The first month of 2013 is coming to a close. Scott has had
a break from school, so we took advantage of his slightly lighter workload and
packed our month full of mini weekend adventures. We kicked off the month with
a quick trip to New York to see Steel Train’s “good-bye (for now)” show. We
woke up early, drove from Baltimore to Trenton and then took a train into the
city. We spent the day with a good friend exploring parts of Brooklyn and
Manhattan and eating our weight in vegan food. In a matter of hours we ate at
Champs Diner, an all vegan diner in Brooklyn, drooled over amazing vegan donuts
at Dunwell Donut Shop, and visited the popular bakery, Babycakes, in the Lower
East Side before eating falafel for dinner. With full stomachs we headed to the
Bowery Ballroom and sung and danced our butts off to give Steel Train a warm
good-bye.
Next up was a weekend in Philadelphia. Back in October,
Scott and I saw the Walkmen in DC (if you haven’t heard of them, go listen to
their newest album ‘Heaven’). We got to the venue early to be close to the
stage, but unfortunately found ourselves behind the 9:30 club’s new sound
system. The sound was projected right over our heads making it impossible to
hear the lead singer’s (extremely talented) vocals. Scott surprised me with tickets
to their show in Philly for our anniversary and made plans for us to make a
weekend of it.
The Walkmen show in Philly was unbelievable; the band was
accompanied by horns on a few songs which made their music even more amazing
live. The next day we went on the Mural Arts Program Love Letter Train Tour (which
deserves its own post! It’s a must-see for anyone visiting Philly!), visited
the Mutter Museum with friends, and ended the night with the fanciest of dinners.
Scott treated me to dinner at Vedge, a “modern vegetable restaurant” in
Philadelphia. The food at this restaurant was so unique and delicious. It was
pricey but so worth it; the chef was so talented that I know I could never
recreate the menu at home. We each ordered 3 small-ish plates and split them
down the middle. We had things like salt roasted gold beets with avocado,
smoked tofu, rye, capers, and creamy cucumber. We had no idea what we would get
when we ordered each item off the menu, but we were pleased every. single. time.
Highly recommend this place. Oh, and the company was pretty wonderful, too.
After two fun weekends going to concerts and exploring east
coast cities with our friends, Scott and I had some catching up to do with
work. We spent a weekend in Rehoboth Beach, DE working our way through piles of
progress notes, log notes, and problem sets, but made sure to fit in time to visit Dogfish Head and walk along the beach and the boards. There are few things I love more than the
beach in the winter; we really needed this calm backdrop during a busy,
stressful weekend. Driving back home may have been my favorite part though; I
love having the uninterrupted time to just be with one another and converse
about everything under the sun. We spent most of the ride reminiscing which
always leads to an instant happiness boost.
This last weekend in January was full of friends. We stayed
in Baltimore and spent a night celebrating the engagement of two good friends
with sushi and sangria. On Saturday, my very best friend Heather was in town
with her hubby and baby boy! We spent the afternoon showing off Baltimore and
catching up. At night, we got dinner and played hilarious games over a few
glasses of wine with some new friends. I ended the weekend with a photography
class (more on that later!), a lunch date, and a little relaxing.
Here’s to a February that’s just as exciting!
