Hi everybody – I hope you had a great weekend! I was lucky enough to have Friday off, and I used this weekend to completely recharge, do some fun things, and finish a few projects around the house. On Thursday night, we went to the LA County Museum of Art to see a surrealistic wonderland exhibit. Some of the highlights included seeing work by Frida Kahlo, including Las Dos Fridas. Her work has such a visceral feeling to it, and it’s even more intense in person. This painting is about five feet wide and staggering in person.
Las Dos Fridas at LACMA
The biggest project we crossed off our list this weekend is our garden! Every year Matt and I spend a lot of time working on our garden, and we reap the benefits in late summer when we’re practically begging our friends to take tomatoes. This weekend I put in cucumbers, green beans, peas and zucchini – now growing in two boxes filled with hot peppers, green peppers, and six different kinds of tomatoes (I know, excessive much?!). Matt also put down weed block and mulch to keep the area a little nicer. Doesn’t it look good?
Our garden - ready to grow!
After a long day of ripping weeds, planting plants and general putzing around the yard, we celebrated Easter with a ham, mashed potatoes, peas and rolls. It was tasty, and we have tons of ham leftover – time for frittata and split pea soup! That was Saturday… and then on Sunday, we spent our actual Easter at the beach! How spoiled can we get? We live about 45 minutes from Malibu and we spent our day reading on the sand and walking up and down the coast.
Zumba Beach Malibu
While we were there we saw a beached seal – this poor little guy didn’t look too hot. A crowd of teenagers had gathered around him and were trying to figure out what to do. Being old and jaded, Matt and I had a feeling he had come out of the water to die, but we didn’t want to say that… so we kept walking. Haha. I hope he’s okay – but any seal that’s beached itself and doesn’t even move when strange, loud humans approach it is probably not in the best health. 🙁
Sick beached seal - poor guy
We spent a couple of hours relaxing at the beach and then came home and made pizza. This pizza had caramelized onions, garlic, olive oil, mozzerella and asiago cheese. It was delicious – but so savory we both stopped after a piece and a half!
Savory caramelized onion and garlic pizza
It was a great long weekend and exactly what I needed to plow through this last month of the Spring semester. I’m also geared up to get back on track with healthier eating and fitness. I officially ended Weight Watchers and am back to calorie counting and cardio. I’ll do a weekly weigh in a little earlier this week since I still owe you two from the past two weeks! Please don’t forget to enter my EatSmart Scale Giveaway – and share it with your friends! There’s only one day left, so enter now!
I hope you have a wonderful Monday – Chin Up!
It looks like you had a stellar weekend! I hope the week is good too…
Recharging is so nice! And Thurs/Fri were fun 🙂
LOL Zumba beach…
Shout out to the mashed potato bar at the surrealist exhibit!
the 2 frida’s is my absolute most favorite picture from her. I am a super Kahlo nerd- did my 7th grade project on her and everything. Lucky girl!
So much great stuff in this post (minus the sick seal :()
I absolutely adore Frida Kahlo, and was obsessed with her for quite a few years after college. I’ve seen her work at the SFMOMA, and I know exactly what you mean about visceral – Great word choice.
My sister and I just planted a bunch of veggies, too, including tomatoes, cucumbers, Italian zucchini, peppers, and a mini lemon tree. Can’t wait for summer! Your set up looks like it was a lot of work, but it will be well worth it when you start to harvest everything.
It was a very productive, yet relaxing weekend for you – the best kind!