Did anyone else watch the ING NYC marathon yesterday and feeling super inspired? I’m sure many of you did. While I’ve usually caught some of it on tv, this was my first time going into watch. I’ve never had anyone close to me run it before and I’m so happy my first time watching I could cheer for my good friend.

John ran for Multiple Sclerosis and raised $10,000. How amazing is that? Even more amazing is that he grew a beard for his entire training and finally shaved last night.  He finished in 3:44 too!

We had a nice cheering section! Look at those honkers!

This wasn’t even close to everyone, but I left the photography to my pal for the day.  But aren’t those beards cute?

As far as the house goes, we did make some serious progress this weekend, but we are living one more week without cabinets and appliances. This week we are down to the stove and sink in the kitchen. The fridge is in the basement now and I’m trying more than ever to keep my stress and anxiety at bay! We got some dry wall up and the ceiling done and spackeled. It couldn’t all be done because the electrician has to come Wednesday and Thursday to fix our service.

Which means...more tea, less coffee. Still.

I’m okay with it for now. I know the end result will be SO worth it!

So this week, lots of barbeque still and maybe my mom will have us over for dinner AGAIN!

I’ll keep you posted!

Big Day Today!

I’m not going to share until I can fully disclose all of the details, but it’s pretty big!

Flashback to this weekend, I know I shared one of my most favorite runs with you already, but I want to share some of my favorite pictures too. I’ve been sharing favorite Instagrams of the week and this is kind of similar.

Portland is a great city. I really loved walking around and all of the shops. We ate a DiMillos floating restaurant Friday night, which was beautiful. It’s actually on a boat. The food was great too, I even got a whole lobster.

Saturday we had Adam and Denise’s wedding which was also beautiful. They had a picture perfect day, which always makes it even better.

They had a photo booth too, SO much fun!

Newlyweds!

So fun hanging out with friends and celebrating love. Love it! (Side Note: dress I wore is from JCREW, a lot of people asked )

By the way, hi Shawn & Tara – so fun hanging out with you!

Hopefully I’ll be back later with some great news!

Hello from Maine!

We left yesterday and took our time getting up here since it’s almost a 6 hour drive for us. We stopped in Portsmouth, NH for lunch, which was another very cute town. We walked around and checked out some shops, and obviously I had to assess their iced coffee before we went on our way.

Portland is awesome. It’s a great town that we are going to check out more after I finish icing my knee. (Yes I still ice my knee almost daily.) I scoped out a trail yesterday that I saw from google maps, so after sleeping in until around 8 we got up and out. I wanted to share some great pictures from this morning’s run. This may be top 5 most beautiful runs I’ve ever done.

The trail is miles long and goes on many times what we did. We did 6 miles, 3 out, 3 back. If you are ever here in Portland, you have to walk, run or bike this. We greatly appreciaed the beauty, peace and quiet of this gorgeous trail. Runs like this make me so grateful for the fact I’m able to run and enjoy the scenery in that way.

Off to shower and check things out before the wedding!

Happy Saturday!

Yesterday we went to Eataly in NYC. It was our first time there, but certainly won’t be our last. Our friends John & Lauren told us about it after they went, when they got back from Italy.  Basically they have every amazing Italian food under the sun, from meats to fish to cheese to veggies to pizza & pasta. You can also sit down and eat there, but we decided to take food home.

I’ve said before that one of my favorite dinners are simply bread, cheese, tomatoes and some type of veggie. That was what I was dreaming of for dinner last night. We picked up a loaf of spelt bread, which, I wish I took a picture of. It was large and crusty and besides 2 pieces, it’s GONE. They had so many different kinds of breads, from white to wheat to 9 grains in all shapes and sizes.

We also picked up some fresh mozzarella that was just made, olives, and ricotta salata, which is another type of cheese. (Ricotta Salata is a sheep’s milk cheese, think Italian feta.) Danny wanted some prosciutto and supresetta, so he got a couple slices of those too.

When we got home I turned on the broiler and cut the bread up into slices; the recipe for a perfect sandwich.

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Basically any combination is amazing. Danny and I made sure to try out each one so we could happily report no combination is a bad one.

Cheese and bread in moderation is a very wonderful thing.

Have a great day!