Street Party
Good morning! Happy Saturday. Hope your weekend is off to a great start <3
Thank you so much to those of you who entered the macaroon and Sephora giveaway. I loved reading about how you’ve adapted your workouts with the cooler weather.
The winner of the Friday giveaway is:
Hope!
Congrats, girl. Send me your address to fitnessista at gmail dot com – I’ll order your gift card today and get the macaroons in the dehydrator tomorrow.
So, last night we had a little street party.
I mentioned before that our neighbors seem pretty awesome –one brought me a coconut water on the day we moved in. I call that destiny- and apparently, they like to all get together every now and again. Last night, we hung out in one of the neighbor’s front yards in yard chairs, and there were food tables set up with music playing, kids running around, and a Sonoran hot dog stand.
It was pretty fantastic- I curled up in a chair with a blanket, bowl of chips and jalapenos, and chatted with the neighbors for a few hours. We’re lucky to be surrounded by such a fun group of families.. everyone was just as kind and friendly as I had imagined them to be.
It also reaffirmed the fact that Bella LOVES kids. Two little girls –who will probably be our little baby’s friends- couldn’t stop hugging her, kissing her, and feeding her bites of hot dog. Her tail was shaking the whole time- she loved it.
Our contributions to the party:
Two things of sea salt brownie bites and carrot cake cookies from Trader Joe’s
and a cooler full of beer.
This morning, I made two scrambled eggs with toast for bfast:
and am about to get ready to teach.
Hope you have a wonderful day and I’ll see ya on my lunch break!
xoxo
Gina
Something to talk about: Do you have neighborhood parties? This is something I definitely haven’t seen in a loooong time. In Valdosta, the property manager would try to plan get-togethers, but no one would go. The last time I went to a *real* nighborhood party was probably when I was in middle school. My mom’s neighborhood used to have an annual block party.
Something to do: I usually don’t like to ask you guys to vote for awards and such, but I’ve been nominated for one that means a lot to me: Shape Magazine’s Best Fitness Blogger. Thank you to those who nominated me -I was so excited and honored when I found out <3 If you’d like to vote, *here’s the link*
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You got my vote, Gina! <3
<3 thank you!
I love neighbourhood parties! We always have them in our street and it´s so cool.
Congrats on being nominated! Just voted for you 🙂
thanks, michaela!
Voted! Good luck!
thank you, cait!
How fun!! I wish neighbors around here did stuff like that!
How were the carrot cake cookies? They look wonderful and I love carrot cake. I think they’d be fun to try and re-create at home!
i didn’t try them since i was too focused on the brownie bites 😉
Did you try those carrot cake sandwiches? I see them every time I go to TJ’s and want to get them!
i didn’t, but i had a couple of brownie bites and they were FANTASTIC
I saw the vote yesterday (from another person’s blog..) and i voted for you! Good luck!
thank you!
No neighborhood parties… yet. We just moved to our new home about 4 weeks ago and we’ve only met one neighbor. I’m a little sad, but I know with all the forecloseures and short sales people just probably aren’t making much of an effort now. I’m sure it will come….
We have a lot of young families on our block o it’s so un to get together with everyone! I love that sense of community!
I voted for you yesterday when I saw the nominations 🙂
That party sounds fun!
thank you, suzi!
i really hope we get to zumba together one of these days
Ive never lived in a neighborhood, so a street party sounds really awesome to me! I think that’s really great that all of your neighbors are so friendly and welcoming…not to mention fun! Perfect neighborhood to bring a baby into!
yes, we got very lucky
Voted….Took me a few minutes to figure out that the vote link is on the right hand side of the page….. a der te der moment 🙂
it took me a second, too 🙂 thank you for voting!
Congrats on the nomination, I just voted for you!! 😀
<3! thank you!
My apartment is huge on community parties. We get together almost every weekend for a cookout at the pool – it’s a blast!
I voted for ya!
thank you, tiffany!
Ahh of course I voted for you!! I look forward to reading your blog everyday after school! I keep telling my mom that you have changed my life! Thanks girl! (:
you’re a sweetheart- thank you, haley 🙂
Voted already! mmmmmm sea salt brownies! i’m off to LA for the weekend!! yayy!! but the bf is moving back to NY today (major sad face) but I may be possibly moving there also end of this month…cross your fingers for me and say a lil prayer!! :))
<3
fingers are crossed and prayers have been said!! let me know what happens
You got my vote, congrats!!!
thanks, mahealani <— BEAUTIFUL name!
Ohh, you have my vote. Done and DONE.
thanks, courtney! 🙂
Looks like a fun evening! That’s nice that you are getting to know people from your neighborhood.
Just voted for you! Good luck! Well deserved 🙂
thanks, jamie! xoxo
I voted for you. 🙂 A street party sounds like a lot of fun!
thank you krystina!
This is what I most look forward to about buying a house one day. Its hard to get to know neighbors in an apartment since we really don’t have a reason to be outside doing yardwork and getting to know others that way.
P.S. Congrats on the nomination! You have my vote.
exactly- we never knew our neighbors when we lived in apartments
thank you!
It looks like you guys had a great time! I am so happy to hear that Bella likes kids, must be a load off of your minds! We used to have block parties all the time! I think it was mostly an excuse for all the parents on the street to eat allot and get relatively intoxicated, without having to actually go out or get a baby sitter. I suppose I always had a good time chatting with everyone though!
hahah that’s a great point.
Usually summertime is prime time to get to laugh and hang with the neighbors! I love chatting in lawn chairs and just shootin’ the shit! lol
So many congratulations for your nomination, yours is definitely a blog that I completely love and check all the time – so thank you for all the effort and inspiration and effort you pour into your site. 🙂
So cool that you got to hang out with your neighbours – community is a very special thing, and it must feel wonderful to have it there, where you are! <3 xyx
thank you so much for hanging out with me over here 🙂
That party sounds like so much fun! Growing up we would have neighborhood parties for all of the major seasons, like pumpkin carving parties and christmas parties! They were a lot of fun!
that’s amazing!
That is fantastic that your neighborhood is so tight knit and close and that it was such a fun experience. In one house/neighborhood we lived in in San Diego, we had about 8 houses on the block that got together like that…it wasn’t always planned. Often times the guys would be outside doing yard work, the women would go out and start chatting, we’d go in and see what food we had laying around (or wine bottles we could bring outside), we’d set up lawn chairs, kids would be running around, and we’d all just chit chat and laugh…impromptu style and it was soooo fun. I miss that feeling and community vibe.
We live very urban now so that suburban neighborhood vibe is one thing we don’t have as much of. Other huge pros/benefits, though which I wouldn’t trade.
So happy for you guys!!!
I just voted for you! Goodluck Gina! xo
thanks, emily!
WOW you live in a great neighborhood. I live in socal and I have NEVER heard of a neighborhood party. That looks like so much fun, and it seems like a great way to get to know your neighbors. I have no idea what kind of life my neighbors lead, 🙁 we’re all pretty disconnected.
There’s always a fall neigbourhood corn roast in our ‘hood where we eat corn, people bake apple pies for an apple pie contest, kids make zucchini cars to race, and we have a live neighbourhood band playing. It’s pretty fantastic!!
that sounds AMAZING
love this fun post! i almost didn’t read it since i’m fasting today for Yom Kippur and your food pictures (even ones of a couple of eggs) are so lovely and salavation worthy! 🙂
you get to break the fast tonight though, right??
That’s such a fun way to get to know your neighbours! I live in an apartment and people don’t really interact much in my building. 🙁
I voted for ya!
we’ve lived in apartments, too, and didn’t know any of our neighbors.
thank you!
Just voted for your girl! hope you win i love your blog =)
thanks michelle! that would be awesome 🙂
i picked up a box of those carrot cake cookies this week at TJ’s… so delicious!!
I look forward to reading your blog every day, so you have my vote too! Good luck!
<3 thanks cathy!
Congrats on your nomination…you deserve it, I’ll be voting for you!
We have a block party once a year. It’s a great way to meet the neighbors and enjoy some good food.
Umm… those inside out carrot cake cookies from TJ’s are like kryptonite. I would be your best friend for life if you showed up with those. Just saying. 🙂
The neighborhood party sounds like fun! 🙂 At my mom’s house, the neighbors usually have a “block party” for the 4th of July but that is about the only time that everyone gets together. My dad always has parties at his house for the Husker football games and many of the neighbors pop in and out. It is pretty cool!
We have an annual block party. Always had them on the street where I grew up too.
Gina, if you could only have one gluten free bread (primarily for toast with butter/jelly or pb&j) which brand would you choose?
I have a child in my life with a newly diagnosed allergy and need to find something that won’t seem like such a shock for them.
Thanks 🙂
what type of bread does the child usually prefer? if he/she likes regular wheaty sandwich bread, go for udi’s. if he/she likes more dense, sweet bread, try the food for life millet bread
Neighborhood parties are the epitome of summer over here in my small town 🙂 There’s nothing like sitting on the front lawn in lawn chairs! haha
This looks like SO much fun. I wish my neighborhood had block parties!
Congrats on the nom! I am going to vote now!
Just voted! Happy to see you’re in first place! Now I will have both my girls go vote, I will go on my phone and vote and also go use my husband’s computer to get another vote. Good luck!
thank you donna- that’s awesome 🙂
hi Gina, that is so great to have fun neighbors. you will definitely enjoy your home. i just voted and i really like your blog!
thank you, kari!
I voted! Good luck Gina!!!
Just voted and saw where your in the lead!! Whohoo!!!
awesome!! thank you! 🙂