CHANGE: On Friday mornings, I like to treat myself to my favorite coffee shop coffee. Monday through Thursday, I try my best to make my own coffee. Two to 4 dollars a day quickly adds up, and I just can't be about that life.

On Friday mornings, I like to treat myself to my favorite coffee shop coffee. Monday through Thursday, I try my best to make my own coffee. Two to 4 dollars a day quickly adds up, and I just can't be about that life.

This is less a review of a bakery/cafe/smoked fish house/expert on all things delicious and more a story of the time I stood next to Jake Gyllenhaal and couldn't keep my cool. Not that I had much to begin with...

There are two Gracias Madre restaurants; one is in San Francisco and one is in my neighborhood, West Hollywood. I went to the original Gracias Madre several years ago with the VegNews staff. The restaurant was dark, cozy and had hearty, vegan Mexican food served in an unfussy manner. The West Hollywood location, however, is like the grown up, glamorous version of that.