Grocery Shopping in Austin

I love grocery shopping. It is my favorite ever errand & much too enjoyable to even call an errand unless, rather than a solo outing, one or both of my children have managed to stow away & join me. Even shopping with the kids in tow is actually getting really fun these days. E is a champion cart pusher & Lila, like her mama, likes to read labels.

Austin is a great grocery town. I am working on a Whole Foods/Central Market comparative analysis (bar graphs! Venn diagrams!) Plus, my beloved Trader Joes is opening in Rollingwood in a hot minute. Of course there are farmers markets everywhere & even HEB beats the average grocery store in my former hometown.

Check out this story from Thrillist about the new Mueller HEB. It looks awesome enough to warrant a drive across town to check it out.

How about you? Do you enjoy grocery shopping? To me, a cart full of fresh, healthy foods is a cart full of inspiration & promise.

Beautiful cherries at a market in Paris

Juiceland Cleanse

I picked up a few key phrases in France. Je voudrais une baguette, Je voudrais un verre de vouvray, Je voudrais un petit dessert. Loosely translated: I want, I want, I want...delicious things.

It's one of the best parts of vacation, discovering that joie de vie, relaxing the standards we set for ourselves in real life. It's lovely. And when we come home, it feels good to get back to our healthy habits. This part,this readjusting to real life, has been a bit challenging for me this time around & it's time to clean things up a bit. So...

It's time for a Juiceland Cleanse. Austin has it's share of great places for juice. I love Juiceland (www.juicelandaustin.com) because of this amazing concoction called the Ninja Bachelor Party. I crave it. Seriously Amazing. Sadly, the Ninja Bachelor Party is not a part of the "Level Two" cleanse, but I am looking forward to trying some new juices. Since I'm doing 3 days this time, the cleanse will be all wrapped up in time for my birthday on Friday. Cheers!