Green Juice.

Over the past four years, I have discovered the fabulousness that is juicing.  I have been incorporating three-day cleanses via The Blueprint Cleanse into my life at least twice a year. Juicing has changed my life. Now that my body knows about green juice, I wake up craving it.

The thing with Blueprint is that it's shipped overnight from NYC {and it's raw & organic...so it's not CHEAP}. Only recently has the company expanded production and made their juices available {in a flash pasteurized version to extend shelf-life for a few days} in Whole Foods stores across the country. Of course, as soon as we moved from La Jolla, it came to that store!! Luckily, I found a great {cost effective at $3.75 a bottle at Safeway} substitute by Evolution. 

You might be thinking, "Why doesn't this crazy person get a juicer?"

Trust me, I've weighed that thought against both the pros and cons. I've decided that as long as I'm working {also said: as long as I have zero disposable time}, the convenience of grabbing the 2lbs-of-green-veggies-in-a-perfectly-chilled-little-bottle from the fridge outweighs the cost and process of gathering, juicing, storing and cleaning.

On our most recent trip to Kauai, our barefooted Wailua hiking guide {a local "Grandma" of five...who, by the way, looked younger than my own mother and had shiny salt & pepper hair down to the middle of her back} told me that cancer and disease cannot survive in an alkaline body. She brought a large mason jar of green juice with her where ever she went. She told me that green juice helps the body lower its acidity {brought on by things such as coffee, most fruits, and meat} and balance the pH back to alkaline.

OK, enough of this chemistry lesson. For a more practical real life example: Since drinking high pressure-processed natural green juice, I've had more energy and less random food cravings because I'm actually getting the vitamins I need. I never get sick {ruh roh, knock on wood}.  In juice form, the nutrients go directly into the bloodstream within minutes.  I can literally feel my skin and organs absorbing the vitamins, minerals and enzymes. I know, I'm a freak. But I love it. 

I don't care how poor I am...I will never give up my green juice.

**UPDATE: Blueprint juices are spreading like wildfire & are now available at most Whole Foods grocery stores, as well as several other locations all around the country! Click here to see if your location is included!

Perspective...

Are my parents seriously coming to visit and staying in our guest room?

Weird...and I like it.

No wait, I LOVE it. Dad and Diana are driving their way down as I type! This will be the first time that they have ever visited us: a) as Mr. & Mrs. Davidson, b) in the Bay Area, and last but not least - c) it will be the first time ever they've stayed with me at my/our place since I moved to California when I was 18 years old. Epic. Moment. In. Time.

I am sooo excited! They are going to be here around 4pm. They are staying in our spare room at our cute little apartment until Tuesday. I'll have to remind them to think "Europe" when they are here (small, jam-packed, shoe-box-like living quarters...with the magnificent scenery and fantastic wine making up for any deficit in elbow-room).  Tuesday, we are picking up my beautiful sister, Teagan at the airport, and all heading up to Napa/Calistoga for the rest of the week for a fabulous 4th of July / Anniversary celebration for Dad & Di. 

The icing on the cake? 

The entire week of rotations has been cancelled, so Mr. can partake in all of the extravaganzas!