The Taste of Reston Experience

Posted on June 17, 2011 by fitnesslabrat

I am SUPER excited to attend my first Taste of Reston event. Can’t you tell by my huge smile!

SMILE

They have so many activities ranging from carnival rides, to live music, a fitness expo and my personal favorite, food sampling!

Events!!!!!

There is going to be sampling from all these (see below) restaurants, and you know what that means, an ultra hard workout early Saturday morning! Below I bolded some of my must haves for the event. Hope I can make it to all of them.

American Tap Room: Grilled Chilled Shrimp
Big Bowl: Spicy Noodles
Buffalo Wing Factory & Pub: Bites
Cookology: Cookies
Clyde’s of Reston: Strawberry Short Cake
Finnegan’s Sports Bar & Grill: Guinness Stew
Flippin Pizza: Pizza by the slice
Hyatt Regency Reston: “Buffalo” Potatoes
Il Fornaio: Eggplant Pasta
Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern: Jambalaya
M & S Grill: Chicken Skewers
Mamma Lucia of Reston: Meatball Sliders
McCormick & Schmick’s: Crabcake Sandwich
Melting Pot: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Milwaukee Frozen Custard: Root Beer Float
Mon Ami Gabi & Community Canteen
Obi Sushi: California Roll
Paolo’s Ristorante: Steak Salad
Paradise Ice Cream: Funnel Cake
Pitango Gelato: Gelato
Pollo Peru: Chicken
Sweetgreen – Reston: Yogurt
The Counter – Reston: Taco Turkey Minis
Trader Joe’s: Pulled Beef & Chicken Sliders
UNO Chicago Grill: Watermelon Slices
Vie de France: Fruit Tarts
Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro: Paella

I am making sure to have ready my handy dandy map so I don’t miss any of the scrumptious food tents that will be haunting me in my dreams!!!!

Hope to take lots of great pics so I can share with everyone !

Have a happy weekend!

Saturday Fun in Reston Town Center

Posted on June 14, 2011 by fitnesslabrat

Recently, my husband and I relocated to Reston, Virginia for his job. At the moment we are staying in temporary housing in Reston Town Center, which is like another mini city in Reston. The great thing about the Reston Town center is all the fun things you can do in such a small area. This past Saturday we went to dinner at Clydes, while listening to a Jazz Funk infused concert, only inches away. We also stopped by Teavana and my husband an unexpected buy, he bought a glass tea kettle and glass tea infuser with three bags of tea, GRAND TOTAL $99, total impulse buy.

Georgetown Date Night

Posted on June 12, 2011 by fitnesslabrat

We decided to spend our Friday night in Georgetown. I LOVE Georgetown! It is fun, retro and full of history. We walked around in a daze from a lack of food, so all we could think of was finding a restaurant. We found a great italian restaurant called il Canale. They are known for their pizza so we made sure to order their specialty. We ordered a red and white pizza, but I preferred the red sauced pizza. It was a great meal and I can’t wait to venture off more into Georgetown and find more restaurants to fall in love with.

Chicken Nuggets Deliciousness

Posted on June 10, 2011 by fitnesslabrat

Decided to bring back some childhood memories and make homemade chicken fingers and sweet potato fries (recipie from the fabulous SkinnyTaste) . All in all it came out fabulous, they were tasty, healthy and juicy!!!! I was so scared they would dry out, but they ended up being plump and juicy! YUMM!