This past weekend I completed my second half marathon, Chad completed his fourth full marathon. It was miserable. It was 82°F and my shoes were too tight. The weather in West Palm Beach was unusually warm (while the rest of the country was getting blanketed by snow and ice.) It was about 10° warmer than …
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Do you prefer Waffle House or Huddle House? Let's compare apples to apples, or in this case: waffles to pancakes. What do the words scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, diced, peppered, capped, topped, and country mean to you? If these words make you hungry, you are a true Southerner. If you have no idea what I'm …
Let’s step out of Manhattan for this one. Along the western banks of Hudson River just across from Manhattan boasts the best and most expansive views of the New York City skyline. This little secret is unknown to most tourists but you can stroll along the river, shop and dine while overlooking the entire city- …
Walking Tour #3 of New York City takes us around mid-town Manhattan from Times Square through Central Park and back down to the East Side stopping at Grand Central Station, the Chrysler Building and the United Nations. We played tourist here. Actually the only reason we started in the Times Square area was because I …
OK- this is our second walking tour in NYC (New York City Walking tour- Upper West Side). This walk was over 7 miles and the only money we spent was for drinks at Chelsea Market and pizza downtown. I will keep the talking to a minimum because there are a lot of pictures here. First …
I recently spent some time in New York City (as many of you know as I have talked about it often.) I love being up there. We spend so much time walking (not sitting in traffic like Orlando) and I love the freedom of being able to get around with my own two feet (well- …
It is always fun to take a road trip and get out of town- even if it is just for the day. Recently Chad had some work up in Gainesville, FL and I decided to tag along. We had gotten there a little early and decided to check out the University of Florida campus. The …
Day two in Jacksonville and we were only a mere 24 hours away from the race- my first half marathon ever and Chad’s third full marathon. We had the full day to spend and explore Jacksonville but we really didn’t want to do too much walking before our big day.As I had stated in Jacksonville …
I was supposed to complete my first half marathon in Savannah in 2011, only I ended up with the flu. So I decided to make it one of my goals to try again and finish a 13.1 mile race by the end of 2012. I had also told Chad I was going to do my …
Chad and I recently went up to St. Augustine to participate in a 5k race to benefit breast cancer. As part of our entry fee to the event we were invited to hang around the city and enjoy some of the sites after the run. Our first order of business after running 3.1 miles was …
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile- I have been working on a few new exciting projects I will let you all in on once I get them off the ground. Recently, Chad and I took some time to participate in a breast cancer 5k in St. Augustine called “Pink Up The Pace.” St. Augustine is …
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?????? Chad and I went to the home opener at Raymond James stadium to watch our hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Carolina Panthers and we wanted to find the perfect healthy meal while there. (Right? What is more American than football and veggie burgers?) I have to give …
New York City is a very expensive place to visit let alone live……but you know what? There are things you can do in the city…FOR FREE. Go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. It is the oldest steel wire suspension bridge in the United States- opened in 1903. It spans the East River from Manhattan to …
So here is a great tip- if you are planning on going out of town sign up for Groupon in the city you are going to visit. Simple right? I was getting ready to go visit New York City with my honey- I have lived there before but my Mr. Chad had never been to …
My last few posts were all about our tour of the factory at Whetstone Chocolates of St. Augustine and lunch at Casa Maya, but there was a lot more to see and do in this adorable historic town. Just down the street from the chocolate factory we came across this enormous and beautiful Spanish-style building……… …
(edited: shortly after this post was published, Casa Maya moved into a larger location. All photos are from the original spot.) My last post we took a tour of the Whetstone Chocolates factory. Well, after all that sampling of sweets we wanted to eat something a little more substantial so Chad consulted Urbanspoon to find …
Mr. Beet and I spent the weekend up in St. Augustine for another one of our 5K races- but I think the highlight of the trip for both of us was touring the factory of Whetstone Chocolates of St. Augustine. The Whetstone business started as a small ice cream store in 1967 in the Old …
One of the best things about living in Orlando- the theme parks!! I LOVE Disney, I LOVE Universal…..but my favorite theme park in Central Florida by far is SEA WORLD. On a hot day in February I went to visit Sea World with a good friend of mine- Lacey. She is fairly new to the …
One word to describe the new Blue Man Group Orlando show……AWESOME! Blue Man Group Orlando has been at Universal Studios with the same show for several years now. Universal Orlando has now decided to change the show up in accordance with all the new changes happening at Universal Orlando- including a new parade and new attractions. I was …
I found some interesting whatchamacallits in the local K-mart while visiting Indiana recently. Apparently, since I live Florida, I did not understand the proper use of these doohickeys- for instance- the sled supposedly works better outside in snow than in the middle of K-mart.... but I had fun......until I was asked to please either buy …
I have never attended Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios as I am a self proclaimed chicken and I cry easily when scared........ so naturally this year I decided to audition to be a part of it- this way I could make other people cry. This event has been dubbed the world's largest and best …
The Hollywood Studios - formerly known as The Disney/MGM Studios. Back in my day we called it MGM. It will always be MGM to me. My ol' stomping grounds. I worked in entertainment here - I marched down Hollywood Boulevard in the parades, I danced across the stages in a couple of shows, greeted guests …
Ah- the perks of living in Central Florida - we can spend a day at any of the area theme parks without needing plane tickets or hotel rooms - today we chose Disney and our adventures started at Epcot. The very first thing we did was go snag some fast passes to Test Track. We …
In this case the Savannah Marathon was a bust..well sort of....I was planning on completing my first half marathon (notice I used the word completing as opposed to running.) Unfortunately, I had been battling the flu the few days before so we decided it was best that I don't run/walk/over-exert myself. Chad was running his …