This weekend my nice friend and I went on a food tour in downtown, historic Frederick. Once again, I remembered why I'm not a food blogger. How do they wait long enough to take a picture before they dig in? I got pictures of a few things, but the highlights were pizza and beer from a local brewery, a pastrami sandwich from an adorable shop, a seafood appetizer trio from a fun restaurant, olive oil and balsamic vinegar tastings, and CHOCOLATE. I was a little disappointed because we went to a wine bar, and instead of wine they gave us a beet salad. Eh. Overall, Taste Frederick was an amazing experience and I would definitely recommend it to anyone traveling in the area! Sarah, our tour guide, was so knowledgeable about the restaurants and city. It was fun learning about the unique places Frederick has to offer from a local!
One of my favorite parts of the tour had nothing to do with food. We walked by the Community Bridge and it was incredible. The bridge incorporated designs from all over the world of things that depicted community. There were also optical illusions. From across the river there looked like there were actual statues and even a duck! Once you crossed to the other side you realized they were just part of the painting. The pictures don't do it justice.
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| Probably shouldn't try to go through that door. IT'S NOT REAL. |
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| Not really stone. It's concrete. SURPRISE! :-) |
Things on the running front have been ok lately. Sunday I ran 3.5 miles on the treadmill in about 31:30 minutes. I tried to push it (gotta get used to running hard for about 30 minutes for my upcoming 5k!) and ended up being pretty happy with my effort. Today I took it easier and while I played with the incline a little, overall it was a much easier run than yesterday's. I made pumpkin spice puppy chow, and after the sugar overload I got from eating some this run was much needed! The run ended up being about 3.3 miles in 30 minutes. It's nice only HAVING to do 30 minute runs for the time being. It makes me want to try harder with running faster.
Have a happy week! :-)
That wine bar should be in trouble for cruel and unusual punishment. It's like those Eat This, Not That things, where the substitute is never actually a substitute for the thing you aren't supposed to eat--beet salad is NOT a substitute for wine. Barf.
ReplyDeleteP.s. The little thing it made me type in to publish my comment was definitely "humplick 181." What??
ReplyDeleteYeah, those verifications things are so weird. And I agree, if it's in the name of the restaurant it should be a part of the sampling ;-) Beets are supposed to make you a better runner. I think that bite I had fueled me for the rest of my life.
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