Hello, Augusta!

Happy Friday!  What a day!  We are now in Augusta at our hotel, which is supposed to be HAUNTED.  Check it.

Lets rewind a bit to lunch where I met the wondermous Ashlei for my first taste of Indian goodness, evah!

I had strict orders from the beautiful Gina to get the Baingan Bartha which is a spicy eggplant dish, with the whole wheat n’aan

So many options!!!  Loved eating with Ashlei….so fun being with another blogger!

In no time, the food arrived!!!  Complete with the n’aan, and some amazing jasmine rice!

Fannnnnntastic.  Seriously even better than I thought it would be!  Thanks for suggesting this, Ashlei and Gina!!!  You guys rock!  Lunch with a blogger is so much fun…we decided to extend it a bit and hit up TJMaxx for some random goodies!

Who knew TJMaxx had random organic goodies?!?!  I got some Raw Honey…a bar, and some sports beans!  Random yet super fun shopping!  Ashlei also brought me some delicious cookies and soy sauce, thanks Ash!!!

It was then time to head for Georgia!!!!

It was time to bid farewell to the mountains, and say hello to GREEN grass and flat land…nice change of pace.  Didn’t hurt that it was around 70* outside!

Snacks were involved in this journey.  ;-)

This is by far my hands down favorite bar of any kind.  I could eat it daily and never grow tired of it.  Fo realz.

We also split the new Bee Bar I picked up today…the flavor was…interesting.  Still not sure how I felt about this bar.

Christie and Kim agreed it was odd.  They both thought it was bird food-esque.

Lackluster snack was replaced by the snack to end all snacks. (snack, snack, snack.) hahaha

Cup holder transitioned itself into the perfect Booty Catcher.

Between the snacks and horse laughing, we were there in no time!  Please check out why America is extremely overweight.

You call it fusion cuisine, I call it “Stroke Buffet!”

However, this beauty gave me hope (and shopping ideas for tomorrow)…

So close, yet so far away!!!

By the time we got to the hotel, we were famished!  Did I mention that this bad boy is supposedly haunted by some Emily chick?!?!?!  No, not MY Emily…some ancient ghost Emily.  ;-)

Did you find her, Kim?!?!

We headed downtown in a search for some dinner!

Nacho Mama!!!!!

We all decided this place looked pretty nifty, plus the fact that we were all about to eat our own faces.  We decided to stay.

I decided to break the rules, and create my own Quesadilla with zucchini, spinach, mushrooms, and onions!

this baby was loaded UP with veggies.  They knew me all too well.  ;-)

Gotta love downtown antics…that involve faux tattoo bodies…

bwahahahahahahaha.

What better to end a night with (more fun than tattoo cut outs??!) than ICE CREAM!

I got a small cake batter/cookie dough.  Droll. WORTHY, people!

This is one of those things where you just need to get the real deal.  Make it small, and keep it delicious.

PS, we MAY or may not be coming back tomorrow in our pj’s.

Sweet dreams, bloggies!

Florida Sun!

Ok, I am totally moving here.  Look what I woke up to

I think it became officially Florida when there was an ORANGE TREE in the backyard.

Look at this view!!

I am moving here.  It’s official.  We are staying with Kim’s family…and they stocked up on yummy organic food just for us.  Total love!

Oatmeal and toast it was!  I topped the oatmeal with the Almond Butter plus my homeade trail mix.  It was a mix of Kashi Strawberry Fields, Raisins, Soynut Trail Mix, and the LAST of my Dark Chocolate Covered Edamame Beans

Even in Florida I can make a mean bowl-o-oats.

Oats, Eziek, Smart Balance, Coffee.  YUM!

We hung out for a while and before we knew it.  Lunch was calling.  (ok, maybe we slept in slightly.)  ;-)

We were then off to have a lunch at one of Kim’s favorite local Italian places…

We started carb loading for the race a little early.

They had tons of tasty looking options..

Grilled Eggplant….yes, please!

This combo was absolutely amazing.  The melty cheese, pesto, peppers, and eggplant made a fantasmic combination!  I love these little local places.  Emily was in full force blogging and carb-loading as well.

After lunch it was time for stereotypical Florida tourist fun!

All I was missing was a Hawaiian shirt, big floppy hat, and fanny pack.  I am seriously in love with this weather!

Did I mention I was a major tree hugger.

Oh yes, I am rocking the flip flops.  Took a while for my feet to re-adjust to them!  It was like a body trying to reject a virus!  Don’t worry, it eventually caved and accepted the open toe-ness.

Snacked on my favorite while waiting on dinner…

Now we are back at Kim’s house waiting for a delicious dinner (I smell it wafting in my room which is a clear sign that I need to be tracking down the whereabouts of this amazing odor.)

We are going to do my favorite activity post dinner.  GROCERY SHOPPING!  Publix and Fresh Market are on the agenda.  Hey you Clearwater/Tampa peeps, where else do I need to go?!?!