Happy Monday!

I hope that everyone had an awesome weekend.  Seriously, how gorgeous was it outside? Blue skies, 70 degrees and i swear it even started to smell like fall :)
I tried to get out of the house as much as possible. On friday i met up with a whole gaggle of moms to walk on Sand Run and let me tell you - we weren't messing around. We had 7 babies in tow....which is not good for conversation or easy maneuvering on a narrow trail, BUT it does make for a pretty cute picture with all of the strollers :)


In other news - I got  emailed a great tip for some "indoor exercise"  from my buddy Melissa Adams. Melissa is another friend I met through Junior League and now i just stalk her incessantly on pintrest :) Seriously she has the best stuff on there!!


So any ways here is her tip - and its a good one! Its hard to beat $5 Yoga classes.....read on:

"I have a great yoga jem for you to share with everyone. I love love love yoga. I think it is one of the best exercises anyone can do, and it's so trendy right now with all these local yoga studios popping up...the problem is they can be so expensive..I mean $70.00 for a monthly membership? Seriously?!?!?!? So with that being said I have to tell you about my yoga instructor...First of all her name is Alice and she is from Akron and I actually went to high school with her. Anyway, she was a dancer for Walt Disney World for like 6 years and just moved back to the area this past summer. She decided that she wanted to give up the dancer lifestyle but still do it for fun...so one of the things she is doing is teaching a yoga class at Martell School of Dance ( in Highland Square) on Monday and Wednesday nights and Saturday Mornings. and here is the best thing.... it's $5.00 per class and the class is about and hour long.

On Wednesday nights its from 8:30-9:30 p.m.( I go to this class) but it's earlier on Monday Nights and early on Saturday Mornings. I don't have exact times yet on the Monday and Saturday, they are figuring it out around the dance class schedule, but should know more next week. Or people can always call and ask when Alice's yoga classes are (330) 253-9900. She is really good too, she goes to NYC like once a month and trains at some amazing yoga studio.

I will be sure to send you anything else I know or think of for the blog.-- Melissa"

I love it... and i think i will probably be going to that class some time very soon. Hope to see some of you there too!

Happy Thursday

Can you believe it is only Thursday? Okay actually it is 11:30 on Wednesday night, but i am guessing that it will be Thursday by the time you read this.....soooo any ideas for the weekend???

Business Review: Frisch Creative Services

One of my goals with this site is to get some info out about fabulous local businesses that provide excellent services....When I thought about who i wanted to spotlight first, I immediately thought of my friend Kristen. Kristen and I worked together pre-babies at a local ad agency. I asked her to write a little "diddy" about her awesome design company and she politely obliged.  She does it all: wedding invitations, birthday party invites, birth announcements, Holiday cards....you name it she can design it! So anyways, here is what you need to know - straight from Kristen herself :) "Frisch Creative Services was started in 2009 by myself, and a good friend of mine, Sarah Fraley, who I went to college with. We both have design degrees from Kent and had our typical design jobs right out of school, but when my first baby came I decided it was time to pursue my dream of having my own business and staying home for my family. We create all kinds of graphic design, including logos, business cards, websites and marketing materials, but we are putting the majority of our efforts into invitations and stationery design. Our passion is in working with couples on wedding invitations and creating beautiful announcements for the arrival of a new bundle of joy. Currently we create only completely custom invitation designs, no picking out of a book and dropping your information in. Everything is totally tailored to our clients wants and needs. We work with our clients' ideas to come up with something beautiful and unique that they will treasure forever. We have showcased at several area bridal shows in the last 2 years and are on theknot.com and weddingchannel.com. Earlier this year, a surprise came in the mail...an award for 2011 pick for theknot.com's best of weddings as voted by local brides!!! We hope to continue this for many years as our company grows!!! For more, please visit our website: www.frischcreative.com." ....and i highly suggest you call her now. Or maybe 10 minutes from now, because I want to call her to do my christmas card first (because it is September and -yes- I am already thinking about Christmas...thats how i roll) Birthday Invite Birth Announcement Wedding Invitation Wedding Invite, Place Card, Table Number Wedding Invitation Wedding Invite Sarah and Kristen

Ohio Mart

Fall is hands down the best time of  the year in Akron....and one of my favorite things to do during the fall is to visit the Ohio Mart at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens.

Not only are there 120 different booths to visit with crafts, artwork, christmas ornaments, baby hairbows....and ummmm lets be honest - puffy painted grandma sweatshirts :) BUT there is also warm cider and bakery deliciousness out the wazoo.

This year the event is running from:

• September 29th- October 2nd
• 10am-5pm, Thu-Sat 
• 10am-4pm, Sun

Admission is $8 for adults/ $2 for kids 6-17/ and kids under 6 are free.....if you happen to be a Stan Hywet member you are free too.

Call me if you want to go :)...and if you know my number :)

And so it begins- Akron Restaurant Week

I received my first email tonight from Lisa, a Junior League friend that I met last year. Lisa works for the Downtown Akron Partnership and she definitely knows about all things fabulous in Akron! I was ecstatic to see some interest in the page already and even more excited to see her awesome suggestion.


If you are like me  - constantly trying to come up with an excuse to avoid cooking dinner so that you can go out - than you need to click on the link below. Our little hometown is hosting the first ever Downtown Akron Restaurant Week.... which is happening through Thursday of this week.

Thanks to Lisa, I have  a link to the Downtown Akron Partnership webpage that lists all of the participating restaurants and links to their special Restaurant Week menus: http://www.downtownakron.com/restaurantweek

A few things you should know about the event:

• Downtown Akron Restaurant Week has been developed by the Downtown Akron Partnership Junior Board to encourage residents of the Akron area to explore the burgeoning dining scene in Downtown Akron. 
• This event provides reasonably priced prix fixe dinner menus at a variety of Downtown restaurants, making it easy and enjoyable to try something new!
• All the cool people will be there.

Seriously guys...check out the site and start talking your husbands, boyfriends, friends, grandmas,whoevers into a nice (Wednesday- or Thursday) night out on the town!

What the heck is this?

You know how we all have wonderful ideas for mom's nights, date nights, kids play stuff, recipes and everything else? well umm i'm creating this blog so we don't forget all of those things and so we can all be a little more fabulous in akron :)

I also want to log some of our weekend adventures on here so that the next time one of us has guests in town and we are wondering "what the hell do you do in akron to entertain people" you can just come on Fabulous Akron and get some tried and true ideas.

So - this is how it is going to work.....I am one busy lady and lord knows if i fill this thing with only my ideas, you will only see 1 or 2 posts every 1 or 2 months. So PLEASE email me anything you think should go on here. I will copy and paste what you say and upload any pictures that you include also.

This is what i am looking for:

• restaurant reviews
• salon/shopping reviews
• a heads-up about awesome coupons or online deals
• weekend entertainment ideas
• Events in akron
• recipes for easy delicious meals
• craft ideas (hello...i wont even judge if these are just total copy and pastes from pintrest)
• Baby questions ( i mean dude...we all love to pretend we are experts)
• Invitations for fun girls nights ( i WONT say no to a glass of wine or a manicure ever)
• whatever else you think should go on here

so help me out ladies. this is kind of for our friends but clearly....we will probably become pretty famous pretty fast here in little AK-Rowdy. All  nice people are welcome  :)

Email - Katieob83@gmail.com

If you are one of the first 50 to email me (and i know you) I will send you a free picture of ashlyn!