Weekend in Baltimore Hon

Hi everyone! Welcome to Monday. I know we can all sigh together because weekends go so darn fast.

It was a HOT one here in Maryland and while everyone was at the pool, I did my best to stay covered and slathered in sunscreen. As I mentioned before, wedding dresses and tan lines do not mix. At least not for me.

Saturday I was able to get in a good back day session at the gym. I love going when it’s about 1pm because it usually empties around that time.  As you can see I had most of the “ladies Golds” to myself! 

Saturday evening Tony and I headed to Baltimore for a friends 30th birthday. FINALLY someone from Tony’s side is joining me in the 30 club. For those of you who don’t know, I’m four years older than Tony. Well, 3 and a half. I guess I’m just the wisdom of the group, right?

We had dinner and chatted with friends. No drinking for myself or Tony. We ordered a lot of food and our bill was less than everyone else’s that only ordered drinks. Another reason I’m glad I’m not a drinker! But, to each their own.

Just look at this monster Tony ordered. It’s a chicken parm sandwich. I think…?

On Sunday I headed to HONFEST in Baltimore. If you are an out of towner I’m not quite sure you’d appreciate it as much as I do, but you’d definitely still have a blast. If you are unfamiliar with a HON, think the movie Hairspray. That’s Baltimore. In fact let me break it down for you.

• Baltimore = Balmer
• Water= Wooder
• Ocean = Downey o’shan HON

I could go on and on… and I love everything about it.

I got all dressed for the occasion too!

Phoebe always next to me  

The festival was so much fun. Live bands, tons of food and yummy drinks!

All drinks come with HON glasses!

I definitely sunscreened my arms and feet! I came home and had a line from my pearls… BUMMER. Totally forgot about that part.

Then I ran into my main man ELVIS.

If you didn’t already know, I’m a HUGE Elvis fan. I don’t know many people my age that are, but I have loved him ever since I was a little girl. I had a Jailhouse Rock poster on my wall as a three year old. Let’s not remind my mom how she still hates my preschool teacher to this day because I came home crying that he was dead. I mean what teacher tells a little kid that?

And you don’t do HONFEST without the Elvis impersonator!

The best part of HONFEST is the Best HON contest. They do some dancing, have a talent contest, and everyone does their best Baltimore accent. I loved every second of it!

The crowd goes nuts for it all.

And you know, wherever I go, I find a cute puppy. This one reminded me of Phoebe if I had all her hair cut off!

More Hon’s

The sun was definitely beating down. I think it was 95 yesterday. They were nice enough to hand out little fans

Pretty sure all my makeup melted off my face too. I should’ve known better, but I wanted to play the part.

We had a winner and it was an awesome Wonder WomHON who talked about women empowerment in Baltimore. I absolutely adored her and her outfit!

As you can see in the background, the others are genuinely happy for her. It may seem like a silly contest, but it gets the community together and makes people happy! It’s all about good times and happiness isn’t it? I know I’m so busy in my life all the time that it’s good to get out and do these types of things

So if you ever come to Baltimore for the summer, make sure you hit us up on a good weekend when you can enjoy one of these festivals!

I hope you have an excellent start to the week!

XOXO HON’S!

Katie