A Dream V-Day...

It started with a 3 day off weekend. Yes Mon-Wed. So indeed, work was torture today. After having such a nice 3 day week end start. ;) I don't even know where to start. Well lets see- Monday night I went ALL kinds of OUT for my boyfriend, for the special day. I made paper tissue flower for him, heart garland....and the best of all- his raw strawberry cashew cheesecake. Mhm hm. All out- is where I went.
Sheesh. Somehow I got finished with it all- before he got home from work, too. Thats pretty impressive on my behalf. Oh and I made a video- of me singing to him. Yeah, I really did do a blow out valentines this year- and let me tell you, it was worth it. This was the best Valentine's Day I've ever had. Hands down.

We started off our day Tuesday getting lattes at our favorite coffee spot, Urth cafe. It's a great restaurant. They pretty much have the best all around latte. You really should go- but dine in and drink it there. They always make beautiful art on your latte foam. And you always get this nice big glass mug. It's a cozy place with really awesome delicious food. healthy too ;) of course.

From there- he took me to the surprise part of the day. "The Hike". I was a little worried- I'm not gonna lie. I'm not the best worker outer there is in all the town, thats for sure. But this was a gorgeous scenic trail. All the way to the top of the hill- above the Hollywood sign. It was so nice. So nice. The weather was perfect- I didn't even realize the hardness of the trail at all- if there was any. Because it was so awesome once you get to the top. The walk down was so steep- we ran half way- and I never stopped. I was very proud of myself. I know I'm getting better at running- which makes me happy.

we did it!

and then we went to the surprise lunch spot he had planned for me. BEST PART. for sure. the one and only Real Food Daily! I had been here several years ago- but nothing beats this time.

Unfortunately I was so excited when we got our appetizer which seriously was the best part .... we got the not-chos. They were soooo good. Thankfully I did take a picture of our actual meal we shared. The cornmeal crust pizza. cornmeal crust sold me with just those words. It usually does with anything. I'm a sucker for it for sure. We also were drinking the Kale N' Cuke Lemonade the whole time. Very refreshing after our hike- or any day for that matter I'm sure. It was so good I drank it way too fast, and probably way too much. They give free refills. :o

this pic really doesn't do the taste justice. 

There was so much flavor in the pizza. like every bite. everywhere. It seriously was perfect.

So thankful he chose this place to take me. It was so so good. If your ever in the L.a. area- you must try Real Food Daily! They have 2 locations, one in Santa Monica and then also in Hollywood.

<3

After that we went home and rested- but then we remembered- we had one more thing planned, besides  dinner. the sunset! we made it just in time.

sailboat crossing the sunset...

my feet need guiding.

my boyfriend playing with rocks. oh what amuses him.

and then came dinner... he couldnt make up his mind with what he wanted... noodles or rice. so I made both :) one is half rice, half noodles. with 'beef' and the other with 'mandarin orange chicken'. It was very good. I did good. :) " " mean it's faux. By the way obviously.