All Posts

My first triathlon of the season is a pool tri.  I used to shy away from pool tris because I thought they weren’t as ‘hardcore’ as lake tris, but then I did one and realized that POOL TRIS ARE AMAZING!  They are just as challenging and fun, and you don’t smell like lake water during [...]

Let’s talk about salad dressings.  But not for salads.  For everything else. Salad dressings – in my humble opinion – are the best cooking shortcut in the entire world.  Need a marinade?  Salad dressing.  Need a sauce for that stir-fry?  Salad dressing.  Need a topping for that baked potato?  Salad dressing.  Need to add flavor [...]

I thought about doing a ‘clean eating’ challenge this week.  You see, I’ve kind of fallen off the healthy livin’ wagon. Traveling messed up my eating – my meals were super sporadic and definitely lacking vegetables.  I drank way too much coffee, too much wine, and not enough water.  I slept odd hours (really odd [...]

Lunch at The Cowfish Lisette and Danny were a little amazed by the menu.  Sushi, burgers, burgshi (that’s burger ingredients in sushi form), milkshakes, appetizers, and even custom sushi rolls. Cowfish is so popular that we had a 20 minute wait at the very odd lunch hour of 2:30 PM.  We didn’t mind, though. Lisette [...]

Lots changed while I was away!  The landscapers began our back deck, tearing off the top of the deck and extending it.  Oh, and Henry began to really, truly walk.  No big deal.  Henry has been extremely fascinated by the big boys in the back yard.  They cut down 25 bushes and trees, and then [...]

My little secret for finding vegetarian options on the road:  iPhone maps! I just type “vegetarian” into the search bar and BAM!  I can usually find a great option within a few miles, although sometimes searching for “vegetarian” pulls up chain restaurants that aren’t truly the best vegetarian options (like Macaroni Grill or something).  But [...]

Is Week 3 over already?! In my quest to run, swim, and bike the total Ironman distances over the course of a month, I did four workouts this week, including one double:   Run 4 miles Run 2 miles (speedwork) + 1,000 yard swim Run 2.5 miles Spin class   In contrast, my goals: This [...]

Two LOVES for Jersey. First of all – Wawa.  Amazing. I used to be a self-proclaimed Sheetz lover, but I have firmly switched camp and now pledge my undying devotion to Wawa (they’re both competing gas stations up in the northeast).  I hesitate to even call Wawa a ‘gas station’ because it’s more like a [...]

I had one of those ‘Where did the time go?’ afternoons. I had a long conference call that occupied most of the morning, and by the time I put the phone down, Henry (and I!) needed lunch.  After, I went on a 2.5 mile run and discovered the note that I had written on my [...]

Overheard in spin class: When my instructor said that, I busted out laughing mid-pedal.  That pretty much sums up my training lately.  It’s awesome, but man, it’s a piece of work.  Worth it, though!   After much Internet-sleuthing, calendar-checking, and budget-crunching, here are the triathlons that I hope to complete this spring and summer.    [...]

Remind me to never attempt baking while Henry does pull ups on my yoga pants. Measuring is impossible, and this is the result: Dang. My Pancake Truffles (absolutely my favorite recipe of all time) were supposed to look like this: Yeah. Not so much. On a brighter note, they were still delicious and tasty!  Pretty [...]

Where, oh where did the day go?  All I remember is leaving the house at 9:45, frantic because we were going to be late to Henry’s 9 month appointment.  But we made it!  And then we didn’t come home for nearly 7 hours. Henry’s appointment went well. Still a little squirt, but I don’t think [...]

I have been waxing my eyebrows every two weeks for about 12 years – minus that 60 day period during The Naked Face Project. In all the waxes that I’ve survived – I say survived because it still hurts like hell – I have never had anyone drip wax on me.  But today, I had [...]