charleston in photos

i had a lovely time visiting my best friend in charleston, wv this past weekend. here's a glimpse into our weekend...

vandalia grille
first watch (um there would have been a pic of my food but i was too eager to eat it and forgot)
the peanut shoppe (with fully functional old school peanut roaster)
taylor books
art & architecture

bonjour from charleston

bonjour readers. i am currently in charleston, wv visiting friends and family. i am having a great time. i am sure i will have lots of pics to show you upon my return.
i wanted to send a great big thank you to all of my new readers & followers. i am thrilled you are joining me. it really makes my day to see your comments. thank you, you really do make my day brighter.

thank you to all who commented about my massage therapy question. i'm sure i'll have more questions for you later. i really appreciate your input.

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yoga away from home

when i was in charleston, wv visiting my bff mandy, i (big shocker) went to yoga there too. for three days i went to the folded leaf.

the folded leaf has many styles of yoga to offer from basic hatha to ashtanga, to power vinyasa. the three classes i took were a vinyasa flow and i really enjoyed them.

the folded leaf is in an upper scale shopping area where mandy and i went back later and had a huge strawberry dipped in white chocolate and then dipped again in milk chocolate from holl's swiss choclatier (and man was it good!!). it is also in the same neighborhood where cornucopia is located just across the street. that is where i found my kelly rae roberts print and my cute rescue girl button and magnet.

if i lived in charleston, the folded leaf would definitely be my yoga studio.

on the topic of yoga away from home, i am planning on going to philadelphia june 12, 13, & 14th. so if anyone has any suggestions of good places to do yoga, please let me know. thanks!

exciting finds

of course i did a little shopping while i was in charleston, wv visiting my bff mandy. we went to a little shop called cornucopia. as soon as i walked in the door i saw their display of kelly rae roberts prints. i squealed with glee. one of the workers at the store asked me if knew about kelly rae. i told him that i had been following her blog for some time now. she is extremely talented and i love her work. and i am happy to tell you that i now own a small piece of her work. let me tell you, i had a hard time choosing from the prints that they had too. but i finally decided on this one:


while perusing around cornucopia i saw a rescue girl button that i HAD to have. mandy bought me a present while we were in there too. ironically she got me a rescue girl magnet! she picked it out before i saw the button. what can i say, my girl knows me!! she knew i would love it because she knows how much i love yoga. i went to yoga every day while i was there :)

if you haven't seen amy luwis' rescue girl book then i suggest you add it to your list. it is very helpful and adorable!!

photos by moi