I've got a CRUSH on you...

So Chris and I have an addiction: Crush.  We have eaten there 6 times (well Chris 5, me 6) in two weeks, 3 times in 2 days.  Crazy, I know, but let me explain!  

(1) When we returned from vacation, we had no food in the house so we decided to go grab lunch at Crush before grocery shopping.  I rarely get a chance to have lunch at Crush because of work (but now they are opened on Saturday for lunch too!).  We tried the steak sandwich - SO GOOD!

(2) Well then a few days later, I ended up grabbing lunch with some of my co-workers who have never been to Crush, so I suggested there - I can't help myself - I must recommend good places to eat!  They were out of the steak sandwich so I had the grilled chicken on foccacia bread - very tasty!

(3) Weekend arrives - catching up with friends over a delicious meal at Crush.

(4) We needed to eat at a place downtown before seeing the musical Bark! so Crush was a convenient place to grab food!  We almost went to Sullivan's for their 1/2 off menu but it is always crowded there and hard to get a seat.  Crush has a new summer arugala salad - I think it might be even better than my favorite toasted goat cheese salad!   Dessert: they had watermelon cheesecake - WOW!!

(5) We made plans with Kristin and James to grab lunch, and since they haven't had lunch at Crush, well, that is where we went.  I had a steak sandwich (YUM!) with their potato soup.

(6) Since we had Crush so much, we thought maybe we'd change things up and go to Brewhouse, but then people had their hearts set on Crush, so again, we went to Crush.  Can't complain though since we love the food, and well, Chris loves their wine selection.  ;-)  I had their short ribs with mash potatoes garnished with garlic seeds - SO YUMMY!  It was fall off the bone, DELICIOUS!!  Too full for dessert, but that white chocolate cranberry bread pudding with caramel sauce is always tempting!  That is absolutely my favorite dessert there!

I think we've paid their rent for the month, LOL!  I wonder if they have stock....hahaha!  

Nails...what a pain...

Painting nails is SO frustrating!!  First I was fretting over what color I should paint them to match my teal dress.  After talking to a few people, purple was the ideal color.  So I go to Fred Meyers and pulled out a couple of shades of purple and it turns out the one I like is 50% off because it's being discontinued.

THERE IS A REASON WHY IT'S DISCONTINUED!  It's RUNNY!  It looks like a 3-year-old painted me nails!  Gross!  I didn't think I was that bad at painting nails!  This is why I PAY people to do my nails!  Ugh.  My nail polish remover isn't cooperating either.  It took me forever to take off the last color from when I got my nails done.

So now I'm debating whether to get my nails done tomorrow or not.  I like the color but I am not use to my nails being so dark, well at least my finger nails.

It is pretty silly that I am sitting here in front of my computer, fretting over my nails when there are bigger issues going on in the world.  Luckily, this is MY blog.  ;-)

Salsa, anyone?

No, not the kind you eat with chips - the dance kind!  This is Chris and I's second week at our salsa class.  I already wanted to go out and purchase salsa dance shoes after the first class!  The thing I like about this class is that it is a progressive workshop so every week we build on what we learned from the week before.  There are a lot of participants and enough men in the class that we don't have to dance with the air.  I still want salsa dance shoes...........

Starting FRESH!

I decided to start a FRESH new blog, hopefully combining my life adventures as well as my hobbies of dancing, Turbo Kicking, crafting, and cooking!

I recently returned from a 2 week vacation to California and Mexico (well...in Ensenada for 12.5 hrs - does that count?) which was tons of fun but I have to say, it was nice to come home (I missed my dog!).  I haven't been on that long of a vacation since my last trip to Hong Kong which was years ago!  Once I get through my photo files, I will definitely post and share some of my favorites!

When we returned, the following day I had my Turbo Kick Instructor Certification Training Class from 9-5pm.  What a workout that was!  My legs were sore from Saturday to Monday night!  Stairs were not my friend that weekend, and serving all Sunday at the cafe didn't help either!  My legs were TIRED - mainly the calves!  However, the training was FABULOUS - Russell did a great job training us all and it was a lot of fun!  How I've missed Turbo Kick!

It had been about 4 weeks since I last did Turbo Kick.  My injury from the boot camp class I took (my fault for pushing myself to keep up with everyone) kept me from Turbo and the triathalon, but now I'm back on my feet and back to working out again after some rest and physical therapy sessions!  I really wanted to hit up Turbo Kick and Hustle while I was in CA but it just didn't work out.  I was a little bummed.  I wish we had 24 Hour Fitness up here!  I did make it to the Powder Blue Productions office in Irvine - I didn't get a chance to meet Chalene, but I did meet her husband.  I stocked up on some cute Turbo wear!  :-)

I am quite proud of myself I made it to Turbo Kick today so early in the morning, even though it is SUMMER BREAK.  I figure, yes it is early, but if I am tired, I can take a nap whenever I want - it's SUMMER!  :-)  And...that was exactly when I did after I went to Turbo, ate breakfast, and showered...NAPPED!  Then it was off to my LAST physical therapy session and then lunch with my friend Esther.  Lunch with friends is always a good time!

Now I'm home - home sweet home - and it's time to get organized!  I have vacation stuff and school stuff I need to put away!