Bloggies in the pod

Hi friends! How’s your weekend going? Hope you’re having a beautiful and relaxing day so far 🙂

Thanks so much for the Philly recommendations! The official HLS events are over, so we’ll see what kind of shenanigans the Pilot and I can get into today 😉

Yesterday, in between events, we met up with some friends to hit up the Rittenhouse farmer’s market.

Gabriella, Heather, Sabrina and the Pilot 🙂

My preg buddy:

The market was really cute- lots of flower vendors, produce, goat cheese (!) and fresh lemonade. We each grabbed one, and I loved the option of having it sweetened with Stevia instead of agave.

As much as I love to visit other farmer’s markets, it’s always a legendary tease because there isn’t a ton you can take on a plane home with you.

I’m hoping to head back to that area today, because the surrounding stores looked very appealing 😉

For dinner, we went to pod, which is a modern family-style Asian restaurant.

The atmosphere was pretty amazeballz:

Sleek, modern, and I’m a fan of any place with conveyor belt sushi 🙂

To start, we shared some salty warm edamame:

Thai salad for me (cabbage, cilantro, egg, peanuts, avocado, vinaigrette)

+ one of the few rolls I can roll with for the next few months: California

[The crab is cooked, so it’s NBD. It’s also nowhere near the awesomeness of salmon sashimi.]

Lobster creeper

The best part:

Chocolate hazelnut brownie with espresso ice cream.

Yeah.

The group:

Gabriella, Tina, Brittany, Julie, me, Courtney, Allison (+ the Pilot, who took the photo)

It was so much fun chatting with the girls, being told crazy stories by the Pilot and feasting on glorious food 🙂

After dinner, we went to a wine bar, the hotel bar and called it a night. It was the latest this old lady’s been up in a while 😉

 
Have a great day!

See ya later this afternoon <3

xoxo

Gina

Something to do: How about a Sunday 7-minute Cardio Ab burner combo??

[As always, check with a doc before making any fitness changes and if it hurts, don’t do it]

–Jog in place 30 seconds

-jumping jacks 30 seconds

–Burpees 1 minute

–Plank 2 minutes (if you have to drop to your knees, that’s ok, just keep good form)

-Mountain climbers 30 seconds

-Push-up to side plank 1 minute

-X file abs 1 minute

(I got this one from Women’s Health back in the day)

–Pullover crunch 1 minute

–Scissors 30 seconds