It was in a pickle

I usually don't share when I'm traveling beforehand (safety thing) but I just got back from London and I am still on a high. I went with one of my best friends. After I got married, most of my traveling became trips with my husband, which I love, but it had been several years since she and I had gone somewhere together. So this one felt really special. A fun girls trip, just us, and it was so so good. 𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 @Eloise Ansell 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻. Some of you know her, she's in this community. We've known each other since last year and if you've ever been in a friendship where you send each other 10-minute voice notes back and forth, you know how it feels to finally be in the same room as that person. She made the journey, over an hour and a half (and then several hours to get home - I'm so sorry!), just to meet me for brunch at Mildreds (a really popular vegan restaurant in London). I love meeting my "online friends" in real life. There is just nothing like it. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱. This was honestly such a breath of fresh air. Living in the US, even being relatively close to New York, I am so used to scanning every single menu hoping there's one option for me. In London it was completely different. Vegan restaurants everywhere, and even regular restaurants had real plant-based options. I had vegan fish and chips while my (non-vegan) friend had hers, and the best part was she was genuinely excited to try everything. We did bottomless plant-based sushi, vegan afternoon tea, dim sum, desserts, so much matcha. Not one stressful food moment the entire trip. I didn't realize how much mental energy I spend on that at home until I didn't have to. 𝗪𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱. We saw it live in the West End. I love the Wicked movies, I love Wizard of Oz, and seeing it performed live in London was just something else. Really wonderful. I'll definitely be sharing more from the trip but wanted to pop in and say hi. I was around in the community this past week, but now I'm fully back and excited to our cooking class on Tues, new resources being dropped, and more. I missed you all!

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Because they cantaloupe.

I know not related to plant-based eating or wellness 😅 but IYKYK.. I'm from New Jersey, right next to NYC, and I grew up in the 90s watching the NY Knicks (NBA basketball team in the US). I have fond memories of watching games with my family..the days of John Starks and Patrick Ewing. They had a history of winning... and then losing. I've watched games randomly since, but they got into the finals this year, so of course I had to watch. And omg today's game?! Down 29 and then won game 4. Any other fans out there? Let's chat.