Blogger + Friend = Blend

blend 2013

  The past few days, I have been surrounded by amazing people. Pure and simple. The day after FitBlogNYC, I boarded an airplane headed to Park City, Utah for Blend and to spend the weekend with a group of beautiful, strong and inspiring women and bloggers. Before I started blogging, I had heard all these [...]

What’s in your Fitness Closet?

workout tanks

{Editor’s Note: This post is one that one that my husband will probably not like at all and might make him a bit, um, unhappy. For the sake of everyone involved, I would highly suggest that you – husband – look away from the computer right now and close this page. Everyone else – Read on!}  [...]

TBD

LoveLifeSurf - Montauk surfing

Have you ever fallen so hard some for something that all you want to do is dive in head first and immerse yourself in it? Like fully immerse yourself that you can’t breathe? That makes you courageous and willing to try things you never thought you would? For me, that’s what it felt like when [...]

Pulling the chord

National Day of Unplugging

  Before we had kids, Ed and I would often take weekend trips – to the beach or to the country or to a new city – anywhere really. As soon as we got into the car on Friday afternoon, we would turn off our cell phones. Frankly, there was no need for the phone [...]

I love skiing

Northstar at Tahoe

I spent the day skiing on the mountains of Northstar-at-Tahoe yesterday. I was happy, very happy. It was a gorgeous day – warm, crystal clear blue skies and bright sunshine. Since it was mid-week, the mountain was empty. No lines for the lifts, meaning less time waiting and more time skiing. This was my first time skiing [...]

All time favorite romance movies

favorite romance movies

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. How did that happen? While I’m not a big romantic, I am a sucker for a good romance movie. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. Here are my all-time favorite romance movies – the ones that always make my stomach flutter with butterflies, the ones that I turn [...]

Am I a hypocrite?

tracks in the sand nosara

I have a confession to make. Sometimes I think that I’m a hypocrite. Here on this blog, I talk about treasuring the small things in life, trying to be mindful, trying to be grateful, trying to live my life with intention. But the thing is, I don’t always do that. Actually, I haven’t done any [...]

2013: Things that will stay the same

cafe au lait

It’s January and most everyone is talking about resolutions and/or intentions for the new year. People are creating goals and visions and getting organized in hopes of making 2013 the best year ever. While I am doing many of these things (more on that soon), let’s be honest. There are just some things that I [...]