Today: Back Bay, Bosu, bloggers.
I can think of no better way to spend a summer mid-week evening in the city than browsing at the Copley Farmers Market… and sweating my face off at the gym… and enjoying Whole Foods and Joosbites and heavenly Mix Bakery cupcakes. And I can think of no better people to do the aforementioned with, than these ladies: Ali, Bridget, Chelsee and Susie, Melissa, Elina, Jean, Meghan, Sharon, my homegirl Colleen, Jacqueline, Natalie and Emily. The lovely Judith and Hannah of Healthworks Fitness planned a perfect evening for us in the city!
We roamed the Copley Square Farmers Market, which is open Tuesdays and Fridays, 11 am-6 pm through November 23rd and boasts an incredible selection of local produce, dairy, baked goods and a few surprises (like jewelry!).
After I took approximately 5,600 photos of eggplants, we met up with the rest of the group at Healthworks’ Back Bay location (my home gym!) for a sweaty 30 minute Bosu Challenge class with Kate Perez. I had no idea what we were in for! That class is the real deal, Shaq O’Neil (welcome to Boston, by the way, sir). I’ve used the Bosu– which is an acronym for “both sides utilized”— before for bridges, lunges and planks, but I had no idea you could run and jump on that thing! After a half hour of plyometric jumping, crunches, squats and push-ups, my arms and legs were shaking, but I was smiling. I think that means we had a great workout.
After showering and changing, the group met in the lobby and headed back to Copley Square for a picnic dinner provided by Lynay and Melissa at Whole Foods Market. I loved the quinoa salad, and enjoyed the vegetarian sandwich option (avocado on sprouted bread with lettuce, sprouts, tomato, red onion and hummus… in other words, delicious). While we stuffed our faces, we learned a bit about Whole Foods’ healthy eating principles and their commitment to health.
We also sampled three juices prepared by Lauri of Joos, and muffin-like joosbites made from juice pulp and quinoa flour.
The big finale was, undoubtedly, the cupcakes. Lorrrrrd, the cupcakes. Kelly, Mix Bakery‘s founder and baker extraordinaire, brought us the most divine classic carrot cake and peanut butter cup mini-cupcakes. I am pretty sure I dreamed about these babies last night. There is a reason why everyone’s talking and tweeting and blogging about Mix Bakery.
***A big thank you to Healthworks Fitness for such a fabulous evening! If you’re in the Boston area, I’d love for you to check out Healthworks for yourself. If you have any questions about why I’m such a big fan, you know where to find me. For a free three day pass (ladies only… sorry, Dad) please follow this link for On Tap for Today readers.***
Also On Tap for Today:
- Hmm… what to do with that half bag of spinach…
- Bravo’s Work of Art finale 🙂
- The white board “I quit” was a hoax
What’s your favorite way to spend a summer evening? Favorite class at the gym?
Comments (10)
We are not Martha
August 11, 2010 at 7:36 pm
LOVE the last photo of the empty cupcake papers!
One of my favorite classes at Healthworks is Body Defined!
Was lovely seeing you last night! 🙂
[Chels]
Elizabeth
August 11, 2010 at 8:15 pm
I really wish I had taken that 4 mini cupcakes = 1 regular cupcake rule to heart. 🙂 Lovely seeing YOU!
Kelly
August 12, 2010 at 10:17 am
The pics of the empty cupcake paper made me smile too! Thanks for the kind words and helping to spread the Mix love one cupcake at a time.
Erin
August 12, 2010 at 1:27 pm
The picture of the empty cupcake cups was my favorite as well! I liked the progression from the box to the grass to gone!
Elina (Healthy and Sane)
August 11, 2010 at 7:54 pm
It was really nice to meet you last night! I love going to the Copley Farmers market… I’ve never seen that squishy stinky sign. What were they selling there?
Elizabeth
August 11, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Great meeting you, too, Elina! The sign is on one of the cheese tents facing Boylston. I though it was too cute!
Sharon (umommy)
August 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm
It was great meeting you yesterday! I love your recap – and I can see why you took so many pictures of eggplants. They look incredible!
thedailycraic
August 11, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Hey homegirl, so good to see you last night! Let’s do something fun soon! (excellent recap by the way!)
pandabox33
August 14, 2010 at 7:57 am
Wow what a day! Looked like it was fun.
The Bosu class is not my favorite thing because my knees are too sollicited but it sure gives a workout !
Please send those cupcakes my way ?
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