Here's wishing you all the luck in the world this year, a satisfying lent, and plenty of new life come Easter.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
HAPPY MARDI GRAS!
One of our colleagues from New Orleans brought us this King Cake back from the city last week. As luck would have it, my boss got the baby. For some reason, seeing this baby implanted face down in the doughy deliciousness really cracked me up. Thank you Nonna Randazzo's!
Here's wishing you all the luck in the world this year, a satisfying lent, and plenty of new life come Easter.
Here's wishing you all the luck in the world this year, a satisfying lent, and plenty of new life come Easter.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
FINE LADIES OF (BRITISH) FITNESS
Good-bye, January. Frankly, I'm glad you're gone. It was a crazy month at our house with lots of drama which included, but was not limited to: one ambulance ride to the ER, one sudden trip home from a girl's weekend, three cases of the stomach flu (overlapping), and a few intense and somewhat strange meetings with our local school district to see about taking advantage of their special education services for the babe. So other than one great week at the beginning, and one awesome afternoon in Tennessee, I'm pretty much ready to flush it and just start his year anew.
Like everyone in America who has the capacity for sight and hearing, I've been totally inundated with images and stories from magazines to MSN about what fitness strategies people will be using to get in shape this year. And I'm so over it for so many reasons. Yet that doesn't stop me from sitting in front of the TV and googling the best ways to rid your body of cellulite, which is pretty much the most oxymoronic situation I can imagine and EXACTLY how I roll. At any rate, during such a search I came across this article from The Daily Mail. No matter what I do, I just can't seem to steer clear of the Brits these days. It's like my secret Anglophile has suddenly come alive, full force.
Apparently, 80s (British) fitness guru Wendy Stehling has made a comeback of sorts with an updated version of her 1982 tome on hot legs (as in the Rod Stewart version). Here's a link to the article and peek at the cover of her original book. There is seriously nothing like vintage 80s hot pants to inspire a new and previously unattained level of fitness:
The basic premise is walking every day. This is my kind of fitness, lady. But if walking alone doesn't do it for you, if you need something a bit more challenging and lively, I've found the perfect solution right here on our shores. It's a craze started by Ben Aaron (a hilarious reporter-at-large for NBC) via this YouTube video and is sure to make your day, if not your entire fitness routine for 2013. Seriously, just imagining myself busting a dance walk around Austin is enough to make me laugh out loud. I hope you'll do the same. Here's to second chances, and a Wonderful New Year!
Like everyone in America who has the capacity for sight and hearing, I've been totally inundated with images and stories from magazines to MSN about what fitness strategies people will be using to get in shape this year. And I'm so over it for so many reasons. Yet that doesn't stop me from sitting in front of the TV and googling the best ways to rid your body of cellulite, which is pretty much the most oxymoronic situation I can imagine and EXACTLY how I roll. At any rate, during such a search I came across this article from The Daily Mail. No matter what I do, I just can't seem to steer clear of the Brits these days. It's like my secret Anglophile has suddenly come alive, full force.
Apparently, 80s (British) fitness guru Wendy Stehling has made a comeback of sorts with an updated version of her 1982 tome on hot legs (as in the Rod Stewart version). Here's a link to the article and peek at the cover of her original book. There is seriously nothing like vintage 80s hot pants to inspire a new and previously unattained level of fitness:
The basic premise is walking every day. This is my kind of fitness, lady. But if walking alone doesn't do it for you, if you need something a bit more challenging and lively, I've found the perfect solution right here on our shores. It's a craze started by Ben Aaron (a hilarious reporter-at-large for NBC) via this YouTube video and is sure to make your day, if not your entire fitness routine for 2013. Seriously, just imagining myself busting a dance walk around Austin is enough to make me laugh out loud. I hope you'll do the same. Here's to second chances, and a Wonderful New Year!
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