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Life Lately // Soccer + Food

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I’m back on the blog with a little life lately update! Life has been pretty full and busy lately, just the way I like it. Full and busy with what, you ask?

My life lately has been a lot of soccer and food. That’s pretty much it.

It’s kept me busy, but I thrive on staying busy. So let’s get to it!

Back in February, the U.S. men’s national soccer team played a friendly against Jamaica, right here in Chattanooga. I went on a whim, and it was one of the coolest sporting events I’ve ever seen. So much so, that I went to Nashville a few weeks ago with a few friends to watch the USMNT play Panama in the Gold Cup. I even saw one of my friends from grad school! Well, we knew we’d both be there. We even planned a scarf exchange, where we gave each other a scarf representing our clubs.

usa soccer match nashville

usa soccer match nashville with scarf

Two U.S. soccer matches in one year? I like it. Next time I need to catch the women’s team!

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Chattanooga Restaurant Week Recap

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Last week was Chattanooga Restaurant Week, which was a celebration of the wonderful local food scene in the Scenic City. It was a week of really good eating, getting to know some of the city’s best chefs and treating myself to some delicious (and sometimes unusual) cuisine.

As a self-proclaimed foodie and food blogger, I got super excited about Chattanooga Restaurant Week. It seemed like a prime opportunity for me to do what I do best: eat, blog, and tell all y’all about it.

Restaurant Week wasn’t just a week of really good eating; it was also a time for trying new things, pushing myself, experimenting, testing and learning.

chattanooga restaurant week recap

I’ve been telling myself that it’s time to step out of my blogging comfort zones and add a new dimension to my work, specifically video. I was never comfortable on video–that’s why I didn’t go into broadcast–but I knew how important it was and how much fun it could be. So for Restaurant Week, I teamed up with my friend William to explore this whole video thing (pair your strengths, right?) and we had a ton of fun sharing our Restaurant Week experiences with our audiences across social media, in the form of a pop-up variety show.

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