I LOVE those rare weekends where I don’t have to leave my neighborhood. Do I sound really lazy? Well sometimes I am. But actually there is so much in my hood and with a packed scheduled, weekends away, and always feeling like I’m on the go, I look forward to those moments where I can relax and explore right in my own backyard.
This weekend we’re having a couple of friends over for a pumpkin-themed get together (making pumpkin cookie dough bark and melt in your mouth pumpkin cookies), going to a friends for a pajama halloween party (a halloween party 5 blocks away that I’m supposed to wear pjs to? could this be more perfect?), take some classes at Equinox and cheer on folks running the marathon!
Although Columbus Circle is totally insane during the marathon, that’s where I’m planning to be stationed. It’s a hassle to get around the city that day to cheer at multiple locations so while there’s a chance I’ll cheer in more than one spot, it’s likely I’ll stick around the UWS.
[earlier this week I took a run through Central Park to check out the finish line, gives me chills!]
To get in the marathon spirit, I read my recap from the 2013 NYC marathon. Reading this makes me just the tiniest bit sad I’m not running this year, but also I don’t even know if running NY again could live up to the excitement of the first time! Having just run Chicago a couple of weeks ago, I definitely feel as though I have my marathon fix for a while.
Are you running this weekend? Let me know so I can be on the lookout and cheer for you!
*top photo via
