Winetober Fest!

On Saturday, I met some friends in Skippack for Winetober Fest!

Various locations were set up along Skippack's cute little Main Street with wine tasting, food, art, and live music.

I also got a free mini massage and I knew someone playing, we saw Pete from Pete Kranz and the Wide Eyed Mother Brothers!

The weather was amazing, a perfect fall day.  It was great to get out and have an afternoon with the ladies and try so many different kinds of wine... including one that tasted like apple cider (and was made with grapes)!  So fall, so tasty.  I'm such a sucker for sweet wines, although I've been trying to find more of an appreciation for wines on the dry side too.

The rest of the weekend included cocktails with friends, getting down to our friend's band Dead Poets at a local spot, quality time with my faves, and Shayna asking me to be one of her bridesmaids!  I'm now in two weddings next October, wowza!  On Sunday I hit up a bridal show in King of Prussia with Shayna and her MOH, Jenn.  Both ladies blog over at Good Food, Good Friends, Good Times, a group blog with some tasty recipes!  The show was free but Shayna won a ton of goodies including a $50 Macy's gift card, a $200 gift certificate to a bridal salon, and the most beautiful earrings for her wedding day!  I should have taken a picture of them, epic fail!  We also ended up on stage doing the cupid shuffle with a dozen people and suddenly the MC dismisses everyone but us.  Next thing we know were belting out some Aretha on stage, this is my ridiculous life.

Thanks for the pic, Jes!

The weekend was awesome but it also was not very recharging.  I've been kinda dragging this week but I did go out for a 2.75 mi run with Joanne on Monday!  Running with her really pushed my pace and the sunset was a beautiful running backdrop.  Yay for running dates!

What's your favorite wine?  Do you like working out with a partner in crime?

Double Date in NYC

Hello blog world... this post is way overdue but better late than never!  Two Saturdays ago Jes, Brett, Dave, and I took the train into New York City for the day to continue Jes's birthday celebration.  We had a blast!  We checked out the World Trade Center construction, played in Times Square, sat in ridiculously good seats at the Yankees game, and ate some delicious sushi at a restaurant called Haru.  Here's our epic day in pictures!

 

 

 

 

Random Updates:

• This past weekend was Folk Fest, but you won't see any pics because I believe what happens at Folk Fest stays at Folk Fest hehe.  We had a great time, despite the sideways rain and having to hold down our canopy so it didn't blow away during the storms!  Our camp site keeps getting better every year and I'm already looking forward to next year!
• The position I interviewed for two weeks ago is currently on hold because the projects the position will be working on are on hold, so I'm still waiting, but still in the running.
• My birthday is next week!  This weekend we are doing a Cape May weekend with some friends to celebrate.  Afterward I'll be coming back home for the week for cheer practice and then headed right back down for Labor Day weekend.  I can't believe summer is almost over!
• Cheerleading is consuming my life!  It takes a lot to choreograph a routine but I love it.

Hope you're all having a great August.  I need to get back into some kind of posting routine!  Perhaps keeping the posts more short and sweet would make it easier.  We'll see!

What's your favorite city to visit?

Sun & Seacrets

Oh my, so many things to blog about, not enough time or motivation.  Two weekends ago I went to Rehoboth Beach, DE and Ocean City, Maryland for my bestie, Jes's birthday.  It was the two of us and her boyfriend, Brett.  His dad got us some rooms in Rehoboth and I got a whole king size bed to myself!  (Dave was on a fishing trip.)

Friday night we got there and just enjoyed some cocktails in the room.  We wanted to lay low so we could get an early start on Saturday.  Boy did I!  I woke up to see the sunrise out my window.

Then I went straight back to bed!  We got up at a more reasonable hour, hit up the hotel's awesome complimentary breakfast (hello eggs, sausage, sausage gravy and biscuits, and pancakes - not your typical free hotel bfast), and then headed to the beach.  I'd never been to Rehoboth before, it was pretty cute.  The boardwalk offered some good eats, we didn't have to pay to go on the beach, and the weather was beautiful.

  

After we went back to shower, we caught the bus to Ocean City, Maryland.

An hour later, we arrived and prepared for an epic seafood buffet feast at Phillips.

Then we were headed to Seacrets.  I'd never been there before and let me tell you, it's ridiculous!  We got there just in time to see all the day drinkers reaching their peak.  When we arrived, I immediately felt overdressed (aka not in a bathing suit) and overly sober!  After a few cocktails and more people in real clothing arriving, we settled in just fine.

The night ended with us tearing it up on the dance floor.  We had a blast!

Sunday was fairly uneventful, it was super humid and we mostly just wanted to go home and relax so we cut our day short and headed home. 

This past weekend was another trip to celebrate Jes's birthday, but there will be a whole post dedicated to that, it definitely deserves it!  Sorry for the wait between posts!

How do you like to celebrate your birthday?