“She’s my little whiskey girl …” No, that song wasn’t written about me, but were I an actual celeb, maybe? Point is I am decidedly not a vodka person. I’ve said before that if you see me drinking a vodka soda, you know I’m trying to be drunk (that night) and skinny (in life, not…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Epic Saturday. 24 hours and 5 minutes later, we recovered. Yep. CrossFit. Even at 6am. Yes, I voluntarily showed up at 6am to work…
Only in SoCal … [sneaky compliment or insult edition]
People. Despite my sad real talk about moving, which is real, I’m also ridiculously happy here. So happy that I’m going to Compliment-or-Insult my new home … wait, let’s not lie. I’m going to insult it. There is craziness going down in Southern California, and it deserves to be called out, made fun of, and insulted.…
Can I Really Make It Here?
When I moved to Aspen, failure was not an option. Sure, I did the whole trying-it-out-for-a-month thing, but that was a trial run for what I knew was inevitable: that I was moving to Aspen with the Vermonster, who was living out a dream. So failure wasn’t an option so long as I wanted to…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! My bike! Though I’m also in the market for a beach cruiser. Yoga. And Doga. Lying dawg one legged stretch pose Plans to look…
Women, Get It Together
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In launches today, and like any other plugged-in, ambitious twentysomething, I pre-ordered it and can’t wait to rip into the book that should be sitting in my mailbox right now. I find women’s workplace dynamics so interesting, and while that’s not the focus on Sandberg’s book per se, it’s certainly a part of…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Sports. Thank god for sports. How else would I make friends? Cali in Cali, Tim Tim Tom, and Tim Tom Tom Obligatory I am…
FaceMate and The Bachelor and a Spoiler
Aside from when Austinite/bar-owner/friend-of-friends Brad Womack was the Bachelor (erm, twice), and a tabloid paid me money to spy on him (yes!), I pay very little attention to The Bachelor. I do, however, love love, dating, and all that jazz. So this press release arrived, and I laughed out loud: “In advance of The Bachelor’s final episode [which…
Let’s Get Real: Moving to a New Place Solo (Sometimes) Sucks
I’ve talked about making new friends in Austin and Aspen, but both times it was while I had friends. In other words, I’m a preachy idiot. For all my pretty beach photos and happy community talk, let’s get real: moving somewhere by yourself with no friends (ok, I have one friend) sucks. Most of the…
The Only SXSW List that could ever compete …
… with my infamous spreadsheet. Back before SXSW was corporate and too-cool. Hey, everyone has to grow up, I’m not complaining. I’m just sayin’. Anyway, for the best party list around, click over to Sperry Media SXSW 2013 Party List. As for those of you who wrote in asking for The Spreadsheet, thanks for the…