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DIY|Succulent Planters

I try to live life vicariously with the mindset of taking the world by storm and sustainability. It’s easy to open the windows at home instead of running the air conditioner or recycle bottles since the city requires us to have a recycle bin anyway. But the main challenge is to incorporate and create compassionate and compelling awareness to the workplace without applying “enforcement”.  For…

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Lack of Punctuality Will Make Me Break Up With You

The ticking tocks of time (say that 5 times fast) is a precious and valuable resource.  It equates to love, friendship, career, money, the list goes on and on… name it, and it’s an ingredient for a successful concoction.

I can be impatient sometimes and hate when people are running late without any give notice.  And I’m not perfectly on time either, but make sure to relay my ETA for any event.…

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Day and Night

Day and Night #painting

This past Sunday I took a paint class from a LivingSocial deal.  Looking around, I observed that I was the only one not coupled with a friend, sister, mom, or significant other.  The class was completely booked with only one seat left available.  The seat right next to me.  The seat meant for someone to be coupled with me.

At first, I was nervous and felt awkward what people may think:

Why is…

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30 Things (I Want) to Do Before 30

30 Things (I Want) to Do Before 30 #diysguised #lifegoals

The big 3-0 is quickly approaching… tick-tock at less than 5 months away… omgherrrrrrrdddd!  Yes, yes, age is just a number and everyone proclaims, “Lyndzi, you’re still young!”  Ehhhhhh….It’s not the number and the age that I’m most freaked out about.  It’s that bucket list that everyone sets in their mind.  To achieve any goals in life, I wanted to write my objectives down for these next 5…

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Exploring a new neighborhood means exploring new places to eat!

terrine [tuh-reen]

noun

a casserole dish made of pottery.

a paté or similar dish of chopped meat, game, fish, or vegetablesbaked in such a dish and served cold.

This unique and out of placed restaurant for even Los Angeles, Terrine, opened in December 2014.  Breeding remnants and curators of Faith & Flower, A.O.C., Ray’s & Stark Bar (to name a few), this family-friendly restaurant telepaths you to vibes of Portlandia-cool Oregon with an incredible outdoor patio and lot of beautiful natural light.  I can definitely see myself throwing a lavish baby shower brunch for any of my soon-to-be mommy friends.

I made reservations via OpenTable online for their brunch served only Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.  Arriving on time for my reservation at 10:30am, to my surprise, there were plenty of open seating available.  Perhaps was it because it was fairly new?  Or was it perhaps the city and streets were a ghost town a day prior to the LA Marathon.  For whatever the reason, it was nice to know that I had a reserved seat.

First look at the menu, the prices are decent and affordable with plates ranging from $9 – $20.

January 2015 Menu. Unfortunately I forgot to snap their current menu.

From the menu, I ordered:

Huevos Resaca: tortilla crisps, pinto, ranchera sauce, house made chorizo, cotua cheese and cilantro. -$15 Flavorful, but a little too salty for my tastes.  Eat it “quick” or the tortilla crisps will get soggy, unless you like that.

Veal Eggs Benedict: food review noobie… forgot to write down the description of this dish and of course it’s my favorite dish from this visit. -$18

Delicious and the hollandaise was one of my most favorites I’ve had in awhile.  

Terrine de Foie Gras: sweet and sour prunes, baguette, fleur de sel. -$20 Yummy pate styled Foie Gras.  More delicious than the Bestia version.  I love the smoke flavors encrusted in this easy to spread delicacy.  The sweet, ooey, gooey prunes were the highlights of this dish.  

The food was amazing and the portions generous for the generous price points in this Beverly Grove district of LA.  The service was outstanding, they were quick and attentive.  My water was constantly refilled and devoured plates were consistently cleared and replaced with clean, new ones.

Obsessed over these multi-sized marble tiled walls.  I love how the gold shelf brackets anchor and highlight the thick glass shelf.

As I continue to explore the city, I grow to love it more and more everyday.  It doesn’t feel like home just yet.  Home is in Orange County with the fragrant aromas of my Mom’s cooking.  Home is in Texas with the bigger and better everything.  Sometimes, I miss having that yard for my pup to play and a vegetable garden blooming with tomatoes, basil and dill.  I hope to recreate some of these feelings at my studio space… a few DIYs would do just the trick!

General Information:

Terrine

8265 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048

[phone]

BRUNCH HOURS:

FRIDAY 11:30AM TO 2:30PM SATURDAY – SUNDAY 10AM TO 3PM

DINNER HOURS:

SUNDAY-THURSDAY 5:30PM TO 11PM FRIDAY-SATURDAY 5:30PM TO 2AM

Brunch | Terrine Exploring a new neighborhood means exploring new places to eat! terrine  noun a casserole dish made of pottery.