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Shayda Torabi / January 11, 2018
Sugarfina x Titos

Sugarfina x Titos

Sugarfina just released a special collaboration with Austin’s very own Tito’s Vodka. In the line you’ll find  American mule gummy bears …
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Shayda Torabi / November 6, 2017
Texas Monthly BBQ Fest 2017

Texas Monthly BBQ Fest 2017

(Thank you YouTube for the great thumbnail selections, I promise this was the best one) If you know anything about Texans and their Barbecue, …
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Shayda Torabi / May 21, 2017
5 Unforgettable Memories at Austin Food & Wine 2017

5 Unforgettable Memories at Austin Food & Wine 2017

This was my very first year attending Austin Food & Wine festival, and to say that I didn’t have a preconceived notion of …
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Hi, I'm Shayda-- Austin food blogger born and raised in this great city. I live an adventurous life guided by finding good food. This blog is the chronicle of that journey. Join me as I dine out at local home favorites and on the road! I'm living the food life!

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  • Things are so incredibly good right now! @restartcbd is picking up steam y’all 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 we were just written up by @culturemapatx and the article was everything we could have asked for to help tell our story! I just threw it in my highlights if you missed reading it. @spinsyddy and I started this brand because we’ve found personal relief by taking CBD as part of our everyday routine to help with everything from anxiety to pain relief and wanted to help bring to market a product we could really stand behind. Unfortunately not all CBD products are made equally and the rush to market and lack of awareness and education leaves a big gap that RESTART CBD is hoping to fill ✨ Our CBD oil is made with CBD isolate, making it THC free. Plus ours has no hemp taste or added preservatives to give you a truly pure organic CBD experience. I really believe cannabis as medicine is the future and just want consumers to be able to get awareness and education as much as possible. So that’s what you get with our brand ❣️ We’re launching monthly meetups around town called Canna Conversations and want people to have a safe space to talk about cannabis, how it can help them, and how those of us in the industry can do our part to bring together the right resources so we can stop seeing cannabis as a “drug” and see it as something truly life changing. Please please please send anyone curious my way, DM me, I love talking about this stuff, and let’s change the world one conversation at a time ✌🏼 feeling incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to do this, thank you to everyone who has supported us and continues to support. We are just getting started! Use code “withshayda5” or “withshayda10” for $5 off $50 or $10 off $100 😘
  • Upvoting vegan breakfast oat ice cream for breakfast forever and ever 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Real talk, yall know how bad I can get down with a fresh scoop of dairy free ice cream. And there are a bunch of great options around town, but if you think that there is such a thing as too many vegan ice cream shops than you’re wrong because I’m really looking forward to the opening of @gati.icecream 🍦 Made by the same great folks (Hi, Jam! 👋🏼) behind @thaifresh, where you can also get your hands on this vegan delight and also gluten free baked goods and awesome Thai food 😬 They even have a Gati trailer popping up on the east side so needless to say, there are options when it comes to getting your hands on this stuff. I just have to say you better go fast before I order the whole gallon of this breakfast oat treat. Raisins, peaches, granola, and oat soaked almond milk ice cream realness that I am here for! For some reason I dont know why no one else has ever done this (At least to my knowledge) but it has blown my mind and opened my eyes to the flavors of ice cream I want to be eating on the reg 🤩 I’m curious, what’s the craziest ice cream flavor you’ve ever had? I used to think s’mores was pushing the boundary... but I didn’t even know 🤣
  • “THE FUCK IS YOUR LIFE! Answer it.” ✨ I always bring up this quote when I’m hitting a crossroads in my life. It’s in response to someone asking @cherylstrayed of Dear Sugars (an advice column on life and love) “What the fuck?” // I probably say WTF 100x a day in response to a 100x different scenarios but when I came across this submission in the Dear Sugars book in 2012 “Tiny Beautiful Things” it resonated with me. And to this day, I think about it whenever I’m asking myself “what the fuck is going on?” Cheryl ends this particular column with “”That question does not apply “to everything every day.” If it does, you’re wasting your life.” And so on days when I’m really feeling stuck, I have to remind myself of this. The “fuck” is your life, it’s my life, and it’s right here in front of me! If that isn’t a wakeup call, if that doesn’t light a fire under your ass, if you don’t feel like the sea is parting and making way for you to be living your ultimate truth then we can just agree to disagree right here. Because to me, it carries so much weight. Life is SO fragile, as humans we are so delicate, we have emotions and intricacies that make us unique and for some reason I tend to run away and hide from feeling things. From facing my truth. And from dealing with what the fuck is actually happening. // I feel like I’m in the middle of that right now. Something bigger than me is unfolding, and it’s impacting the direction of my life. It’s exciting and scary and makes me want to cry happy tears and vomit all at the same time. And for some reason I’ve been ignoring it. And the time is coming to stop ignoring it. To embrace it and accept that this is in fact the “fuck”. This is my life. And I’ll be dammed if I don’t wake up and chase that dream every single day till I die. ✨ thank you for listening. 📸: @andreimatei
  • I don’t know about you, but breakfast is one meal I try NOT to miss 🙃 it’s the most important meal of the day and as someone who works out in the AM, it’s critical I get enough protein and nutrients in my body to replenish my sore muscles ✨🍴I also happen to love Thai food and so when I heard @thaifresh was launching a breakfast menu, I couldn’t help but become curious 👀 On the menu you’ll find vegan friendly and gluten free options, you’ll also find a Thai twist on Austin’s favorite breakfast item... the breakfast taco. Y’all! A Thai breakfast taco!?! My worlds are colliding 💥 the one that caught my attention was the pork sausage omelette taco made with Thai seasonings 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 another favorite from the tasting was the beet cacao latte, and I made my dairy free with almond milk 😊💕 If you’re south, add this to you breakfast rotation. If you’re not, then make some plans to add this one to your list STAT! Anyone else hungry now? 😬😬😬 sorry not sorry about that 😅
  • CONFESSION: 🤐 these past few months I’ve been off my “game”. I put it in quotes because I don’t think there’s any shame in having to adapt a routine. But I do genuinely feel off. Some days, months, period I work harder than others. That’s just life. And so lately life has been filled with lots of change. @spinsyddy and I moved, we launched a business (@restartcbd), we went to Seattle, we celebrated my birthday, and ACL, and now the holidays are coming up 😬 I haven’t been as strict with my diet, I haven’t done a double workout in weeks, and I’ve even been going to the gym off hours from my normal 5:30am routine. But you know what... I’m okay. I’m happy! I’m learning that not every workout is going to be intense, and not every week I’m going to stick to my diet. And for this time in my life, I’m doing the best I can. We can’t be great at everything always. Which was a hard lesson to learn. That is a hard lesson to learn. I’m still learning. Do the best you can with what you’ve got. Set actionable goals. Like sign up for your workout classes for a week at a time so you have a game plan (hello 7:30am @soulcycle I just signed up for on Saturday!)🙋🏼‍♀️ or if you’re stuck eating out a lot more this season, try to pick the healthy menu option over the deep fried options 🙋🏼‍♀️ and remember to practice gratitude not just with the people you love, or the strangers you encounter. But with yourself too by listening to your body, your mind, and your heart 🙋🏼‍♀️ so I just wanted to catch y’all up a bit with where I am mentally and physically in life, and share some encouragement from a girl who tries to have her shit together 24/7 and loves a good routine, but is totally flying with one eye closed. And you know what, you’re gonna be ok. We’re all gonna be okay ❣️#soulgifted
  • Lows in the 30s but whose keeping track 🙃 Can’t believe this was me poolside at @hotelvanzandt just a few days ago with a margarita in hand...And now all I want is a hot cocoa, electric blanket, and to never leave my bed. Sounds reasonable, right? 😅 I like to think of myself as a cold weather girl, I love skiing, and snow, and being bundled up. But for some reason, when the cold hits Texas, I’m never ready. Maybe because it comes out of nowhere. Or maybe it’s because it barely lasts and we’ll probably be seeing 80 degree days again here soon 😝 cue the hot and cold Katy Perry song 😡🥶🤣 Either way, when the weather shifts you can find me ordering more takeout (hello soup weather!), drinking hot teas, working from bed, and trying not to exert toooooo much energy. Except for online shopping because now apparently I need to buy long sleeves and jackets bc I don’t own nearly enough😬💸 But what about you, how do you handle the weather mood swings in Texas? What are your favorite ways to keep warm? 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
  • WHAT A WEEKEND! 👯🐝 I had an absolute blast at the @bumblebff #bumblefriendsgiving at @hotelvanzandt right off Rainey✨ We kicked off the “Attitude is Gratitude” event by meeting up with our BFFs for a night of festivities that included a beautifully curated thanksgiving dinner hosted by @kelseaballerini 🍽🦃then the following morning we had fitness activities led by @outdoorvoices (which was so needed after all the yummy food we ate 😬✨), we did a little give back action by serving for a few hours with @outyouth, @austinpetsalive, and @ctxfoodbank, and then we wrapped the weekend up with a bar crawl 🥂 I’m so blessed because I got to share this fun experience with some pretty awesome ladies who I’m so lucky to call my bffs IRL ❣️ having a good girl gang is so important and I love that #bumblebff connects women to make meaningful relationships that can help empower, support, and uplift them because WE ALL need some badasses in our corner telling us that WE CAN DO IT! // Go ahead, tag your girl gang and let them know you love them and are grateful to have them in your life 🥰
  • Leave it to @packedparty to throw themselves the cutest birthday party 🥳 They just turned 5, and to celebrate they took over @joannsaustin and invited all their best girlfriends to celebrate with yummy food and fun party favors 💕 I was particularly fond of the hash brown nachos— hold the cheese 😬, which were loaded with fresh pico, beans, and salsa! I hadn’t been to Joann’s yet, they just opened on S. Congress and had the perfect retro vibes for a packed party party ✨ Next time you’re on SOCO go give them a try, and be sure to wish my Packed Party friends a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You can also use code WELOVEYOU for 15% off your next purchase 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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