Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone!

Today my boyfriend and I headed to a new spot for brunch, the Rusty Pelican. Boasting gorgeous views as well as an awesome Sunday brunch, I knew we had to go. This place has been on my list of "must visits" in the Tampa Bay area, so I'm glad we were able to try it out.

Pretty nice, right? The Rusty Pelican offered a large breakfast buffet (two rooms) that was chock-full of seafood, a carving station, cheese, omelets, and tons of desserts.

I know I wrote about my sweet tooth getting smaller in my last post, but I had to sample the desserts since they looked super tasty.

A lot of the desserts were just okay, but the carrot cake and the apple cobbler were divine. The good thing about buffets is that you can try just a little bit of each item! 

Overall it was a really nice, relaxing brunch experience and I'd definitely go back. Wish they had some Cadbury eggs though...

How did you spend your Easter?

Korean food and a New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year!

It's been a while since I've written on this thing! With all the holidays and work going on over the last two months, I've been super busy.

For Thanksgiving I traveled to Vero Beach and stayed at the Costa D'Este resort with my family. We had an amazing Thanksgiving. It was so relaxing being able to look outside the window and see the waves rolling by! I'd recommend the resort to anyone looking for a getaway, even if it's just for a weekend.

I traveled to Utah for the Christmas holidays since that's where most of my family lives. Talk about the polar opposite from my Thanksgiving vacation! It was frigid and snowy there, but I still had a great time. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love being around my family so it made the cold more bearable.

Although I had a great time in Utah, I was seriously craving some grub from my old food spots back home in Tampa.

After seeing a post from a local fashion blogger about Sa Ri One, a local Korean restaurant, I decided just had to see what all the fuss was about. I've never had Korean food before and wanted to try something new before the year was over. So off we went, not really knowing what to expect but hoping to be pleasantly surprised!

Dessert Spotlight: D'Lites

Anyone that knows me knows I have a horrible sweet tooth. I love all things sweet -- pastries, cakes, candy, chocolate -- oh, I just love it all and I'd probably eat sweets until I passed out and/or my stomach exploded.

But while I really love my sweets, I also really value my health. For that reason, I try to opt for healthier options when my sugar craving kicks in.

And so, in my quest to be healthy (but still indulge), I found D'Lites.

It's basically an ice cream place with loads of different flavors (changing every day) and all of the options are low calorie and low carb.  Each flavor has around 50 calories per 4 oz. serving which is great because that way, I can eat ice cream without feeling guilty afterwards.

The last time I went to D'Lites, I got the red velvet and mint chocolate chip flavors. I know, the two don't really sound like they'd go together, so I had the nice people working at D'Lites them put side by side in a cup:

SO. GOOD. The red velvet tasted just like red velvet cake and the mint chocolate chip reminded me a lot of what a Thin Mint would taste like if converted into soft serve ice cream.

Some of my other favorite flavors (and there are so many varieties) are: Snickers, Oreo, Samoa, and any cheesecake flavor. Like I said earlier, the flavors change daily, so there are always new and interesting types of ice cream to try. All of them are made either out of the chocolate or vanilla ice cream, so they all have the same caloric content.

All in all, I'd definitely suggest D'Lites to anybody who is either trying to make healthy choices or just wants some good ice cream. They've got lots of options for everyone here. I'll definitely be back!

D'Lites
1906 S. Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, FL 33629