Fabulous French bistro laV is opening today! I love, love, love the Aspen-Austin connection, which I wrote about here. One of my girlfriends was lucky enough to attend all of the pre-pre opening festivities a couple of weeks ago. She scoped it out for all of us, and had this to report: “The ambiance is…
Foot, hamstring, SI joint, neck. Minor/nagging injuries to temporarily life-changing. Ground up in chronological order. I started posting my workouts on the blog as posts, which means they get sent to email subscribers every time I do (sorry about filling your inboxes). It was really convenient for me BUT while one person wrote to say…
Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all 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! Mara’s 24 hours in Newport Beach were … eventful from the whoo whoop…
If there’s anything I love, it’s shopping for a good cause (see: Sevenly). I recently had the pleasure of being introduced to Dave Spandorfer by Jiabei Chen of Ampere. The 25-year-old and his college cross country and track teammate Mike Burnstein launched Janji, a running apparel supplier that benefits countries in need in May of…
Spoiler: You should get some. I have a pair of rose gold Sperrys, pictured, that I wear all the time (they are one of three pair of Sperrys in regular rotation, but I digress). I consider them beat up at this point and even occasionally call them my old man shoes because they have custom orthotics…
And starts being: how. How big? How long? How do I want to live here? Because I can make it here. I have friends and things to do and sports I love and even though certain things have changed—car, CrossFit, co-workers—I am doing it. I am living here in Southern California. The temporary culture shock…
Hey, it’s The Year of Is and this is me being raw, upfront, and honest. Inspired by themiddlefingerproject.org’s 9 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Success, Reality & Being Human, here are mine: 1. I sometimes feel like DailyHap isn’t good enough, and I’m scared that other people are out there reading it thinking it’s bad. 2.…
In the immortal words of Matthew McConaughey in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days*: ladies, frost yourself. Saks Fifth Avenue South Coast Plaza recently played host to a Graff Diamonds showcase. It’s the first time some of the pieces have been shown at all, and definitely the first time in Orange County. These…
We thank everyone for supporting DailyHap here, but I cannot even convey how deep my gratitude and appreciation for my mom’s partnership in this endeavor … beyond what she “invests” (and that’s substantial: not only time, energy, and curiosity, but some all-important $$$), my mom has always had this completely unreasonable expectation that I can…
Summer of 2010, I received this coffee mug from my college roommate. She tracked it down after using a Dunkin’ Donuts reuseable that she described as the best ever, so good she googled the cup manufacturer and ordered these online. They are the best. There is no question. Biggest selling point: the lid seals.…