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Cabo Recap Part I

February 23, 2015

Good morning, lovers. Many of you know (especially if you follow me on Instagram) that I spent most of last week in the gloriously beautiful San Jose del Cabo, Mexico with three of my most favorite ladies — my mama, my BFF Jill & her beautiful mama Leslie.

Trip highlights: relaxing by the pool, beach walks, reading TWO full books (so heavenly for a reader-bug like myself who rarely finds the time to read these days except for bedtime), hibiscus mezcal margaritas at Flora Farms (full post from the farms to come! Too much amazingness happened there), spending time with great people, going to bed early & waking up to the sound of the waves crashing into the shore (and on that note, waking up to the bright sun blazing in through our curtains and having THIS view):

More highlights: frolicking around Flora Farms with Jill & getting to go behind the pizza counter & MAKE my own pizza (!!!), enjoying the delicious & super healthy cooking via my soulsister Alin Siqueiros, chatting around the dinner table late into the night (and by late I mean 9:30 p.m.) and listening to funny stories about Jilly as a kid from her mama, rocking my ViX swimwear & fun jumpsuits and coverups:

ViX Jumpsuit || Dolce Vita Wedges || Jill’s Red Romper

And… perhaps the MOST exciting part of the trip…

Planning a HEALTH RETREAT at Casa Encanto for early next year!!! (Potentially a New Years retreat… So KEEP THAT TIME OPEN if you’re interested!) I am so freakishly excited about it. There will be lots more details to come, but we all know I can’t keep a secret from you even if my life depended on it– so, it’s out there. Pleeease tell me if you have specific questions! I am planning it with the completely fabulous & inspiring chef & manager of the house, Alin and Mauricio (also an adorable couple)– and WE. ARE. SO. EXCITED.

So, yes, the trip was work & play, buttt… Mostly (99.99999% play). 😉

Highlights Continued:

TBV Apparel #allovertheworld

The freshest fruit prepared by the greatest chef around…

Lots of great mama time:

All natural & local lavender Oat Soap… For real?!?

Beach yoga, because it wouldn’t/couldn’t be a TBB trip without it 😉

This brie plate… (I mean, really?)

Annnddd so much more. Stay tuned for Cabo Recap Part II, which will be allll about FLORA FARMS & how much I (clearly) fell in love with it.

PS, have you seen my newest YouTube video?! All natural beauty featuring my favorite natural brands like Cate McNabb, Sunology & more…!

#outtake (yes, I’m this much of a dork in the whole video):

How was everyone’s weekend? Thoughts on the video? Thoughts on the HEALTH RETREAT?!

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Jan P

Gigi, Have you ever had an eating disorder? If not, please take your comments elsewhere. I have had an eating disorder and know that learning to eat meat, dairy and other foods you find offensive is so hard to do. Jordan is not making an ethical choice, she's making a MEDICAL choice. I give Jordan for being honest with us about her eating disorder. She has been brave in showing us her new food choices and I know she is not smiling her way through all of it. Having a support system of family and friends helps her immensely. We bloggers should be so kind as well. If you don't have anything nice to say than don't say anything. Jordan, you're vacation looked glorious. You are so fortunate to have a great "mama" to hang out with. Never let that relationship wane. To read, explore your mind, try different foods, work a bit all while being supported and comforted is the greatest gift on earth. You are loved and we are loving watching you grow and sharing every step, recipe, workout and thought with us.

Gigi

Well yes Jan, I HAVE had an eating disorder. I am 52 years old. I was bulimic for years as well as struggling with depression and alcoholism. With a lot of work and therapy, I have put those issues and their driving factors (abuse, trauma, tremendous loss) behind me and am now able to make healthy choices about what I eat. I don't understand why learning to eat meat, etc. is so hard to do as you say. Jordan was only a vegan for approx. 2 years if I read correctly. And seems like she's easily gone back to being an omnivore. I'm not judging Jordan, I'm questioning her choice of photos. You can determine that, because of your disordered thinking around food that you may need to go back to an omnivore diet yet still promote a vegan lifestyle to those who do not have food issues. Veganism is a very healthy option for those who don't restrict vegan friendly options the way Jordan did. I stick to my assessment that it was just not convenient for her... I see this all the time. Veganism is also about sooo much more than food. I have to question whether Jordan is wearing leather sandals in her pictures? If not, will her eating disorder drive her back to wearing leather and wool? I do believe that Jordan was practicing what I call "vegan light". But hey, I don't expect everyone to fully embrace the vegan lifestyle. Truly, every little bit helps!

Liz S.

Seriously, such a magical, well-deserved getaway. True paradise! And I'm TOTALLY looking forward to reading more details about the retreat you're planning! Sounds like a fun event! My weekend was filled with lots of fun and activities, though the negative temperatures here on the east coast are reallllly brutal. At least the sun is shining :)
Gigi

"This brie plate… (I mean, really?)" I have to say that I feel strongly that the real reason that you are no longer the Vegan blonde is because being vegan is not a convenient choice but rather one that requires a true devotion to the choice to no longer do anything that causes harm to animals. I don't believe that musings about a brie plate with shavings of animal flesh on it would be something that an orthorexic in early recovery would be making. If you truly felt poorly about having to give up a vegan lifestyle and were only doing it because it was supposedly killing you, I don't think you would be posting pics like this on your website. I believe if you truly felt compassion for animals and were only eating them because your life and health depended on it, you would still care about them and wish to promote veganism to those who don't have disordered thinking about food and hence you would not glorify pictures of their flesh and by-products here.
Gigi

Again Jan, I'm not judging Jordan per se. But if you're going to post a blog on the internet for all to see presenting yourself as an ethical vegan then you're opening yourself to comments of all sorts should you decide that didn't work out for you for whatever reason. She says how horribly she feels that she wasn't able to live the vegan lifestyle that she felt so passionately about. Ok, I can understand that. Just because she feels she must consume animals products for her health doesn't mean she must promote her brie and flesh plate on her blog. That is not particularly the healthy side of omnivorism. She could also promote the other parts of a vegan lifestyle that she CAN embrace. I assume there's no reason why wearing non-leather apparel will affect her health. When I talk to my friends about veganism, I'm careful not to speak in absolutes as that is a turn off to most. Instead I promote doing what you can. Include more vegan meals and less meat in your diet. Ditch the leather and wool and down. Veganism is NOT just about not eating animals but rather not having to do with anything that has to do with animal products. I believe Jordan could do a world of good here and maybe feel better about the fact that she had to abandon the vegan diet by expounding on some of these other vegan ideas and the way they help the animals and the planet.
Christina

Looks like an amazing trip! I have never been to Cabo but I've always wanted to go. Your navy jumpsuit also has me craving SUMMER!! -Christina call-christina.com
Gigi

Hi Jan, one last thought before I get on with my day. I used to blog extensively for a non-profit whose mission it is to promote health, wellness and diabetes prevention. I appreciated feedback of any type from readers. I did not expect everything I posted to be received with a resounding "yes, you're so right I love you so much Gigi". The comments that we received that questioned our viewpoint or posed a different way of thinking gave us plenty of food for thought and actually helped shape some of our programs and outreach. I'm not being inflexible. I haven't questioned Jordan's decision to return to eating what she feels is best to nourish her body. I've questioned why she really did it. I still believe she can promote ethical veganism. if she truly feels badly about having to return to eating animals because her eating disorder precluded her from eating a well-balanced and healthy vegan diet that could have sustained her health. She could maybe talk up the other aspects of veganism that she can participate in. I have a niece who followed a very similar path to Jordan's when she was about the same age. Overnight she went gung ho vegan for about two years then abruptly stopped when she was about 25 and the next thing I knew she was ordering chicken wings when we ate out! I didn't and don't judge her for that choice. She is young still, and works in the restaurant industry. A full vegan diet was inconvenient for her and she admitted that to me. I'm okay with that. She still doesn't do leather, wool or down and I do believe that when the time is right she will also fully embrace a vegan diet.
Alice @ Live Fit Love Chocolat

You are the cutest! Love your pics :) but that brie plate though! Dying of jealousy. I'm so glad you had fun! As for the health retreat....YES PLEASE.
Leah

I have been dying to go on a health retreat and this seems ideal!!! I will be following you for details :) I look forward to meeting you!!
Adrienne

I found this blog because I was looking for vegan bloggers. I realize now that you aren't vegan for health reasons. But you still promote healthy eating. I don't know if any universe where the overly processed meat on the Brie plate is healthy. I can accept cheating with "naughty" foods every now and then, but as a former ethical vegan (who still seems to support the non mistreatment of animals by all accounts) I would think your go-to wouldn't be overly processed, salt-filled meat products.