I promise I ate more than just cupcakes in DC. This past weekend was filled with meeting some of my favorite bloggers bonding over what else but food.
Sana was my DC guide for all of Friday and Saturday. We met at the Healthy Living Summit and keep in touch ever since. Saturday night we had dinner at our agreed favorite restaurant ever: Whole Foods.
The Arlington Whole Foods had an impressive salad bar collection. Resisting buying 5lbs of food, I got dressed kale, grilled asparagus salad, steak fajita filling(my first taste of red meat in 3 months), and herb roasted potatoes. It was almost all delicious, except for the cilantro in the asparagus and the fajita filling; I hate cilantro. Yep, this restaurant is going to go places.
And then of course there was Holly and Madeline. You can read all about our adventures here. Early on Friday Holly tweeted that she would jump on me the moment she saw me and sure enough during the race expo she leapt right for me. I like a person who is true to their tweets.
Saturday for lunch, Gena set up a small group to meet at Sweetgreens. Getting to this lunch was motivation through my entire marathon. It was so fun chatting with Sana, Matt, Anne, and Gena for two hours; the conversation flowed like we had just gotten together last week even though it was only our second or first time meeting.
It’s the No Meat Athlete! I can die happy. If it looks like I’m laughing painfully it’s because Sana had just made an inappropriate joke.
Friday night for our pre-race dinner a bunch of racers went to Pizza Paradiso to carboloading. There I got to meet Beth, Sarah, Alex, Mindy, and Christine for the first time.
Ordering gluten-free at a pizza restaurant is never easy but lucky for me there was an awesome salad on the menu with cannellini beans, sundried tomatoes, marinated artichokes, and a parmesan dressing. I need to recreate this at home!
Saturday night Emily put together a great meet-up at Northside Social(ps. If you’re ever there, order the “street nuts”). There were so many people there it was hard to talk and get a picture with everyone; I’m glad Emily snapped this photo of Caitlin and I. She’s epic and just as personable as you’d imagine.
And last but certainly not least:
Just kidding. Abe Lincoln isn’t a blogger.
