Winter's Days

Okay so Victoria's Secret is already a big... secret but I have another secret... A free panty secret. A free panty for the REST OF YOUR LIFE secret. Yes, this is pretty serious. Check it out:

photo: vsallaccess.victoriassecret.com

So I know by now you're wondering: How do I, (insert name), get free VS panties for life. It's simple. So simple I'll even break it down into instructions. Are you ready? Born ready.

Instructions:
                                                                    

• Buy something from VS, because they're awesome.
• Buy something again! haha (No really, you have to buy something until they finally send you the coupon. From my personal experience it took two buys.)
• Get your free coupon in the mail, Woohoo! Next is the fun part!
• The free coupon comes with a $15 off (varies) a bra coupon so listen closely....
• Find someone in the store with a bra in their hand or someone who is looking at bras. Why? Because you will give them your bra coupon. Why? Because you are broke and can only afford the FREE panty anyway. But no really, this is a crucial step. 
• Next, pick out your FREE panty, go check out, and get outta there girl!
• When that person uses the coupon you gave them it is linked to YOUR address so VS will think you used and keep sending you more bra coupons. But guess what, with bra coupons comes FREE panty coupons!!!!! FOR LIFE!!!
• Repeat the process! You're welcome. Welcome to the club.

It all started with a text: "do you want to go to NYC with me?".  It was 11pm on a Friday night and my sister was asking did I want to tag along with her to New York City the next morning. My answer was of course and the journey begins...

So here I am writing a blog post about Greek paddles. Never thought I would be the one but here we go!

A salad can be such a refreshing and healthy choice. With the right ingredients I could probably eat a salad for every meal for the rest of my life. Who's with me? Check out three salad recipes you should try today and be amazed!

I took another day trip to D.C. yesterday. This seems to be a reoccurring thing in my life. Instead of yoga, breakfast at Art & Soul, museums, and lunch I did metro, gardens, museum, gardens, lunch, museum, museum, and home!  It was great:

I live about an hour away from D.C. and I have realized how great of a city it is and have decided to take advantage of this. Myself and another person traveled to Shady Grove to catch the metro into D.C.  Now I had never taken the D.C. metro before. It's different from Baltimore's and different from NYC's. (NYC's scares me by the way. I have to get used to it). The metro ride turned out to be easy and to the point. We got off at the closest metro to the U.S. Capitol because the Botanic Gardens was going to be our first stop. While on the way there we saw the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden which is absolutely gorgeous!

I snapped this photo of Robert Indiana's "Amor" sculpture. He is better known for his famous "Love" sculpture located in many cities such as NYC, Philly, and Singapore.


The garden's fountain serves as an ice rink in the winter so it's definitely a cool place to visit. Check it out!

Since we were so close to the National Gallery of Art we decided to head there. I knew that this museum was home to the only original Leonardo da Vinci piece in the United States so I was on a mission to find it the moment we walked in. The museum is gorgeous; a huge fountain decorates the middle while marble pillars, wooden paneling, and fireplaces added to the rich decor. Pictured below is da Vinci's piece entitled "Ginevra de' Benci".


Moving along to our next destination, we headed to the U.S. Botanic Gardens. I had been there once but hadn't seen the entire thing. It is worth seeing multiple times. They have different permanent exhibitions that feature plants from Hawaii, the desert, the jungle, and much more. My favorite was the Orchids Exhibition.


The above photo was taken at the entrance of the gardens.

We were basically starving by this time on our trip so we stopped at a food truck, yuck right? No it was delicious. We both love Indian food so we decided to try it and it was amazing. I got tikka masala.

NEXT STOP: The National Museum of The American Indian. I was dying to go to this museum for two reasons: it's a museum so I need to see it right, and two, my grandmother's mother was part Navajo. The museum was interesting enough but there were more exhibitions focused on modern day Native Americans than anything. This is fine, just not what I was expecting. I would love to take my grandmother here, she'd love it. I also took note that the architecture was the same as the Guggenheim museum that I visited earlier this year in NYC. The NMAI has a phenomenal children's section.

photo: pixdaus.com

Our last stop of the day happened to be the National Air and Space Museum which was jam packed with people, information, and exhibits. Their collection is immaculate but my favorite was the Wright's Brother's exhibition. The original 1903 Wright Flyer even serves as the centerpiece in the room. The museum is also home to an Imax theatre and an awesome museum store.

photo: http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/mall/

All of these museums are free so be sure to visit!