Pop Culture

Mellow Weekend

July 23, 2011

I’m up early on a Saturday and feel like I should be getting ready to go for a run (or to the gym), but it’s a rest day. I barely know what to do with myself. This time last Saturday I was starting the 4-hour drive from Vancouver, WA to north Seattle. We had a [...]

Tagged as: LIfe

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It All Ended Last Night…

July 15, 2011

My cousin Jenna is a teacher in China and is home for a few weeks for summer vacation so I’m spending a few days visiting her and the family in Vancouver, Washington. It’s been a busy few days so far: – the night that I arrived, her younger brother Riley and his Little League All-Star [...]

Tagged as: Pop Culture, Travel

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How I Spent the 4th of July Weekend

July 5, 2011

Friday Night Went to the movies and saw this: Instead of theatre food, we snuck sushi into the theatre. I’m sure the people around me loved smelling my spicy tuna rolls, but way better than the gross nachos they serve there, right? However, my cousin did get some popcorn and I ate a few using [...]

Tagged as: Eats, Pop Culture, Running, San Francisco

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N.K.O.T.B.S.B.

November 22, 2010

I revisited the 9th grade by watching this several times today: Oh yes, I did. And I’ll also be at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on July 2, 2011. One night, once in a lifetime.

Tagged as: Music

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Friends, Fun and Fashion

January 21, 2010

First let me start by saying Happy Thursday! Only 2 more days to the weekend! If you’ve read my blog from 2 Springs ago, you will know that I am a huge fan, HUGE fan of Sex and the City. When the SATC movie came out in May 2008, I was in heaven! My cousin [...]

Tagged as: Cross-Training, Pop Culture, Recipes, Sleep, Swimming

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The Opposite of Doing Nothing

January 14, 2010

After a weekend of doing nothing, I’m now having a super busy…and stressful week. Lots of meetings and commitments, some of which have thrown me off my normal schedule. And I’m a creature of habit, when my routine changes, I get out of sync. So how do I deal with it? – Anticipate and plan [...]

Tagged as: Recipes

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Memorable Moments of 2009

December 31, 2009

I’ve been writing a blog since 2007 and at the end of the past couple of years, I take some time to go back and read through what I wrote over the previous 12 months – sometimes even farther back than that. Its so much fun to relive the moments. This is a recap of [...]

Tagged as: Baseball, Blog, Motivation, Races, San Francisco Giants, Swimming

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American Idiot

October 7, 2009

My two BFF’s (Mik and Chris), and I are die-hard Green Day fans. American Idiot is probably my favorite album of all time. Its a rock opera, so we knew at some point, it HAD to be made into a musical show. Sure enough, the musical is now playing at the Berkeley Theatre, and I [...]

Tagged as: Music

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