My blog posts have been slightly all over the place the past two weeks.

All of the rainy weather last week put me in a weird writer’s funk!

But thankfully Mister Sunshine has creeped back out so we can play again!

Those are Arnold Sandwich Thins disguised as a personal pizzas btw.

Topped with feta cheese, spaghetti sauce, onions, oregano, and a hot dog! Yum and yum. My brother ate three of them he loved them so much.

Remember when you were about 12 and you scribbled the game of MASH onto a piece of notebook paper? Well this website lets you play it online!!!! Eeeek I may or may not have played 2 rounds already…

For some reason, I always got stuck with the shack back in the day. What luck!!! On that note.. I found my dream home on a beach drive last week.

What a gem. I think it’s the fish  Adirondack chairs that got me.

Wish there was some way we could just pick this cute shack up and place in gently on a beach somewhere. It’d also have to have a picnic table, hammock and fire pit in the backyard.

Surfin’ the web I also found this one..

Love. When I see this I think, “Yes please.” Hopefully it has wifi though.

What would your dream home look like? Where would it be — in the city/beach/country?

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From The Bean!

Woot.

Today Jacki, my amazing friend from college picked me up from the O’Hare Airport in Chicago so I could explore the city with her before the craziness of #HLS begins.

Herrow.

We walked EVERYWHERE.

Saw this scary fountain.

Saw this pretty fountain.

Ate pizza pie!

Times this by 3 mi amor.

Tomorrow morning I’m taking the train to the hotel! Can’t wait to meet you all.

For lunch today I met up with Jenny and Lindsey at Satchel’s Pizza. Satchel’s is a local Gainesville landmark known for its funky decorations, cash only payment system, and one faithful pizza oven.  A blogger meet-up two times in one week? Yes please!

For lunch, we curled up into an old VW van decked out in funky Christmas lights and covered in permanent marker messages. You can’t help but fall in love with this ultra cool hippie dining experience.

The girls and I all ordered the lunch special that included the famous Satch Salad and a one topping slice of pizza for only $6.50– a pretty good deal for us college folks.

As you can see, there were a ton of pizza toppings to choose from– all fresh and delicious. I seriously could have ordered about 10 of them they all looked so good. My dream pizza topping combination would include spinach, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, banana peppers, feta, and bacon. That’s right, mmm bacon.

When the Satch Salad arrived, we instantly dove in. The lettuce was tossed with carrots, cucumbers, apples, red onion, Romano cheese, tomatoes, almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pecans. The inner salad lover in me could have had at least three more bowls of this, but I knew I had to save room for my big ol’ slab of pizza.

For my topping I chose roasted red peppers, which turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment. I was hoping there would be more than just three skinny little pieces of it, but overall the pizza was still really good! A few weeks ago, I tried Satchel’s Deep Dish Pizza with olives, ham, and pineapple and it was  absolutely the best pizza I’ve ever had. If you ever go to Satchel’s, please try their deep dish.. you won’t regret it.

During lunch we got a little creative with Jenny’s permanent marker and scribbled a few of our own messages inside the van.

After we finished eating, we walked around back to explore the Lightnin’ Salvage which is a junk museum and gift shop all in one.

You’d be quite surprised to see the random items they transform into eclectic pieces of art. For example, these mop drainers sure do make a nice wall decoration, don’tcha think?

Overall, lunch was a success! Thank you Jenny & Lindsey for another amazing food-filled day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Do you have a  favorite funky and eclectic restaurant in your town?

I’ve always wanted to move up to NYC for a few years, but I don’t think I could ever handle the cold weather! It should be very interesting to see where I end up living after college. The Florida sunshine is hard to pass up!

Jennie-O Turkey Burger on whole wheat bread with yellow peppers and onions

Last week, I discovered a huge box full of Yogi products at my front door. Of course, I instantly squealed at the site of it! Yogi is such a high quality brand and I am obsessed with their unique tea flavors. I learned a few weeks ago that Yogi has their own line of cereal and granola products, and I was ecstatic to finally try them. Thank you so much Yogi for providing me this opportunity to sample them!

The first item I dove into while I was studying were the Fresh Strawberry Crunch, Yogi Granola Crisps. I’ll admit these granola chips were more addicting than good old potato chips! I seriously could not stop reaching in the bag to scoop more granola out.

I think that Yogi Granola Crisps had just the right amount of crunch and sweetness. I highly recommend these!

Whole Wheat Pita Pizza with Pepperoni and Mozzarella Cheese

Have a great weekend! Next week I’m going to share some exciting giveaway news with you! I’ve been working so hard putting it together and I can’t wait to fill you in.