Five years ago, I put on my long johns, leg warmers, wool socks, heavy sweatshirt, heavy winter jacket, gloves, hat, mittens and scarf and shuffled over to the start line for the 2011 Inaugural Rock’n’Roll Savannah Half Marathon. It was 20° F outside. This was supposed to be my first half marathon. Only I was …
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A few days ago I told you about my experience running the Rock’n’Roll St. Louis Half Marathon. Visiting the city has always been on my bucket list and I loved everything about being there! I found some fun activities in St. Louis. First off, we stayed at the Drury Plaza Hotel St. Louis at the …
Last December as I was laying on the couch, my foot in a cast, I found out I had been selected as a member of the Rock ‘n’Roll Marathon Series #RocknBlog team for 2015. I really wanted to jump for joy- literally- only I was just a few weeks out of surgery where my foot …
Ever since I was a youngster the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a tradition in my house. Growing up we watched it every Thanksgiving morning. Once I moved out of the House of Mom I would still spend my Thanksgiving mornings in front of the TV. The parade is just a tradition for so …
Welcome to a rare Saturday post from Beauty and the Beets! Yesterday I recapped the highlights of our three day Food Fight Write blogging summit at the World Food Championships being held November 3-10 in Celebration, FL. I promised to share some of the pictures from our final third day- the day of our blogging …
What a crazy week it has been in Beetsland. I just wrapped up a three day bloggers’ summit at The World Food Championships, now in its 4th year. This year the competition has moved from Las Vegas, Nevada to Celebration, Florida. Fifty bloggers were selected from around the world to participate in Food Fight Write, …
When: Labor Day Weekend. Where: The beach, Virginia Beach to be exact. Who: Vacationers trying to enjoy the last official beach weekend of the summer. It’s a tradition. While families, young couples and old couples alike are flocking to the beach to soak up the last of the summer rays, there are thousands of people …
Chad and I love Savannah. We are big fans of wrought iron fences, cobblestone streets and old world flair. Everything that Savannah embodies including that world famous Southern charm. Savannah is a place you expect to find Sweet Tea and Fried Green Tomatoes on the menu of every restaurant, and for the most part, you …
Now through May 31 there is an incredible event happening at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. Chad and I made the hour trek south of Orlando and made a weekend out of it- I just really wanted to see the Chinese Lantern Festival, also known as Zoominations, at the zoo. We arrived about 6:30pm, before sunset …
Did you know that Madame Tussaud learned to make wax figures in the year 1770, over 2oo years ago in Paris? And in 1835 her first wax exhibit went on permanent display in London? Here we are in 2015 and Orlando has just opened its very own Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. The wax museum is …