You're gonna laugh at me

Some Instagram photos from my summer: 1. rain... all too typical this spring/summer 2. my new Birkenstocks, that I haven't taken off all summer. 3. espresso machine envy at my new fav coffeehouse, Spyhouse coffee in Uptown. 4. my cracked mug made for an ideal flower pot. 5. coffee + book + backyard 6. again at the Spyhouse, my love of brown is overwhelming.

You're gonna laugh at me. I have had the best summer, but I have been thinking (yet again) about my goals I made. I have decided to switch my blogging space to this blog, from my original blog at Wordpress. This space has a lot more freedom, and I can make if more uniquely my own than the other space. So, I think I'll keep it:)

This past January, I posted about my goals for the year. So far, these have played out in a very different way than I intended. I began the year strong with January, and ever since then my goals have been all off. In June, though, I read 4 books and wrote a song and I even did my July goal without realizing it, of running 100 miles in a month! ahhhhhh

For July, I will take on May's goal of riding my bike 200 miles, and I am thinking about adding in March's goal as well (no make up). My July has had a terribly quick start, so I am getting going a little bit late this time around.

I have been doing a lot of adventuring and biking around the cities this summer, which has been great. I have discovered a couple of very adorable places that are worth a check-out, including Spyhouse coffee that I mentioned above. They have such an amazing atmosphere, and I feel very independent going there to journal and read. It's just the greatest feeling. And their coffee is all spy-themed, which is extra cool. Like, clever-cool. Like, hipster-glasses-and-a-beanie-hat cool.

Another place I have ventured to this summer is called Common Roots Cafe, a unique place on Lyndale in the Uptown area that uses only local and organic foods, and they have a garden out back that they get food from.

This post could not possibly be complete without a little shameless schmoozing about my amazing cities and their deliciously unique places to get good food and coffee. You betcha I'll be biking some more places with no makeup on this July. Look for my terribly empty face on the bike paths.

xoxo