Wrapping up in Philly + headed to NYC!

We finished up HLS in Philly this morning with a 5K walk to the Rocky stairs and a lovely breakfast!

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Yesterday was full of sessions on writing a better recipe, a session on action mantras (by a really awesome RD- this was my favorite thing about the whole summit!), and eating healthy while traveling.

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Lunch sandwiches- p.s. the great harvest bread is the BEST bread I’ve ever had.  Seriously.

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Don’t ask.  I don’t know what we were thinking.

Then we packed it up and hopped a train to NYC!!!!  Me, Laura, Rachel, and Michelle are hitting up the big apple.

Indian food has been had (Channa Masala and Naan) and naps have been taken.

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And now we’re trying to decide what to do tonight!

Hope everyone had an amazing weekend!

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Getting’ Historical With It

Day 2 in Philly and HLS is almost underway! We spent most of the day wandering around being all touristy!

 

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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!

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Chillin’ in Philly!

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!

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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 .

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A couple of wandering around pictures- I’m totally in love with the buildings here!

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Hooray for new friends!

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Taking Austin by storm!

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!

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The first place we hit up was Bouldin Creek Café.

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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.

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Obviously it was disgusting! Winking smile

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I also had a bite of Justin’s WannaBLT!

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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! Smile

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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!

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7 links!

I’m finally getting around to doing the 7 links post!  Michelle tagged me and I just haven’t gotten around to doing it yet!

Here we go!

My most beautiful post
My post on why I decided to stop eating animals was beautiful to me.  Mostly because I let a lot of emotions out on that one and I am NOT a very “talk about your feelings” kind of person!

My most popular post
My most viewed post is my very first What I Ate Wednesday post.  I love doing the WIAW posts and I love reading other peoples even more!  I get tons of ideas and am making new bloggy friends!

My most controversial post
That would probably be my Ditching The Label post.  I was so nervous about hitting publish on that one.  And I was so afraid that I was going to get a lot of backlash from the vegan community for it, but it all turned out fine and I actually got a lot of support!

Your most helpful post
I’ve had a lot of comments and emails on both my almond butter and tempeh bacon tutorials!  People are surprised at how easy it is to make almond butter and how much better it tastes than the jars you buy in the grocery store!  And what can I say about tempeh bacon except that its awesomeness speaks for itself!

A post whose success surprised you
My “Wanna Make your own Vegan Greek Yogurt” post is surprisingly popular for such a simple concept!  I get a lot of hits on that page and Whole Soy and Co. even sent me a ton of free yogurt coupons!  (p.s. I’m out of coupons if y’all want to send me more! Winking smile )

A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
The post about my first 10K.  I was so darn proud of myself and I felt a little sad that I didn’t really get many comments or feedback about it!

The post that you are most proud of
I’m by far the most proud of the post I wrote declaring that I was going back to school to become a Registered Dietitian!  This was a very exciting but a very tough decision to make for me.  I got into a Masters program in my field (music) as well so I had to weigh both options and in the end I went with what my heart said instead of what my head told me the right decision would be.  I know I definitely made the right decision!!!

 

Ta Da!

Now it’s your turn!  What are your 7 links?!

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