Sunday is Tia Mowry’s favourite day of the week as a result of it’s the day that she will get to do no matter she needs.
“With my profession, there’s all the time some form of schedule,” the actor and entrepreneur mentioned. However on Sundays, “it’s simply actually free-flowing. I imply, sure, there are some routines and traditions that now we have on Sunday, nevertheless it’s not a strict schedule.”
Mowry has been lighting up our TV screens since her debut on the beloved ‘90s sitcom “Sister, Sister” alongside her twin sister, Tamera. Since then, Mowry has picked up a number of different notable roles on exhibits and movies like “The Sport,” “Twitches” and “Household Reunion.” She additionally starred in a Model Community actuality present about her and her sister’s lives referred to as “Tia & Tamera,” launched two cookbooks and launched 4u by Tia, a sustainable, science-backed hair care line for pure hair.
In Sunday Funday, L.A. folks give us a play-by-play of their ultimate Sunday round city. Discover concepts and inspiration on the place to go, what to eat and how you can take pleasure in life on the weekends.
The newest enterprise for the mother of two? Mowry is heading again to actuality tv to star in WEtv’s “Tia Mowry: My Subsequent Act,” a present about her post-divorce life. “I’m eradicating the filter like by no means earlier than,” she wrote on Instagram.
An Military child born in Germany and raised in a number of elements of the U.S., Mowry mentioned she loves Los Angeles — the place she’s lived for greater than 30 years — due to the town’s emphasis on wellness. “There’s all the time some form of wholesome grocery retailer or smoothie spot or juicing spot [or] nice, stylish train program all inside one block of one another, which is simply so useful particularly if you end up a mother,” she mentioned.
Mowry’s ultimate Sunday in L.A. includes playtime along with her youngsters (Cairo is 5 and Cree is 12), sweating it out at Equinox and dinner at her favourite pasta spot. Right here’s how she’d spend the day.
This interview has been calmly edited and condensed for size and readability.
6 a.m.: Meditate, journal and skim
The very first thing that I do once I get up is meditate. I actually put a “Do Not Disturb” signal on my door and the children know. They’re 12 and 5. Even the 5-year-old is aware of to not stroll into Mommy’s room when that signal is on and her door is closed. I’ll meditate for an hour on the weekend.
I’m up at 6 a.m. as a result of I’ve to get it in earlier than the children get up at 7:25 a.m. I don’t know why it’s 7:25 a.m. [Laughs] Then I’ll do some journaling. I’ve this actually cool manifestation journal the place I write down my manifesto each single day and reply some questions. It takes about 5 minutes. Then I’ll do about 15 to twenty minutes of studying each Sunday. I simply completed studying “Set Boundaries, Discover Peace: A Information to Reclaiming Your self.” It’s by an incredible Black lady named Nedra Glover Tawwab. She’s a psychologist and that is an unimaginable e-book.
7:25 a.m.: Enjoyable time with the children
As soon as I’m achieved with that, the children will are available after which they’re enjoying round, leaping on my mattress and it’s simply enjoyable time. We spend about an hour in my mattress simply hanging out, giving kisses and cuddles. And naturally between the 2 of them, it’s not all the time nice [laughs]. There is perhaps some back-and-forth between the children, and a few “Mommmmm” [imitates in agitated kid voice]. Then we’re possibly watching “Avatar” or “Bluey.” Principally whoever grabs the distant first, that’s what we’re watching.
9 a.m.: Order in or exit for breakfast
We are going to generally order meals on Postmates or we’ll stroll to our favourite restaurant. It’s referred to as Le Ache Quotidien. It’s a French breakfast spot. I all the time order my favourite drink, which is the matcha latte with vanilla extract and oat milk. I normally get the three-egg scramble, which comes with a inexperienced salad. After which Cairo can have the pancakes with bananas and additional syrup, and Cree will get a chai latte with oat milk and avocado toast.
I’ve tried all the things on that menu. The waiters know us there. And like I mentioned, generally I’ll take the children and we’ll stroll. Cree will get on his bike, I’ll put Cairo in a wagon and we’re off.
11 a.m. Drop the children off and go to gymnasium
We’ll come dwelling round 11 a.m., then the children will hang around on the home. They’re both hanging out with grandpa, grandma or uncle Tahj Mowry, and I’ll go off to my favourite gymnasium, Equinox. I really feel like the place I’m at proper now in my life, it’s not about that intense exercise the place you’re simply so drained after. It’s extra about simply transferring the physique. So I’ll do possibly 20 minutes of a pleasant stroll on the treadmill, then I’ll do one other 20 minutes on the Stairmaster. After that, I’ll possibly do some little bit of flooring Pilates and a few stretching, and that’s it. The steam room is one in all my favourite issues to do proper after a exercise. That’s how you understand you’re getting older [laughs].
You recognize, simply actually, actually deal with your self and refill your cup, in order that it is possible for you to to pour into your kids, your work life, your mates and all of that. In order that’s like a should.
2:30 p.m. Grocery buying at Erewhon
I’ll come again dwelling and clean up, then I’ll head out to do some grocery buying. Generally the children will be a part of me; generally they gained’t. Cree normally loves to hitch me as a result of he loves meals. I’ll go to Erewhon. I do know some folks say it’s this bougie grocery spot, however I’ve truly been going there for years earlier than it was even widespread.
Grocery buying is sort of like my zen place. I’ll undergo the recipes in my cookbook, “The Fast Repair Kitchen” or my different cookbook, “Entire New You,” and select what we’re going to have that week. Then I’ll get all the things that we’d like. I all the time prefer to have one thing deliberate so I’m not scrambling. I’ll seize some necessities, then come dwelling and unpack. As you possibly can see Sundays are clearly a day that I’m not doing an excessive amount of cooking trigger it’s a chill day.
My favourite smoothie at Erewhon is the Royal Protection 13, which principally simply has protein, berries and apple juice. It comes with bananas however I’ve an allergy, so I normally simply get it with out and it’s so good. I prefer to hold it quite simple.
5:00 p.m. Dinner at Uovo
One in every of our favourite issues to do is go to a pasta spot referred to as Uovo. The explanation we go on a regular basis is as a result of Cairo is obsessive about pasta. If she will eat pasta for breakfast, lunch and dinner, she would. What’s so nice about this spot is — ‘trigger I’m a foodie — is it’s easy however good, which means it’s not this large, large menu. And so they make their pasta recent. It’s intimate and the waiters know us too. It’s kid-friendly, nevertheless it’s additionally an excellent atmosphere for adults as properly.
Cairo and I like the pasta with the truffle and Parmesan cheese, and Cree loves the meat ravioli. It’s good to finish the day with a pleasant glass of wine and everybody is stuffed with pasta.
6:30 p.m. Get ice cream for dessert
Uovo solely has tiramisu for dessert and the children all the time need ice cream, so we’ll go to Salt & Straw. When it opened up, I used to be so extremely excited. What I like about it’s that it’s distinctive. The mixtures are one thing that you just’ve by no means heard of, like lavender. It’s not your conventional flavors that you’d anticipate in ice cream, which I believe is such an unimaginable expertise and the children adore it.
7:00 p.m. Get the children prepared for mattress
We’re dwelling by 7 p.m. Cree is ready to put himself to mattress, thank God. [As for] Cairo, I’ll learn her a e-book and provides her a shower. She has her entire routine — she’s so spoiled. She has white noise going and an air air purifier with a scent in it. She will get a therapeutic massage each evening. She’s the princess. Then they’re off to mattress.
8 p.m. Hearken to affirmations till I go to sleep
I’ll take my bathe and do all that sort of stuff, then go to mattress [listening] to affirmations. That’s sort of been my new factor. I’m actually attempting to get sufficient sleep all through the evening and so I’m in mattress at round 9 or 9:30 p.m.
