Charlotte Weekend Getaway: Food, Fun, and Wicked Theater

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I’m dedicating this post to reminiscing on our weekend in CLT. A good friend of mine wanted to see Wicked and it was playing in CLT so we booked an Airbnb and a whole bunch of fun activities for two days. If you’re ever in the CLT area, I highly recommend checking out some or all of the spots tagged below:

@ohmysoulusa

My first stop on my CLT trip. If you’re into yummy vegan food this is a spot you’ll really appreciate. It came highly recommended from a friend. I got the wings and french fries. Lots of food, good vibes and vegan eats. If that’s your jam, I recommend a visit for sure.

@ameliesfrenchbakery

Let me just say, I wish I had brought my camera because the aesthetic of this place was such a vibe. Felt like I stepped into a very instagramable fake France cafe. The coffee was delish and then there’s this….

@beatthebomb

Militaryish mission style group games, getting splashed with color and good ale at their bar, yes, please. If you love group games and want to run through lasers and get splashed with lots of color, this is your spot, it was such a vibe and the games were challenging and lots of fun.

So after all the shenanigans from the night before, we needed a coffee so we made a quick stop to @ameliesfrenchbakery for some yummy croissants and lattes. After that, we touched down @bathhousclt for a relaxing 2 hours of steam rooming, cold plunging, and sauna chilling. It was lovely! Well, the cold plunge was sweet sweet torture, but your body adjust and your skin is perfection after it’s all said and done.

To prepare for the main event, we grab some food at @moakorean. It was the yummiest spread of Korean food I’ve ever had. We ordered way too much food and indulged in way too many espresso martinis. Then it was off to see Wicked. Mind you, I never saw part two so the ending of this amazing play was all new to me and I loved every bit of it!!!. Thanks @blumenthalarts for the amazing production.

Okay, I almost forgot, one of these days we did visit @optimisthallclt it warmed my plant loving heart and the Ethiopian food was a vibe.

Shoutout to @paradiso.plantshop for all the plant love. One of my girls bought us two baby plants, we named them Ebony and Ivory. She thinks she’ll kill hers, lol. Possible, but I believe her. Who knows, I might kill mine. Only time and water or lack there of will tell, LOL.

Anyway, that was my weekend.

Till next time beautiful people.


Sincerely,

Deidra Marie

Traveling With Toddlers: A Challenging D.C. Adventure

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Let me start off this post by saying, traveling with toddlers is HARD! Nobody warned me, lol. Charles and I questioned every bit of this trip. Was it the best idea, no, did we regret every minute of it, YES, were my kids happy, big YES. There were a lot of things at play that made this one of the worst trips I’ve ever been on.

  • Most of D.C. was blocked off for celebrations and activities happening that weekend. My husband had planned this trip months ago. Only a week before did we discover all this stuff was happening the weekend we planned to go.
  • My son was a little under the weather. He was feeling okay, but not 100%. Needless to say, he was a bit whiny and over the heat, which is definitely not his baseline. He’s a chill kiddo. Still, he was slightly sick. Walking the city in the blazing heat, he was just over it.
  • Speaking of heat, it was HOT!!! I mean, it’s June, it’s to be expected. But, the streets were blocked off and there were no Uber’s in sight, we had a challenge. We had to walk over a mile in high sun to get to our destination, the museum.
  • My mother-in law and aunt in-law traveled with us. They are awesome, but old school and prone to unsolicited parenting advice. Moms who know what I’m talking about understand exactly where I’m going with this.
  • The hotel wasn’t that great. The AC was broke. This made the rooms and lobby area humid and muggy. Our television wouldn’t turn off either. Maintenance came 3 times to figure out what was going on. They only told us it would have to get unplugged for the duration of our stay.
  • Due to all the festivities in the city during our visit, most restaurants were closed. Others had odd hours. Note to self, help my husband plan the next trip, LOL.

Even with all the messiness of this trip, there were some good moments to look back on. We visited a yummy restaurant right outside of D.C. called Orleans Bistro and Grill in Fredericksburg, VA. The food was amazing and definitely worth the visit if you’re local. I did snap some cool pics. My daughter was over the moon to have finally taken her first metro ride. My 70 year old aunt in-law challenged herself. She walked the full mile to the museum in the scorching hot sun, might I add. She was very proud to have done this. I was proud of her for sure! Charles and I got a chance to explore the city ourselves for a few hours too. We went back to the museum and almost made it through the whole building. We said we’d come back just us one day. This was my second time in D.C. and there is still so much I haven’t done. All that said, there were certainly moments of joy for sure.

Here are some snaps I captured. They will definitely be filed away under “I’m hot, I’m tired, I’m over it, but the kids are happy so it doesn’t matter” album.

Enjoy the pics.

Till next time.

Sincerely,

Deidra Marie

Exploring Yale: A Fun Day Out in Connecticut

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The plan was to bed rot with my bestie in Connecticut, but we ended up going outside, consuming food and water, seeing the sights, talking to random people and hunting for socks with quirky sayings. This is life in your 30’s, my friends. I was content, full off love and good conversation and now I’m exhausted and want nothing more than a cold brew, a warm bed and to start another episode of The Pitt.

Anywho, enjoy these random iPhone snaps from my adventures at the infamous Yale University Campus.

P.S. Yale’s campus gave me the strong urge to purchase argyle socks, a rugby shirt, khaki pants and boat shoes. You see guys, it doesn’t take much, I’m a sucker for matching the aesthetic.

Till next time my friends,

Sincerely,

Deidra Marie