into getting dressed (never mind the whole "am i sitting at a desk or working on a shoot today"), its pretty much a guessing game when it comes to weather appropriate outfits.

luckily the weather decided to stay on the cool side - just warm enough that i could walk around without my trench but not so warm that i wished i'd worn a tank.  i also feel a little bit parisian in this outfit.  i don't know why, i was in paris almost 6 years ago so i really don't know what all the girls are wearing.  but my scarf is from paris and my tee is st. james.  so, you know.  i decided to pull out my neon pink cambridge satchel to add some color to an otherwise gloomy morning!

madewell trench (similar), st. james tee, rag & bone jeans, boutique 9 oxfords (similar), elizabeth & james sunnies, cambridge satchel bag

and i totally realize that this is almost the exact same outfit i just posted (minus the minnie ears), but whatever.  i like this outfit and in real life (vs. blogger life) people wear the same thing multiple times!

  

garden update 3

yesterday was earth day, and what better than to post than a garden update?  i took these photos a week ago, but totally got too lazy forgot to post them!  guess that happens when you are working out every. freaking. day. at 7 am.  

i swear everything is growing so fast, i'm kinda amazed every time i go to the garden!  or i'm just amazed that i haven't actually killed any of my plants yet.   

cilantro

oregano

curly kale

carmello, sungold, big boy tomato varieties 

little sungold cherry tomatoes

more sungold tomatoes growing

i can't wait till those little tomatoes are ripe!  nothing is better than a homegrown tomato right off the vine. i'm hoping to have enough tomatoes to can them for the next winter!

garden update (rip eggplant)

sad news in garden update this week, my eggplant was killed (roots eaten) by an evil beast (gopher).  but the rest of my plants are doing well!

cilantro seedlings popping up.

curly kale is getting bigger!

more sunflowers sprouting

tomatoes keep growing!  a bunch of tomatos are growing on the sungold!

i will have to replace the eggplant (or plant something else that gophers don't like).  crossing my fingers the gopher was just passing through and won't be back!  

i'm going to disneyland (every month)

for my birthday this year i bought an annual pass to disneyland.  it was kinda impulsive, but not impulsive at the same time.  my sister and i had been talking about getting a pass for at least 6 months, we just love disneyland and it's kinda like one of those things that i just had to do it otherwise i will just talk about doing it forever.  or i may have gone crazy.  whatever.

it's impossible to take a photo without other people in it.

gap denim jacket, saint james tee, rag & bone jeans, keds for madewell sneakers (old), elizabeth & james sunglasses

my sister and two friends (gabby & lea - they are also sisters) bought passes, 'cause whats the point of having a pass if your friends don't have one to go with you (every month)???

teacups!

my goal: go to disneyland one full day and one night after work every month.  minimum.  i definitely haven't been there enough in my life so far.  i mean, i haven't used a map in years and i know where all the best bathrooms are but i haven't learned everything about the place.  i'm kinda obsessing.  there might be a lot of disney on this blog this year.  just a warning to those alien readers who don't like disneyland.  and by alien i mean people who don't like disneyland.  how do you exist in the world?  

p.s. i think this is the happiest i've ever looked on the blog.  pretty sure it's cause i keep getting called "princess" by the cast members.  or the fact that there is beer at california adventure.  but most likely the princess thing.    

valhalla goat farm bar soaps + baby goats!

back in the summer of 2012 my mom gave me a bar of soap.  the bar of soap was actually a bar of shampoo soap, from the valhalla goat farm.  at first i was a little hesitant - washing my hair with a bar of soap?  definitely sounds weird, but it's been a few months and i'm totally switched from liquid shampoo to bar shampoo.    

shampoo bar on top, rosemary detox on bottom

since switching to bar shampoo, i've also switched to a bar soap for my face as well as body wash.  all the soaps from the valhalla goat farm are all natural, and made with goatmilk!  the shampoo works into a great lather, sometimes i don't even use conditioner (searching for a good, all natural alternative to conditioner)!  it doesn't leave a residue and my hair looks just as good as it did when i was using a expensive salon shampoo & conditioner.  i also started using the rosemary detox for my face, which i love!  it has activated charcoal which is great for skin, and i love the rosemary scent!  

a little bonus - the last time i went to my mom's house we made a stop at the farm to see the goats!  two baby goats had been born just over a week before my visit, so i really wanted to go see the babies!

has anyone else tried a shampoo bar?  would you ever try it?  aren't the baby goats cute?