The Birthday Celebration commenced with a day at the local farm, picking strawberries and keeping the animals company. Followed by another walk around town in the beautiful seventy degree weather and a home cooked meal of sweet potato quinoa patties and salad. And now to enjoy my last few hours here in New Jersey before …
Home again Home again
Only a few sleep-filled hours later and I am now in New Jersey. Before the House Wives and Jersey Shore - New Jersey was just a place I called home for 18 years. I haven't set foot in my house for 1 and a half years, but it felt like I had never left. The …
Leaving one home for another
Yesterday was my last day of work at the non-profit I have worked with for the past 2 years living in San Francisco. My coworkers gave me a very nice send-off lunch, full of fresh food, good laughs and fond memories. It was weird to clean up my desk and pack up my things with …
Dirty girls do it all the time…
LAUNDRY that is! Living an active lifestyle that involves trips to the gym, pilates classes and bay view runs 6 to 7 days a week, leaves a girl with smelly, sweaty clothes. Yesterday was laundry day, so that meant scrounging for quarters, gathering my clothes and hauling all of them down the street to the …
WIAW – I Baked
I finally bought myself some ground flax seed and decided to make Tina's no oats oatmeal. It tastes just like oatmeal!! It was filling, a great texture, really easy to make and a wonderful source of fiber. As a mid-morning snack I finished off the remains of a Banana Nut Cheerio box and lunch was …
Sure am SORE
The temperature is on the rise here in San Francisco, so a smoothie was in order for Monday's breakfast. I had finished my bag of frozen mango the other day and had to resort to a treasure hunt for other frozen fruit in the depths of the ice box, but I was successful! With the …
nickles and dimes – also known as CHANGE
Sunday's are reserved for moving slower, taking care of errands and lounging in the evening. I did take care of errands, like going to the market, and I did lounge in the evening, but the moving slowly part did not happen. I woke up and ran 5 miles in the beautiful spring sun - but …
Workout in the Park
Saturday's are days for long runs or even the opposite, a lazy elliptical hour, but yesterday I switched up my exercise with Self Magazine's Workout in the Park. First I made an easy, protein packed breakfast in the microwave: 1/2 cup of egg whites, scoop of vanilla protein powder, 1 mashed banana, cinnamon Microwave for 2 …
When you live in San Francisco
You can visit Japan Have a Mexican dinner Enjoy ocean views And be home before the sun goes down, all in a long walk home from work. What do you see on your walk home? Happy Weekend!
You know you’re a runner when…
you get excited to go for a run even when the sky looks like this The weather in San Francisco changes hour to hour and from neighborhood to neighborhood. The sun was out when I left my office downtown, but as the bus travelled home the clouds creeped closer with every stop sign. By the …
Almond Jay 