Hi friends! Hope that your week is off to a nice start! Did you have Monday off of work for Presidents Day? I had off from my publicist job, and actually didn't do work for any of my jobs whatsoever. I think I only answered one email the entire day, which was nice! My long weekend was a great one, so today I'm rewinding it back a few days. On Saturday while my hubby studied for an MBA exam all day, I took care of a lot of freelance & blogging stuff. I also ran a couple of errands, including a trip to Michaels to pick up a frame for a new addition to my travel-themed workout room. The artist of this San Diego Modern Map Art was nice enough to send me a print, and I think it goes perfectly in my workout room. The room is full of canvas art and memorabilia of my travels, and ... [Read More]
Temecula
My First USC Football Game + Girls’ Wine Day in Temecula {Weekend Recap!}
Hi friends! Hope that you all had a great weekend. Mine was a really awesome one! My friend Danielle was in town for a few days, and we had a blast catching up. After picking her up from the airport on Friday night, the weekend kicked off with me showing her my house for the first time and catching up over a glass of wine and freshly baked pumpkin banana bread. Saturday morning I gave my friend a taste of my life. First up, we got up nice and early for my favorite yoga class: a rock 'n roll flow class at Black Sheep Yoga. After 90 minutes of sweating, stretching, balancing, vinyasa flowing, and finishing in Savasana, we left feeling amazing. Afterwards we grabbed acai bowls in Carlsbad, and then we walked around town and on the beach for a bit before heading back to get ready ... [Read More]
Anniversary Celebration in Temecula Wine Country
Hey friends! Long time no talk - I've had a crazy last few weeks, with short, super busy work weeks and blogger event travel two weeks in a row! Lundberg Farms invited me to a wonderful blogger event in Northern California last week - much more about my trip to come later on this week! - and after I flew back from Sacremento to Los Angeles, then drove back home to San Diego, it was time for more fun: anniversary celebrations! October 2nd marked 6 blissful years of marriage to A. My how time flies when you're married to your best friend whose an awesome partner in life! :) You may remember that last year to celebrate the occasion, we went on the craziest endurance challenge of my life thus far hiking and camping around Catalina Island (You can check out a recap of that ... [Read More]
An Afternoon of Wine Tasting
Yesterday afternoon my hubby and I headed up to Temecula, the wine region closest to us in San Diego. I've been to Temecula a few times this year while Adam was deployed, but we haven't been up there together since last year, when we spent a night there over Thanksgiving weekend. I had a Groupon deal at one winery, and we had free tickets for a tasting and bottle at another, so we thought it was a perfect, cheap chance to take a break from our normal weekend hustle & bustle and do some wine drinking and relaxing. It was a beautiful day outside, and the wineries looked so pretty all decked out for the holidays. The best part was that we hung out at a winery that was showing the NY Giants game - getting to drink wine while watching my team play (and kick some major ass!)? Pretty ... [Read More]
You’re Stronger than You Think
I spent the day in Temecula, CA, at what's called a Spartan Race. I went with my friend Jackie, whose husband and friends were taking part in the event, which consisted of a 9 mile run with 28 obstacles. The mountainous scenery made for a challenging run for participants, and a beautiful lake was the backdrop for the race. Here are a few shots from the day: Watching the participants cross the finish line, there wasn't a person who didn't look completely exhausted. They had to run up steep hills, roll through mud, scale walls, crawl under barbed wire, and who knows what else. I'm sure that some of them thought they couldn't finish it, and I know there were people who got terrible cramps or aches during it. But you know what? They kept on going, kept pushing themselves to go further. I ... [Read More]