Becoming Coco

How do you know what diet to choose if every diet out there seems to be obsessed over by the media one week and totally debunked the next ?  WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT A HEALTHY DIET? Well I spent several (won't embarrass my self with the exact number ) hours researching, reading books, watching videos, looking at studies and various blogs and I found, you can't really trust any of them (diets). In the end the only reason any of them worked is because people were benefitting from the simple acts of exercising more, eating less calories and trying to be healthy. It didn't actually matter what method they took so much, as long as they met those basics. Furthermore, some diets, like veganism, which cut out many items totally, could be unhealthy if the nutrients removed were not carefully replaced.  A brief look at the many diets suggested to me. Aka. My adventure in researching: Based on the several popular you tubers, studies and books like "Forks over Knives", my...

My husband and I wanted to spend our Saturday doing something different so we decided to find the best coffee shops in San Diego and visit as many as we could in one half day. We reviewed the top 10 lists of coffee shops in different areas of San Diego county as well as Yelp reviews and then chose the most unique and highest rated to visit. We only got to about 4 when our heads started exploding with caffeine so we will have to continue to find the best another day. So far we found that San Diego has some pretty cool coffee shops out there. Here's our reviews on the best coffee shops in San Diego County  1.  Cafe Calabria - North Park This place made it top several lists and their coffee is served in other top coffee shops around San Diego, so it must be good!  Atmosphere:  Very big and fancy as far as coffee shops go. It feels more like a restaurant than coffee shop atmosphere, but it definitely is a casual sit-where-you li...

               The 5 hypothe ses of Krashen are part of a published work by Stephen Krashen, a professor at the University of Southern California. He is linguist who has extensively studied second language acquisition. He has been an activist for the proper treatment and consideration of second language learners in Southern California and is a supporter of bilingual education. The theory he came up with for second language learning is what is referred to as his 5 part Hypotheses and it has been debated for its seemingly contradictory appeals. When taken literally the propositions can range from confusing to downright de-motivational for teachers.  However, when the information is sifted through with a goal of understanding within the context of a modern teacher’s reality, these theories can be analyzed to determine several solid principles for teaching. The fi rst of 5 is the “Acquisition-Learning hypothesis” which states that there ...