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San Francisco: Chinatown & more

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Since we went to bed early the previous day , we were up rather early the following morning. We quickly picked up tickets at Fisherman's Wharf for the cable cars to take us down to Chinatown. I haven�t been to a Chinatown since I lived in the city so you could say that I was pretty excited to check it out in San Francisco. It honestly felt like we had stepped into a new world/country. The banks, restaurants, grocery stores were all in Chinese which obviously shouldn�t have been a surprise but for some reason I couldn't help but to point it out. Mrs. Captain Obvious over here. We decided that we�d also eat in Chinatown and that was quite the experience. After walking around quite a while for a restaurant to eat at, we decided on New Woey Loy Goey and were the only tourists in the entire restaurant. Everyone around us were speaking Chinese and we wondered (just being honest here) if maybe this wasn�t the smartest decision. The restaurant seemed a bit like family sty...

Philly Rabbit Run + some fun

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When Sean and I sat down to talk about our goals for 2018 earlier this year, fitness and health was at the top. So, when Sean found the Philly Rabbit Run that was taking place late March, in Philadelphia, he suggested we do it. And because it was still so early in the year, I was all ears. Granted, I didn�t think that I would actually be able to do it but it sounded like a good idea. Additionally, Sean's best friend's mom has Parkinson's (which is what the run was for) so it made even more sense for us to do it. When I was healthier (no leg issues) I did not run any 5Ks so it seemed a little overzealous that with my current condition that 1.) I would even be able to do it and 2.) I would actually want to do it. Well, I did it. It was hard, it was intense, my legs were burning but I did it and I�ve never felt so proud and accomplished. It was exhilarating and although my time was not amazing it was under 45 minutes which is what I wanted. I actually was aiming for 50 mi...