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October 19, 2011

Engagement Dinner & UNC Running Tour

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Good morning!

Matt and I went out to dinner on Monday night to celebrate our engagement! Our first engagement dinner was at Panera on the 5 hour drive home from the hike Sunday, so we thought we should probably up the ante a bit. 😉 We decided to go to 411 West, a fun place in Chapel Hill, and brought along a bottle of Blenheim Vineyards wine from Saturday with us, too!

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I was sporting my new ring, of course! (In addition to a new dress that the Five Bamboo peeps sent me recently! It’s SO soft and comfy.)

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Disregard my lion-esque hair. Getting a hair cut on Friday, thank god.

I started with the prosciutto wrapped shrimp on top of sautéed spinach — yum!

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Followed by the wood grilled organic salmon, veggies, and roasted potatoes. I had enough left over to enjoy for lunch yesterday — win!

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Delicious dinner 🙂

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In unrelated news, I wanted to share some photos from a fun run that I did on last Friday evening with Matt and my grad school friend Lauren!

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As you guys know, I’m training for the Vegas half marathon in March right now, and I was supposed to do a 7 mile run over the weekend, but I knew we were leaving early Saturday morning for Charlottesville and didn’t want to stress myself out getting up crazy early to run. So instead, I did a 5.5 mile run on Friday evening, and decided to count our crazy 9 mile hike as the rest of my training for the weekend. 😉

Matt’s never really explored UNC’s campus much, so Lauren and I decided to take him on a tour. I hadn’t done a run without a set route in awhile — it was fun to just go off on detours and generally do what we wanted. 🙂

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The UNC well!

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Running past the sororities along Franklin Street, the main drag in Chapel Hill:

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Heading back the other way towards Carrboro:

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And ending up back on campus! We stumbled upon this cool outdoor theatre. Neat!

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Lauren working on her yoga skills:

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Thanks for the run guys. 🙂 Here’s the obligatory unattractive sweaty post-run photo:

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I’m heading off to school for class, and then I’m leaving this afternoon for DC! This weekend is our fall break so we get Thursday and Friday off — hooray! It’s perfect timing since our friends are getting married in DC this weekend — Matt is the best man and a ton of our DC crew will be there as well as Matt’s family, so it should be really fun. I was going to wait to go up to DC until tomorrow, but we need to get my ring resized and I want to give the jeweler enough time so we can get it back by Friday so I can wear it for the weekend! I have really small hands and never really wear rings so Matt had a really hard time figuring out size I wore. The jeweler convinced him going a little too big was better than a little too small — true!

Catch you guys later from our nation’s capital! 🙂

 

- anne
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18 comments
  • Matt @ The Athlete's Plate
    October 19, 2011 · 9:13AM:
    Looks like a great meal to celebrate with :)
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  • Ali @ Ali Runs
    October 19, 2011 · 9:31AM:
    The meal looks incredible! :) Congratulations again on your engagement!
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  • Hilliary@HappilyEverHealthy
    October 19, 2011 · 9:59AM:
    Sounds like a great celebration! Love the pictures from the run!
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  • Erin @ Girl Gone Veggie
    October 19, 2011 · 10:13AM:
    So glad you got to go out and formally celebrate your engagement with an engagement dinner! And UNC's campus looks beautiful! What a fun run!
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  • Lauren @ What Lauren Likes
    October 19, 2011 · 11:40AM:
    Great pics! Sounds like quite the celebration :)
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  • Deva @ Deva by Definition
    October 19, 2011 · 12:06PM:
    I am so happy for you - dinner and your dress look awesome!
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  • Amanda
    October 19, 2011 · 12:11PM:
    The UNC campus is so pretty. And that dress looks so comfortable...love. Congrats again on your engagement!
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  • Lauren @ DC Savvy
    October 19, 2011 · 12:17PM:
    Oh nostalgia.... I love your reading your blog because it seems our lives are flip flopped! I grew up in NC, went to UNC, but now I live in DC!
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  • Cat @Breakfast to Bed
    October 19, 2011 · 12:29PM:
    Seriously, my hair has me feeling like friggen Mufasa. I feel you. I am going to HAVE to do something about it before I go craycray. It's entirely possible I already have, I just said craycray.
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    • Anne P
      October 19, 2011 · 12:31PM:
      Lol!
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  • Renie October 19, 2011 · 12:34PM:
    That dress is beautiful and so are you. Have a wonderful break.
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  • Tara @ Nutrtion Boutique
    October 19, 2011 · 1:46PM:
    This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to let you know that you've inspired me to start running! I regularly go to yoga, but I've always shied away from cardio workouts. Plus, I've never liked doing cardio on machines at the gym, so I figured I would hate running outside too. So I started last week and I just finished my 3rd run this morning, and I'm lasting longer each time I go! It's way more fun to run outside! Plus I like strengthening my lungs and heart. So thank you for the inspiration :)
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    • Anne P
      October 20, 2011 · 12:14PM:
      That's so awesome, Tara! I'm honored to hear I inspired. Running outside is the best - enjoy it!
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  • Rose
    October 19, 2011 · 2:14PM:
    Congrats on your engagement!!! I look forward to reading about your wedding planning. That meal looks miiiiiiiiiiiightly delicious. And sweaty pictures are never unattractive, at least in my opinion.
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  • Errign
    October 19, 2011 · 7:51PM:
    Your blog was down the other day when I wanted to swing by and wish you congratulations :) Have a fun weekend in DC!
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  • Valerie @ City|Life|Eats
    October 19, 2011 · 10:31PM:
    Just catching up on blogs. Congratulations on your engagement - all the best to you and Matt!!
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  • Sophie @ LoveLiveAndLearn
    October 20, 2011 · 2:47PM:
    Looks like an absolutely delicious meal :-) Massive congratulations to you and Matt!
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  • Megan October 20, 2011 · 9:28PM:
    I miss running through UNC so much! It is such a beautiful campus and Chapel Hill and Carrboro are so much fun to run through. Enjoy some runs there for me.
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