Welcome back to the HH online book club! This month we've been reading Keep it Simple, Keep it Whole: Your Guide to Optimum Health by Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman.

This Week's Thought Questions (based on chapters 7-10 ):

1. Where do you think you are on the continuum (where you ever somewhere else?)? Where do you want to reach? 75%? 90%? 100%?

2. What's your opinion of soy, after reading chapter 9? Did your thoughts …

Before we left Montreal, Scott & I made a trip to Aux Vivres. I've been to a lot of vegan restaurants in my travels but I've never been to a restaurants as busy as a NYC vegan restaurant outside of NYC, until now. Aux Vivres was crazy busy and I loved that excited energy.

We started with the cornbread which was good, but the dipping sauce was OUTSTANDING.

I ordered the tempeh burger (which was okay) …

Pinterest has been all the rage lately and I'm sorry to say that I was late to the party. Actually, if it weren't for my sister I might still not be using it!

Actually, not really late, I've had a pinterest account for a while. It's just that I never really used it, until my sister got hers and feel in love and then I really got into it as well.

I've got several different boards, from …

You've got questions, I've got answers!

1. What kind of sweetener do you use for cereal and tea?

I don't eat cereal -- they're a little too processed to me (I mean, just exactly happened to the grains for them to take on those weird “cereal” shapes?), but no judgement here for cereal lovers, I used to be one, too!

I can't remember ever adding sweetener to my cereals, even when I ate plain, puffed brown rice. …

Last weekend I returned to Boston to for my 5-year law school reunion.

On Saturday, I met with Boston-area Herbies at Grasshopper, which was my favorite veg restaurant when I lived in Boston (and I think maybe the only one!).

I ordered my favorite: Grasshopper Supreme while Scott ordered the restaurant's most famous dish: No Name

On Sunday, Scott & I met up with our good friends Tracy & Ritche and we …