Bachelorettes and Flying Pigs

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic weekend! Mine has been pretty packed since I left you guys on Friday evening. Get ready for the usual Sunday monster post J

Saturday morning’s breakfast was a bowl of Trader Joe’s High Fiber O’s and fresh raspberries with almond milk.

Afterwards, I went on a 5 mile run in the beautiful weather and finished up my workout with plenty of stretching. After cleaning up, I snacked on an apple while packing my bag for the bachelorette party.

Before leaving, I whipped up a green monster for the drive. This baby contained 1.5 c almond milk, 2 c spinach, 1 c blueberries, 2T chia seeds, 2T flax seeds, a large frozen banana, a tablespoon of almond butter and a scoop of Sun Warrior vanilla protein powder. Beastly.

I swung by my friend Maggie’s house to pick her up, and soon we were headed to the Jersey shore! We stopped at Wawa for gas along the way, where I got some fruit, veg and pillow mints to snack on.

Once we’d arrived, I snacked on a bowl of Kashi GoLean, some chocolate chips and a few peanut butter fingers before beaching it for a few hours. That evening, we headed to Atlantic City for the bachelorette shenanigans!

Maggie and I pre-party

For dinner, I’d made a reservation at The Continental, located in Cesar’s Palace. (I resisted the urge to ask the concierge whether Cesar actually lived there…name that movie!)

Bridesmaids and the bride (Cammy) in the casino

The Continental turned out to be a great choice for our group, with a tapas-style menu that included lots of fun drinks and plenty of vegetarian options.

Maggie and I shared the hummus plate, which we annihilated within minutes. It was lusciously creamy with the perfect amount of spice, and the pita was warm and fluffy.

Since most of the group dishes we ordered were meat-based, I decided to get my own vegetarian entrée: the fattoush salad, with tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, radishes, red onion, pita chips and lemon vinaigrette. It was a HUGE family-style portion, but I ate all of the veggies and about half the pita chips!

Plenty of pictures were taken:

Me and Maggie

The whole group

We bar hopped for awhile after dinner, and Maggie and I eventually left the group when they headed to a club. (Boo not being 21!) We came home and snacked on Newman’s O’s dipped in Nutella (absolutely unhealthy, and absolutely delicious) before crashing.

This morning I had an incredibly boring bowl of Fiber One with soy milk before hitting the road.

Maggie and I made another Wawa stop for coffee and apple slices on the way home:

This afternoon, my family had plans to take a hike and go to dinner together. I threw together a quick snackish lunch before leaving for the state park.

TJ’s habanero lime tortilla with PB&Co. The Heat is On, carrots and apple slices

The four of us walked for about an hour and a half in the 95 degree heat. It was sweltering, but beautiful!

Afterwards, the four of us went to a super early dinner at my dad’s favorite pub, The Flying Pig.

We started off by sharing a bruschetta appetizer. I only had one slice- it was tasty, but not what I expected. My dad joked that it was authentic “bar” bruschetta, drenched in butter and smothered in cheese!

For my entrée, I chose a salad with romaine, walnuts, roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, croutons and vinaigrette. This light main course left plenty of room for lots of yummy French fries drenched in ketchup!

 

Since we were too full of fries for dessert, I waited until I got home to dig in to a huge bowl of strawberries and some Lindt chili dark chocolate. I had two more squares of the chocolate- it’s so good!

 

Though the weekend was fun, I’m pooped! I’m babysitting tomorrow from 6:45 AM into the afternoon, so tonight will definitely be an early one. Hope you all have a relaxing evening and a great start to your week!

How do you feel about tapas or family style restaurants? Do you like to try lots of dishes, or do you prefer having your own entrée?

Have you ever been to a bachelorette/bachelor party? How was it?