Yes. I did it. I ran away. No warning–just ran.
It was sunny and the beach was calling my name.
Peaches + Loupe for breakfast with chopsticks!! Too much fun!! LOved it!!
Sunday morning yoga in the park with ASSSSSSSHLEEEEYY!!!!
I totally rolled down the hill when going from crow into tripod headstand…. whoooops!!
Packed up Penny + hit the roooooad to Wilmington!!
Perfect drive + Perfect afternoon body surfing session at the beach = absolute heaven!!
Met friends for drinks at Hell’s Kitchen..
I got the Sam Summer = GROSS.
The label + taste have changed of the pyramid apricot since I had it in San Fran–Way less sweet + Way more delicious!!
Soft shelled crabs are in season!! I chomp chomp chomped this little guy until he was all gone!!
A little walk by the agua..
Gorgey!!
BRRRRRRRREAKFAST!!
Picked up breakfast + headed out for a hike at Carolina beach for a quick 3 miler near the beach.. it would have been a GREAT trail to run.
PORT CITY JAVA is the BEST coffee I’ve had in a hott minute.. great mouthfeel.. lovely lingering pleasant coffee taste + the offer FAIRGANIC!!
Get you some!!
View from the parking lot —I just wanted to enjoy the trail —not photo it!!
Then spent the rest of the afternoon sunning it up on Wrightsville Beach.
Perfect breeze.
Plopped my chair + the water + read.
Then did gymnastics + yoga on the beach like a 5 year old. Loved it.
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Tried to catch sunset at Level 5–but the clouds were in the way!!
It was still amazing to drink a Magic Hat 9 5 stories up overlooking all of Wilmington with a perfect breeze..
Crazy + Lazy Beach Hair!!
I stole a piggy back ride around the city + then back to a friend’s house for an impromptu Tuesday night paRTAy!!!!
Stopped by the fresh market + picked up a few ingredients to get the party started..
STEAMED MUSSELS!!
INGREDIENTS
- 2#s of mussles
- 1/3 sweet onion diced
- handful of parsley diced
- 3 cloves of garlic diced
- prosecco or white wine
- salt
- crusty baguette
DIRECTIONS
- bring a small amount of water to a boil with salt
- add veggies
- add generous amount of prosecco (I used as much prosecco as I did water)
- add mussels
- steam for 4 to 5 minues
serrrrrrve + enjoy!!
I LOVE sopping up the juice with the crusty bread!!
They were devoured!!
Excellent place for a computer–If you want it GRILLED!!
Veggies tossed in Olive Oil + S + P!!
Penny LOVED the party + the 4 or 5 other dogs running around!!
Rusty!!
Daisy!!
Dinner!!
Well half of it was my dinner..
Monster mouth attacked these HEALTY + DELICIOUS POPCHIPS !!!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you WHITNEY for the POPCHIPMENT!!
I still have lots of flavors to try + can’t wait to give a full review–I can say that the texture + flavor of the BBq ones were out of this world amazing + delicious.
So flavorful + great texture + no greasy greasy!!
Go get your POPCHIP on!!!!
Then it was OTA.BAR time.
It is always OTA.BAR time for me. LOVE THEM.
After a few hour snoozer it was time to head home–after a quick trip back to the quiet + secluded beach we found hiking the day before..
Hello Mr. Crab!!
What a way to start the day..
Penny thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Oh hello Mr. Banana FAce.
My you look TASTEY!!
Came home. Napped. The neighborhood playing ensued–
Cheers!!
B+B
Yoga @ the park was so amazing! I want that grilled salmon!! Penners looks so cute runnin on the beach. Your “5 stories up”beer looks devine. The only thing missing was ME! <3 hmmm,I need some popchips!
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The beach looks so so fun! we were thinking of making a day trip to wrightsville beach in a couple weeks (only took 8 months to figure out it’s 2 hours from raleigh..). are the beaches dog friendly?? want to bring toby dog with us. any suggestions of where is best to go??
B+B….I am reading these posts and catching up on yo life and I MISS YOU! Da dinna looks amazing and Penny is looking beautiful and happy…happy happy!!
You have the best adventures! I don’t think I’ve ever commented before,but you’ve been on my google reader for a while and I just love the way you embrace life! You seem like such a happy and hopeful person that would be fun for anyone to hang out with! Keep it up –you make others happy just by writing.
BTW,Penny is precious!
I am a first time poster,but,live in Wilmington and wanted to respond to the question about dog friendly beaches (as a fellow dog owner). Wrightsville Beach is absolutely NOT dog friendly. They have just passed a silly law that if they catch you on the beach w/ a dog they fine you. We always take our dog down to Fort Fisher (past Carolina Beach). As far as I know,it is the most dog friendly beach spot around.
Outdoors yoga is so much fun! What a perfect way to start out your Sunday.
That beach is gorgeous. It’s always fun to kick back and relax on the beach!
Mmmm,good looking mussels. I’m a big fan of the moules,especially with frites (look at me,throwing French words around like I’m Canadian or something). I’ve never tried cooking them myself though –something about shellfish that needs to open worries me in cooking.
i just died when you said you rolled down the hill.