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April 9, 2012

Here’s a little PSA Tip for you: Your average mattress is only good for 5-7 years. Yeah, I had no idea either and my mattress is almost 14 years old. FOURTEEN! I should have gone through 2 or 3 mattresses by now, which probably explains why, for the past several months I’ve been waking up [...]

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NY Trip Highlights

December 13, 2011

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 [...]

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Week 47

November 28, 2011

Tuesday, November 22 AM: 1-hour (6-miles exactly) Easy Run PM: Bikram Yoga Wednesday, November 23 Since this was the last day of work before the long holiday weekend, I worked from home and was able to spread my workouts out over the course of the day (and still get in a full day’s work): AM: [...]

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Medals and Bibs

August 5, 2011

Over the course of the past 2 1/2 years I have accumulated a lot of race medals and bibs. At first I had them all in shadow boxes. I used the race bibs as wallpaper in the shadow box, pinned with the safety pins used in the race, then pinned the medals in front of [...]

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Jasmania

March 10, 2011

Wednesday’s Workout: AM: Spin I had an early morning meeting that required me to be in the office by 7:30 am. And I couldn’t workout after work because it was also little Jasmine’s 5th birthday (cousin’s kid) and we had a family dinner planned. So, I found myself at the gym when the doors opened [...]

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New York Trip Part 2: Woodbury Commons

December 14, 2010

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 [...]

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New York Trip

December 6, 2010

It all started like this 3 weeks ago during a conversation between my cousin Michi and I: Michi: When are you coming back to NY? I feel a Woodbury Commons trip is in order! Me: Those are dangerous, dangerous words…you just opened up a can of worms…I’ll text you later today to discuss. Michi: Did [...]

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Black Friday

November 27, 2010

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, [...]

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