J-ville Adventures
Hi friends! How are you?
What an AWESOME night in Jacksonville.
First, my mall radar went off:
Somehow, after I picked up my rental car, it automatically drove me to St. John’s Town Centre—funny how that happens, huh? 
I did a little damage and met up with Lindsey for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen.
We were originally supposed to go to Healthy Way Café, but were super sad to discover that they had closed down :/ CPK was a good replacement and we each had delicious salads. Mine had roasted veggies (eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, onion) and sundried tomatoes with a dijon vinaigrette.
After feasting and shopping, it was time for some of THIS:
DT!!!!!
Rocked. My. Face. Off.
The national headquarters are in Jacksonville, so I took their “Year In Review” class, highlighting the dances from 2010. I love every second and as I left, it made me realize that I know what I’m supposed to be doing right now: blog and dance 
After getting my booty shake on, this lovely lady and I made dinner together:
A veggie stir fry with:
-peppers
-zucchini
-carrots
-grape tomatoes
-kale
-black beans
-Garlic, coconut oil, sea salt, pepper, soy sauce, lemon juice
+ choco-cado pudding for dessert
It was scrumptious—far better than anything we would have gotten at a restaurant.
This morning, I’m going to make some b-fast and then drive to Valdosta for Jeni’s baby shower. I’ll see ya this afternoon from Valdizzy!
xoxo
Gina
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The Roasted Veggie Salad at CPK is my favorite!! Now I’m craving it, I may have to make a trip to the mall w/ CPK for lunch today 😀
Dance trance looks ridic!! Too bad i couldn’t make it through a zumba class without looking like a total goon 😉
xoxo
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I WISH there was a Dance Trance close to me in NY! It sounds like such a blast. Your meal looks lovely! I love cooking at home because you are in control of the ingredients and the preparation!
After you writing about dance trance so much, I’m dying to try it! If you hear of any classes in NYC you’ll have to let us all know. Or you could just come up here and teach one 🙂 Hehe. Have a fabulous trip!
Somehow, no matter where I go, I always end up at the mall too. It’s like my home is calling out to me. 😉
Sounds like you’re having a blast so far! Enjoy the baby shower today!
awesome night for sure!!!! enjoy the baby shower! =)
blog + dance = perfection??? I think so. 🙂
Ahhhh how did I miss that you were in Jacksonville? I go to school there! I’m here right now! Ahhh!!! Haha!!! 😉
I really need to check out CPK at the Town Center. 😀
I love CPK salads. So funny a pizza place has such amazing salads, but I don’t complain 😉
Your dinner looks amazing as well! Have a good trip to Valdizzy!
xo
Thank you for the CPK suggestion! I am on a month long wellness plan, sort of like yours: no gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, etc. and I was stressing about where hubby and I could go for Saturday night date night dinner. I love how their menu breaks all items down by allergin information.
I looovveee St. John’s! When I went to school in Tallahassee, Jax was the midway point between me and my parents so my mom and I used to get a room and spend the weekend shopping and eating… it’s a wonderful place!
Drive safely and have a great weekend 🙂
Haha, mall radar! I love it. 😀
And dinner with Lindsey…I can’t imagine a better way to spend an evening!
xo
The veggie stir fry and pudding look delish 🙂 Have a great time at the baby shower!
What a fun day! That dance class sounds so fun & dinner looks amazin’! 🙂
Thank you for opening my mind up to CPK. I was set to NEVER go there because I figured miss gluten free would be SOL there. That salad looks fantastic, so fantastic I might have to swing in for one at the Tucson mall this weekend. While doing massive damage to my debit card! 🙂
I am so happy you had a good time at the Dance Trance Review. Shake that thang & shake it up girlie!!
Hope you don’t have to play the “guess what candy bar is mashed in this diaper?” game at the baby shower. It’s a little too close to reality for me 🙂 All time favorite baby shower game? At a co-ed shower, the men had a contest to see who could chug beer from a baby bottle the fastest. So funny 🙂
You were only 30 minutes from me!!! And i am always a little peeved that i have to drive 30 minutes to the town center for decent shopping lol you would think that since St. Augustine is so popular with tourists they would have a few more stores….
I was reading an article about the Jacksonville dance trance the other day and i had thought it was just an orlando thing but i definitely want to go now that there is one so close!
Good to know California Pizza Kitchen is Fitnessista-approved! That definitely helps to know when I travel so much.
I felt like I was channeling you today…my lunch salad was a big pile of spinach, smoked salmon, dill, GOAT CHEESE, carrots (cooked in maple syrup in microwave), artichokes, and drizzled with balsamic vinegar…so good!
if you were meant to teach dance trance and blog…you are good to go!
I still need to try DT. Glad you are haing a nice time. 🙂
That salad looks so tasty!
Have fun in valdizzy! 🙂
yay for seeing LINDSEY!!!! I miss that girl!!! and you too of course!
I love that salad!! Theres a CPK across the street from my work, so it used to be my favorite work lunch! I wish they had DT in Los Angeles!!
Uh, yum. Can I just say your bowl of deliciousness looks especially delicious? Mixing errthang together is my favorite way to eat! 🙂
Have a safe drive, Gina!
And how fun you and Lindsay got to meet up! I love meeting up with bloggie friends!
And I hope you have a wonderful time at Jeni’s shower…I know yow close you two are and so I hope you have a really special day with her 🙂
so glad you had such a fun day!
Grew up in Jax as a Navy Brat. I miss it!
Love St. Johns best when it is all dressed up for Christmas.
When you are in the area I also loooove St. Augustine.
OMG. I made the chococado pudding last nite (tweeked it a bit and put carob powder instead, no coconut oil and vanilla)… out of this world good!!! have fun at the baby shower!
Is Dance Trance anything like Zumba? Sounds fun!
Ha, love that you searched out the malls!
Im really interested in trying Dance Trance too. I need to research it more!
I like that you have mall radar 🙂
Are are doing exactly what you are doing!! I am so glad you found happiness!
I haven’t had that salad at CPK…it looks delicious. I will order that one next time for sure.
Mall radar…. you’re adorable! Man I could use a nice long mall browsing.
I made some choco-cado pudding the other day too… love that stuff!
Healthy Way Cafe closed down?!? Saaaaad panda! I’ll have to try CPK now (I go to UNF).