All posts for the month January, 2011

Aspen: or, El Jebel Really: Sushi Ya Go Go [Updated]

[Update: The second time was better than the first! I had an outstanding white tuna sushi and they made me a RICELESS El Jebel roll! Love them even more:] It’s no secret that I love sushi. However, it struck me that in Aspen I am undeniably landlocked the day I drove past a company advertising [...]

Mental Health WOD: Do Nothing for 2 Minutes

Have you guys seen this site yet? How awesome is this? http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/ Meditation at the computer. Get it where you can!

I’m in the X Games!

OK, maybe not. BUT I am AT the X Games, last week, before they were the X Games officially, and I am trying out this new workout system called RipCoreFX, which X Gamers Gretchen Bleiler, Jen Hudak, Chris Klug, and Peter Olenik all use too. … not that I will ever, ever do anything as [...]

Do RipCoreFX, Win a Gold Medal at the X Games

X Games is in full swing, and so am I! … ok, so maybe you won’t win a gold medal. But Gretchen Bleiler (I have your snowboard pants, Gretchen!), Chris Klug, and Peter Olenik train with RipCore and win gold medals, so … For more X Games info, click here!

Aspen: Honeybee Juice Bar

Just what Aspen needs! Honeybee Organic Juice Bar is a (duh) juice bar that also serves raw treats. This is Chartreuse Juice. It has cucumber, apples, kale, celery, wheatgrass, and lemon. It is awesome!! ($8 for 16 ounce, $6 for 12 ounce) Even more awesome, I went in to Honeybee Organic Juice Bar [which is [...]

Austin: Manuary Party for the Men

I have never heard of this Manuary idea, but as men are occasionally left out here at this blog (you may like my fashion posts a smidge less than the other fabulous things I write), I feel obligated to post. Plus I really like Dulce Vida tequila. Sabia, Criquet Apparel, and Dulce Vida Tequila would [...]

Recipe: Cabbage Soup

This is the best cabbage soup ever. Not that I’ve had a lot of cabbage soup. But it is LEGIT!! It has lots of dairy, so if you are a non-dairy Paleo, you can stop reading. As usual, I started somewhere with someone else’s recipe and modified it like crazy for what I have in [...]

Austin: Wednesday Steak + Frites

Beginning January 26, and offered each Wednesday evening, fabulous restaurant The Carillon will feature a special Steak and Frites menu at $18 per plate. The steaks and frites will vary throughout the season. The first Steak and Frites Night, will feature  7- to 8-ounce Peppercorn-Crusted Beef Shoulder Tender with Twice-Fried Yukon Gold Potatoes and a variety of Argentinean “ketchups.” Other flavorful [...]

Aspen: Everything You Want to Know About the Winter X Games (in pictures)

To watch in Aspen: Spectator Info and map FREE Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert at the base of Aspen Mountain with OutKast rapper Big Boi! Saturday, Jan. 29 at 5:30pm. More music: Thursday – Sunday. Buttermilk Mountain. Aspen, CO. Be there, frozen or no.

95#

My new strict press PR. Set it quite unexpectedly yesterday. Was doing the Lyssa combo, my fallback combo of exercises I need to work on: 5 reps strict press to 5 reps OH squat, 3-5 sets Last time I was in the gym, I bumped it up to 80# for 3 sets, so I did this [...]