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Fifty Shades of Wine

“There is not enough wine for this movie,” I say to my friend, nestled into an exceptionally comfy lounge chair next to me at a luxury theater in Laguna Niguel called Cinepolis. We’ve already sampled EL James’ 50 Shades of Grey red wine, which is $15 a glass or $55 a bottle and not worth it,…

Feel Good Friday 020615 | Oh, Universe

Oh, Universe. You are hilarious. One minute I’m posting about how happy I am to have my health, and the next I’m vomiting and pooping in quick succession—too quick if you know what I mean—for hours on end, sleeping next to the toilet (is my face ON the toilet? too sick to care), and then…

You Betta Work

Gainzzzzz are exciting. Not every day in the gym is exciting, or even a good day. And this coming from someone who loves the gym. The boring days are important too. Boring like this photo.

I’m Happy.

My startup website DailyHap.com turns three years old today! The plan was hatched as Nali and I were living in a 200-square-foot room in a B&B in Aspen, the website was formed and developed in my most favorite apartment ever in Aspen, and the site strategy, content, and audience continued to grow as I moved…

Feel Good Friday 013015 | Health & Energy

My mom tells the following story about me that illustrates perfectly my gratitude for this week. Living in Austin, they brought me and my brother to Barton Springs pool for the first time. I ran up to the railings that overlook the natural wonder (pictured in case you haven’t seen it for yourself but NONE of…

All White Errrrrythang

When you spend much of your life in the gym aka consuming protein shakes, you gotta get it right. You’re already using SFH grassfed whey (10% off with code ‘lifein’ which basically = free shipping), but your shake needs might be becoming unwieldy. I recently bought the genius ProStak BlenderBottle from SFH (here, $14) and…

Feel Good Friday 012315 | Puppy Love

This Friday, I feel grateful for Denali. You knew that was coming. But lately I’ve had this irrational fear that she’s going to die and LEAVE ME and I COULDN’T POSSIBLY HANDLE THAT. This dawg has been with me through 10 homes in 3 states in the past 8 years. She’s been through hot Texas summers,…

Gainzzzz (or, Thanks Power Athlete HQ!)

If progress motivates … I am at full motivation. About 2.5 months ago, I started working out at a “regular gym” (ie, not a CrossFit gym), following Power Athlete’s CrossFit Football Amateur programming pretty closely (my roommate is CFFB/Power Athlete staff and amazing at life/lifting, so this is helpful). The main reasons: I want to…

Africa’s Secret …

Look, I know every so often I get all excited about a beauty product and proclaim, “this is IT!” But, y’all, this is IT.* Magic cream. With a funny name. I’m pretty sure I bought it mainly because it’s funny that it’s called Africa’s Secret and I love all the dirty hippie ingredients in it,…