by Ericka | Jul 8, 2011 | drinks, food, friends, happy hour, margaritas, mojitos, Spider Kellys
While happy hours used to be a staple in my life, they’ve waned to few and far between these days. While I’m glad they are a thing of the past, sometimes it’s still nice to have one. On Thursday, I got together with my friends for a few drinks at...
by Ericka | Jul 6, 2011 | 4th of July, alcohol, cookout, drink, food, holiday
Saturday we had the awesome opportunity to head a mile town the road to Tabitha & Lyndsey’s house for a pre-4th of July BBQ/Birthday party on their lovely deck. I’m kind of obsessed with decks and lawnchairs and grills and humidity and lightning bugs...
by Ericka | Jul 5, 2011 | marathon, run, running, spinning, triathalon
Professional exerciser that I am, you would NEVER guess that this girl has never taken a spin class. They always seemed to boring. Stagnant. Uncomfortable. Ahh, how injuries can change your perspective! After arriving for my 12-mile run Saturday morning at 6am only to...
by Ericka | Jul 4, 2011 | Alexandria, food, King Street, Old town, restaurant, review
Walking down King Street after a sale stroll into Gap and Banana Republic, we were honngggry. While Old Town Alexandria is a favorite spot for us, we’d never been to Jackson 20, the restaurant attached to a hotel a couple blocks from the water. It was brunch...
by Ericka | Jul 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s 4th of July weekend so you know what that means — BBQs, food and drinks! Today, we were invited to a party at Tabitha & Lyndsey’s house again. I was excited to contribute some sort of appetizer so I settled on caprese pasta salad. I...
by Ericka | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
So we had two tuna steaks in the freezer and I thought I had to do something with them. I am a big fan of ahi tuna and usually order it as light fare at a restaurant. I was a bit intimidated when I ran into a recipe for sesame encrusted seared ahi tuna. But I had the...
by Ericka | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nearly everyday, I see these beautiful granola and/or oat bowls on my favorite blogs. Courtney, Julie, Kath and Jenna are practically professionals at slapping these things together! And I admit it — I CAVED to the almond butter. When you read so many people...
by Ericka | Jun 29, 2011 | cheese, Cheestique, chocolate, foodie, wine
Since moving to the Del Ray area in Alexandria, I’d been wanting to try “Cheesetique”, a cute little wine and cheese bar about a mile down the road. When it was Michelle’s turn to visit me, I KNEW this was the perfect night to go. Michelle...
by Ericka | Jun 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, a girl just needs an avocado. This girl needs one like every day. I stopped by the store for the sole reason of buying one blessed avocado for the heavenly guacamole I’m going to tell you about right now. I’m not sure I went my whole life...
by Ericka | Jun 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
I missed my 10-mile training run with the Road Runners group yesterday (thanks to a late night on Friday) so I HAD to get it done on Sunday. I got up at the painful hour of 5:15am on a Sunday to rock those miles out. I don’t have a stopwatch or a distance meter...
