More sweets

Yesterday I decided to bake up batch of cupcakes, because apparently I didn't have enough sweets over the last week. Missing Native Foods like crazy, (seriously, one in Northern CA would be amazing) I pulled out Chef Tanya's Restaurant cookbook and tried out her recipe for Elephant Chocolate Cake.

I got about half way through the recipe before I realized I was short an ingredient.  So I made do and added a few touches here and there, turns out I really need to restock my baking pantry, Christmas wiped me out.  I ended up with delicious moist little cakes, even my meat eating parents liked them.  This recipe also comes with a peanut butter cinnamon topping, which I made, but for some reason, these taste better without it.  Looks like we are going to have fancy PB&J's this week. Oh darn.

I'm sort of exhausted

Boy did I have one long weekend.  While there is still quite a bit to pack (seriously, I had no idea I had this much stuff!) the husband and I took a break from cardboard boxes to enjoy a few things L.A had to offer.  Starting with a good bye party on Friday, a pretty successful moving sale Saturday morning followed by an amazing lunch.  We are long time fans of Native Foods and attended their private opening for their new Culver City location, and upon arriving found out our entire meal was totally free!  I love when companies give back to their long time customers!  With full bellies, my husband and I practically waddled out, with our pumpkin cheesecake to go and got a little rest for our night time fun.

Now, I have lived in southern California for 8 years, and have somehow never made it to a roller derby match.  Or is it game?  Either way, a lovely new friend from the Bay Area came down for the Long Beach Roller Derby championships and extended an invite.  Lets just say we jumped at the chance.   Lauren, or better known as Auntie Social, not only got us front row seats, she explained all the ins and outs of the game, its quite simple once you catch on.

If you live near Long Beach, I would highly recommend checking out the next match!!!  I found myself cheering along and even high 5ing the players at the end of the night.   A huge shout out to Auntie Social for being a totally awesome roller derby host!  You can check out a few more shots from the night here too... I even made it into the background... all blurry like.