Sunday, July 4, 2010

My Chicago Vacation....

My Chicago vacation this weekend has been absolutely amazing... but it needs to end soon before I gain so much weight the plane won't take off with me as a passenger... Yeah I'm just kidding but seriously now :D.

I've been here since Friday morning to celebrate my 21st birthday weekend and the 4th of July with my wonderful parents in my hometown city :D. Since then I've....

*Feasted at Uncle Julio's (including steak fajitas, queso dip, fried balls of dough with powdered sugar on top, tons of chips and salsa, and yummy soft flour tortillas)

*Feasted at Bin 36 (including the world's most fattening cheese and a selection of wonderful wine, along with seared tuna, and freshly baked bread)


*Ordered an amazing pizza from Piece Pizza with a ton of meat on it (just how I like it)


*Brunch at Nookies (scrambled eggs, toast, hash browns, yummmminess!)


Oh and fitness-wise...

*Ran a 16 miler on my b-day
*Ran a 4 mile race with my parents
*will run 6 miles (hopefully) tomorrow and have a "guest training session" with my parents' personal trainer :D

Ahhhh it's been a weekend of bliss. Time to get back home tomorrow night and kick my "healthy" self back into gear :D.

No guilt... it's my birthday weekend :D
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6 comments:

  1. MoJuly 5, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Yum, Piece Pizza is so good! Glad you had a nice trip!

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  2. MicaJuly 6, 2010 at 8:56 AM

    I've never been to any of those Chicago places, booo!

    At least you did a lot of running on your birthday vacation.

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  3. JimJuly 6, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    Bin 36 is awesome if you're a wine drinker too. I'm convinced that's why people sign up for the Chicago marathon...the food that you can enjoy pre- and post race

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  4. The un-Zen RunnerJuly 7, 2010 at 12:00 AM

    Wow looks like you're ready to kick some butt at this half marathon coming up. Should be pretty easy for you if you're already doing 16-milers . The wine flight picture looks awesome. I love drinking wine. Just had a couple glasses with pizza tonight. :)

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  5. inspiREDtorun13July 9, 2010 at 1:50 AM

    You didn't go for a deep dish pizza?

    Too funny we both love Uncle Julios. I went there on a date on Tuesday night. The date was okay. The food was awesome ;-D Please tell me you've tried the Margarita Swirl!

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  6. RobinLKJuly 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM

    NICE!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday, sweet friend! Sounds like an amazing 21st birthday weekend. Good for you. You deserve it! (and still got in plenty of running - in spite of all the yummy food!)

    HUGS!

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