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Road Trip!
Hello from Pittsburgh! Matt, Riese, and I drove up yesterday afternoon to surprise Matt’s dad for his birthday! We, along with Matt’s younger brother Drew and his wife Morgana, were all waiting at...
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Sewickley Weekend: The Fitness
Matt, Riese and I had a lot of fun in Sewickley, PA (outside Pittsburgh) this past weekend! As I mentioned in Friday’s blog post, we drove up on Thursday afternoon to surprise Matt’s dad for his...
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Sewickley Weekend: The Food
I’m back to share part 2 of our Sewickley, PA adventures – this time, all about the food! If you missed my first post about the fitness from the weekend, read that first. :) We had a lot of great meals...
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Ma! Meatloaf!
Name that movie (from the blog title)! ;) It has been a lovely weather week over here – makes my morning dog/stroller walk routine a lot nicer to not be sweating buckets the whole time. :) I took...
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Homebody Weekend
Well, my birthday weekend didn’t turn out as we hoped! In Friday’s post I mentioned I was sick; fortunately I was feeling much better by that evening and it turned out to be a quick one day thing. But...
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Pork Tenderloin Tacos with Homemade Salsa Verde
Oh, tacos, how I love thee. But surprisingly, in the 10 years I’ve had this blog, I’ve only shared one taco recipe (my Jackfruit Carnitas Taco Recipe). Weird, right? It was time to change that....
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Friday Faves
Hey friends! Popping in with some Friday Faves to wrap up the week. Feel free to play along in the comments – what are some of your recent faves/things you are loving lately? 1) Networking with fellow...
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Birthday Re-Do
Hey friends! Our weekend was busy but fun. We kicked things off on Friday with a little beer garden happy hour with Riese… there’s a new-ish one walking distance from our place and we had been wanting...
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Burritos For (a few) Days
You guys – I just realized right before publishing this post that today is my 10 year (!!!!) blogging anniversary! Wow. Time seriously flies. I’m going to work on some blog greatest hits round up posts...
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12 Books I Recently Read + Loved
I love reading – I always have. I grew up in a family of readers; when my brother and I were little, our big treat every once in awhile was when my parents would take us to a bookstore and let us pick...
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Fall Weekend
YOU GUYS. The weather was so amazing for running on Saturday morning! It was legit cold – like, I should have worn gloves cold – 49 degrees when we started out at 7:30 a.m.! It. Felt. Amazing. I was...
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10 Years of Blogging Q&A + Greatest Hits
File this under things I can’t believe: as of last week, I’ve officially been blogging for 10 years! Wow. photo credit When I first started my blog, I was in the middle of taking prerequisites and...
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Energized
Hey friends! I’m glad many of you enjoyed my 10 year blogging anniversary trip down memory lane/Q&A blog post! I had fun writing that and reminiscing… it’s hard to believe it has been so long but...
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Anniversary Adventures: Part 1
Hello, hello! Matt and I spent the weekend celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary! Like I say every year… hard to believe it has been so long since our wedding! It feels both like yesterday and...
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Anniversary Weekend Part 2: Hiking Old Rag!
On Saturday, Matt and I made our return to one of our absolute favorite hikes: Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park! Matt and I consider Old Rag Mountain to be one of “our spots” – it was one...
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Red Pepper Thief
Hi friends! We’ve had some yummy meals this week – one of the highlights was this Spanish-esque shrimp and rice dish. It was a Sun Basket meal (we are still alternating between Blue Apron and Sun...
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Forearm Balance Success
Exciting news – yesterday at yoga I did my first forearm balance in nearly 3 years (since getting pregnant with Riese) – whoa! I was at my old fave Edge Yoga in Arlington – the instructor, Rebecca, is...
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Mix & Match Pasta Recipes
You guys know I love a good mix & match recipe, but you can thank a fellow blog reader for this post! You asked for mix & match pasta recipes, and I’m here to deliver. ;) Pasta dishes are among...
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Friday Faves
Hey friends – let’s close out the week with some Friday faves/things I’m loving lately! Feel free to play along in the comments – what are you loving lately? Please note there are some affiliate links...
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Marine Corps 10k 2019 Race Recap
Another race is in the books! Matt and I ran the Marine Corps 10k together yesterday and had a soggy but fun time out there. I was hoping the weather forecast would improve, but sadly when our alarm...
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