Phoenix Break Time: Taking A 6-Week Coffee Break From Noshy Blogging

You all know how much I love coffee. In fact, I love it so much I'm going to take a 4-week 6-week coffee break from blogging Noshtopia and Noshtopia Phoenix.

I need time off.

Recently, when I went away for 2-weeks to go to my grandfather's funeral, visit soul sister @jenmyronuk in CO for Blouderversary and her birthday, and then up to EVO 2010 to do my first keynote, a great deal of things happened and being away gave me time and space to think and come to reality about certain things in my life.

Having lived in Phoenix now for 9 months and being away from California has also helped give me some new perspective on life and loving.

You could say I got existential this past month...and it's all good!

Have a wonderful summer and I'll see you all back on August 10. Update: August 24

In the meantime, please enjoy some of the best of Noshtopia:

Food:

• What I Eat: Snack Ideas For Summer Road Trips

• Recipe: Ginger Teriyaki Organic Grass Fed Beef With Lemony Kale

• Easy to Make: Dairy and Mayo-free Tuna Salad

• Recipe: Protein Packed: Pumpkin Yogurt Parfait With Bananas and Gingersnap Granola

• You Don't Have To Be Vegan To Eat Vegan Foods

Life:

• Coffee Talk: Problems Are Just A Homework Assignment From Life

• Relationships: Seeing The Flowers Beyond The Cactus

• When Cookies Are Love

Mobile Food Photography:

• Mobile Camera Food Photo Tip: Simple Way To Make Your Food Pics Look More Interesting