Saturday, June 5 at 2 pm at House Park, 1301 Shoal Creek Boulevard. Charlie Hodge, radio personality from KLBJ 93.7 FM, as this year’s announcer. Blondes vs. Brunettes is just five days away! And YOU can WIN tickets–not a pair, but a freakin’ FOUR PACK–by entering a sweet little comment below. Tell me your natural…
Month: May 2010
GOOD LUCK!
All the cool kids are at the South Central Regional at GSX in Fort Worth competing this weekend! There will be streaming live coverage all day Saturday and Sunday at http://live.crossfit.com. I am SO bummed I can’t be there to watch, but between the streaming coverage and CrossFit Central’s twitter stream and SicFit.com, I’m pretty…
Austin: Memorial Day Weekend’s What to Do
FareCompare had me write a Guest Post on what to do for Memorial Day Weekend. Part of it is excerpted below, and I’ve got two more shindigs added to the bottom of the list: Memorial Day weekend in Austin means one thing: the lake. Austin’s hot summers call for long days spent in and on…
Austin: Johanna Esper Beauty Grand Opening
Johanna Esper Beauty, part of the Daisical Industries Grand Opening Party this Saturday, May 29. Noon – 10p. Everyone knows how much I love Johanna–well, join her in celebrating the grand opening of her new space, and receive a special discount coupon to use at your next appointment! Daisical Industries is a cooperative comprised of…
Turmeric Turmeric everywhere!
Dr. Mercola produced a huge segment on the yellow powder today: turmeric. He discusses its myriad of health benefits, and then addresses what we all REALLY want to know: how does it make me more beautiful? Curcuminoids support important blood and liver functions, healthy joints, and your overall well-being,* which in turn helps promote radiant,…
Aspen: Plastics Make Food & Wine Possible?
Honestly, this is probably the number one thing people said to me as I started talking about being in Aspen for part of the summer — “Oh, are you going to Food & Wine?” Well, no. Hopefully we can spring for a locals’ tasting, or at least hit up a cool afterparty. Unless, of course,…
Aspen: Lance’s Bike Classic September 26
Like me, the man in the yellow jersey calls both Aspen and Austin home. While Austin may hold his Mellow Johnny’s and Juan Pelota establishments, Aspen is now home to his Wapiyapi Classic, a 25-mile or 50-mile bike race with a $200 fundraising requirement. What’s a Wapiyapi? Wapiyapi is the Lakota Sioux word for “healing”.…
Overtraining?
As usual, trainer extraordinaire Dutch Lowy has hit the nail on the head … overtraining? He lists 8 potential examples in his overtraining post. I am posting the ones that pertain to me: Your _____ has started bothering you when you do ____. (insert body part and specific movement) Shoulder & rotator cuff / anything…
Austin: Sex & The City 2 Parties!
Sex & The City 2 Sex & The City 2 Sex & The City 2 … I just can’t wait!! Carrie On at The Belmont Neither can The Belmont … They have a Carrie On Week planned, where you get all glammed up, grab your gal pals, and let your inner Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or…
More on Turmeric’s Benefits
It’s all the rage these days! After my post on spices last week, I posed a question about how in the world to use turmeric. So obviously I was thrilled to see that Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple devoted a whole post today to the health benefits of turmeric! Lisa assured me that turmeric…