Ordinary Extraordinary

by Allie on April 5, 2011 · 36 comments

I quickly shot this while crossing the street in DC yesterday…

It was just a street, but with that beautiful bloomin’ tree and the golden sunset…my goodness gracious. That’s what I love about photography. You can take something as ordinary as a street and turn it into something extraordinary.
You know my favorite part about the photo? [...]

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Trick-or-Sample?

by Allie on October 31, 2010 · 50 comments

in Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Fitness, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Shopping, Snacks

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I’ve got some fun flashback photos for you tonight.

Here I am on my very first Halloween wearing my brother’s Peter Pan hat. Major sweet tooth and super flexible…some things never change.
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A couple years later, I was a pumpkin witch/custodian…?

I was quite the candy monster!

I think I was a witch for about 7 years in [...]

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Life Before Blogging

by Allie on October 28, 2010 · 50 comments

in Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Fun Stuff, Meals, Recipes, Snacks, Vegetarian

Before blogging…
I didn’t pack my clonky camera in my gym bag just incase I came across some pretty fall foliage on the walk over.

(looks like somebody is ready for Christmas)

I didn’t whip out my camera to take photos of pumpkins that did not belong to me….or any pumpkins for that matter.

Don’t you just wanna give [...]

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Crazy Eight

by Allie on October 26, 2010 · 60 comments

in Dinner, Fitness, Lunch, Recipes, Snacks

8 MILES!!!
I ran 8 miles today—crazy! I’ve only run 8 miles once before and that was exactly 3 years ago. It was the last run before my stress fracture creeped in. That run happened after a month of running without a day of rest. As I describe in my story, I went from running 0 mi/wk [...]