I hope you’ve enjoyed the weekend. Mine has been super low-key with lots of dog walking, some yoga practices, time at the gym, a trip to the farmers market and a visit with my little guy. I went to the farmers market on Saturday after training a client at the gym. While the winter market [...]
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Weekend Things + Bubble Magic + Long Run
September 18, 2023 { 5 comments }Happy Monday evening. I have my first pot of soup of the season simmering on the stove and it smells divine – I cannot wait to ladle up a big bowl. If it’s as good as I think it’s going to be, look for the recipe soon! I am feeling like a little bit of [...]
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Autumn Kale and Quinoa Salad
October 25, 2022 { 4 comments }Leafy greens really flourish in North Carolina during the fall. On my last trip to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, I was awed by the abundance of lettuce and kale varieties, chard and other greens like collards and bok choy. I brought home a beautiful bunch of lacinto kale and immediately got to work prepping [...]
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The Weekend I Needed
August 21, 2022 { 4 comments }Hello, hello. I am logging on for a quick weekend recap. It was nothing special but exactly what I needed it to be. The first update I owe you is on the baby birds. One of my blog readers referred me to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue and I was so grateful discover this amazing resource in [...]
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A Sweet Week
July 15, 2022 { 5 comments }Hi there. It’s been a solidly good week over here. I got to spend a lot of quality time with Finn, taught some yoga, hung out with my best girlfriends and was fairly productive with work. I have a week’s worth of photos to share of what it all looked like. A trip to the [...]
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My Last Weekend with a Three Year Old
May 16, 2022 { 14 comments }Well, I just spent my last weekend with a three year old…Finn turns four on Wednesday! We are making the most of the last few days of three and Finn assures me that even though he is turning four, he’ll still be “Mommy’s baby boy ever.” (Our shared sentiment from the book Love You Forever.) [...]
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Team Weekend + Hello Monday
August 9, 2021 { 2 comments }Hi! I hope that y’all had a nice weekend. I spent my weekend hanging out with Finn and my Monday working away. Here are some photo highlights! SATURDAY Finn slept until almost 8:30a on Saturday morning and it was MAGICAL! I go through cycles where I don’t sleep well and I’m in one now so [...]
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Low-Key Weekending
July 31, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy weekend friends! I’m enjoying a rare weekend in Charlotte while Finn is with his dad and it’s been nice and low-key…and full of yoga! I took my friend Rian’s class at 5:30p on Friday at Charlotte Yoga and it was everything I needed it to be and so much more. It was hot, hard, [...]
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Sharing Time + A Great Weekend
July 12, 2021 { 15 comments }Hi friends. I have been enjoying all the Finn time since I scooped him up last Wednesday from his long weekend with his dad. It was so wonderful to have an extended weekend with him at home and we made the most of it! I don’t talk a lot about co-parenting on my blog/social media [...]
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This Is Us
June 14, 2020 { 24 comments }Hello and I hope this finds you enjoying your weekend. I’ve been hanging out with Finn and the pups, staying close to home and spending as much time outside as possible. We are having the best weather – low 80s and low humidity. I’m trying to soak it up before a week of rain heads [...]
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Recent Eats: Summer with a Touch of Fall
September 20, 2019 { 5 comments }Happy Friday from FLORIDA! Finn and I hopped on a plane yesterday evening to spend the weekend with my family. We can only stay until Sunday so it’s a quick trip but I am THRILLED to be here. As usual, I am behind on recent eats so what I have for you today is from [...]
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Weekend with Finn
September 9, 2019 { 16 comments }This past weekend was the first time that I had a weekend in Charlotte with Finn in longer than I can remember. We kept it super low-key and it was perfect. I picked Finn up from preschool around 12:45p on Friday thinking that he would take a long nap. NOPE. He was overtired and overstimulated [...]
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Flower Child
July 29, 2019 { 14 comments }Oh man. Things took another turn south as I traveled home from Florida last Thursday. I had been fighting a runny nose for over a week but it was nothing too bad. Well, Wednesday evening it decided to go next level and the congestion got so much worse and moved into my chest. I think [...]
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Weekend for Two
August 13, 2018 { 56 comments }The weekend was…long. My intention is not to make my blog pity party central but the reality is that I’m struggling. Weekends are extra tricky thanks to the added layer of social media and seeing all of the posts about family life and adventures. As someone who works in the space of blogging and social [...]
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Weekend with the Babe + Pups
August 6, 2018 { 34 comments }Hey, hey. Hope your week is off to a great start. We’re in the midst of a thunderstorm right now and Finn is having a nice, long nap so I’m taking advantage and trying to get my weekend recap post written! Rather than go day-by-day, I’ll just share photo highlights…which aren’t really “highlights” but they’re [...]
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Back on the Meal Planning Train
August 4, 2018 { 27 comments }Now that I’m in Charlotte and trying to find a new routine, I want to get back to doing a better job at planning meals for the week. That being said…there are two challenges that come with this. First, adjusting to shopping and cooking for one. I really want to be mindful of that amount [...]
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Weekend Walking, Sushi, Outings and Cuddles
July 9, 2018 { 15 comments }Happy Monday. I know it’s probably a little “back to reality” for some of you after the July Fourth holiday mid-week last week and vacations/long weekends. We had a good weekend over here. The days are seeming a little less long after those early newborn days and I feel like I’ve been able to get [...]
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A New Kind of Weekend
June 11, 2018 { 25 comments }I’ve skipped out on writing weekend recaps for the last few weeks because there hasn’t been much to write about! Honestly, weekends feel pretty much the same these days as every other day since we’re in the newborn stage but I’ve received a few requests for “new day in the life” style posts so I [...]
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Weekend: Pregnancy Kindness, Sandal Shopping, Baby Shower + More
April 16, 2018 { 24 comments }Happy new week! I’ve been up since 4:30 a.m. I didn’t sleep well last night…I was hot and sweaty all night and had to make multiple bathroom trips. After the 4:30 a.m. wake-up, there was no going back to sleep. My mind was racing. (There’s kind of a lot on my mind these days…) The [...]
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Processing + A Fall Weekend
October 2, 2017 { 4 comments }I honestly have no words to express my heartbreak over the mass shooting in Las Vegas. The last thing I looked at on my phone last night before turning to my book was CNN.com to scan the headlines. I was shocked and sick to my stomach to wake up and learn about what happened as [...]
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Farmers Market, Food Shopping and This Week’s Dinner Menu
August 27, 2017 { 3 comments }I did a good bit of food shopping over the course of the weekend. Saturday I visited the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market to catch the last of the summer produce and this afternoon I made a quick stop into Harris Teeter to grab a few more things. Here’s a recap of what I bought at [...]
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Weekend: Yoga Assits, Squash Blossoms and Puppy Fever
June 26, 2017 { 11 comments }Hi and hope your week is off to a good start. It’s a really pretty day in Charlotte. We finally got a break in the crazy humidity that we came home to. I can’t wait to walk the girls this evening. :) We’ll say my weekend kicked off on Thursday night with a sushi date [...]
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Farmers Market Inspired Menu Plan + Recent Workouts + Weekly Workout Playlist
June 25, 2017 { 4 comments }Happy Sunday! I’m glad to be back in meal planning mode after a few weeks of being out of the routine. I haven’t really cooked a meal since we’ve been back since we had teacher training this weekend so I can’t wait to get in the kitchen tonight. I went to the farmers market on [...]
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Top 5 from the Weekend
April 24, 2017 { 11 comments }We are in the middle of three days of steady rain and chilly temperatures. We’re really getting our “April showers” in before welcoming May. I actually love a few days of dreary weather. I have a big pot of soup going for dinner tonight that’s full of veggies and seasoned with the ham bone from [...]
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Weekend: Winter Farmers Market, Teacher Training Kick Off, QT with the Girls
January 16, 2017 { 9 comments }I had a bit of an off weekend. First, we started our winter 2017 200-hour teacher training program at the studio. Getting back into the swing of teacher training is always an adjustment. It takes place over the course of eight weekends where we meet 6-9 on Friday night, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. on [...]
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Weekend, Farmers Market Finds & Weekly Meal Plan
August 22, 2016 { 6 comments }Hi there! It was pretty sweet to come home from vacation on a Friday and straight into the weekend. A nice, gentle return to reality. If you’re catching up after enjoying your weekend, don’t miss this post I shared on Saturday with a vacation recap and this post I shared Sunday that’s all about breakfast! For [...]
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Weekend: Golden Retriever Summer Camp + Sushi & Donuts
August 1, 2016 { 8 comments }I kicked off the new month with a bang. I popped out of bed at 5:40 a.m. today and announced to Tanner, “it’s YOGA time!” and I took his 6 a.m. class. For years and years, 6 a.m. classes were my go-to’s but over the last couple of years I have gotten out of the [...]
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Charlotte Regional Farmers Market: My 6 Favorite Farmers
July 21, 2016 { 14 comments }I make an almost weekly Saturday morning trip to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market where I try to buy the bulk of my meat, eggs, fruits and veggies. I have been visiting this market for over five years now and over the course of that time I have gotten to know and love several of [...]
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Weekend: Yoga Boot Camp, Rompers & Routines
August 10, 2015 { 12 comments }Hi and hope your week is off to an amazing start! It felt nice to stay in Charlotte this weekend after traveling for the last two weekends. It made me appreciate my little weekend routines even more…especially the farmers market! On Friday night I led a yoga boot camp at Y2 with my fiance. It [...]
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7 Favorite Foodie Spots in Charlotte
July 20, 2015 { 1 comment }It’s time for the second post in my series of “Why and what I love about Charlotte.” In my first post I covered 7 Things I Love About Living in Charlotte and today I’m going to be sharing my 7 favorite foodie spots in Charlotte! It’s going to be tough to narrow it down to [...]
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Recommended Reads + Recent Eats
July 18, 2015 { 9 comments }Happiest of Saturdays! Despite a late bedtime last night after the Beach Yoga Girl Handstand Workshop, I popped out of bed at 7 a.m. this morning. I was so happy to wake up feeling really good for the first time in over 10 days. I didn’t participate in the workshop but I was in the [...]
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Weekend: Embracing Fall + Slowing Down
October 5, 2014 { 30 comments }I finally embraced fall this weekend. The weather here in Charlotte has been incredible with temperatures in the 60s, sunshine and Carolina blue skies. I kept my weekend really, really low-key and stayed home as much as possible to continue this “nesting/grounding” phase I’m in. It was perfect. I always consider Friday the start of [...]
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Reducing Food Waste + Recent Eats
September 7, 2014 { 24 comments }This is the time of year where I want to buy ALL of the food at the farmers market. I get so sad about the end of summer produce that I buy too much of it. This was the state of my fridge last week. A little much for one, huh!? I’m happy to report that [...]
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Saying Yes + The Weekend
August 11, 2014 { 19 comments }My reading in my yoga class on Saturday was about the importance of relationships and connection. I have been putting this into practice in my own life. This has been the summer of yes. Despite my love for teaching and interacting with others for my work, I am introverted and more often than not I find a [...]
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A Weekend Full of Love + Friends
June 29, 2014 { 11 comments }The last three days have been full of celebrating friendship and love! It was the wedding weekend of one of my friends here in Charlotte. I met her through yoga several years ago we’ve since shared many sweaty practices, wine nights and experienced yoga in paradise on retreats. It makes me so happy to see my [...]
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A Surprise Weekend Visitor
June 14, 2014 { 11 comments }Happy weekend everyone! I was absolutely thrilled to learn that I was getting a surprise weekend visitor from Florida! My mom!!! She booked a last minute flight to spend my birthday weekend with me (it’s Monday) and I’m SO happy to have her here! She hasn’t visited Charlotte since I bought my house almost 5 [...]
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Weekend So Far + This Week’s Workouts
May 25, 2014 { 6 comments }Good morning! I hope you are all having a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. A little housekeeping to start out today’s post. If you have submitted a contact form via the contact page and haven’t heard a response…it’s because I wasn’t getting notifications! I set up the form about six weeks ago and the notifications have [...]
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A Very Social Weekend (I Put on Real Clothes 4 Days in a Row!)
April 28, 2014 { 44 comments }I hope your Monday is off to a great start! I had a yoga private this morning, a coffee meeting and then I shopped and cooked meals for my client. I haven’t done a weekend recap in a while because my weekends haven’t been much to write about but I thought that putting on real [...]
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Weekend in photos featuring pizza, yoga and sushi. My faves.
October 20, 2013 { 24 comments }Here’s a look at my weekend in photos… Friday night pizza. I needed this like no one’s business. Saturday morning at the farmers market after a beautiful yoga practice with Grace Morales. Highlights including mountain apples, lacinto kale, rainbow chard and the most ginormous bunch of beets for a whopping $4. Paleo banana bread but [...]
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Taco Time
September 15, 2013 { 19 comments }Hi! There are dishes to be done, laundry to be put away and a grocery trip to make but sometimes a girl just needs to lounge on the couch for a little bit on a Sunday afternoon. This weekend has been good but wore me out! I am sure you can guess what I spent [...]
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Saturday Market
August 3, 2013 { 12 comments }It’s a rare Saturday in Charlotte for me. I have no plans and a whole day to do whatever I want! No work, no social engagements…nothing! I did find out at the eleventh hour last night that I was needed to sub a yoga class this morning so I started my Saturday bright and early [...]
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Weekend: Erin McDermott + Cheese & Wine + Market + Cute Sullie
June 1, 2013 { 23 comments }I feel like I’m finally starting to recover from last week. It was a short one but so jam-packed. I didn’t get home from work until 7 on Friday night so I took Sullie out for an easy run so we could enjoy some fresh air after being cooped up in the gym all day. [...]
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Golden Saturday
May 11, 2013 { 9 comments }Happy Saturday. Coffee and an orange mango smoothie after a 7:30 a.m. superflow hot yoga class. I wanted to get my practice in early so I could enjoy the day and get to the farmers market before it got too late. The farmers market was full of beautiful local strawberries. I got a whole quart [...]
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A Weekend Alone
October 22, 2012 { 32 comments }Oh, Monday. It seems like I was just gushing over how happy I was about the arrival of Friday night. The weekend passed so quickly and I’m proud to announce that I did…pretty much nothing. I spent a lot of time alone and loved it. I took myself to yoga, Starbucks and the farmers market [...]
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How To: Perfect Eggs
August 18, 2012 { 34 comments }Good morning and happy weekend! My Saturday is off to a great start…early morning yoga, breakfast and the farmers market. It was a light day for me at the farmers market. As much as I love summer produce, there is only so much eggplant, squash and zucchini that one can eat. I was excited to [...]
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The Little Things
July 22, 2012 { 71 comments }Sometimes life can feel a little overwhelming. It seems that when things are good, they’re so good. You’re happy, work is good, everyone around you is happy, blessings and opportunity abound. At the other end of the spectrum, there are those times when you literally ask yourself if one more thing could possibly go wrong. [...]
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Fueling For Recovery
July 17, 2012 { 25 comments }The simple acts of standing, sitting and walking are quite challenging and rather painful today. I made my way back to CrossFit last night after taking the weekend off and the workout was sneaky hard. 10 – 1 for Time (Decreasing reps for each set, starting with 10 and ending with 1) Barbell Front Squats [...]
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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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Simple Saturdays
June 9, 2012 { 13 comments }I had been craving a bagel all week and it was once again the first thing on my mind when I woke up this morning. I decided that Saturday morning bagel and coffee sounded nice so off I went, in all my bed head glory, to pick up a bagel. I got a honey grain [...]
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MDW
May 28, 2012 { 24 comments }Happy Memorial Day! I had grand plans of getting up at 7 this morning, blogging, going to yoga, working a bit and then pool partying for the rest of the day. Annnnddd then I slept until 9 a.m. which resulted in missing yoga. Now I’m getting a late start on the blog/work stuff and still [...]