Hometown Series - Amanda of Simple Girl, Simple Pleasures

Happy Thursday everyone! Today is my Friday, yippe, thank you federal holiday which is tomorrow. Really, it is our Veterans who deserve our thanks since that is who the holiday is in honor of so lets al stop and thank them tomorrow. Today is another installment of From My Hometown to Yours and you have the pleasure of Amanda who writes Simple Girl, Simple Pleasures. She is always so sweet, I aways enjoy hearing from her and I really appreciate how genuine she is. So take me and all of us readers to your hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut!




Hello, henning love readers! I'm Amanda, and I blog at Simple Girl, Simple Pleasures. Meg is really awesome and has become a good friend of mine, so I am honored to be guest posting here. Now onto my hometown. I'm a New England girl and grew up in a lovely town called Greenwich, Conn. So let's begin!

If Meg came to visit, we would...start by getting breakfast at Upper Crust Bagel Company! You can't go wrong with one of their giant breakfast sandwiches, or the cinnamon sugar bagel (one of my favorites). 

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If Meg came to visit, we would...pretend like we didn't just stuff ourselves silly and go for a long walk at Todd's Point, which is the local beach. There's a beautiful 3 mile walking/jogging/running loop. And on really clear days, you can see the New York City skyline. (And in the winter time, you can bring your dogs to play at the beach!)

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If Meg came to visit, we would...have worked up an appetite, so it would be time for some very fresh French food at Meli Melo. They have a great collection of smoothies, crepes, and, my favorite, french onion soup. They also just added a patissiere, so now I can satisfy my French macaron cravings.

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If Meg came to visit, we would...walk off our lunch and do some shopping on Greenwich Avenue. Unfortunately (or some might say fortunately), the "Avenue," as we locals call it, has turned into a Rodeo Drive-esque shopping experience. Kim Kardashian has even shopped here.

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If Meg came to visit, we would...finish off our day with a delicious meal at Terra, an Italian restaurant. Their food is so fresh, and I have yet to have a bad meal. (You can see my post about a dinner date with my best friend at Terra, here.)

Thanks for having me on your blog today, Meg! And I hope that one day, you take a trip out to the East Coast! I have a guest bedroom with your name on it!