{"id":8338,"date":"2010-10-31T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=8338"},"modified":"2010-10-31T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T18:29:17","slug":"in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=8338","title":{"rendered":"In Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the gym yesterday, Michael and I drove to the Kennedy School to meet <a href=\"http:\/\/carbzilla.britehive.com\/\">Carbzilla<\/a> and her husband. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8339\" title=\"IMG_4060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4060-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4060-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4060-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4060.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We met her in the Boiler Room Bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8340\" title=\"IMG_4056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4056-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4056-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4056-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The McMenamin&#8217;s chains re-purpose old schools into cool bars and restaurants. I like the Kennedy School a lot and Tiff and her husband did too. They were visiting from Seattle and when we&#8217;d planned a place to meet she happily agreed to the Kennedy School. It&#8217;s one of the places I like showing out of towners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8341\" title=\"IMG_4053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4053-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4053-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4053-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4053.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It was my first time meeting another blogger in Real Life and it went great!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8342\" title=\"IMG_4055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4055-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4055-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4055-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4055.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I ordered a McMenamin&#8217;s IPA and Michael (still suffering from allergies) just ordered iced tea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8343\" title=\"IMG_4061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4061-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4061-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4061-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4061.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Michael and I split the spinach and artichoke dip. Neither of us were very hungry because of a big lunch a few hours before but it was a good munchie snack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8344\" title=\"IMG_4062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4062-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4062-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4062-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4062.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We both had a great time! (Thanks for meeting us Tiff!) They really do need to move to Portland. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tiffany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8345\" title=\"tiffany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tiffany-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tiffany-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/tiffany.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>She brought me a gift from Vashon Island. Chocolate Fudge! I cannot wait to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8349\" title=\"IMG_4063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4063-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4063.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And it&#8217;s low in calories? Yay!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8350\" title=\"IMG_4064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4064-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4064-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4064-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4064.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After they left, Michael and I walked around Kennedy School a little bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8346\" title=\"IMG_4051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4051-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4051-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4051.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8347\" title=\"IMG_4054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4054-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4054-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4054-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>It was so great to meet Tiff and her husband. My first &#8220;blogger meeting&#8221; was a success!<\/p>\n<p>The rain had finally stopped and it was a nice fall afternoon. Michael and got a few things at the store for dinner and then headed home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8348\" title=\"IMG_4058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4058-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4058-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4058-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4058.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead of going out to parties or a bar, we decided to stay in and watch scary movies. I got in my jammies (super sexy, right?) and lounged around. He made popcorn. Neither of us were very hungry for a big dinner so I made a plate of munchies instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8352\" title=\"IMG_4066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4066-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4066-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4066-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4066.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The smoked garlic was amazing. It wasn&#8217;t spicy at all like garlic can be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8353\" title=\"IMG_4067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4067-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4067-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4067-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4067.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I opened the jar of olives that&#8217;s been in the pantry for quite awhile. They were good too but the sauce was a little greasy in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8354\" title=\"IMG_4068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4068-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4068-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4068-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4068.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I cut up some white cheddar cheese, a few wheat thins, and sliced salamis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8355\" title=\"IMG_4069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4069-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4069-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4069-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4069.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fattening? Yes. Salty? Very. Delicious? Totally! It was a good snacky dinner. I had a glass of white wine with it, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8356\" title=\"IMG_4071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4071-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4071-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4071-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4071.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We watched &#8220;Let the Right One In&#8221; and &#8220;The Frighteners.&#8221; I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;d never seen The Frighteners! I love Michael J. Fox! It was a good movie. Needless to say, I stayed up way too late eating and watching movies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8357\" title=\"IMG_4070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4070-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4070-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4070-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/IMG_4070.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>But it was fun!!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: How did you spend Halloween weekend?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the gym yesterday, Michael and I drove to the Kennedy School to meet Carbzilla and her husband. \ud83d\ude42 We met her in the Boiler Room Bar. The McMenamin&#8217;s chains re-purpose old schools into cool bars and restaurants. I like the Kennedy School a lot and Tiff and her husband did too. They were visiting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,315,86,104,1684,1683,195,196],"tags":[1781,1784,8770,8618,1782,8817,8657,8667,789,1783],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8359,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8338\/revisions\/8359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}