>Sweet sweet summatime and giveaway winner!

>Hellooo,

Que pasa? I’m just gonna throw it out there — I woke up on the wrongggg side of the bed this morning! Not sure what my deal is, I’m just feeling kinda funk. Perhaps it’s the rain, or the fact it’s only Wednesday, but I know I need to do something to snap myself out of this.

So I thought, what really puts me in a good mood??? The first thing that came to mind was duh… SUMMER! Now I know I’m not in college anymore, and I don’t have three months off to frolic on the beach, lay by the pool, and sleep in until 11:00 every day. Despite that, summer is still pretty awesome.

I’ve decided to dedicate this post to what I love most about summer! What’s your favorite part?

^Skinny margaritas; bet you are shocked by this (recipes here and here)!

Georgetown Waterfront:

Surfside!

^My favorite restaurant for fresh fish tacos!

Smoothies:

^I always crave cold breakfasts when its warm

Green Monsters:

Sangria:

^Recipe here!

Summer salads:

Running/biking around the Potomac River:

Kayaking!!!!

Iced coffee galore:

Bud Light Golden Wheat:

^If you like Blue Moon but prefer light beers this one is great!!!

Grilled kabobs and veggies:


Countryfest!

And (hopefully) some time spent poolside 😎

Well I wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped out with my survey! The Manfriend (a designer) is starting a women’s active apparel line! So when the samples start rolling in, check in for more giveaways (And Seth, I’ll always accept free-bees! ha)

Using a random number generator, the winner is #22 ASHLEY from The Vegster! Ashley, please send me your address (Biochemista@gmail.com) and I’ll send out your surprise package asap! 🙂

Have a nice night and fantastic Thursday!!

xx,
Laur

>Weekend successsss

>Holaaaaa,

How are you??? Hope you had a splendid weekend! Was the weather bueno??

THANK YOU all SO MUCH for helping out with the SURVEY I posted last night! If you haven’t done it yet I’d greatly appreciate it!

What’s in it for you???



1) Its quick (and from the comments I’ve received) it’s kinda fun!

2) By completing and re-posting (or just commenting if you don’t have a blog), you are automatically entered in my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY!

3) If the label launches, I will be giving away plenty of goodies!

Moving on….



My weekend was pretty fantastic. The weather was nice, I went on a few good runs, did some shopping, and we found our NEW APARTMENT!!! It’s only a couple of blocks from our currently place but it’s SOOOO much bigger and nicer! I can’t wait! We’re moving in June 1st so pics will come 😉

In the spirit of a new apartment, we did some apt shopping. Here are two of my fav purchases:



^Book end

^Theme for bathroom

The weekend was also filled with some good eats. Salads seemed to be the theme (or the theme of the meals I felt like snapping pics of!)

^Whole Foods salad bar (Romaine, kale, organic chicken, egg whites, cherry tomatoes, onions, Cuban garbanzo bean salad, olives, wasabi peas, chili powder, cumin, and chipotle salsa. SO GOOD!

^Manfriend’s meal, and obviously stole a few bites: Shrimp and veggie quesadilla from Surfside (amazing restaruant btw)

^Shrimp salad (Grilled shrimp, corn and bean salsa, romaine, pico de gallo, avocado, cilantro

^Amy’s Tuscan bean and rice soup. A new Amy’s favorite!

^Had a few of these throughout the weekend (1 scoop vanilla protein, frozen nanner, cherries, 1 tsp flax seed oil, handful spinach, almond milk, stevia)

Even better than my food was the MUCH needed R&R…

^Rosemont Shriaz. A personal favorite

^Picked these up cause I haven’t had Jelly Beans in 2349873 years. Crazy how only a few satisfies a sweet tooth. Or maybe that’s cause I’d rather have wine??? 😉

And drum roll please….

^Season 9 has arrived!!!! Whooo! Let’s see if we can stretch this out longer than a week! haha

And some much needed cuddle time with my favorite puppy:

Aaaaand what weekend wouldn’t be perfect without some gorgeous runs in the city?? (that sounds a little nast, ha)

Saturday: 7 mi; L2 Shred

Sunday: 5 mi; L3 Shred

Monday: 5 mi (no shred, ma booty hurts!)

And I still stopped to smell the roses:



^Well not really roses…but still perdy.



And some other pleasant things along the way:

^White House (view from Pennsylvania Ave)

^Potomac River

^LOVE this window (Caribou Coffe3 @ Pennsylvania and 17th St). Reminds me of my BFF Alyson (who I miss like crazy and needs to get her act together and move to DC asap!)

Alight I’ve gotta tend to my experiment, I leave you with this hot stud I stalker-ishly captured the other day:

^This style seriously exists in DC (and pretty much only found in Georgetown). Plaid pants (often Seersuckers), pressed and/or popped-collar polo, blue sports jacket with gold buttons, brown leather loafers with NO socks, and these Ray Bans (I also like them better on Jessica Alba).

There are soooo many of them!! Clones I tell ya! haha

And CONGRATULATIONS to all BOSTON MARATHONERS!!!!

I ran my first Boston Marathon six years ago, and my life was never the same…

Have a good evening and fantastic Tuesday!!! ❤

>Three F’s and some sun

>Hiii loves,

Sorry it’s been so long! The weather has just been so darn nice! To those that celebrate Easter, did you have a nice one? Easter brunch is the best 🙂

My weekend can pretty much be split up into 4 genres: Friends, food, fitness, and…SUN!

I. FRIENDS

^Mexican and margaritas (DCers, you MUST try this place! So healthy/fresh and outta this world fish tacos!)

^Skinny margarita (tequila, splash triple sec, juice from 5-6 lime wedges)

^Roof deck bars

II. FOOD

^DELIVERY (yes, one of the best inventions yet) Sushi! (Salmon sashimi and salmon and avocado roll)

^Edamame and miso soup

^ Salad monster (Romaine, tomato, cucumber, avocado, organic chicken, strawberries, grapes, sunflower seeds, TJ’s Goddess Dressing.

^Another salad monster (Romaine, tomatoes, egg whites, carrots, crasins, TJ’s red pepper hummus (hummus as salad dressing is SO GOOD! Thank you, Kailey!), nutritional yeast, and Mary’s crack.

^Scrambled egg whites/spinach on top of Ezekiel bread

^I CAVED!!! I used to be obsessed with these! Is it healthy? Heck no. Was it delicious? Um…YES. Do I feel guilty? Not at all, I believe in treating myself once in a while.

^Chia oats (oats, chia, nanner, Cinnamon Raisin swirl PB, stevia, vanilla SunWarrior protein, raisins, dash sea salt = current fav combo)

^Chia pudding (chia, h20, unsweetened cacao, agave, dash sea salt. Chilled to “gel” then warmed and topped with vanilla fro-yo). SO GOOD!!!

^Diced Honeycrisp apple with Kashi puffs, Kashi Go Lean, cinnamon, and almond milk

^Quinoa, organic chicken (marinated in soy sauce, balsamic, garlic, and worcheshire), egg whites, peas, corn, green beans, spinach. This is the MANFRIEND’s recipe! 🙂

^Kale chips (Rubbed in pineapple/mango salsa, red chili powder, cumin, pepper, sea salt) Tip: Go light on the spices. A little goes a long way!)

^Baked then broiled sweet potato topped with WF’s Mahi Mahi burger, avocado, kale chips, pineapple/mango salsa. Pretty darn good!! 😉

III. FITNESS

^Running at night in SHORTS!

^View on bridge looking over Potomac River at Kennedy Center (R) and Washington Monument (center)

IV. SUN

^Chillin in a park with the pup

^Sorry if my Casper legs are blinding you! ha

^Kels (sis) and Michael (pup)

Hope you all had a great weekend and start to your week!!!

QUESTION: What’s the first thing you want to do when it’s fiiiiinally warm out?? For me, it’s reading a good book in the sun 😎

xx,

Lauren