Music Monday

Death Cab for Cutie- You are a Tourist

Great song, awesome video. All shot in one take, so cool!

:D

Tasty Tofu Pad Thai

So a little fact about me, I love asian food. So much. Whenever the dude and I go out to eat, which isn't very often, we always end up going somewhere that serves delicious asian cuisine. Lately our go-to has been Thai. Pad Thai is a pretty standard Thai dish, but none the less amazingly good. I love it so much, that I sometimes even get the Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu from Trader Joes when I am craving it. It does the job and is actually pretty dang tasty.

So I have been thinking lately how much I need/want to make my own, so we can enjoy this dish whenever we please. I found a recipe online and tweaked it a bit, so easy and good.

  

What you need:

8 ounce Rice Noodles 

1/2 cup non-salted, dry roasted peanuts (chop if you would like)

1 cup of bean sprouts

Bunch of green onions, sliced into whatever length you like ( I bought a bunch and used half of them. We like green onions, but use however much you like)

Thai-style baked Tofu cut into small chunks (You can use regular or any baked, asian style)

2 tbls finely chopped garlic

1 tbls Raw Agave Nectar

1/4-1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (Optional. I used a heaping 1/2tsp)

2 tbls Expeller-Pressed Peanut Oil

3 tbls Reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 tbls lemon jucice

Steps:

Mix agave nectar, soy sauce, lemon juice and red pepper flakes in small bowl.

Cook Rice Noodles according to package and in the meantime, heat oil in a large skilled over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for about 1 min. Add tofu and green onions, cook until green onions are tender.

Add noodles to skillet when done, along with bean sprouts and agave/soy/lemon/red pepper mixture. Toss together and spoon onto dish, then sprinkle with peanuts.

Then stuff mouth with deliciousness!

 Simple, quick and easy! Next time I make this, I would maybe make it a little sweeter with a tad more agave nectar and possibly add some tiny pieces of shredded carrots...either way...yum.

Hope you like it if you try it! If you modify it/add stuff, let me know how it turned out that way too :)

Hike to Rattlesnake Ridge

This past Sunday the man and I went on a hike!

Not our regular hike that consists of long miles, but flat, easy ground...in which you barely break a sweat.

But the kind of hike that is a constant incline, you sweat a lot and your legs feel like jello.

It was awesome and sooo worth it.

When we got to the top, which is called Rattlesnake Ridge, the vistas were so unbelievably beautiful and breathtaking. The elevation at the top is around 1200ft and you can see for miles.

We found a nice little section of the ledge free of all the numerous other hikers,

laid out our stuff and enjoyed the view for about an hour while eating blueberries and talking about how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the Earth.

A little friend trying to snatch a blueberry, he got so close to me :)

Best friends <3

Ity-bity sail boat and tress.....

Contemplating never going down... Can't I stay up here forever?

On the way back down....

From down below. We were on top of that....so awesome!

Can't wait for more hikes like this....I <3 u Washington State.

Music Monday

From the very first time I heard this song, I wanted to hear it over and over 

and over again....

The beginning of the video is a little more violent then this ol' blog of mine is used to,

but I do love all the feathers in this video haha

Grouplove-Colours

Hope you liked this one :)

Blush Tones + Lace

This is what I wore today while running around town with my man.

We stopped by a park for a bit to hang out and snap a few photos.

Luckily, it wasn't tooooo warm today, so I was able to wear my blazer that I haven't had enough opportunities to wear thus far :)

CHEESE! hahaha

Blazer & Tank-H&M, Bar III Lace Shorts (On clearance at Macy's for only $20..wooo!) Oxfords & Belt-UO and

Renard Bijoux Bronze Owl Necklace-Anthropologie.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Can't wait till tomorrow......husband and I are going on a hike with some majestic vistas! Photos to come :)

Seattle Neighborhoods

About a year before we moved back to the Pacific Northwest, I discovered this amazing company called Ork Posters. The artist behind the company designs posters & screen prints for various city neighborhoods from L.A. to the Twin Cities, Boston and NYC.....there is a nifty lookin' neighborhood poster for your city.

I knew that once we moved to the Seattle area, I needed my very own to grace our teeny-tiny apartment's wall.  A few months ago I decided on the special edition screen print and couldn't be more satisfied. The sizing of these posters are kind of funky, so I matted it myself and then framed it.

DYI baby...

Pretty cool, right?!  

Check out their site if you wanna show your city some love by decorating your wall with one of these 

sweet little babes...

Hope you are all having a good week...tomorrow is FRIDAY! 

Thank.God.

Music Monday

Whenever I hear this song by The Naked and Famous, I can't help but feel 

good.

I love how this video captures the freedoms of youth so well....

Hope this song made you feel good too :)