Long Weekend: 72 Hours of Fun in Seattle
My friend Elizabeth gave me just the right kick in the rear this morning. As we wandered the downtown farmer’s market, she excitedly turned to …
Athleta Brings Me One Step Closer to Model Status
Does the guidebook to a perfect life exist? Some days, holding my catalogue, I think: “Wouldn’t life be perfect if I could just be an …
Geeky Interactive Map Fun
If I were given a map and dropped naked in the jungle, the results wouldn’t be pretty. Not because I couldn’t fashion rudimentary garments, craft …
The Right Hat Gives Derby Day Confidence
Mint juleps and the run for the roses may make up sport’s most exciting two minutes, but choosing an outfit for a Kentucky Derby party …
Can I Give Mother’s Day a Bye?
I’ve been stomping around in a grumpy funk, stewing over small slights (did he REALLY just leave that coffee cup at the sink instead of …
DFL, DNF, or DIM (Does It Matter?) at the Leatherwood Ultra
I should add another three-letter acronym: WTF. I’m quite sure I uttered the phrase a few times during the uphill climbs on the 2016 Leatherwood …
Just Not Sports Puts Online Harassment on Blast
Do you kiss your mother with those fingers? I’m updating the adage about cursing for the keyboard age. People these days are typing stuff no one …
Plants, Family Traditions, and Rosemary Refrigerator Cookies
No one has ever come to blows at my sister in law’s annual Plant Party but a cactus has been licked. For more than 20 …
Love, Paris Marathon Style
What follows is everything you’d conceivably want to know about my 2016 Paris Marathon. For those who just want the low down and dirty: It …
Would You Commit an Endurance Racer’s Ultimate Sin?
There is one aspect to racing guaranteed to bring me to an absolute Tazmanian devil fever-pitch full-on boil. Cheating. In particular, course cutting. My husband chuckled …