July 18, 2013

[gallery] paris2london: watermelon champagne cocktail And THIS is what I want to do with the next watermelon.

[gallery] Last night we fired up the grill- steak, eggplant and watermelon for dinner. I only got about 5 bug bites (ugh) in the process and the meal was quite tasty! MM handled the steak while I tried something new with watermelon. I used this recipe and while a bit time consuming to cut up a whole watermelon and attempt…

July 17, 2013

[gallery] You’ve heard of 1-pot meals. Now let me introduce you to 1-cutting board meals! I’m still adjusting to life in my new apartment and the biggest adjustment has been dealing with a smaller and ill-equipped kitchen (no dishwasher!). To avoid doing any dishes, I present to you last night’s dinner which was prepared in 2 minutes: Turkey Avocado Roll…

[gallery] Most pictures taken during a triathlon are completely horrible. These…not so bad! I kinda like them. Still not going to dish out $60 for them so we’ll have to deal with the “proof” stamping. A few highlights from Sunday: heading to the start before the sun had come up, running along 72nd street where I had a solid cheering…

2013 NYC Triathlon: Race Recap

July 16, 2013

Alright, I’m ready to fill you all in on the details of Sunday’s race! But first, let’s start with Saturday-the day before the race everyone racks their bikes at the transition zone and leaves them overnight. Then I headed home, ate my pasta and went to sleep so I could wake up at 3:30am! By 4:20am I was headed out…

July 15, 2013

[gallery] It’s time for Weekly Wins- a look back at what made last week amazing! 1. As our Team in Training tri prep came to and end, we had a big dinner as a reminder of why we are a part of this team and what we are fighting for. There were great speakers who touched on why the money…

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