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Food & Health, Food & Health

Hey y’all! I’m so exited to add a health category to my blog! Here I will post grocery hauls, recipes and healthy food options. My main 2019 resolution was to get back to being vegetarian. Last year I had the same resolution and I made it up to June. I stopped for no good reason other than I gave in to temptation. This year I started two weeks later than I wanted to, but jumped right back in smoothly. This time around I feel it would be easier because we worked out most of the kinks last time. I already know what I like, what I didn’t, where to shop and who has better prices. I constantly got asked what I buy when I go grocery shopping, so I recently did a grocery haul on my IG page, which I added to my highlights section on my profile. I also constantly add recipes I try on my IG stories so check those out as well.

Below I Linked my recent refrigerator pic right after grocery shopping (and organizing for a long time )

I’m also adding some smoothie bowls I’ve made:

Make sure you come back check out my next blog posts, and see what I buy and make next. Also, if you know any recipes I should try let me know!

Xxx

Local Guide: New York

Local Guides + Travel

One NY trip post is never enough to cover the city, so you can call this NY post part II. After visiting NYC, I had a chance to spend some days north of the city, and I LOVED it. Although NYC, will always be my favorite city, I must say staying in a slower, less busy parts f NY was also nice. Growing up in the city, I never realized how big New York is. I was so consumed by the city, I never saw the charm and beauty other cities in New York had to offer.

Some other places I visited were:

  • Yonkers
  • White Plains
  • Mount Vernon
  • New Rochelle
  • Mamaroneck
  • Nyack
  • Nanuet
  • Stony Point

Most of my time was spent in Stony Point, NY. Small but beautiful Historic Town. While I was there I headed over to Bear Mountain State Park. Which is linked here. I had a great time sight seeing and driving the park.

I of course did some shopping, some places I shopped were The Palisades Mall in Nyack. While there I played in Dave and Busters, ate Nathan’s hotdogs (yumm) and shopped Zara, Uniqlo, H&M and F21. They also have a lot of local / small owned business which are great to get unique pieces. I also visited the Nanuet Shops, an outdoor mall with so much to offer. We stopped in to The Westchester Mall , a beautiful, upscale mall.

Some food spots we hit while there

  • Pops Espresso , in New Rochelle
  • Mount Ivy in Pomona
  • Art Cafe of Nyack
  • We had pizza in two different places in Yonkers, don’t know the name but you can’t really go wrong with Pizza anywhere in NY.

The rest of my time was spent catching up with family. Sometimes staying home with family and spending quality time is all you need.

Nanuet Mall

Pops Espresso

Westchester Mall

Family

The Weekender… Charlotte Edition

Local Guides + Travel

Ahhh the Weekend, my absolute two favorite days of the week. Not only are these my days off, but this is when I have a chance to get dressed up, do a full face of makeup, and go check out all those places I saved on yelp. This weekend I headed out to Charlotte, NC. I love weekend get-a-ways, it’s just enough time to clear your head and change things up a bit. I’m clearly a sucker for a cute coffee shop and anything with a photo op! I like to think of myself as the ‘Weekend Blogger’.

Here’s a recap of my weekend through pics:

We spent our Sunday in Noda, Charlotte’s historic Arts District. It’s know for it’s art (hence the name) with murals covering majority of the streets and buildings. It’s great for brunch, drinks, local shops and even has street vendors. What’s not to love about that!?

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We started our Sunday with coffee at The Smelly Cat Coffeehouse a Friends (the tv show) themed coffeeshop.

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We then headed to Haberdish. A Southern kitchen restaurant know for their cocktails and killer brunch options.

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The following are pics that I have taken in Noda. I call these;

Noda’s Mural Appreciation Pics:

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Hope you all enjoyed the first of many The Weekender Edition. As always, comments, messages and feedback are welcomed here or on my IG. Thanks for visiting !

– Aida