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January 31, 2011

Weekend Highlights

We celebrated the end of an exhausting work week on Friday by heading to Yard House for my coworker and good friend’s birthday party. We, well they, had half yards of delicious beer, and I learned what it truly was to suffer with Celiacs as all my friends chowed down on bread, cake and french fries, as I just looked on. Thankfully, Yard House has their own gluten free menu and were very accommodating. They also carry one brand of gluten free beer, RedBridge, which tastes great but doesn’t even get me buzzed. That night I came to the conclusion that I was just going to ex beer out completely and stick to white wine from now on. Kind of a sad reality, but one I can definitely get used to.

The rest of the weekend, I also battled with my new diet. I found myself getting very faint, as my options are always limited everywhere I go (especially at a kids party!), and I don’t get enough nutrition. I headed grocery shopping on Sunday at a local Publix that has a great Greenwise section (US-1 and 146th Avenue, for my local readers). I was able to pick up a lot of items for half the price than my Whole Foods excursion last weekend so that was a pick-me-up. However, I’m really going to have to get used to carrying snacks with me and making sure that I don’t starve my body. There really are plenty of things I can eat, I just have to be smart about it.

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June 8, 2009

Weekend Highlights

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The majority of the weekend was very quiet with the exception of Saturday. I started off my Saturday with a bit of work at the office and then came home to the total mayhem that is an I/A Collective photoshoot! This week’s model was our dear friend, Kavita, who wanted a Suicide Girls-esque shoot. We had a blast picking out her outfits, fighting with bondage tape and jumping on beds. Basically, just another day at la Casa Sanchez. I do remember some video footage of a certain someone jumping on our bed in a leather bodysuit & a red cape speaking of how she “uses her powers for good,” but unfortunately I was not the one filming. So you’ll just have to take my word that it was an epic afternoon.

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Later that night, we finally visited Yard House, the new “in” place to be in Miami. It’s located in Merrick Park in Coral Gables and boasts to have the world’s largest selection of draft beer. I was definitely not disappointed. The food was great, the beer was even better (I picked up 2 Dead Guy Ale’s) and of course, spending time with our closest friends is always appreciated. The only downside to the entire experience was the long wait to sit at a table. We waited over an hour and that was only because my friends placed a “call in” beforehand. I’ve heard horror stories from others that they have waited 3 hours + to get seated. So word to the wise: get there before 7pm if you don’t want a wait of epic proportion!

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