The Tao of Me

As I sat by the pool for 5+ hours on Friday, I kept thinking about the 15-miler I had scheduled on Saturday. I hadn’t been eating very well (I mean, I was on vacation!) and I knew I also hadn’t been drinking enough fluids. Sitting in the sun didn’t help that either. So after lunch [...]

Scottsdale, Day 2 AM = Sun. Pool. Fun. Plan: Get up, have breakfast, hang out by the pool, get to the ballpark by 11 am, enjoy a few innings, come back to the hotel for more pool time. What Actually Happened: 1. We got up and headed to the Regency Club for breakfast. If you’re [...]

Hello from the desert! We arrived late last evening and picked up our powder blue Crown Victoria car rental which told us it was 91 degrees outside at 9 pm. :/ We headed straight to my aunt’s home in the West Valley where my folks are staying (they happen to be coincidentally visiting at the [...]

Workouts: AM: Dailey Method PM: 5 rainy miles It’s been a really long day so this will be short. I ran a tough 5-miles tonight and learned that one shouldn’t eat a tub of salsa and blue corn tortilla chips before a run. I was pretty miserable the entire time. Oh and it rained. No, [...]

I’m back from my first of two Spring Training trips! While it was a lot warmer than I expected (I’m not a fan of hot weather), it was still a lot of fun! Here’s my top 10 favorite photos (in no particular order): {My first view of Scottsdale Stadium. These are the banners that were [...]

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 [...]

Three years ago this week, I was in Europe, visiting Lon-don, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Munich and Dusseldorf. That trip was the reason why I started my blog. While not as far as Europe, this year’s Labor Day trip was to a place just as beautiful — Tahoe! I hadn’t been to Tahoe in about 8 [...]

I had such a great time on my vacation and I’m so sad that its over. While I usually take a summer and winter trip to see the Vancouver relatives, this time there was a specific purpose — to spend some time with my cousin Jenna. Jenna graduated from WSU in the Spring with a [...]