Back at it!

After a week of being on the road and then easing back into life, it was great to finally have some normal days. I was actually really excited to hit the gym. And my playlist was spot on. I had some serious jams pumping me up.

Love me some weightlifting. It felt so good to work the muscles again!

And then, I was back to Girls on the Run! Practice 5k next week then our real 5k in 2 weeks. This season has flown by. For energy awards, we did the dead bug. The girls loved it. 

Glad to be back home and settled in for a few weeks before hitting the road again. I plan on lots of rest and relaxation this weekend and hopefully some warm weather!

Connecticut!

After all our fun in NYC, we took the Metro North train to New Haven. 

I've recently been obsessed with Gilmore Girls, so our friend drove us around Yale's campus. Gorgeous!! On our next trip, we're going to find Star's Hollow! 

We had dinner at Frank Pepe's. The cheese pizza with garlic was fantastic. 

I was also introduced to birch beer. So good!!

On Saturday, we had breakfast at Sweet Harmony in Middletown, CT. They had some amazing looking crepes. I stuck to the California breakfast sandwich with bacon, and it was great! 

Later that day, we attended a cousin's wedding at the Pavilion on Crystal Lake. LOVED the reception area. The weather was a little cold and started raining at the end of the wedding, but we had a blast. I don't think I've been to a wedding more full of fun and pure love. Plus, there were cannolis! The food was heaven. 

After a crazy week, we headed back home. Since we can't get a direct flight to save our lives, I picked the route that took 20 minutes longer just so I could catch a glimpse of my favorite city- Minneapolis. I lived there in college, and I miss it... 8 months out of the year. :) Just hearing the northern accents was music to my ears. 

Now we're home and trying to recover from such a busy trip. We've done nothing each night after work but eat and sleep. Hopefully we'll be back at it again soon! 

NYC Day 3

The trip turned into a whirlwind, and I totally slacked at posting. But here's the rest of it! 

On Day 2 night, we ate dinner at Reichenbach Hall. Delicious pretzel and schnitzel! 

After dinner, we took a train to the Upper West Side. Hubbs was super excited because he found the cafe from my favorite movie "You've Got Mail." I honestly haven't seen him that excited about taking me somewhere. 

And I'm so glad we went! It was a cute, quiet little place. And the cheesecake was fantastic! I had the amaretto and he had a caramel apple slice. 

On our last morning in NYC, we woke up and started walking towards MOMA. We stopped at Rockefeller. I couldn't believe the skating rink was still open. 

Then we stopped for breakfast at Macchiato. Delicous chocolate croissant and coffee. It hit the spot on this dreary morning. 

Then, on to the MOMA. We've been wanting to go here forever. And we picked the perfect, rainy day to do it. One of my favorites was Warhol. Super excited to see that. Also just learned that our local museum has some Andy Warhol- left me shocked- but I only found out because someone stole some of the pieces. Crazy!

And then we saw the Starry Night! Beautiful! And a much different experience than trying to see the Mona Lisa. 

After that, we headed to Grand Central to catch our train to Connecticut. After wandering around the food court twice, we decided on hot dogs since we hadn't had any in the city yet. And they were delicious! 

More from the weekend in Connecticut to come!

NYC Day 2

Started off day 2 by running into the Flatiron Building. 

Then we made our way over to Best Bagel and Coffee to grab breakfast. I stuck with the basic bagel and cream cheese. Heaven. Pure heaven. Even the pigeons wanted in on this action.

We walked around Wall Street and the 9-11 Memorial. Also stopped at St. Paul's- my favorite place in NYC. There was a choir and band practicing so it was great to relax and listen to some awesome music.

Then we headed to Chinatown for lunch. I had shrimp lo mein at Joe's Shanghai Restaurant. Can't get lo mein like this where I live. So good! And warmed up with some nice, hot green tea. It did surprise me that this was a shared seating place, but our table mates didn't talk to us so we were happy. :) 

We also stopped by Little Italy for a bit- more later. Then headed up to see the Seinfeld restaurant on the Upper West Side.

Loved this church and sculpture park.

Then we wander through the north side of Cental Park before taking a break to eat an amazing cannoli from Caffe Palermo. So good! Plus it was great to rest our feet in front of the Guggenheim. 

Busy day but fun. Still cold and windy. Nap break in the hotel to warm up before dinner tonight. Last night in NYC before we head to Connecticut tomorrow.

New York- Finally!

I swear, I do not have the best lucks with the flights. We drove to Kansas City yesterday afternoon for an evening flight to La Guardia. It was direct and super cheap so we figured it was worth the drive... A billion delays later...

Thankfully, we figured all this out before actually getting to the airport. We called Marriott and they booked us in a KC hotel and modified our NYC reservation at no charge. And Delta booked us on the 5:50a flight and refunded our money. Not too shabby! And we still got to NYC 4 hours earlier than if we had kept our original flight!

So we had a nice, relaxing night in KC and made it to NYC at 10 this morning.

We hit the ground running!!

Grabbed some delicious pizza at Highline Pizzeria and found a sunny place up on the High Line to eat. It was freezing but still fun!

Then we wandered through Chelsea to the Chelsea Marketplace. Love all the different shops there!

After that we headed back to the hotel for a quick nap and shower, then out to dinner!

Delicious hummus and a crab cake sandwich at Parker & Quinn. Gorgeous little restaurant with great service! Fun night.

After that, we wandered over to Bryant Park.

Then, we strolled through Times Square and a few stores before calling it a night. Productive first day in NYC despite the delays! 

Date Night!

We tried to keep it low key this weekend since we are headed to NYC on Monday!

Kicked off the night with a grapefruit cocktail at home- makes me so ready for summer!

We hit up one of my favorites- Flo.

Sriracha shrimp tacos and a California roll. It was amazing. And I love the atmosphere there. Then, we were boring, old people and ran errands at Target, Lowes, and Bass Pro Shops. Still a fun date night in my book!

Easter Schmeaster

Easter is one of those holidays that is never on my radar. It changes every year, and I'm not very religious. And more importantly, I don't get any time off work- so it's pretty much a non existent holiday to me. 

I did spend time with my extended family- which was great. Plus nothing beats hash brown casserole. 

Since we knew everyone and their mother would be at church on Sunday, we hit up brunch bright and early. Walked straight into Early Bird Breakfast Pub- no wait!! 

So then I stuffed my face with one of their Nests- the Eagle. SO GOOD. 

After breakfast, we decided to go to Target... which apparently was closed....FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. Seriously, Easter is totally not on my radar. 

Then, since again, everyone was at church- we hit up AMC for Batman Vs. Superman. And hello $4 tickets. Talk about a win!! Movie was pretty good too. Hubbs loved it.

Also spent this weekend missing my Grandpa quite a bit. The hurt never really goes away. And you never know quite when it will strike. I'll miss him forever.