City of Brotherly Love

Actually we didn't feel any love while we were in Philly. We got to our hotel Friday evening, relaxed a bit then decided to check out South St. For some reason it wasn't as great as I remembered it. Maybe we just didn't go to the right part of South St., but we weren't impressed. Saturday we walked around the city--saw City Hall, Reading Terminal Market, the LOVE statue, and of course the Rocky steps. Which I fell UP--no surprise there. Funny story--Saturday morning we go to Dunkin Donuts to get some quick breakfast, and this I assume homeless man runs in before us and orders a coffee. When the cashier tells him how much, he points at ME and says "Oh, she payin for it." Oh really? Well obviously I just paid even though I was mad. Sunday morning we stopped at Tony Luke's before our drive home. Kev's words were "This tastes exactly like a Steak-umm." So yeah, won't be going back to Philly soon.

Dreamer.

Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina is the most magical town. I completely enjoyed every minute of my trip. There was so much to see and do and everything was so unique and beautiful. My sorority sister and I drove down to visit another sister who is getting married in May! It was so good to catch up and the drive was easy. 

Friday night we walked around downtown Asheville, saw the infamous drum circle, had some great beers then boarded the LaZoom tour bus and got to see all the "haunted" places in Asheville. We did almost get into a fight because of these older drunk ladies who sat behind us. Later that night the tour guide said they were the most obnoxious people he's ever dealt with. Figures. We had my fav, Mellow Mushroom--I wish we had some up north! I also learned why Asheville is "Beer City USA."

Saturday was filled with shopping and relaxing in and eating P.F. Changs. Sunday we went to see the wedding site at Lake Lure, bridesmaid dress shopping, wine tasting at The Biltmore, and had dinner at the Bier Garden. We found the most perfect dress, I bought four bottles of wine, and beat 3 boys in the basketball shoot out game with a high score of 74! So, I'd say it was a successful night. 

The weekend went too fast, but it was filled with lots of laughs, amazing street music, smiles, good drinks, great food and lots of storytelling and memory re-living. It was perfect. See you in May, Asheville!

Downtown Asheville drum circle

LaZoom Haunted Comedy Tour

Ash, me and Court!

Our tour guide was the best!

Mellow Mushroom

This guy.

Pretty house--and the "L" I made them!

At L.O.F.T.

At L.O.F.T.

At L.O.F.T.

At L.O.F.T.

Vinyl

Beautiful day.

These guys were amazing.

Lake Lure

Bride and bridesmaids!

Wine tasting at the Biltmore

Bookworm V

Baltimore.

I just got back from a much and I mean much needed mini-vaca with five of my best girl friends. We all needed to just get away and we really couldn't have asked for a better weekend. We left Thursday afternoon and spent the night in Lancaster, PA visiting our friend Kate. We all left Friday morning to spend the weekend in Baltimore. It's only about 1 hour and 15 minutes from Lancaster, so it was a nice easy drive. Our hotel was right in the Inner Harbor and the area was beautiful. We walked around, visited the Fells Pointe neighborhood--cobblestone streets, and such character all around, went to the nightlife area "Power Plant Live" which had a piano bar, Howl at the Moon, a PBR Bar, Leinenkugel's Beer Garden and much more. One of our favorite highlights of the trip was our food. It was unreal--I'm talking the best sushi I've ever had at Ra. All in all it was a great trip. Didn't spend too much time relaxing, but that's okay.  We laughed non-stop and enjoyed our weekend together before it was back to the real world.

Kate made us these "survival kits" for the weekend.

Awesome Irish pub in Lancaster.

Beet & goat cheese salad from Annie Bailey's.

The best sushi EVER from Ra Sushi Bar. 

Our bracelets that did a pretty decent job of describing part of the weekend.

Fells Pointe 

Max's Bar in Fells Pointe

Us girls in the touristy part of the Inner Harbor. 

I loved this wall--it was inside a Mexican tequila bar. 

Leinenkugel's Beer Garden.

Cheers-ing our Berry Weiss beer.

Loved this sign at Howl at the Moon! We had to do a Steeler's chant after seeing that.

Old navy boat.

The harbor.

View of the city from our hotel room.

She Said the Prettiest Place on Earth, Was Baltimore at Night.

I don't know, Pittsburgh's pretty great at night. 

But I guess I'll be the judge of that in just a month or so.

That's right, I'm taking a little vaca to Baltimore.

It should be great--not only am I going with five of my best friends,

but this is my first time visiting the city & we are staying right in the

Inner Harbor.

We are staying at my friend Kate's house in Lancaster Thursday night, 

then driving to Baltimore Friday morning for the weekend!

Have you been to Baltimore before?? I need tips on where to go/eat/drink/shop!