Hello Spring!

This post is like SEVERAL days late but, better late than never is sometimes my favorite motto.

Can we just have a moment of silence for the fact that the cold nasty disgusting hateful winter weather is behind us..or at least it better be. 

Mother Nature don’t fuck with my heart. 

I will cut a bitch. 

Spring is my absolute favorite time of year…you can just tell that people are READY for winter to be over. Even those people who love snow, cold weather, hot chocolate, snuggles and all that other crap that is great for like…oh I don’t know…one weekend!

It depends where you live, here in RVA it seems like winter starts right around the middle of November and wraps up at the end of February..you get those occasional cold days in early October/November and we certainly get the weirdo cold days in March and into April – Lord knows we have been known to get a snow day or 2 in April. But, overall, St. Patrick’s Day is my light at the end of the tunnel that winter days are behind us.

Spring is the best.

Warm, sunny days, but still chilly at night, so your wardrobe is that perfect mixture of summer and winter. People are stoked because they know the warmer weather is coming and I don’t know about you but RVA is fucking active. People love being outside even if outside means dragging your couch out to Monument Avenue and drinking beer – which involves heavy lifting – so I repeat RVA is fucking active.

RVA is the best of both worlds – I know I am super biased – but you have your downtown area with bars/restaurants, etc but then you have the James River running RIGHT THROUGH downtown. So you get all your river activities, hiking trails, river walks, paths, and most of them walk right past or lead to a bar or brewery – I am onto you Richmond…you’re not a dumb city…you’re not a dumb city at all.

My all time favorite Spring activity is either on a Saturday or Sunday – cause hello Full Time job takes up ALL of my week day life – after crushing a Spin Class at BOHO Cycle Studio (yes, this is a plug!) I grab the BF and the Pup and head to, what I refer to as Riverwalk, but the correct name is the Belle Isle Suspension Bridge downtown. We walk the bridge and the trails that are back there, when the water isn’t too high there are tons of rocks to walk out on and actually lay out on when the weather is warm. 

After hiking, walking, climbing, exploring..let’s be honest a girl is hungry there are tons of restaurants and bars downtown but my favorite place to hit up after hiking near the James is Legend Brewery which has a big porch outside that looks at downtown Richmond. I love the beers, I normally get the flight to taste a little bit of everything and their food is pretty good too!

Don’t get me wrong I have tons of favorite warm weather activities, especially in the Richmond area this is just my most favorite…post to come with MORE spring time activities in RVA :)

Cheers to Spring and Hallelujah!