Yeah, a free public lecture from the Aspen Physics Institute on finding true love entitled Birds do it, Bees do it: Physics and the art of attracting a mate. Lecturer Eric Dufresne wants to know how things work. His laboratory investigates the physics underlying materials and biology. On a given day, you could find him…
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How to Lick a Bowl
Dad sends me the “awwww cute puppies/kittehs/baby animals doing cute things!” emails about once a week. I usually delete them. This one, however, struck a chord. What I REALLY thought was: “hey! that’s what I look like when I bake!” flb
Austin: TnT Brunch is Dynamite!
OK, that was the obvious pun, right? But brunch at Tacos n Tequila, in the Gables Pressler on 5th Street, is THAT GOOD. This is my plate at TnT.That’s ceviche, salad, fruit salad, mushrooms and yellow squash, polenta, migas, guacamole, and teeny-tiny homemade flour tortillas (heaven). These are the homemade sweet potato chips. Yep, sweet…
My First 14er / Day 7 of Burpee Challenge
I hiked my first 14er!! Mount Massive outside of Leadville, Colorado. At 14,400 feet, Mount Massive is Colorado’s second-tallest 14er. We took the steeper route, where we climbed 4,000 feet in 4 miles, but the first 1.5 miles were pretty flat, so it was more like 3,500 vertical feet in 2.5 miles. Which is tough.…
Aspen: Bentley’s Bloody Mary Bar
You take this: Add what you want from this: And you get: Oh, there’s no photo. Because I ate too many pickled things (Dilled brussel sprouts? Texas pickled okra? Pickled garlic? Spicy pickled pickles?) and drank just one Bloody Mary and got tipsy. The Vermonster has been telling me I shouldn’t go to Bentley’s since…
Austin: Cupcake Smackdown 2.0
Last year’s crazy cupcake party had us all smashed into One 2 One Bar on a hot summer day stuffing ourselves with sugar. This year’s event expands to Le Cordon Bleu, 3110 Esperanza Crossing Suite 100 and The Westin, 11301 Domain Drive. Vendors and activities located at the Le Cordon Bleu will be held indoors…
Nothin’ like a little crossfittin’ to de-stress
This week has been an insane one. Like, beyond normal I’m-really-busy-and-have-lots-of-things-to-do insane, and into I’m-walking-the-dog-and-burst-out-into-tears insane. It’s mostly of my own making, but nonetheless I am generally very good at keeping things as low stress as possible over here, but this week I failed. I wasn’t even sure I’d have time to work out today,…
Is that really good for you?
From EndlessBeauty.com this month: Join EndlessBeauty.com in the Give Health Clean Water Blogivation by voting on AND sharing this blog post: http://bit.ly/b6opDb Alcohol can be good for you … Elvis Month includes tips like How to Drink Smart, with a calories-in-alcohol chart Booze is beneficial to skin? Yes, you can cleanse yourself in beer ……
Don’t Judge Yourself Through Someone Else’s Eyes
These stickies have been great lately! Love ThingsWeForget.blogspost.com.
Around the Fitness Horn: Mental Toughness
What is Mental Toughness? That Burgener family has got it going on, they are some smart cookies. The letter Sage posted from her brother really made me think: am I committed to things that I want to be committed to? My fave line from the whole thing: they decided it was what they wanted, and…