The Plant Cafe Organic, San Francisco

My cousin and I wanted to take a break from all the junk we've been eating ever since I arrived the States so we decided to try The Plant Cafe just right outside of Pier 3. 

This salad is easily one of the best (and healthiest) I've ever tried so far.

Dino Kale Salad - $10.00
Dino kale, tomato, red quinoa, avocado, almonds, cucumber, lemon cumin vinaigrette

For the fattening, homemade version of this, click here. Hahaha!

Eggs Benedict - $15.00
English muffin, two poached eggs, turkey bacon, hollandaise, chives

Mango-Lime Chicken Panini - $11.00
Chili-lime marinade, fresh mango, avocado, aioli

Believe it or not, this was the first time I've ever been to a restaurant that serves all-organic food. Just in case you don't get what "organic food" is, it means that these food products were grown without the use of fertilizers, growth hormones, pesticides, etc. Some people believe that organic food tastes much better and has a much "superior quality" than those that were treated with chemicals.

Do you know of any restaurants here in Manila that serve all-organic food?

Anyway.. I know I said we were gonna take a break from all the junk but obviously, we couldn't resist a scoop of gelato. Too inviting. 

Hope you're having a good week so far! Its Friday tomorrow! One more day till the weekend! PUSH!!!

The Exploratorium, San Francisco

The Exploratorium- the museum of art, science and human perception

We passed by this place after we were done walking at the Golden Gate bridge. Didn't really have the chance to go inside the museum as we had only 20 minutes left before we had to drive back to San Jose and have dinner with relatives.

This place is just PERFECT for photo shoots  In fact, we saw some couples having their pre-nup pictorials (I assume) on the day that we visited.

Definitely won't miss the chance to check out the museum when I visit SFO again..

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Moved on to San Francisco after "resting" a little bit in L.A.
The first place that I chose to visit was of course, the magnificent Golden Gate bridge..

Don't look down...

THERE IS HOPE.

With little sistar!

I don't even know how to describe the feeling I had the first time I got to see (and walk through) the Golden Gate. There was something different about it.. Or maybe its just because of the documentary I watched about the number of people who committed suicide in this place. I thought about what they must have felt or what their last thoughts were before they jumped off.

Anyway, we parked the car at Vista Point and walked to the other end and back. I think it took us around 2 hours but that was because we took our time in taking photos and admiring the topless guys who were going for a jog. HAHA!

If we had anything like the Golden Gate, I'd be up early in the morning for a run too! Not blaming the government for my weight gain, but hey... just sayin'. :P

Layover in L.A.

After Vegas, we headed to Los Angeles for a 3-day layover.
I'm going to be honest, I was a little disappointed because L.A. wasn't everything that I expected it to be. But to be fair, it might be because we didn't really have a lot of time to explore the place. We didn't even get to go to the famous Rodeo Drive! :-/

Olvera Street (Mexican marketplace)

This was the first time ever, that I had to use a local map to be able to go to the places I wanted to go to. 

I had Zee with me when I was in Boston so I didn't really have a hard time.

No one needs a map in Vegas.

But L.A. was different because we didn't have any friends or relatives to show us around. We sometimes found ourselves lost and not knowing where to go next. Haha!

Union Station (Train station)

That explains the randomness of the photos in this entry. I was too busy trying to memorize the map and trying to remember which station to get on and which station to get off.

Outside Madame Tussauds, Hollywood

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Walk of Fame

Lil sis

My Momma and I

Look at that fog!

My Dad met up with some of his friends from college and they took us to this place called the Americana.

It was reall nice and it reminded me of Bonifacio High Street in Manila.

We were so exhausted from our stay in Vegas (which means we had a lot of fun!) that all we wanted to do in L.A. was stay at the hotel and rest our tired feet.

Hopefully, I'll get to visit L.A. again someday.
Have you been there already? Which places would you recommend for me to visit? :)