Dining in Portland

Oh Voodoo Donuts, it was hard to say goodbye. While we were in Portland. we ate at some seriously amazing places. Everything seemed to have a local and seasonal emphasis, and I was blown away by the availability of vegan/veggie options. Visiting a city like Portland always gives me a kick in the pants to…

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Fitbloggin’: Conference recap

[Warning: long photo bomb of a post ahead] I haven’t been to a ton of blog conferences in my 5 years of blogging, but of those I’ve attended, Fitbloggin’ was by far my favorite. It made me wish I would have gone sooner! Roni, who founded Fitbloggin’ and coordinates everything herself, does an incredible jobs…

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6/28: Friday Faves

-Coffee kombucha. Say whaaaaat?! It was just as glorious as it looks. Sweet, a nice little jolt, and the lovely ‘bucha fizz I love so dearly. I can’t wait to try this again, or make an at-home version! -These popsicles from Whole Foods. I’m on a “tropical everything” kick right now and I especially love…

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Suitcase Roulette

When I pack for trips, it can go from one extreme to the other: super organized and planned to the last detail, or everything thrown in at the last minute when I realize I messed up my flight time and it’s 3 hours earlier. If I’m traveling with Liv, our suitcase is planned to the…

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La Jolla Adventures

We’re not big vacation planners. Usually we’re just happy to be somewhere different with each other with the freedom to explore and enjoy on an impromptu basis. When go to to Cali, we’ll have a few spots in mind that we want to visit and roll from there, depending on Liv’s schedule (or in this…

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La Jolla Eats

  When we go on vacation, we usually have 3 main goals: spend time as a family (a special treat with our often-conflicting work schedules), sleep as much as possible and sufficiently eat our way through our respective holiday locale. For this particular vacay, we didn’t end up getting much sleep at all (late-night drive…

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3/17: Some pics from the day

San Diego is in the top 3 places I’d love to live. It was a combo of the most relaxing and most stressful day. Liv got sick for the first time ever -she had an entire banana this morning (not the first time)- but it didn’t quite agree with her. I think we’re all a…

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Meals and Fitness for the week

Hi from San Diego! We decided to take a little long weekend getaway. I’m so excited to be here with my little fam, surrounded by ocean, seals… oh, and gluten-free cupcakes. What more could a girl wish for? We got into La Jolla at 2:30am- Liv was WIDE AWAKE and cracking up like a little…

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What I’m taking back home with me

This past weekend, I traveled alone. As much as I missed my family -I had a couple of rough moments being away from Liv- I know it was good for me. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” and all that stuff, right? I knew she was having a blast with her daddy and that I…

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