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Thursday Things 01.07.16

January 7, 2016 by Jenna

Thursday Things 01.07.16

Last Saturday I treated myself to a lot of “me time” with the most relaxing and productive day. I started by checking out The Freya Project Run Club. It’s been something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but just haven’t yet. With the start of a new year I figured there was no better time to start. It was great to actually run with people again (I have been going solo for so long!) and to run in a new part of town. It reinvigorated me a little bit.

Later I went to hang out at Cafe Europa all afternoon. I love coffee shop afternoons and haven’t had one in a while. It was pretty amazing. I sat there for at least 4 hours sipping on coffee, working on various things and getting lost in the internet. It was my first time there and I will definitely be back.

The rest of the evening was spent with a delicious, healthy dinner, In Defense of Food, and lots of blog reading.

It might be a difficult Saturday to top, but Katie and I are going into the mountains this Saturday, soooo… you know, that’ll be cool.

Cool like these things:

  • It’s time for all the salads: crunchy taco kale salad, chickpea shawarma salad, quinoa and kale protein power salad, killer kale salad, the mean green detox salad, and citrus avocado salad.
  • But also: salted tahini chocolate chip cookies.
  • I rarely get glam (um, hi, I work in a gym), but these 5 reasons make me kind of want to.
  • 14 Drake lyrics to inspire you in business and Drake on cake to inspire you in the kitchen.
  • The insider’s guide to Nashville. It really is an awesome city.

Okkkkk. Enjoy your first official Thursday of 2016!!!

xoxjd

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