The Tao of Me

Here are some favorites from last week’s annual birthday/Christmas shopping trip to New York: Bakeries I have been eating a bland diet since September and fully planned to indulge after CIM. I may not have been able to finish the race, but I was determined to reward myself for months and months of training. My [...]

It’s the last night of my mini-vacation and I find myself staying in a little town north of Seattle. My cousin Riley’s Little League team made it to the State tournament and is being held in this little town I’ve never heard of before. The rest of the family headed north yesterday but Jenna and [...]

Vancouver is a beautiful city that I’ve been to quite a number of times, the first time dating back to high school. I’ve visited a lot of the touristy stuff, like Stanley Park, the Capilano Suspension Bridge, etc. Most recently, I’d been there a few times for business travel, so I was somewhat familiar with [...]

Okay I’m back. It’s been a busy, busy month so far and I have lots to blog about. But first I want to pick up where I left off, and finish recapping my weekend in New York. I mean, the whole purpose of the trip was to visit Woodbury Commons, so I must write about [...]

I’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving in San Francisco since my college days. Hawai’i was too far to travel to, so I’d always come to my aunt and uncle’s home here in the Bay. It was during those visits that I decided I wanted to live in the Bay Area. Every year, on the day after Thanksgiving, [...]

My alarm went off at 5:03 am, way too soon. I pressed snooze twice before dragging myself out of bed at 5:21 am. I groggily made myself a bowl of cereal and ate it with an empty stare nowhere. Usually, once I’m up, I’m up and moving. But this time I just felt like everything [...]

My training scheduled called for a 6-miler on the last Saturday before my marathon, so I thought, why not run a 10K race? It would be good practice to go through the process of preparing for a race. Coincidentally, there was a Mermaid race on the exact day. I ran my first Mermaid race last [...]

A common trait that people always seem to write on their resumes is “able to multi-task.” Employers often look at this as a good thing – that one is productive and can get many things done at once. But I believe, multi-tasking isn’t always great. When you try to do too much at once, you [...]

Today I ran 11 miles in 1:59:16 and felt pretty darn good! Preparation for today’s run began last night. I stocked my freezer with ice (for a post-run ice bath) and my fridge with ready-made food for lunch. The plan was to spend the evening winding down from the work week and be in bed [...]

As the Winter Olympics nears, I have been anxiously awaiting to see what Lululemon had in store for the Olympics. If you didn’t know, Lulu is headquartered in Vancouver, BC so I knew that they had to have something great planned to celebrate the Olympics being in Vancouver. I’ve been so anxious that I’ve been [...]