Polka Dots & Pearls: Currently Loving!

There are lots and lots of things that I am currently loving right now!

*Juicing! I am been introduced to a little thing called juicing and I am hooked! I am not a girl who likes to just munch on a cucumber or cook kale for dinner, but if you juice it, i'll drink it! They are pretty tasty and I feel super healthy when I'm doing it! There is this really cool place downtown Santa Barbara called Juice Ranch. They have fresh, raw, organic pressed juice in tons of combinations. My fav so far is the Greens and Ginger. It has kale, celery, romaine, cucumber, spinach, parsley, apple, ginger, and lemon. They come in these really neat glass bottle and when you return the bottle, they give you a discount on your next bottle. I would like to get a juicer to do this at home, but lets be honest, I bet they do it better!

Greens and Ginger

*Barbara Oneal. I just finished a book by Barbara Oneal, The All you and Dream Buffet. Its about 4 bloggers that meet through their blogs and decide to meet in person for a party at a Lavender Farm. She is such a descriptive writer that you can almost smell the lavender and taste the fresh coffee they brew. This is her latest that came out in March, but I have read all of her books. Another favorite of mine is called The Garden of Happy Endings. A common theme in all of them is that there is always a dog, they are located in the midwest, and they are constantly baking and cooking good foods! Also, if you know me, the im a sucker for a cute book cover!

*Fresh Flowers. California, especially the central cost area is known for its flowers. Locally grown flowers on street corners downtown and at the market are abundant and beautiful! I try to keep a bouquet in the house at all times because it just brightens my day and smells amazing! There are usually fields of flowers growing by my house and I hope to snap some pictures soon! Thats another plus about living here in California, I feel its spring year round!

This picture is my inspiration for my next trip to the flower shop!

*Homemade margarita pizza. I have been making homemade pizza crust, homemade pizza sauce and adding fresh mozzarella and basil to this delicious dish. I use my kitchen aid stand mixer to make the crust then par bake that before adding my toppings. Unfortunately I have not found a good take out pizza here in CA yet. So for now, its homemade for us!

YUM!!

*Wine and Candles. Now I will burn candles and drink wine till the cows come home! Im kinda picky about my candles but Bath and Body works of for sure my favorite! They actually add more fragrance oils to their candles then Yankee candle does. That means but it burns the smell is more potent and lasts longer. They have warm and cozy candles in the fall but in the spring the candles are like walking into a garden!! Im currently burning Lilac in one room and Honeysuckle in another. I recently bought a candle called Snap Peas, which is surprisingly nice! It has less of a floral scent and more of a grass smell...does that make sense? Anyway, its very spring/summery!

As picky as I am about candles, I am not picky about wine. I haven't met a wine I didn't like, but I LOVE this one! I picked a few bottles up at Trader Joes and this one had a cute label and the price was right. They had a red and white and both are superb!