• Food,  Travel

    Belated Scenes from the Weekend

    This post is a little late, but better late than never! Last weekend my friend Brendan and I drove down to South Jersey where my sister now lives to visit! We left friday night after work (and after work + class for me), so we didn’t get down there until 9:30pm. Thankfully there was no traffic on the way down! Saturday we had a fun day planned. We went to Laurita Winery in New Egypt, New Jersey for a tasting and to check it out. It was beautiful! Who thinks that new jersey has wineries? Well, it does, and has lots of farm land, too. I never knew! My favorite…

  • Beer,  Food,  Life,  Travel

    Weekend in a Nutshell

    Well, this weekend just flew by. I spent a majority of my weekend in New Jersey visiting my sister who just moved there at the end of May! Friday I drove down to South Jersey and I got there in time to hit up the shore. We only spent about an hour there since she lives only 15 minutes from Seaside. We walked the boardwalk because it was too cold and windy to enjoy the beach. Still pretty, though! We also had a drink at the Spicy Cantina. I had my first Blendini from Rita’s, an oreo custard mixed with mint chocolate chip Italian ice. Pretty tasty. Friday night was…

  • Food,  Life,  Travel

    Weekend in NJ

    One of my birthday presents from my sister this year was a ticket to see The Killers (one of my favorite bands!) in New Jersey this past weekend. Sunday morning, I drove down to NJ where my sister’s boyfriend Brian lives, since we were staying with him. It was my first time driving so far out of state, and honestly it wasn’t that bad! I was a tad nervous at first but the drive was smooth, minus some minor traffic on the NJ turnpike. 3.5 hours later I was in South Jersey. After I got there, Brian drove us to Philly (only about 20 minutes from his house–they live on…

  • Blogger Meet-Up,  Fitness,  Food,  Running,  Travel

    Like Rocky

    This is the last of the Heathy Living Summit recaps! So if you’re just checking in, here are my previous HLS posts: Conference Day Cocktails at Reading Terminal Market Vegetarian Chicken Cheese Steak and Froyo Food and Philly —- I have never seen any of the Rocky movies, but that doesn’t mean I can’t climb up the Rocky Steps just like in the film! Sunday morning before the close of the Healthy Living Summit, a LARGE group of bloggers participated in the the 5K fun run, which ended up being a walk for sight-seeing. We made it to our destination! What a view. A bunch of ran back to the…

  • Blogger Meet-Up,  Fitness,  Food,  Restaurant Reviews,  Running

    Conference Day

    Saturday was the the conference portion of the Healthy Living Summit! But before we could learn all we could about blogging, my roommate Liz and I had planned on running the 5AM long run with a group of other bloggers (like 20 of us!) I was planning on 10 miles but didn’t make it. I turned around at mile 4.2 because my stomach started hurting and ran/walk the rest of the way back…after nearly getting lost! Fortunately I called Heather and met her and Alicia (they were running with a 6AM group) and they came to my rescue.   Thankfully we had about an hour to get ready before breakfast at…