Celiacs Conference

Today was the night that S and I were looking forward to the most. It was the Celiacs Cook Off competition on Treasure Island. Of course this also happened to be during the same week that the Bay Bridge cable broke dooming us to traffic hell for the two hours as we made our way to the conference. We drove the very long way to the event and it was the world’s biggest pain ever! But after 2 hours in the car and being 1.5 hours late to the event, we made it, and we enjoyed it and we ate until we could eat no more. Along with bringing home a truck full of treats. I took every freebie imaginable and stocked my food storage up. This was the best idea ever and the best event.

We tasted some amazing food and got to eat with no worries of cross contamination. It was a gluten free event that we got to enjoy and we loved it! There was also gluten free alcohol! Which of course drove us wild! S and L went with me to the conference. S and I are both Celiacs while L used to eat gluten free and now is off the restrictions. But she understands the boat we are in and she is okay with eating gluten free, even if she knows how to enjoy the good stuff.

L and S got to enjoy some major alcohol consumption without ID being checked. It started with asking for Lemonade and ending up with Hard Lemonade, but the girls were not complaining and we each got to walk out of the conference with some gluten free, very tasty, pear flavored beer. The bad thing about this stuff though is that it tastes so good and masks the flavor of alcohol so well... that you will drink it so fast that you will get drunk before it even hits you hard.

We got to do a lot of food tasting, and that was tons of fun, and that was the main reason we went... to eat. But we walked away with a lot of junk food and we got a goody bag that was well worth the price we paid for the ticket. Gluten free food is expensive in itself... and for us to get an all you can eat buffet with open bar and tons of junk... along with a goody bag piled high... its well worth the $35 ticket... I walked home with $60 in free cookies myself... and thats not including the other crap I got for free! I also found a ton of awesome foods that I can eat that I love and taste good. Which is rare.

Some new favorites of mine are Froose Juice, Boar’s Head Meat, and St. Dalfour.

Happy Pumpkin Carving!!!

I got to spend time with D this past week, its been forever! How do two best friends survive being away from each other for so long? We don't, it was like the reunion from the movies where you run and hug and leap into each other's arms. Its hard being away from your best friend for so long. But this is an essential part of growing up. You know who your real friend are and no matter the circumstances, you will be together through the end of time!

And since her work had a bonding activity, they did bonding through carving. And so we carved pumpkins, I decided to go with my address as a jack- 0- lantern.

Cal Game Day!

Today was Cal game day! Washington State versus Cal in a heated game where we just squished them to pieces. But the real reason this was worth blogging was because it was the first game day that EmJ and I have had together where we were fierce Cal fans and not working the games.

It was our first Cal game! Who would of thought it would take us this long to attend such an event! We have learned that we are fierce Cal game fans! We love our school, and we have the broken voices to prove it. Another fun tradition that will cost us in the end... food. We love the food at Cal games. Today particularly, we decided to just go all our and eat what we wanted when we wanted. The game was a particularly early game at 2pm, and we were slow to start. We wanted face tattoos, but didn’t find them, and we instead settled for beads and Cal colors.

It was a nice fall day that was warm and not freezing which was nice. We also ingested copious amounts of junk food. EmJ and I shared a pink lemonade that didn’t cover our thirst... and then we started with food by ingesting Dibs! Really yummy, not all that great on a chilly day. But they were delicious and neither one of us ate before the game. Then we moved on to carmel popcorn, nachos, a hot dog and we split a soda. Nachos were cold and sucked, carmel popcorn we ate and ate and it never seemed to end, and the soda we swore would have to be purchased every game no matter what! Something dawned on us though... we spent $29 on food between the two of us and we still went out to eat afterwards and ate sushi! Food is expensive! Especially at the game!

But we loved it and we loved that we won the game. EmJ and I will go to another game this season and we swore to get Alumni tickets the following season. We plan on planning things out a little more the following game, but it was fun and that was what counted.

Also something trivial... all along the path to the game, nobody cares about traffic, (which if you are smart, don’t drive in Berkeley on game days), and every club, sorority, and fraternity on campus is selling $1 water bottles on the path to game. Which by the time you make it to the stadium you are wishing you bought their off brand water bottles for $1 instead of huffing and puffing up the steps to the concessions to pay $4.50 for the name brand Dasani. However... rarely do people really drink water at sporting events... whats the point in that when you have beer and soda?

Ej and I have dubbed junk food, soda, loud cheering and going out to eat afterwards our new tradition for Cal game day!

The MALL...

So there is one place that every girl loves, one sanctuary that is designed especially for us! It is called... "THE MALL"... duh dah duh! Angels Choir Please sing....

The only people who hate the mall are people who "know" they have no self control and have no money, and people who just don't care about fashion. And we see those people everyday on reruns of... "What not to wear".

So as we walked through the mall this past week, a few friends and I walked by a couple making out in one of the many "nooks" that we have at our local high end retail mall. I made some comment that they really need to stop making out because they are ruining the amazing place that is supposed to be a sanctuary for people, the coveted mall, where girls can get away from relationship drama, spend time with best friends, shop, watch a movie, eat loads of junk and feel entirely in their sanctuary.

So a friend of mine made this snarky comment to me:

"I realize that this place is some kind of holy Mecca of consumerism to you but to everyone else, it’s just a place to shop and hang out and on occasion sneak in a little “private” time".

Gross. I would prefer the mall to be my sanctuary away from home where no matter where in the world I am I can find a mall and be home again.

Oh my coveted, "South Coast Plaza", how I miss you and I wish there was something even remotely close to you in Northern California.

Celiacs Disease

Remember how I said I wanted to love my life? So I think I can say I really have reason to love my life. I have been through heck this past month with my celiacs disease being (What I felt), the end of the world. I was having complications from celiacs disease which I later learned that, if not careful can kill you! Uhhhh... story of my life!

I love my life now, because I have everything under control, but have you ever felt like your body is slowly falling apart? I need to hit up the gym.