Happy Tuesday, friends! I feel like I covered all the bases last weekend from invigorating yoga classes to absolute craziness with the citywide Bay to Breakers event. But first..some eats.
I made my Banana Walnut Oat Pancakes for us on Friday morning…in heart-shaped form. I was feeling romantic ;). This shot was oddly popular on my Instagram!
We had a fun work event towards the end of the day with a fabulous spread! I particularly liked this vegetable-and-dip set up - so creative (and sustainable). And there were two huuuuge trays of chocolate covered strawberries. People were bringing platefuls home.
Date night at Blackwood was delicious, and the company even better, of course. Highly recommend the red curry!
Saturday morning was breakfast tacos, since we were out of bread. I used farm fresh eggs and these heirloom corn tortillas from Rancho Gordo in the Ferry Building that were SO good. At first I was uninspired by this breakfast but one bite into those special tortillas I was sold. It really is a whole different kind of corn tortilla. I need to go back and stock up!
Solo lunch after a day of shopping and manicuring at The Plant - I got an acai bowl because I had been craving one for a while. Love the plating! This wasn’t my favorite of acai bowls, but I’m looking forward to going back to the cafe and trying the rest of their very tasty-looking and healthy options.
We had a very hearty breakfast pre-Bay 2 Breakers on Sunday morning - a homemade toast “bar” with toppings of choice - sliced banana, blueberries, hemp seeds, peanut butter, apple butter, Earth Balance. I tried Trader Joe’s brand of multigrain gluten free bread and was pleasantly surprised. We also had some coconut yogurt and gluten free granola on the side. And sampled some of my new gluten free cornbread muffins. And mimosas and coffee. Wow - that sounds like a LOT of food.
Well, we had to fuel up for the chaos that was to come. Sunday was the annual Bay to Breakers race. We had heard that it was a city-wide event and that people dressed up for it and it was a really fun time, but honestly, we. were. so. unprepared. The race starts at the east side of the city and cuts right through the middle to the other side - a little over 7 miles.
There are several thousand people who run the race, but the majority of people dress up (or don’t wear clothes at all) and just follow the race route in parade form and walk it. All the houses along the route open up for giant house parties, and there are DJs and live music and CRAZY costumes and drinking and lots of families and dogs and it’s just a REALLY cool tradition.
The costume memo was kind of lost on us, but we went with “warmth”. I have no idea how people were walking around nude!! It was chilly!
We walked 2-3 miles of the route, and met up with one of our roommates who completed the race! The streets were filled with revelers and it was just good fun. It reminded me a lot of Mardi Gras - steeped in tradition and craziness, but pretty well maintained to be honest. Next year I want to run the actual race and see the whole course! But now you understand why I needed to detox yesterday with the Triple Green Quinoa…
Thanks for stopping by! 
What an awesome event! I’ve never heard of it before but it looks like a blast! All of your eats looked delicious too. Plant Cafe is the BEST and I’ll have to keep eye out for those Rancho Gordo tortillas! I’ve had their heirloom beans before and they were really good. Also, love the pepper dip holders. Such a great idea!
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I’ll have to try out their beans next. It was like an eye opening experience for what tortillas could be! Haha. And the event is insane - since you’re in the bay area, you must check it out next year.