Hi friends! Hope you all had a great weekend. I'm off from my PR job today for Columbus Day, so YAY for 3-day weekends! I'll be spending my extra day off doing blogging and health coaching work instead, running some errands, cleaning, going for a hike at our nearby favorite park, and taking my Batpuppy to the vet (just for an annual thing)... Backing it up to the beginning of the weekend, I kicked off my post-work Friday with a trip to the Del Mar dog beach on another 90 degree day: I love it at the dog beach, it's so beautiful and such a happy place! We hadn't been to the dog beach since the beginning of the summer because during peak beach months, dogs are only allowed on one section of the beach on their leashes. My dog is a maniac and doesn't like to be constrained by a leash on the ... [Read More]
weekend recap
Barre on the Bay + Nonstop Refreshing Eats {Weekend Recap}
Hi friends! How was your weekend? The two themes of my weekend were 1.) consuming all things cold and hydrating, and 2.) working out outdoors - followed by #1 again because exercising outside these days = lots of sweat! Refreshing eats. Sweat. Repeat. My top refreshing eats included the below pictured smoothie bowl, which I made because I was craving ice cream... ...and then later in the day when I still actually wanted ice cream, I got a cup of deliciousness from Sub Zero, an ice cream maker that creates your dessert right in front of you using liquid nitrogen: {Low-fat "Magnetic Mint" ice cream cup} Yum. Sometimes you just need the real thing! I also ate an obscene amount of watermelon, and came up with this smoothie concoction: {Creamy Mango Melon ... [Read More]
A Weekend of Firsts: Vegan Sushi & Standup Paddleboarding!
Hey, hey! You know that feeling of satisfaction you feel after an awesome weekend? That's definitely what I'm experiencing on this Monday, as my weekend was an adventure filled few days that has left me smiling! In contrast to the San Diego area being rained out two weekends ago, last weekend was full of sunshine, and we took full advantage of the beautiful weather. Before I get started with sharing it with you, I want to announce that I'll be sending out my monthly newsletter this week! The newsletter is full of healthy living tidbits, recipes, workouts, and health coaching exclusives. If you aren't on my subscriber list yet, you can sign up here: Subscribe to the Nicole Crane Health newsletter list! Any who, on Saturday afternoon, my hubby, pup, and I went for a ... [Read More]
Food Touring in Carlsbad [Weekend Recap]
Hey, hey! How was your weekend? I'm writing this on a Monday night, which is late for my usual Monday early AM posts, but today was a super busy day. Just another manic Monday friends! Any who, backing it up to last Friday, my weekend started off with a tropical acai bowl date with a friend... ...an evening tennis session with my hubby, and then a Saturday morning HIIT workout, walk with my pup + yoga practice. I had planned on having this nicely healthy start to the weekend because I knew what was coming up next: eating and drinking the entire rest of Saturday, because A and I went on our very first food tour! I had recently mentioned us doing a few fun activities as pre-birthday celebrations for each of us before we travel to the east coast and spend our actual birthdays ... [Read More]
Clevenger Canyon North Hike [Weekend Recap]
Clevenger Canyon North is a trail located in the SoCal countryside in the town of Ramona. I first heard about this hike when checking out a hiking book that covers trails within 60 miles of San Diego. Not surprisingly, I've already done most of the hikes that are moderate to difficult, but I jotted down a few that I hadn't done before, and Clevenger Canyon was one of them. ... [Read More]
Taking Time to Date Myself {Weekend Recap}
Happy Hump Day! Today I'm backing it up to a couple of days to last weekend. Any longtime readers may remember that when my hubby left active duty for the Marine Corps almost 2 years ago, I wrote a post about lessons I had learned as a USMC wife (read it here!). I talked about my experience as a military wife - a chapter of my life that was seemingly over (although I still referred to my man as a Marine - because once a Marine, always a Marine!) but I mentioned something in there about never say never to being a military wife again.... Well, it turns out that I'm now a Marine Corps wife again! This time around is a little different because my hubby is now a Marine Corps Reservist. He missed being a Marine, and it just sort of worked out that an opportunity opened up at the base ... [Read More]