this is a little intimidating but here it goes...

Hi! Welcome. I'm glad you're here. This blog was created to chronicle my adventures as a twenty-something navigating my way through the world which includes (but is not limited to): delicious food, beautiful friends and family, my wonderful city of San Francisco, travels near and far, and all of the anxieties, uncertainties and sheer excitement of being young and not really knowing what is going on with my life. Comments, [constructive] criticism and commiseration are all encouraged. I hope you enjoy!

With that being all said and done, I present to you today's breakfast:

up close

hover shot. note to self: buy a cute tablecloth, too much white in my apartment

After a much needed and wonderful trip to my native New Hampshire to see my family and childhood friends, this was my first weekend back in the city. I love breakfast foods, but between working a 9-5 job and not being a morning person, it's rare if I ever eat anything during the week that isn't a rushed bowl of cereal while getting ready or a yogurt at my desk. I love weekends because it means I can sleep until the kids from the projects across from my building start yelling at each other or my roommate feverishly knocks on my door to wake me up because he is bored. It also means I can enjoy breakfast. Wait. Let's be real. It's brunch. I don't function before noon unless I have to. Today I made scrambled eggs with green onions topped with cheddar, steamed zucchini, white onion and carrots, sprouted whole grain toast with raspberry jam and Earl Grey tea with delicious milk. Nothing fancy, but it was just what I needed after a somewhat late night with my lovely friends, Hannah and David.

they are simply the best! (with stick, whom we love dearly and is not a Harry Potter wand)

I try to be as focused and dedicated to fresh, local and organic ingredients as I possibly can be. Food these days downright scares me a lot of the time, so I try and eat as well as I can. That's not to say I won't eat garbage food every so often, nor does it mean I am the healthiest, but that I appreciate knowing where my food is from and feeling good about what I am eating. I do my best to not support scary, scary things in this world.

In other news: today's goals include cleaning my bathroom and kitchen and finishing the last bit of unpacking from my trip East. Let's see if I can accomplish that.

xoxo, Cathleen