Happy Friday. It’s November 1. I cannot believe there are only two months left in this year. I welcomed November by sleeping until 7:45 and skipping early yoga and making a smoothie. Here’s a look at some of the other things I’ve been eating this week. Another oatmeal breakfast. Sandwich and salad lunch. The treat [...]
Dining Out + Restaurant Reviews
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Dinner at La Canoa at Zoetry Parisio de la Bonita
October 4, 2013 { 11 comments }During our day trip to scout Zoetry Parisio de la Bonita for an upcoming yoga retreat, we had the opportunity to experience dinner at their AAA four diamond restaurant La Canoa. The restaurant is named for the canoes that are hung from the ceiling. It features a spacious layout with an open kitchen and ocean [...]
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First Weekend of Fall // Dinner at Rooster’s
September 22, 2013 { 11 comments }Hi! Happy weekend! It is an insanely gorgeous day in Charlotte. It was very cloudy on Saturday and rainy Saturday night but I’m grateful that front brought us this sunshine and cool weather. Today is the first day of fall and I can’t imagine a more perfect day! I was working on this post after [...]
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Labor day weekend: from housework to yoga inversions to I am so not meant for clubbing…
September 2, 2013 { 6 comments }My Labor Day weekend hasn’t provided much of a break from laboring but it sure has been productive. And there has been a bit of fun involved so I can’t complain. Housework has continued in full force and the following has been accomplished… – HVAC repaired – Installation of two new toilets – New light [...]
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A Response & Regular Stuff
August 28, 2013 { 15 comments }Good morning. I so appreciate all of your insightful and kind comments on yesterday’s post. I guess what I want to say in return is that I have been through an incredible amount of change in my professional and personal life over the past two years. Literally everything has changed. I have experienced a broad [...]
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We Finally Meet + A New Playlist
August 26, 2013 { 29 comments }Sunday was a really special day for me. I finally got to meet three women who I have been interacting with via social media and the blog world for years. I sent a group message to Teri, Miriam (formerly of Bellaspire which she has stepped away from…you’ve seen her on this blog before) and Leslie [...]
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Hungry, Hungry!
August 16, 2013 { 17 comments }Thursday was one of those days where I was hungry all day long. Nothing satisfied me and I was hungry again an hour after eating a meal. I find the fluctuations in my appetite really interesting. Breakfast was another “Nutty Fruity” smoothie from Berrybrook Farm. I couldn’t stop thinking about how delicious the one [...]
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Pinkberry + Saturday Stuff + Sushi
August 12, 2013 { 17 comments }Some weekend photos for you. It was a perfect mix of fun and un-fun. Fun included everything you see below, un-fun included paying $85 to replace my shattered iPhone screen, having a HVAC technician out to my house for the FOURTH time this summer because my air quit on me again and dealing with a [...]
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What I Ate + How I Worked Out Wednesday…On Thursday
August 1, 2013 { 16 comments }Hola…my intent was to publish this post last night while I was on the couch eating takeout and drinking a glass of wine but I got sidetracked by HGTV and catching up on reading other blogs. So here is my “What I ate and how I worked out out Wednesday” on a Thursday! I subbed [...]
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Hush Puppy Me
July 28, 2013 { 21 comments }Much like the rest of the summer, Saturday was a cloudy day. My parents said it’s rained almost every day at the beach just like it has in Charlotte. I hung out on the balcony in the morning then went to the farmers market with my parents to get some tomatoes. We swung by Starbucks [...]
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Dinner at The Ocean Room at The Sanctuary
July 11, 2013 { 8 comments }During my stay at The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island I had the great fortune to have dinner at The Ocean Room. It’s quite a special dining experience. The Ocean Room is Kiawah’s upscale steakhouse and it’s the only steakhouse in the country to have received Forbes 4 Star and AAA 4 Diamond ratings. What I [...]
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Currently…
July 7, 2013 { 42 comments }Currently… – The only workout I feel like doing or can get excited about is yoga. I need it in a bad way right now. I’ve done one strength workout in 2 weeks. Running requires extreme amounts of mental motivation. I did it on vacation because it was my only choice but other than that…nada. [...]
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Anatomy In Asheville
June 22, 2013 { 11 comments }Guess where I am? The same place that I am 99% of the time when I go out of town and tell you to guess where. Asheville! I actually haven’t been here since last December so I was due a trip. I’m actually here for David Keil’s Beyond Basics Yoga Anatomy Workshop. It’s a three-day workshop that [...]
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A Fashion Post (Gasp) + Sushi + Lazy Sunday
June 2, 2013 { 29 comments }Part two of my weekend included a shopping trip, sushi and normal Sunday stuff. On Saturday afternoon I made a trip to Nordstrom Rack in search of white jeans (my favorite pair had an unfortunate encounter with red wine at a party that left them beyond saving :cry:). While I didn’t find any white jeans [...]
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Gratitude Overflowing
May 30, 2013 { 37 comments }I had the most wonderful Thursday. I feel so grateful for so many things…my job working at Metro not only doing something I love but doing it with amazing people, the friendships I have made here in Charlotte, the opportunity to teach yoga and being a part of the yoga community as a whole and [...]
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Customer Service Win + The Best Grilled Cheese Ever
May 18, 2013 { 10 comments }This was a working Saturday for me which I was prepared for. Unfortunately, it also ended up being stressful on the life front for a couple of reasons including my car going crazy. Car trouble is always no bueno but I am so lucky with how my situation turned out. Let’s start with breakfast. I [...]
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Skyscrapers and Sunshine
May 6, 2013 { 15 comments }This is part two of my Chicago trip recap and it’s all about part of our beautiful Saturday. We slept until 10 a.m. (11 a.m. Eastern time!!!). I guess we were exhausted from a long work week and a late Friday night. We didn’t even feel guilty about our late slumber, instead we high-fived and [...]
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Arrival In Chicago: Adobo Grill and Second City
May 5, 2013 { 7 comments }I am currently en route back to Charlotte from a great weekend in Chicago. Highlights included… – Spending time with my wonderful girlfriends – Amazing weather!!! (the weather totally changed and it was high 60s and sunny all weekend – I didn’t even need my boots!) – Really, really delicious meals – Great runs along [...]
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Jello Legs
April 14, 2013 { 33 comments }I’m currently stretched out on the couch with jello legs. Which I personally think is a great feeling. ;) My workout this afternoon put me in this state. I ran three hilly miles outside and then came in the gym to do a strength circuit involving 60 barbell back squats at 75 pounds…thus the jello [...]
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Weekend Part 2 – Bad Movies, Cookouts and Workouts
April 8, 2013 { 13 comments }On Saturday night I saw one of the worst movies I’ve seen in quite a while. Maybe it’s not fair to say “the worst” because it wasn’t that the acting, special effects, etc was that bad…it was more the overwhelming amount of graphic action. It was Olympus Has Fallen. I just cannot hang with nonstop [...]
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On Renewal and Softening
March 31, 2013 { 10 comments }I hope everyone has enjoyed Easter. I had the honor of teaching yoga on this special beautiful Spring morning. Regardless of your belief system, I think that Easter and Spring encourage and welcome renewal and rebirth. I read the following passage to my yoga students at the start of practice today. German writer Johann Wolfgang [...]
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Sunday in Photos
March 24, 2013 { 12 comments }It’s been a good weekend but I haven’t stopped moving so I’m just now checking in with you. My weekend has been full of CrossFit, teaching yoga, Ikea trips, house project, social gatherings…busy but good and fun busy. Today’s biggest accomplishment was assembling my first piece of Ikea furniture all by myself. Like using the [...]
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Building the Lunch Bowl (+ Friday Wine Lunch!)
March 22, 2013 { 21 comments }Happy Friday! I missed y’all yesterday but I was too busy with work to blog. By the time I got home, showered, ate dinner and made it to the couch it was after 10 p.m. and all I had energy for was sitting and staring at the screen. I did watch the finale of The [...]
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Default Distance
March 10, 2013 { 41 comments }I have this thing where anytime I go out for a run I default to three miles. Not two, not four…but an easy 5K. It’s been my “default distance” for as long as I can remember. Of course when I am in training programs for races I vary the distances to follow the plan but [...]
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More Rest & More Food Please
February 7, 2013 { 19 comments }Hello and happy Thursday! It’s been a while since I’ve shared any Sullie shots on the blog and she’s been extra cute as always so here are two pictures I posted to Facebook and Instagram today. I have been obsessed with Instagram lately. I am also pretty obsessed with Sullie’s frog legs. The girl has [...]
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Living The Dream
January 27, 2013 { 18 comments }I had a really awesome weekend with many highlights. – Teaching two packed yoga classes to the amazing yogis at Y2 Yoga. They flowed, they sweated, they learned a new mantra, worked on a new deep upper backbend (more on the mantra and backbend tomorrow for yoga Monday!) and listened to this motivational speech about [...]
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A Random One – BodyPump, CrossFit, Restaurant Review, Publix and MORE!
January 12, 2013 { 23 comments }Happy weekend! 1. I am glad y’all are on board with weekly fitness and yoga posts. I will kick it off on Monday! Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. I’m going to have quite an editorial calendar of topics. 2. If you are participating in the 26 Random Acts project, don’t forget that your random acts [...]
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Asheville Escape
December 16, 2012 { 25 comments }I’m quite cozy over here. It’s gray and rainy and I’m spending the afternoon hanging out at home with hot tea, a gingerbread candle and Sigur Ros radio on Pandora. I decided to go to Asheville yesterday. It wasn’t what I needed to do from a productivity standpoint but it’s absolutely what I needed on [...]
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Good Food
December 5, 2012 { 19 comments }While I’m sad to hear that so many other people are dealing with running/sports-related injuries, I am excited that so many of you are interested in focusing on mobility in December. I’ll try to share with you each day what I’m doing from a mobility standpoint and a couple of times a week I will [...]
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Desperation and Tacos
November 7, 2012 { 10 comments }This has been the week of desperation meals after a tragic event on Sunday night. I somehow managed not to shut the fridge all the way and it stayed slightly open for about 10 hours. The next morning all of the food was warm and I had to do a total toss of most of [...]
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Sweet Friday
October 19, 2012 { 28 comments }http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/ECU/OID3372_FOTL-VF_ECU_029/@x13 I don’t know if there are words to describe how insanely happy I am that it’s Friday night. How happy I am that the week has finally ended, that I got to take a yoga class tonight and that I have zero plans this weekend other than doing whatever it is that I feel [...]
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5 Vacation Highlights: 30A, Steak & Cake, Yoga and More!
October 10, 2012 { 25 comments }It was so nice to receive your positive feedback on yesterday’s post. I didn’t intend to write it. I actually sat down to write a normal post recapping what I was doing on vacation and then the words just started flowing. I think that’s exactly why that post worked though. It wasn’t planned but instead [...]
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Beach Weekend
October 7, 2012 { 24 comments }Hi everyone! I’m having a great visit with my mom. Highlights so far include Friday night pizza, a beautiful 5-mile run, eating zero (repeat zero) veggies yesterday with no veggie guilt, eating ice cream and peanut butter and jelly instead, beach time, the Destin Seafood Festival and lots of sleep. I arrived right around sunset [...]
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Good Eats In Asheville
September 25, 2012 { 11 comments }Last Asheville post for you…this time food focused! While I do love hiking and all of the outdoor activities that the Asheville area has to offer, the food and general good vibe of the city are what keep me coming back. I don’t know if it was the arrival of fall and the awesome weather [...]
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Friday Funday {Giveaway}
September 7, 2012 { 189 comments }Happy Friday! The short week really flew by. I can’t believe the weekend is already back. Although weekends aren’t really the breaks from work they used to be. One of the very best things about my job is the flexibility. I don’t have set hours. Sometimes (rarely) I work the typical 8-5. Other days my [...]
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Place To Place, State To State
September 2, 2012 { 21 comments }This weekend has included a little bit of everything. My friend Miriam drove in from Winston Salem on Saturday for a CrossFit + lunch date. Luckily, the WOD was newbie-friendly and Miriam totally rocked it. It was three rounds of thrusters (a squat to overhead press with a barbell) and running. I did NOT rock [...]
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Summer Saturday
August 26, 2012 { 17 comments }Saturday was such a good day. The weather in Charlotte is incredible this weekend and I’ve been soaking it up as much as possible. So much so that instead of yoga or CrossFitting Saturday morning, I did this… Ran! I set out to run 3 or 4 but I felt so good that I ended [...]
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Shifting Gears
August 15, 2012 { 18 comments }Thank you, thank you, thank you for the kind words about my post yesterday. I spent a lot longer on the post than I usually do. I kept going back and editing it and I considered not publishing it at all. When I did publish it, I immediately wanted to take it down. It can [...]
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Welcome Weekend
July 14, 2012 { 22 comments }The weekend is off to a great start. Good food, killer workouts, friends, yoga and the farmers market. It’s so nice to be in town and back to the normal weekend routine. I really enjoyed my Friday. I spent the morning shadowing/observing personal training sessions before coming home for lunch. Lunch featured the leftover Grit [...]
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All Good Things…
July 10, 2012 { 16 comments }…must come to an end. I’m blogging from my kitchen table instead of my parent’s balcony. Vacation is officially over and it’s time to get back to my normal routine. Although that routine has shifted slightly and I’m now forced to deal with it and not be distracted by travel. We’ll see how this goes. [...]
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Donuts And Mini Golf
July 9, 2012 { 37 comments }I have settled into a nice vacation routine – and can I comment that I love that I can now call visiting my parents “vacation.” Wake up around 7 and make coffee, edit previous day’s photos for blog, make breakfast, write blog post, workout, beach, lunch, beach, shower and catch up on work emails, dinner, [...]
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Beach Memories
July 8, 2012 { 20 comments }Good morning! I hope you are enjoying a relaxing start to your Sunday. I just inhaled an apple fritter and some scrambled eggs and I’m on my fourth cup of coffee so I’m feeling extra peppy today! :D I woke up at 6:30 this morning and there was no way I was going back to [...]
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Vacation = White Sand, Rainbows And Cake
July 6, 2012 { 32 comments }Vacation day one was a success. I didn’t work out, finished a book in 24 hours, napped on the beach, embraced my natural curls and went out for dinner with crazy hair and ate cake. I thought maybe I would go on a run yesterday morning but then my dad and I went to the [...]
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Hero WODs And Fireworks
July 5, 2012 { 12 comments }My Fourth of July was so much fun and when it was all said and done I ended up at the beach so I’m a happy girl! The day started with one of my favorite pre-workout breakfasts before heading over to our new location for the July 4th CrossFit class. It’s a tradition to do [...]
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Friday Q & A – Video Post
June 22, 2012 { 10 comments }Hi! I have mixed emotions about the weekend being here. On one hand, this has been a rough week and I’m glad it’s over. On the other, I’m having major anxiety about what I’m going to do when Sunday rolls around and I don’t head to the studio to teach. Breathe…I will be okay. (Who [...]
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A Year Older, A Year Closer
June 17, 2012 { 61 comments }My birthday was on Saturday. It was a bit of a weird birthday this year given everything that has happened/changed since my last birthday coupled with the fact that I’m entering the final year of my 20s. I definitely think that I know myself better at 29 than I did at 28. And I don’t [...]
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Tots And Tabata
June 8, 2012 { 13 comments }Happy Friday! It’s been a great day for me so far. The weather in Charlotte has been so beautiful the past few days. Warm but low humidity and cool nights. Wish I had time to enjoy it poolside but for now runs and eating outside will have to suffice. Breakfast was one of my favorite [...]
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Girls Gone WOD + Lunch At Fern
June 6, 2012 { 32 comments }Hey guys! I’m alive…just having to prioritize at the moment and work is currently ranking #1. On Monday night we had a Coach’s WOD at our new location. It was our first time working out there and it was awesome! What was NOT awesome, on the other hand, was the workout that our Director of [...]
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A Happy Place
June 3, 2012 { 44 comments }I’m home from Asheville where I spent the last three days eating, drinking, hiking, yogaing, wandering and eating some more. It was a beautiful weekend with temperatures in the 70s during the day and the 50s at night. Asheville is one of my favorite places to visit and when I’m there I always feel content [...]
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Score Your Own And Build Your Own
May 30, 2012 { 18 comments }Happy Wednesday! (Is it just me or does the term “Hump Day” kind of creep you out?) This short week is flying by. I need it to slow down a bit! I sound like a broken record but my days have been devoted to getting ready for the opening of our new location – things [...]