An Austinite—home of Yeti—who likes Corkcicle better?! Blasphemy! Yes, all the insulated mugs do their jobs well. THIS one, however, has triple-vacuum sealed layers for 20% more coolness (they say). Here’s why Corkcicle is my fave: Design. The shape is great, and easier to hold, and more distinctive. Sizes. I love their sizes, from the…
OMG! On a rainy Sunday morning in Newport Beach, I woke up, made coffee, and strolled over to Lido Marina Village with Denali. Remiss in visiting the up-and-coming, completely revamped village/nabe/new shopping center, I can’t believe it took me so long to get over there. It’s absolutely adorable! And the shops. Oh, the shops. The…
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.…
For an advisory position I’m fulfilling this coming week (more about that later!), I had to list my favorite places. As I sat down with both Austin and Aspen categories, I realized that the majority of my fave places are fitness-and-outdoors-related. No surprise, right? In Aspen: Bleeker Street, King Yoga, Rio Grande Trail, Jimmy’s, and…
Over at xlyssa.com, I posted a roundup of summer fitness tanks I just have to have, which got me started thinking … pretty much all I wear all summer is tanks. Fitness or fancy, top or dress, I love tanks! So here’s a fab summer roundup of classic racerback tanks (including my fitness faves). Make…
Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous! As many of you do, I read A LOT of blogs. Across a lot…
Swag abounds during SXSW, so how does a company set itself out from the noise? Yak Pak–yes, the backpack staple–let its stylish, functional tote bags do the talking. They sweetly sent me one after SX to take for a spin, and after I used it as a weekender this past weekend, I can say that…
A lot of people like the sound of rain. Here are my five favorite sounds: 1. Cleats on pavement 2. Basketball through a chain link net 3. Waves 4. Laughter 5. Traffic rushing by overhead when you’re under a bridge What are yours?
It’s a confusing bit of mathematical dining calculations, but basically Stortini’s lounge in the back–the Red House Lounge–was a much bigger success than the restaurant she sat in. So they closed Stortini Bistro. Then, the popular neighborhood bar stole the finer points of its sister restaurant, uh, the pizza, and expanded into the entire space.…
I feel like I’m an open book, but sometimes people say things like, “I NEVER would have guessed [x] about you!” That I LOVE BRITNEY SPEARS is one of those things. People, I stood by her when she popped out two kids, married K-Fed (I even LIKED K-Fed!), shaved her head, hit a papazo (isn’t…