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What I ate – St. Louis

Typically, vegetarians get the shaft when it comes to pre-prepared food.  Unless you are able to state your vegetarian ways, you can usually suspect that your vegetarian pickin’s will be slim.  Fortunately for me, that was NOT the case on my trip last week to St. Louis.  I had ample food selection.

Monday night, I joined some ladies for dinner & drinks.  We ate at the hotel restaurant and I chose two appetizers because I didn’t really see much in the way of a good vegetarian entree. I probably could have survived with just the veggie plate though because this turned out to be a TON of food!

Those are beautiful grilled veggies with feta and pita and hummus with pita.  It was all so delicious!  I made little veggie sandwiches out of the pita bread.
Tuesday and Wednesday breakfast was simple and easy – mostly fruit, some eggs, a danish here or there, and cereal.  I didn’t snap any pictures of that though.
Tuesday lunch was probably my favorite meal provided by the hotel.  I originally loaded up my plate with half salad because I was afraid I wouldn’t have too many other options.  I was completely wrong and ended up overloading my plate because I wanted so much more than just a salad!
There are grilled veggies & pita again, polenta, grilled asparagus, tomato & goat cheese, and my half plate of salad.  This was delicious!
Monday night we went and enjoyed Lucas Grille.  We each got 2 drink tickets and unfortunately, I didn’t snap any pics of my drinks!  I did snap a great picture of this mushroom risotto though.
It was totally filling and I really enjoyed the little crunched onions over top.  I also enjoyed a salad and cheesecake this evening.
Lucas Grille did not disappoint and I would love to go back if I’m ever in St. Louis again.
Wednesday’s lunch before leaving town wasn’t super spectacular, so I don’t have a picture of it, but overall my food experience in St. Louis was phenomenal and I’m so thankful that my vegetarian stomach didn’t starve.  I also felt like I could eat relatively healthy the entire time, so I greatly appreciated that aspect as well.
Any other places I should try next time I’m in St. Louis?
What’s your experience on work trips in regard to food and if you have dietary restrictions?

St. Louis Trip

I have a quick 10 minutes to put this blog post together.  I’ve been wanting to share about my trip to St. Louis last week.  It’ll be short and sweet because it was 99.9% business!  I was in a hotel learning millions of amazing things to take back to work.

I have no time to watermark my pictures, so also… don’t steal them!  Thanks!

Quick Reminder: Don’t forget to link-up tomorrow with me and Meg for Bliss!

I left first thing Monday morning and leave it to me – I left all of my professional hanging clothes up in my closet…. so I had a minor panic attack once we hit I-55, but the situation was salvaged thanks to my calm co-worker who didn’t mind turning around and my awesome dad who met us half-way with my clothes (and my straightener, because I forgot that too).

We arrived in St. Louis around 5pm and I went and did a real quick run, then met some girls for dinner.  They were super sweet and I’m so glad I have them as a connection now.

Tuesday was packed with sessions and I got lots of great material.  Before dinner, I rushed out of the hotel to find the arch.  I couldn’t take a ride up, but I did manage to get a few pictures.  The sun was in the perfect spot to blind me during said pictures, so none of these pictures are fabulous of me, but the arch looked beautiful in all it’s glory!  Tuesday night was an amazing dinner at Lucas Grille.  They didn’t have a vegetarian option on our special menu, but I asked and they managed to throw together a delicious mushroom risotto (It amazes me how OKAY I am with eating mushrooms now!)  We also had 2 free drink tickets, so I had a white wine spritzer and a margarita.  Both were heavenly concoctions.

Wednesday was packed with more sessions and then we headed out of there around 2pm.

Enjoy the pictures.  Later in the week, I’ll share about the food from the trip.  Believe me, for a vegetarian, it’s completely worth saving for a post on it’s own!

Sun… all in my eyes!

I really enjoyed St. Louis!  It was beautiful (minus all the ridiculous construction down town).  The food was great, the company at the conference was amazing, and overall I had a wonderful first work trip with my company.

Finding Harmony

I’ve been in St. Louis this week for a work conference and it has been AMAZING!  I’ll recap that later this week though and I have had some amazing options as a vegetarian here.  I made sure to take good pictures of my food because it was absolutely perfect!  The sessions have been super informative and I look forward to taking a lot of new information back to work.  I’ve gotten some good workouts in too while I’ve been here.  My legs are SORE!

I scored this beautiful picture while in town.  I’ll share some others later.
One session that really resonated with me was the last session in the day that talked about Finding Balance.  She made a few great points that I wanted to share because I’m sure someone else will benefit from this too.
First of all, we’re not actually looking for balance in this life.  When you think of balance, you think of the tipping scale, don’t you?
Well life isn’t really about balancing, it’s about finding HARMONY between work, life, and the millions of other things on your to-do list.  You will not always be able to fit everything into your work and life harmony.  You will have to say NO sometimes.  It’s okay!  I’m a YES person usually, but there are times I need to say NO in order to take care of myself or make harmony in other areas of my life.
Also, think about your attitude.  Our speaker said that every day she wakes up and says out loud, “I’m going to have a great day!”  Keeping that positive energy and attitude will flow into the rest of your day.
Do you ever think about the fact that YOU DECIDE?  You make all the decisions in your life.  If your boss asks you to stay late and you say YES when maybe you should have said NO, you have no reason to be frustrated with your boss, YOU DECIDED to say YES!  That’s on you.  We decide everything- which is beautiful about life!  I make the decisions that determine how I live my life.  I choose what I do and how I respond.  If I allow something to get in the way of my “me time” then that’s my fault.  Of course, there will be circumstances out of our control, but I would guess that 99% of the time, you actually have the power to make the decision yourself.
That’s just the beginning of this particular session – it was so liberating!  I love my job, but I have a feeling I’m going to love it more when I return and begin implementing new changes within our office that will create better efficiency and communication!
I’m looking forward to what I’ll learn today and recapping the entire trip later this week!  Happy Hump Day!

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