Greetings from Los Angeles!

Hello, lovelies! I didn't mention this earlier, but I have been in LA the last couple of days. And let me tell you, it has been amazing! I will write a more detailed post in the next week or so, but in the meantime I wanted to share with you a review of a really great restaurant out here. My friend Brooke (pictured above) took me out last night to Real Food Daily and it was exactly the type of LA cuisine I was looking for. Healthy, fresh and local (and affordable!) After gushing about it to some of my other friends about it there, I did learn that there are a ton of other equally amazing places just like it, but since it was the one I tried, just wanted to share it with you. If you're LA based or ever find yourself in these parts of town, I highly recommend.

More to come in the next few days!

(Food photos via Maryellen Baker via Facebook)

Hip Restaurant: Marlow & Sons, Brooklyn

This weekend Alex + I ventured to South Williamsburg's Marlow & Sons. It's been getting great recognition, for a few years now, for pioneering the local food movement in Brooklyn (even being featured on The Martha Stewart Show), but us Manhattanites shamefully never got around to going. Well, I'm so glad we finally did. The food is truly amazing. To start, we had the most perfect dirty martinis, and mouth-watering oysters, from Cape Cod, served by our very knowledgeable and friendly wait staff.

For our entrees I had haddock in a cauliflower puree, and Alex feasted on a pulled pork sandwich (with rosemary mayo - yum!) And for dessert we had the most decadent caramel chocolate cake with sea salt that I am seriously still thinking about. Marlow & Sons has officially been added to my fave list. And their store is pretty cool too. ♥

(Photos via Ontheinside and Travel & Leisure)

Have a dreamy weekend!

It's Friday! Hope everyone has some fun plans this weekend filled with beautiful weddings (Congrats, Rachel + Darren!), farmers market trips + beach picnics!

Alex + I are going to dinner at Colicchio & Sons this weekend. I ♥ Top Chef so, finally, going to one of Tom Colicchio's world-famous restaurants is going to be a real treat. And going to try to catch Eat, Pray, Love. :)

Have a great weekend, everyone! xo

Oh, and here are some totally random links I would love to share with you...

HILARIOUS missing cat email (it takes a few minutes to read, but totally worth it -- like, real LOL funny)

Naughty bookcases

Bizarre-looking animals (eek!)

Mad Men's Christina Hendricks before she was famous

How to Be Alone (via Every Little Counts)

Funny commercial: How many hipsters can you pack in a Honda jazz? (via Swiss Miss)

Adorable painted little piglets

Fake Pool

(Photo by Deb Schwedhelm)

Hip Restaurant: IDEYA, Soho

I see new restaurants all the time, that I want to try, but somehow I always end up going back to the same spots. And for me, one of those regulars is IDEYA in Soho. I've been going there for years. Tried + true. Delicious Latin food (for when I'm craving platanos maduros) + warm, casual vibe. And the most amazing mouth-watering jalapeño-infused margaritas ever. Eat: Ideya