On the Road Again… delayed

I felt like a true DC native as I walked to the Metro this morning in my black suit. Although, people may have realized I wasn’t actually a true Washingtonian considering I was wearing flip-flops with my suit. I had to do it! My feet are sensitive (I get blisters faster than you can say Dr. Scholl’s) and I was going to be standing on concrete for 8 hours in the heels I had neatly packed in my bag. Plus I didn’t feel as though heels were necessary for the Metro.

But, before leaving for the conference, I cooked up 1/2 cup of steel cut oats in water with 1/2 of a banana, a sprinkle of cinnamon, and a dollop of pb.

Oh so chewy! I’m not sure I prefer steel cut over regular oats or oat bran, but it’s fun to switch it up from time to time.

After a quick metro ride I was at the convention center and talking to folks about education technology and the software that my company sells. Apparently today was busier than yesterday at the booth, which was a good thing because the morning went by rather quickly and lunch arrived just when I really needed to sit down and rest. I walked around the convention center food booths and decided I didn’t want to pay $8.00 for a greasy garden patty (one of the few veggie options besides plain side salads). I ventured out towards Chinatown looking for a Cosi or a Chop’t. I kept seeing people with those bags so I know they must have been around there somewhere but I never found the actual shops. I ended up at Starbucks and it was good, but it was pretty pointless for me to leave the convention center because there was a Starbucks right inside.

I went for the Power Protein Plate, one of Starbucks Healthy Breakfast Items, which includes 1 whole wheat mini bagel, a packet of PB,  2 slices of cheese, 2 apple slices, a small bunch of grapes, and a hard boiled egg.

For a little under $5 I got a really filling lunch, plus they were playing Paul Simon’s Kodachrome so that pretty much made the extra walking in heels worth it. It was the perfect portion for lunch and I would definitely buy it again. I stayed full all afternoon and only snacked on a few Life Saver mints that I snagged from other vendors. Although, when the conference ended at 5 I was pretty exhausted and needed a snack.

I ate an Apple Cinnamon PURE Bar as I walked to the Metro station. I’m pretty sure that I mentioned it before but I’m not in love with the PURE bars. I find them to be just okay, but today the Apple Cinnamon flavor tasted remarkably good- maybe I just really needed a snack but I’m now, pretty much certain, that the Apple Cinnamon is the one flavor I would consider buying!!

I was planning to leave DC this evening after the conference. I hung around until dinner time – 7:30PM to beat the rush hour traffic. One of Isaac’s house-mates cooked up a rather tasty dinner of vegetable sauce with eggplant, turnip greens, red peppers, onions, summer squash, nutritional yeast, and other spices- I’m actually unsure of what all was put in it, but it was served over whole grain pasta and tasted quite yummy.

I was all ready to leave with my belly full of pasta but due to the current weather conditions- pouring rain- I’ve decided just to stay one more night in DC and head back home and straight to work in the AM.

Happy Humpday!

Tagged as: apple cinnamon pure bar, banana, steel cut oats, vegetable sauce, whole grain spaghetti