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]
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Appreciating Family Time in San Diego {Weekend Recap}
Hi there! I haven't done a fun little weekend recap in awhile, and since I had a great weekend a couple days back, it seems like a good idea to share what I was up to with you guys. After having a great day of meetings and health coaching sessions on Friday, I kicked off my weekend with a long walk at the park with my pup, then made some veggie orzo soup (my favorite lately!) to enjoy with my hubby. It was the kind of day that feels productive and busy, yet fun at the same time. After taking care of some work and cleaning my entire house on Saturday, the family-filled part of my weekend began! My cousin Michelle, who lives a few hours north in Long Beach, drove down to spend the night at my house. I made homemade pizza and farro Greek salad, and we drank wine, ... [Read More]
Thanksgiving Weekend 2016: Hiking Iron Mt, Relaxing & Feeling Grateful!
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." - D. Waitley If you're in America or Canada, I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I also hope that your weekends were full of fun and relaxation like mine was! Today I'm backing it up to the start of my glorious 4-day weekend. We decided to stay in town for the long weekend. My hubby had off for the week from his MBA schooling, so with little work on our agendas, we were free to do whatever we wanted! On Thanksgiving I love to do an outdoor workout with my little family before the holiday festivities. By going hiking, we all get a workout in and get to enjoy the outdoors together! This year we elected to head to ... [Read More]
The Solana Beach Triathlon + A Very Special Birthday {Weekend Recap}
Hi friends! How was your weekend? Mine was a special one because my husband turned 30! Since I had surprised him with an early birthday trip to Mexico in June, his actual birthday was pretty low-key. A had signed up for a triathlon sprint in the beach town of Solana Beach with a friend of his, so his birthday morning started off with a very early alarm. The Solana Beach triathlon consists of a 1/4 mile Pacific Ocean swim + 9 mile bike ride + 3 mile run. The event benefitted the Challenged Athletes Foundation: Operation Rebound, which is a program for American military personnel, veterans and first responders with physical challenges. It was a pretty fitting cause for my former Marine to support! A has really gotten into cycling lately, and has been in serious beast ... [Read More]
Dining at The Red Door + The End of a Chapter {Weekend Recap}
Hello, hello! How was your weekend? My friend Danielle was in town staying with me the end of last week into the weekend, so I was busy hosting and having fun! Here are the highlights of our time together: Eat. I'd been wanting to visit The Red Door for a long time, and I finally got the chance to have dinner there. The restaurant offers a menu centered around local, organic, sustainable & ethically sourced, seasonal cuisine... so it pretty much couldn't be more my type of place! We both first enjoyed a glass of Gold Crush chardonnay, which was so rich and buttery. I've been all about buttery chardonnay lately and will definitely be nabbing bottles of it as soon as I find it around! We split a couple of dishes: First up was their vegan nachos, which had this awesome ... [Read More]
My Favorite Fall Things + Weekend Recap
Hi friends! Hope that you had a nice weekend. Last weekend was the first time in I think 5 weeks that my hubby and I were both home for all of it, so getting to spend a few days together was nice! Before I recap it, two things to share... 1.) Don't forget to enter my Aurorae yoga mat towel giveaway! It ends Wednesday. 2.) I'll be sending out a new health coaching newsletter soon, so sign up below if you'd like to receive it! Subscribe to the Nicole Crane Health newsletter list! Anywho, we kicked off our Friday night with an inaugural trip to a local wine bar called Relm. We had a few glasses of wine, noshed on some hummus, and listened to the live blues band that was playing. It was a fun and relaxing way to start the weekend! Another weekend ... [Read More]