Day 2 in Philly and HLS is almost underway! We spent most of the day wandering around being all touristy!
The only thing that I haven’t gotten to do yet that I need to do before I leave is to go to the Rocky steps!
Archives for August 2011
Chillin’ in Philly!
August 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
Hey friends!!!
I’m in Philly for Healthy Living Summit!
Laura and I took off early this morning for the city of brotherly love! When we got here we met up with Cynthia and Michelle, who are going to be our roomies for the next few days!
Hey roomies!
Lots of chatting, giggling, and walking ensued as we explored Philly.
China Town. There may or may not have been several bags of irregular fortune cookies from a fortune cookie factory involved .
A couple of wandering around pictures- I’m totally in love with the buildings here!
Hooray for new friends!
WIAW: Austin Edition
August 17, 2011 by 9 Comments
Hey friends! Our internet has been down since we’ve been back from our trip so I haven’t been able to post this until today, so I thought I’d incorporate it into my WIAW post!
Not only has the internet been down (and just got repaired about an hour ago), but my car died and has been in the shop! The power steering pump went out and it’s costing some mega bucks to get it fixed! I have all the luck, huh?! Sigh.
Our last day in Austin was filled with amazing food!
Starting with some Biscuits and Groovy for breakfast! These biscuits were indeed groovy!
Biscuits + veggie sausage + french press coffee = one happy girl!
Lunch was at the MOTHER of all whole foods! Seriously I don’t think I can go back to my normal whole foods after going to that one! It was ginormous!!
Salad with a little of this and a little of that and with tahini dressing!
Lime sparkling mineral water that I’m now obsessed with. Thanks Laura!
An amaaaazing samosa! Potatoes + peas + curry= can’t go wrong with that!
Snack= juice from Daily Juice! I got beet/orange/apple/ginger- mmmmmm!!!!
Dinner was pizza at Conan’s! (thanks to my friend Schuyler for the suggestion!) Whole wheat deep dish pizza with veggies and dairy free (Daiya) cheese! The crust was seriously phenomenal!
Dessert!!! Another shake from the ice cream shop in Toy Joy! This time I went for the chocolate mint- oh em gee!!!!
Shopping trip to SoCo (South Congress)! Very cool area with some great funky shops!
We rounded out the evening with a trip to the South Congress Avenue bridge to see the bats come out! I think we got there a little late because we only saw a few. Oh well. It was still pretty cool seeing all the people out there kayaking and checking out the bats!
Whew! What a whirl-wind trip! And I head out to Philly tomorrow morning for HLS! Can’t wait!!!!
Taking Austin by storm!
August 14, 2011 by 6 Comments
Hey friends! We are in Austin right now for a mini vacay!
I’m not going to lie, this trip was more about the food than anything else! Austin has some of the greatest food in the state, not to mention it’s the most veg-friendly city in the state!
We left yesterday afternoon and as soon as we got here we were starving!
Ready for dinner!
The first place we hit up was Bouldin Creek Café.
Oh my word! The food was sooooo good!!! If we weren’t leaving so soon we would definitely be going back to try some more stuff- their menu was fabulous!
I decided to go with the Aztec Pasta- bowtie pasta, chipotle-pecan pesto, spinach, & sundried tomatoes.
Obviously it was disgusting! 
I also had a bite of Justin’s WannaBLT!
GIMME! SO GOOD!
Then we wandered over to Toy Joy and looked around at all the crazy toys they have there- they have lots of retro toys! And they also have a little vegan soft serve place in the back of the store.
A-MA-ZING!
They have two different flavors of soft serve each day plus sundaes, cones, and shakes.
I got the Butterfinger shake! I was really happy that they had these small sized ones- it was the perfect portion! 
Then we decided to go see a movie because we hadn’t been in forever. We hit up the Alamo Drafthouse and saw Cowboys & Aliens (really good- go see it!), and guess what they have there?! BUTTERBEER!!! Of course I had to get one. Sorry no pic- dark theater. It was good!
What a fun day! Day 2 coming atcha tomorrow, stay tuned!
Hope everyone is having an amazing weekend!
WIAW: Summer School Is Almost Over Edition
August 10, 2011 by 3 Comments
Heeeeeyyyy!!! It’s time for another WIAW!!
It’s the last week of summer school, so I’m sure you know what that means- FINALS!!! I’m just a teeny bit stressed, though I’ve reigned it in a bit over the last few days. I have to keep reminding myself that I can’t let my stress take control of me! And any time I feel overwhelmed I just stop, take a deep breath, try to clear my mind and focus on one thing at a time. If I keep thinking of all the tests I have to prepare for this week I’ll never be able to concentrate on the task at hand. Keep it simple, Sarah! 
Let’s just go through my What I Ate Wednesday quickly this week, shall we? That way I can get back to studying!
And awaaaay we go…
Breakfast:
Peanut butter. Homemade bread. Not much better than that! Except for that coffee maybe! You haven’t lived if you haven’t tried fresh fruit on your pb sandwich instead of jelly/jam/preserves!! Strawberries and bananas are my fave, but apples, pears, or even peaches would be great as well! Now THIS is how to study for a test- total brain food!
Lunch: Some leftover teriyaki tofu (recipe from the Peas and Thank You cookbook!) over a salad with romaine, spinach, cherry tomatoes, and broccoli slaw with a few sprinkles of sesame sticks and wasabi sunflower seeds on top! With Annie’s Light Gingerly dressing!
With a peach and a kids coconut water with fruit juice (hey I’m a kid at heart- that counts right? )
Iced green tea. Obsessed!
Pre workout snack! 2 pitted dates stuffed with about a tsp each of PB & Co. dark chocolate peanut butter… (it was as good as it sounds!)
Dinner! Tempeh BLTs with sweet potato fries!
Nom nom nom! (oh p.s. my oven is broken so I used my grill to make my sweet potato fries- just put your pan on that top rack on your grill so you don’t have direct heat!)
What a great day! What are you munching on today??
