• Boilermaker,  Food,  Races,  Running

    Bring on the Boilermaker

    Okay, I guess if I’m not ready by now, I won’t ever be ready! I have all of my stuff packed for Utica and made a checklist of things to bring: Running top Running shorts Sneakers Socks Sportsbra Headphones Ipod Ipod armband Spibelt Camera Maps/Directions Energy gels/bloks Peanut Butter and Bagel (for breakfast) Coconut water Clif Z Bars (for snack) Cold meds Tissues Camelback (I think I’m going to wear it, just to keep my tissues in it because I may have to blow my nose a million times during the race…eww.) A fan (for sleeping comfortably!) I think that may be it..besides general toiletries and such. Breakfast this morning…

  • Baking,  Food,  Restaurant Reviews,  Yoga

    Banana Pancakes and Tulips

    Yesterday morning I woke up craving pancakes. I had this recipe for a while, but decided today would be the day to try it. I think I might have made them once before, but I’m not really sure…anyway, I had all the ingredients so I went to work. I tweaked the recipe a bit. I had some wheat bran lying around, so I added about 1/4 a cup to the mix of dry ingredients. I also added about a tablespoon of ground flax seeds. I had those in my fridge I wanted to use up. So the pancake batter looked like this.  I’m pretty sure these were the best pancakes…

  • Baking,  Farmer's Market,  Restaurant Reviews,  Running,  Wine

    A Lovely Saturday

    The weather this weekend has been pretty nice, so I decided to take advantage of it! Saturday morning Chris and I went to the Troy Farmer’s Market to see what it was all about. During the winter it is inside the Atrium, but in the summer it is outside by the river, and I can’t wait to go to that. But it was pretty cool despite being inside. They had some decent vendors — lot of meats and cheeses. I was looking for goat cheese but didn’t find any…next time I will ask. Chris amd I each got two bottles of wine from the Cascade Mountain Winery (New York wine! yay!) I got…