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Foodversation just got its own instagram! @food_versation check it out this week! I'm going to be posting a picture a day for launch week! 

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Fuel for your Flight

After going to LAX about twelve times in the past few months I realized something, I had never found good food near the airport! I can't explain how sad I feel sometimes before I fly when I have to pay twelve dollars for a sandwich in the airport that is mediocre in the most horrible of ways. Airport food is getting better thankfully! Shake Shack in JFK and Lemonade in LAX but if you're on a budget getting food around the airport to bring with you is a much better option! All of the places I went to are less than twenty minutes from LAX and well worth it!

I started my adventure with a late lunch at Mendocino Farms a local chain of gourmet sandwiches and salads that reminded me of a very upscale Panera. The salad I got was so amazing and worth the eleven dollars I paid for it! A huge mound of local Drake's Farm goat cheese crowned the mixture of greens and apples YUM. The bread that came with the salad was perfect for sopping up the extra dressing! 

Next stop was Coffee Connection! This place was adorable! The coffee was just good not great but, THE ATMOSPHERE. I had a mexican mocha with an extra shot! I did appreciate all the different milk options when it came to my mocha.... almond milk... raises hand in praise. The building from what I gathered from other yelp reviews was a former Italian Restaurant. The brick arches and ivy hanging from the ceiling really made me feel so LA cool. I loved the comfy chairs and open windows as well! I proceeded to make my self at home for around two hours to people watch as I waited for my friends flight to land :D 

Chocolate or something sweet is always necessary to get me through a long flight or to wait for delays in this case ;) Chocovivo was a great little find on my way back to the airport for pickup. A VERY small scale chocolate factory with an amazingly authentic Mexican theme. All their coco beans were ground on site and sourced from individual farms in Southern Mexico. I had a small chocolate tastings of three of their chocolates and they all had a great rich fruity flavor. I loved their "nutella" knock off so much I brought one home as a gift! The shop owners were fantastic and led me through their kitchen to use the restroom. I loved seeing them working hard to create such unique flavors and highlighting the different flavors within the coco beans!

Overall a very successful day I know exactly where to find my next meals when I find myself near LAX.

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Wine Country! Living in Southern California has its benefits one of them be is living super close to an abundance of wineries :D I'm lucky enough to have memberships at two of these wineries Del Sol Winery and Wiens both located in Temecula. Sometimes there is nothing better than a monthly trip to the wineries for a picnic. Thanks to the bounty of Trader Joe's and my mother's great plating skills you can see what I get to experience! A lovely bottle of 2011 Mourvèdre from Del Sol paired deliciously with our savory snacks. The wine had a lovely herbaceous note that went well with the herbs in the goat cheese and bruschetta. The wine had a light enough body to not overpower the vegetables but still enough weight to stand up to the heavy flavors of the salamis. Temecula is always a great place to spend an afternoon and you will probably see another of these posts from Wiens coming soon :) I can't resist picnic pairings. 

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Where Have I Been! About me Updated....

New Job Life! I have a new J.O.B. with everybody's favorite fruit computer company! It's been treating me very well and a VERY new experience being back in the retail world! 

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About me!

Current job position is lower level coffee shop management. 

Forever obsession is food and drink in every way shape and form. 

Let's to do this. Questions? Ask me! Email link is somewhere on here.