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Surprise Maryland Trip for Dad’s 60th/Mother’s Day
Hello! I am writing from my wonderful kitchen table this morning. And boy, it has been a whirlwind of the past couple of days. My dad turned 60 on Thursday–so we decided to make an impromptu trip to Maryland to celebrate his birthday. Mimi invited us to a cookout in my dad’s honor a few weeks back and since it was a free weekend for us, we decided to go! I told the majority of my family about the surprise trip–and everyone kept quiet until we arrived and dad greeted us at the door. I am so happy that we got to surprise/celebrate with my dad at his party! The…
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Recap on Swamp Rabbit 5k with Girls on the Run and Adults Playing Hooky
Yesterday was the final day of the Girls on the Run Spring 2015 season! Our season ran from February to May with the final 5k run last Friday evening. Our Greenville girls joined 6 thousand other runners in the Swamp Rabbit 5k run. Friday night was so much fun and it was amazing to see all of our girls finish the race–with smiles on their faces :). Most of our girls ran with their parents, friends or other coaches. It is such an amazing thing that 3rd-5th graders can say that they ran a 5k! I am extremely proud of each and everyone of our girls and cannot wait until next…
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Weekend trip to Asheville and Biltmore Estate
Wow this weekend was fun! I had a great trip to Asheville with Drew’s family. Asheville is a great town that is only about an hour and half drive from Greenville. Asheville has boomed in the past few years–with breweries popping up in old industrial buildings and tourism flourishing because of the breweries and unique places to eat. Asheville has definitely embraced the farm to table cuisine with most restaurants serving local vegetables and meats. But my favorite thing about Asheville, besides the great food and breath taking views, is that Asheville is a very dog friendly town! On Friday, my mother in law, sister in law and I went…
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Cooper River Bridge Run 2015 and Family Time
As my memory on my iPhone keeps telling me that my cloud is filled–I have decided to post some pictures from my girls weekend a couple weeks back. It has been a standing tradition for a few years now to make a girls weekend out of the Cooper River Bridge Run. We started running the race back when we all first moved to Charleston after college. I lived in a house with 4 of my friends off of Wentworth/Pitt Street in downtown Charleston. It was a great transition from college to postgrad life–and really made us all feel like we were just living in a sorority house rather than being…
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Easter 2015 in Chapin
Happy Easter Monday! Drew and I enjoyed a long weekend in Chapin. It is awesome how many companies in Upstate South Carolina get off on Good Friday. Growing up in Maryland–we certainly did not, but we did get off for many Jewish holidays so I guess it evens out. On Thursday night, we went to a new restaurant, Bar Louie, off of Woodruff Road (Greenville, SC). I like to go to restaurants on Woodruff Road because there are so many different options and it is a lot closer to us than going downtown (only a 10 minute difference, but always seems easier ha!). Apparently, Bar Louie is a chain restaurant with a…
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Weekend Recap with Shrimp and Grits
Good morning! It was a beautiful weekend and great way to enter into Spring. Quick weekend recap: went to Lazy Goat downtown with friends (didn’t take any pictures, but was amazing!), hung up our new hammock/hammock stand, enjoyed the perfect 75 degree sunny weather on Saturday, 8 mile run, went to our friends’ house for a cookout, went to Cabella’s and throughly enjoyed a lazy Sunday. I have been redecorating/painting our house for the past few months. When we bought the house most of the rooms were painted in dark, strong colors. For example, our kitchen, living room, powder room and breakfast nook were all painted a DEEP DARK brown.…
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Must Make Asian Inspired Taco Recipe and Movie Night
Happy first day of Spring! The weatherman swears that it is going to clear up today and become a sunny afternoon (fingers crossed!). I have to share/save a recipe that I made for Taco Tuesday this week. Growing up my family had taco night at least once a week–which is a genius idea because tacos are super easy, fast and inexpensive while being absolutely delicious. I carry on this tradition to my little family and dubbed it Taco Tuesday. While Drew prefers Asian cuisine, he puts up with my Mexi taste buds and is alright eating Mexican at least once if not twice a week. So when I discovered an…
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Cottage Cheese Oatmeal Pancakes (with Banana)
Good morning! Recently, I have become obsessed with pancakes! It all started when I gave up bread (aka semi gluten free) for lent– and I became a carb craving girl! So in order to tame my cravings I have done a lot of experimenting with alternatives for bread based pancakes–subsequently, welcome oatmeal cottage cheese pancakes. I found a ton of different recipes online using cottage cheese and oatmeal in place of traditional flour. They all had similar ingredients, but took a different approach–so I experimented with a few of them and created a mixed up version of what I would like to call a hybrid banana bread pancake. This recipe combines…
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Greenville Dog Park and Date Night
Good morning! This week has flown by–I cannot believe it is almost the weekend :). I am embarrassed to admit that I have lived in Greenville for almost two years (coming up in May) and I still have not explored or taken advantage of all the wonderful things the city has to offer. A couple months ago, Drew told me about a brand new dog park on the outskirts of Mauldin (a town just south of Greenville). I was not familiar with the location and with it being a 15-20 minute drive, I have not ventured there. As we are getting a new roof put on our house this week,…
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Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach Recap
I had an awesome long weekend traveling to Fernandina Beach, Florida. My mom has been looking at moving to the Amelia Island area for sometime now and I decided to take a trip with her to scope out her potential new home. My cousin, Kelsey, and two of my mom’s girlfriends joined along. It was a fun group of ladies and we all really enjoyed our stay on the island. Fernandina Beach is such a cool town. It has small town charm, amazing restaurants, beautiful views, lots of sidewalks (a runner’s dream), extremely friendly people and is really a hidden gem on the Florida Georgia line. I seriously cannot believe that such…
