I sunk my teeth into this juicy burger last night after arriving in Savannah around 6pm. It was so much fun to go to Whole Foods with my dad and do some dinner shopping before my brother and mom came home from work. I don’t have them often but every now and then delicious burgers, topped with onions, mushrooms and some avocado are the perfect dinner!
Before flying down to Savannah, Bo and I enjoyed a relaxing weekend in New York.
Friday night we went to Empellon Cocina with our friends Katie and Michael. It was a fun way to catch up before we part ways for the holidays while enjoying delicious margaritas and Mexican food. Opened in 2012, the restaurant has been featured for their award-winning margaritas, James Beard award winning chef and most recently, their $45 five-course tasting menu. If you haven’t been there yet, definitely add it to your list!
After sleeping in until almost 9, we worked out together at Fhitting Room. The workout on Saturday was harder than normal as it featured five separate sets of workouts, each including two moves which you did for five minutes. The kettle bell work as well as the lateral jumps has left me sore for days!
That afternoon I met Kayla in Brooklyn Bridge Park for a frigid photo shoot. The wind gusts and cold temperatures kept us on our toes as we dashed around the park, avoiding tourists. While neither of us are experts behind the camera, it was fun to work with a friend and we each learned a thing or two while trying to capture the most flattering pictures possible.
The highlight of Saturday night was watching Meet the Patels, a hilarious documentary that is part romantic comedy and part informative as it follows the story of Ravi Patel and his search for love. Since one of my best friends is Indian it helped explain a lot about their lives.
Last but not least, yesterday morning we tried a new to us spin studio in Park Slope, Byklyn. We discovered the studio on ClassPass when we were searching for workouts within walking distance of our house. While we don’t mind going into the city to workout during the week, it’s nice to have something local on Sunday. While the studio may not be as fancy as Soul Cycle or Flywheel, the 45-minute class was a great workout and the teacher, who was unfortunately teaching her last class, had a killer hip-hop playlist for yesterday’s Hip Hop theme ride. If you’re in Brooklyn, their new rider special is 2 classes for $15!
What were the highlights from your weekend?
re: Byklyn. Isn’t it funny how the upscale studios condition us to be like “oh” when a studio isn’t super posh? I feel like when I first started working out, I didn’t think about it as much but now part of my assessment of a workout includes what kind of soap the bathroom has and I expect lockers to be electronic.
I wrote about it the first time I tried ClassPass in 2014: http://cuckoolemon.com/2014/10/19/does-fitness-have-to-be-fancy/
Yup, I feel the same way! The electronic lockers are a game changer!!
You had me at that delicious burger! My big highlight was the 12 Days of Christmas WOD at my CrossFit box, followed by a spread of cheat foods like kolaches and breakfast tacos.
It was SO SO good Christine! I bet those breakfast tacos were delicious!
Next time maybe I’ll actually know how to use my camera 🙂
You definitely know how to use the camera! 🙂
The pictures look great! you look like a model! I noticed (both on your blog and on instagram) that you are doing lots of photoshoots in Nike attire, are you working with the brand?
Thanks Eve! I don’t have a formal partnership with Nike but they did send me some gear which I’ll review this week!
This burger looks AMAZING. Avocado on anything enhances the meal former. I’m so glad you had a relaxing weekend! I hope your Monday is going just as well. 🙂
Hah Julia it was so, so good! I agree that avocado makes everything more delicious!