Oh my word! I am so blown away by all of your comments, tweets, and emails regarding yesterday’s post. You are all so incredible – I can’t say it enough. Now, I have a proposition for you – and you can tell me what you think.
Due to the enthusiastic response, I was thinking of starting a little movement of sorts surrounding the idea that “food is just a backdrop to life” theme. It would be great to have bloggers, readers, Tweeters, and Instagramers send in photos of themselves enjoying life (i.e being in “their element” or doing something that brings them joy). I would post the pictures and captions on a certain day and we could all support each other enjoying life! How fun would that be?! Would you be interested in participating? Please let me know!
Date Night
Last night was a blast! Matty and I went to see Sarah McLachlan in concert at the Bank of America Pavilion. My mom and dad purchased the tickets for me for my birthday and, graciously, Matty agreed to go, even though he knew next-to-nothing about Sarah McLachlan. Bless his heart.
The venue is right on the water and overlooks the entire city of Boston. It really is quite a sight!
Before the concert, Matty and I had dinner at Yard House, a casual-upscale restaurant known for its vast beer selection. We stuck to water and dinner, though! Within the past year, Yard House added a special gardein section to their menu, which features vegetarian and vegan-friendly salads and sandwiches. I was pretty excited to give one of them a go! I eventually decided on the gardein Thai Salad. It originally came with egg noodles, which I subbed for romaine lettuce. Our waitress forewarned me that the salad wouldn’t be very filling without the egg noodles but I decided to move forward with the game plan. 
Um, good thing I did. The salad turned out to be two times the size of my face! There was a ton of romaine and shredded cabbage, broccoli, and carrots. To be honest, the gardein strips really freaked me out because they looked so much like chicken. Seeing the below picture actually makes me shudder a little bit. In the interest of time (we were a tad behind schedule), I ate the salad and it turned out to be really tasty. The accompanied spicy peanut dressing definitely made everything stand out!
Naturally, complete demolition occurred.
The two of us made room for dessert and walked over to JP Licks for an ice cream. I got an unpictured 2-scoop of dairy-free chocolate coconut, made from hemp milk. It was divine! I can’t begin to describe how elated I am over the fact that JP Licks has such a variety of vegan ice creams, and they’re all amazing!
Earlier in the day, before Matty and I left for the concert, we laid on the floor and propped our feet up
and made really attractive faces.
Sometimes, doing nothing is the most fun, you know?
Okay, I’m off to job number two for the evening. Have a good one!
Stay lovely,
Heather
P.S. – The Fashion page was finally updated again!
OK, sista YES to the proposition! BEST IDEA EVER hunnie! I am GAME!
Cute pics of you and Matty <3 I love you so so much
YAYYYY! I think HFF partially inspired this idea too, Meg. So, THANK YOU!
Yesss such a great idea! I’m glad you had a fun night
You and Matty are beyond adorable. I envy you! haha. I’m glad you two had such a lovely night.
And that is such an amazing idea! I can’t wait to see all of the great pictures that people send you. (:
Yippeee! I hope you’ll be sending in your pictures, too, Emily!!!
Looks like an amazing night! And Yes I absolutely love your idea
Wow that view looks spectacular! Boston is one of my favorite cities – so jealous you live around there
Seems like you had a lovely date night
Glad you had a great night!
You and Matty are adorb!! And yessss I LOVE this idea . . . count me in!
WOO HOO! Thanks for the support, Sarah! Start takin’ your pics!
110% behind you on the “photos enjoying life” idea! I often forget to document moments when I feel in my element, happy, and alive….and those are the best memories!!!!
After food being such a stressor for me for so many years (honestly, I haven’t completely shaken that anxiety), I experienced similar emotions on the 4th when I dived head first into chips, salsa, guac (and margaritas, hee) without really giving a crap and was relieved to read your “not cheating” entry. YOU GO GIRL – that helped me feel so much stronger! XOXO
PS – I swear we have the same taste buds, love me some nachos and salty snacks
I’m so happy that you’re in for the new project, Melissa! Start taking your photos!
You ARE strong – stronger than you’ll ever know.
Such a cute couple! Happy for your fab night! That is a great idea for photos! I’m down…hopefully I remember, I seem to be bad at that hah
OH, I won’t LET you forget.
I’ve heard about the Yard House’s gardein selection but never tried it out! Sounds scrumptious though
That’s a movement I’d definitely be down for! That salad looks so tasty, I’m with you on the ‘chicken’ strips looking a little too real though! I used to not mind fake meat, but now it’s a little to close to the real thing and freaks me out a bit!
Yes! I seriously almost threw up in my mouth, Kim. Haha!
I totally love Yard House! There’s one by my grandma’s in FL and I had an amazing shrimp Mexican-style dish last time I went. I also helped my grandpa polish off his HUGE chicken pot pie. That’s cool that they have vegan and vegetarian friendly dishes. Too bad that the Gardein looked SO chicken-like! I bet that some people are vegetarian & vegan just b/c they feel better when they eat that way and they may not necessarily have qualms with meat – in fact, they may miss it – so Gardein must be attempting to relate to those folks. But I wouldn’t mind if my veg protein didn’t look like meat!
Such a great idea! I am in…..
I’m a little late here, but I love this idea…I have really been trying to ban negativity from my life and really focus on the positive, no matter how unimportant it may seem, a great meal, a cute outfit, my kids screaming (even though it’s giving me a headache)! I’d love to be part of your movement!
You’re not late at all, Kristin! Send in your photos to me.