Chicken & White Bean Chili Soup Recipe
I have a delicious new recipe for you all today! This is officially my new favorite soup. So, so delicious. And so easy to make. When my grad school girlfriends and I went down to visit our friend...
View ArticleTrack Tuesday & Triangle Area Blogger Wine Tasting Meetup!
Good morning, friends! I made it back to the track yesterday morning for a great workout – Tobacco Road Half Marathon training continues! I can’t believe the race is only a few weeks away. I convinced...
View ArticleA New Quick Packed Lunch
Good morning! I have to race off to my two exams this morning (gah), so I will leave you with my latest quick packed lunch. I brought this lunch to school on Tuesday! First up – a toasted sandwich thin...
View Article11 Miles & New Balance GPS Watch Giveaway!
Hello and happy Friday! Today is a happy day because: 1) I am officially on “spring break” from grad school! I’ll be spending the break in DC with Matt looking for apartments (we move back in 2 months...
View ArticleBest Healthy Eating Blog Nominee
Good morning and happy Saturday! I’m about to finish packing and hit the road for DC for my spring break, but I just wanted to pop in and share some fun news – fANNEtastic food was nominated for “Best...
View ArticleBack in the District
Hello from DC! It’s nice to be back in my old stomping groups – and especially my favorite running trail, the C&O Canal. My dad and I hit up the trail for a nice late morning run today. Great...
View ArticleWedding Registry Advice, Please!
Hello and happy Monday! I’ll be back later today with a real post, but for now, I need your help! Matt and I are going to register for wedding gifts this week, but we don’t even know where to start....
View Article“White Bread” Book Review & Bread Baking Tips
I have something a bit different for you all this afternoon, just to mix things up – a book review! I don’t usually do book reviews because I’m so busy with grad school, but when I got an email about...
View Article4 Miles & New Balance GPS Watch WINNER!
Hello, friends! Thank you so much for all your wedding registry advice! I read every word and found it all SO helpful. Matt and I are going to go register today and I feel much more prepared armed with...
View ArticleWedding Planning Frenzy
Good morning, friends! The wedding planning portion of spring break has officially begun! Matt and his mom arrived here in DC yesterday – Matt was in Pittsburgh (where his family lives) over the...
View ArticleWedding Food/Cake Tasting & Table Settings!
Hello friends! The whirlwind week of wedding planning/apartment hunting in DC (aka spring break) continues! Yesterday, Matt, his mom, my mom, and I spent the day doing wedding stuff. We had a meeting...
View ArticleApartment Hunting DC Style
Good morning and happy Friday! Today is day 2 of apartment hunting – the Virginia edition. Yesterday’s adventure was D.C.! Matt and I got in a quick workout in the morning – we did a bunch of...
View Article7 Miles with a New Friend
I made a new friend yesterday! Sierra is a fellow blogger and blog reader; she lives in South Africa but is currently in the Chapel Hill area for a couple months with her husband for work. She...
View ArticleBiking is my Happy Place
Good morning! Did anyone else find it really hard to get up this morning?! I couldn’t fall asleep very easily last night, either. I loved that it was light out so long last night… but I can’t decide if...
View ArticleCorn Tortillas + Toaster = Non-Fried Chips!
Goooood morning! As much as I don’t love the dark mornings, the bright evenings are making this whole daylight savings thing time worth it. Last night, my friend Lindsey and I took advantage of the...
View ArticleExercise Game Plan for Pre-Half Marathon Week!
Yesterday evening I had a running date with my grad school buddy Lauren! Apparently we both got the blue tank top memo. (Jenny, thank you for my new Under Armour tank top! I loved it – especially the...
View ArticleVegan Mexican Quinoa Salad Recipe
I have a new recipe for you all today, inspired by the tacos we had over the weekend and the leftovers I wanted to use up! Meet Mexican Quinoa Salad: This came out even better than I hoped. Perfect for...
View ArticleInsanity Begins (plus a new packed lunch!)
Good morning, friends! Life is getting busier and busier over here – I only have 7 more weeks of classes left in my grad program! Can you guys believe it?! I feel like just yesterday I was announcing...
View ArticleReady for 13.1!
Tomorrow, I will run my 4th half marathon – the Tobacco Road Half Marathon in nearby Durham, NC. A few of my grad school girlfriends are running, too – the girls with the teal shirts are doing the full...
View ArticleSometimes, Running is Hard.
Morning! Today was one of those days when running was hard. Getting myself out the door was hard, and actually running felt hard, too. But I did it! As you guys know from my little “upcoming races”...
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