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San Diego Magazine's Best of North County Party 2014

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While I've been spending a lot more time "down south" these days, you know I'm a North County (San Diego) girl at heart. The beaches, the stores... and our new and evolving foodie scene has me falling in love with my all over again. That's why I love anything that showcases and celebrates my little area of the world - like San Diego Magazine's Best of North County Party!

This year, the 4th annual Best of North County Party will be held on April 25, 2014 at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad. This vibrant event celebrates the April 2014 Best of North County feature as well as the region’s top chefs, featuring some of the best restaurants, breweries, wineries and live entertainment in the city.

 

This year’s event sponsors and partners are: Park Hyatt Aviara, Jackson Design & Remodeling, Audi, Valley View Casino & Hotel, Welk Resorts, Bella D’ora Spa & Salon, Stella Artois, Pandora Internet Radio, KIND Healthy Snacks, Yelp North County, NBC 7 San Diego, San Diego 6 Degrees, San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival and SanDiegoVille.com
Some other key exhibitors include:
» Aloha Sunday
» Baja Body Athletic Club
» Bernardo Winery
» Bonaventour Indoor Cycling and Yoga Studio
» California Fruit Wine Co.
» Culture Brewing Co.
» DJ Daniel Peterson
» FitWall La Jolla
» Mother Earth Brew Co
» Mobile Photo Booth
» Oceanside Ale Works
» On The Tracks Brewery
» Prohibition Brewing Company
» Rip Current Brewing
» Rita's Carlsbad
» Rubio's
» San Diego Brewers Guild
» Searsucker Del Mar
» Solterra Winery
» St Petersburg Vodka
» Stella Artois Cidre
» VG Donut and Bakery
» White Labs
To purchase tickets or learn more information about San Diego Magazine’s Best of North County Party, please visit sandiegomagazine.com/noco2014.

Want $10 off? Use code HIPMAMAB when buying your tickets!

Cheers and see you soon!

 

 

A Few of My Favorite Things: UberFood San Diego

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There was a point a few weeks ago where I Instgrammed out a picture of the current state of my refrigerator:

I believe my comment on the image was something to the effect of "I feel like a college student. All I have in my fridge is a little milk and some beer left over from a party." I didn't do it for any sympathy, more because I actually found it a little funny. 

A few days later, I Instagrammed out a picture of my dinner... a toasty bowl of Top Ramen.

 

I believe my comment on this image was something to the effect of "Continuing with the college-esque food theme going on in my house... being a working single mom is a lot like being in college at times..." Once again, I was just looking for the irony in my situation. Alas, someone was paying attention. Not being able to stand my lack of available, pre-made, good tasting and good for me food, the nice people at uberfood offered to deliver dinner the next week. 

uberfood is a new, farm to table food delivery service in San Diego. They bring healthy meals to families like mine and they do a great job at finding the sweet spot between sophisticated and kid-friendly meals. They delivered a free-range roasted chicken with grilled vegetables, aged cheddar mac and cheese, and an organic salad to my office so I could take it home with me. It was a substantial amount of food and the quality actually blew my expectations. It was the best food I’ve ever had from a recycled plastic container. 

Also, I think they were much happier with the next food pic I Instagrammed. :)

 

You can find their menu at www.uberfoodSD.com. They deliver to La Jolla, Carmel Valley, and Del Mar Monday through Thursday.
*Disclosure: uberfood delivered this yummy meal free of charge. Opinions and pictures are my own.