Road Trip Day 3

We woke up to a dreary day in Cincinnati but that did not stop our wonderful hosts from showing us around town, driving through all the areas/neighborhoods of Cincinnati and explaining some history along the way.  We ended up down by the Ohio River and crossed the Purple People Bridge to Newport, Kentucky.  

Pretty Mural

 

Cincinnati, OH

Purple People Bridge

While in Newport we ate at a yummy new franchise called Thom and Chee where we tried out their donut grilled cheese, it was pretty amazing stuff!  We said good bye to our wonderful hosts, the Wysong's and headed onto Kentucky (in the rain).

donut grilled cheese

Cincinnati in the background!

 We made our way only slightly south to Louisville, Kentucky and started taking in all the tourist attractions there!

 We first hit up the Louisville Slugger Museum...

CJ's favorite baseball player

World's biggest Bat!

 Then we figured, while in Kentucky, do it up right, so we took the Evan Williams Bourbon Tour...

and did a tasting (Bourbon, still not my favorite)....

Though, CJ and I can both get behind some epic props....

We finished the day with dinner at W.W. Cousins, for the best burger in Louisville, and I don't have much to compare it to, but I would totally recommend this place!  Stay tuned for more of Louisville tomorrow and be prepared for a Santa spotting....

Road Trip day 1 & 2

Almost exactly two years to the day we left, we were on our way on our 2nd road trip.  In 2013 CJ and I left on April 19th, this year we left on April 17th.  In 2013 we were in the airport at 4am, in 2015, we left mid day from work.  We were already doing better this time around!  

Plus if you ask me, all great road trips should start right here.....

We arrived in Blacksburg in time for dinner at my favorite place, Slouvaki and then picked up our stuff for the 3.2 walk the next day.  Amanda graciously let us crash at her place Friday night, so after dinner we headed back there!  We were up relatively early on Saturday but it was so worth it to be able to join together with other hokies to remember the 32 victims!

Obligatory Burruss Hall picture

I asked Kyle to hold my purse while we took the picture.  He is such a great little helper!

Sarah & Matt

Of course we had to grab a quick picture with the Hokie Bird...

32 white balloons for the 32 victims!  (in the background)

getting ready to go through the tunnel

touching the Hokie stone!

Torgersen Bridge

War Memorial

The finish line!

Better picture at the starting line with the 32 white balloons

Kyle and me!

Giant Hokie balloons

After the "race" we walked over to Main street for the Blacksburg Chocolate Festival!  It was totally amazing and made for such an incredible day!  We grabbed some pictures with the Hokie bird art around town!

Then on our way out of town we stopped at Carol Lee Donuts, so I could pick up the famous donuts (I swear 4 years of college and one would think I would have gone there before now). Then we got on the road toward Cincinnati after saying goodbye to Amanda and Sarah!

Quick stop in West Virginia...

West Virginia Capitol

 After stopping only briefly in Charleston, we made our way to Cincinnati and stayed the night with some of CJ's friends.

They gave us the real Cincinnati experience including a local pizza place and Cincinnati Chili.  Three states down, 9 more to go, so stay tuned for more updates!

Friday Favorites #17

A random round up of things I am loving lately and some good Spring clothing staples...

1. Flavia Flamingo ($24):  Okay so I absolutely could not justify buying this for myself, but I feel like this is the most adorable stuffed animal for little kids--seriously how often do you find stuffed flamingos??
2. Vintage Hair Bows ($10): I picked up the minty one myself at the Spring Badda Bing a few weeks back and love it!  They are vintagey/feminine fabrics but also seem incredible durable!  So cute!
3. Ramble Tunic ($35): I have not yet bought this but have been contemplating it for a few weeks, it is just so cute and looks sooooo comfortable, plus it would pair so well with a pair of black pixie pants....
4. Pixie Pants (starting at $17): So I have a pair in Navy and love love love them.  They fit really well, and are way more comfortable than you would imagine.  Which is just the type of work pant I want!  If I ever get my hands on a pair of black ones, I might have totally transformed my normal strictly dress work attire for pants!!
5. Hello Cards (Free): Everyone loves getting mail just cause, these are the perfect little note cards for just that purpose!  Plus at a cost of nothing, how can you pass them up?

Like Totally Rad Murder Mystery Dinner

Well though it has been over 2 years since our last Murder Mystery Dinner, we finally were able to get everyone together for round two.  Last time we did 1920's, well this time we moved up a few decades and were celebrating 1980's style. Since we were celebrating the 80's, that meant lots of neon, lots of rubix cubes, pacman, albums, cassette tapes and some Journey tunes blasting in the background. 

Rubix Cubes decorations

Fortune Teller Garland

Pacman Garland

1980's family pictures to really bring in the mood

Slinkies!

Albums

 Seriously, what did we do before pinterest?  We found this cute idea to use the actual records as the place setting and incorporated lots and lots of neon colors and various 1980s candy for our tablescape!

You cant have a party without props for the photo area!

Each guest went home with some candy from the 1980s

The class flirt, the valedictorian and the dance team captain!

Lest we forget the amazing people that made this night possible.....

And because it would not be a murder mystery unless everyone was trying to kill or be killed....

Thanks everyone for making our murder mystery party so Major!!!