Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bowl

Work hard, play hard, is how it goes for most people, right? For me, it’s work hard – travel harder. With that, I’m always looking for places that provide me some of the creature comforts of home while I’m wander-lusting. It doesn’t have to be grand, but places like TownePlace Suites by Marriott do it right.

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Every room is a suite and every room has a full kitchen. For someone like me, this matters. While I like eating out when I’m traveling, there are times when I’m on a long trip and all I want is a homemade meal. It doesn’t have to be anything involved — in fact, no one really wants to get crazy cooking while vacationing— but a little homemade meal makes extended trips feel so much more homey.

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A few weeks ago, Matt and I went to Nashville to celebrate TownePlace Suites 21st birthday and we did just that—homemade meals for our extended stay. He grilled and I blended.

TownePlace Suites makes it easy with their Something Borrowed program. A program that allows you to borrow everything from blenders, slow cookers to grilling tools for their onsite grill to board games like Scrabble and more. I used the small blender to make the smoothie bowl you see here and Matt grilled up a ribeye and some asparagus at their outdoor gas grill (hit the jump to his site to grab the recipe).

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It’s the small things like this that puts me at ease when we travel extensively. No matter how much I love to travel, having little bits and pieces of my everyday routine while on travel makes it that much more enjoyable.