I like some of it (like the ones on Bravo) in small doses, but most of them seem like they are full of untalented and unremarkable people who have "Look at Meeee!" syndrome and are fame whores. Fortunately, I don't really watch TV much, so I don't have to watch it!
Friday, September 16, 2011
What Happened to Sunday?
This post was started on Sunday, but I'm just finishing it now! It's been a crazy week and I was meaning to add some photos to this to make it less boring, but that just didn't happen.
My Sunday was productive, but it slipped away from me. I woke up early and made my usual smoothie and then went back to sleep until 8:15. That's crazy for me. I would have lazed around, but I needed to get my rear end down to The Fillmore to get tickets without those pesky surcharges! I nabbed tickets for my friend and me to go to Stevie Nicks, The Bangles, and Peter Murphy/She Wants Revenge and saved about $38 for each of us. Yay for being OCD.
Then I headed over to New People in Japantown to have one of their Blue Bottle lattes and continue reading Born to Run. My half marathon and upcoming marathon training are nothing compared to the distances that these people run so effortlessly. (150 miles in Death Valley in July? Crazy.) It was nice to just hang out a while before the icky part of my day.
The icky part of my day consisted of cleaning out one closet, which turned into two clothes closests AND four clothing drawers. I have five (FIVE) leaf bags full of clothes and shoes plus another one of trash (underwear, lame socks, etc.). Can you say "hoarder"? I have no idea how all this crap fit. Before it gets all jacked up again, I'm going to The Container Store and buying some organizers for the drawers and the closets.
The rest of the week was taken up with running workouts, a Yelp Elite Party, and a yoga class where I was finally able to do an arm pose...the Firefly...minus the straight legs. (Now if I can ever do the Crane, I'll know I've progressed!)
XOXO
My Sunday was productive, but it slipped away from me. I woke up early and made my usual smoothie and then went back to sleep until 8:15. That's crazy for me. I would have lazed around, but I needed to get my rear end down to The Fillmore to get tickets without those pesky surcharges! I nabbed tickets for my friend and me to go to Stevie Nicks, The Bangles, and Peter Murphy/She Wants Revenge and saved about $38 for each of us. Yay for being OCD.
Then I headed over to New People in Japantown to have one of their Blue Bottle lattes and continue reading Born to Run. My half marathon and upcoming marathon training are nothing compared to the distances that these people run so effortlessly. (150 miles in Death Valley in July? Crazy.) It was nice to just hang out a while before the icky part of my day.
The icky part of my day consisted of cleaning out one closet, which turned into two clothes closests AND four clothing drawers. I have five (FIVE) leaf bags full of clothes and shoes plus another one of trash (underwear, lame socks, etc.). Can you say "hoarder"? I have no idea how all this crap fit. Before it gets all jacked up again, I'm going to The Container Store and buying some organizers for the drawers and the closets.
The rest of the week was taken up with running workouts, a Yelp Elite Party, and a yoga class where I was finally able to do an arm pose...the Firefly...minus the straight legs. (Now if I can ever do the Crane, I'll know I've progressed!)
XOXO
Review - Born to Run
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougallMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm a runner and really loved this book, but I don't think you have to be a runner to appreciate and enjoy the real life "characters," the narration of the races(some that are 100 miles long and in scorching heat), the research and science behind what makes humans natural endurance runners, and the spirit behind the Tarahumara and others who take up ultra running. It's motivated me to look further into the ultra runners mentioned in the book and maybe take up trail running in addition to my regular road runs.
I'm not sure if I'm 100% sold on the barefoot running fad, so I would probably only try that if I was experiencing constant injuries or pain (which is what prompted the author to write this book in the first place). Give this book a try even if you don't run!
View all my reviews
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Where would you travel if you could go anywhere in the world?
I'd go to Fiji. I've never been there, but those little houses over the water look so relaxing!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
What's your favorite app on your mobile phone?
Twitter for iPhone is my favorite, but I'm also a fan of Instagram, Yelp, and Pinterest.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Weekly Workout & New Wave!
Sorry it's been a while since an official update, but it's been busy and I received some bad news this weekend about a friend's health, so I just wasn't up to blogging.
I'm feeling better now, so here's a little bit of what I've been doing. First, half marathon training is still on track and I made every workout on the original schedule, but I tweaked some of the original cross training that I planned.
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Fartlek)
Tuesday -Strength Training Class (60 minutes) I was waiting for a call from my doctor and only needed 55 minutes of cardio, so I did the elliptical & recumbent bike for 55 minutes so I wouldn't have to miss his call & start over.
Wednesday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Thursday -Strength Training Class (60 minutes) I ended up taking a Yoga class (60 minutes)
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Run (9 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Sunday - Run (5 miles Easy)
Saturday was super busy since I had a long run and then I needed to be at the SF Ferry Building in time to check that my Clipper card was loaded for the ride over to Sausalito for the art festival. Good thing I got there early and checked it because the line for the machine was crazy later and we barely made the ferry as it was.
I know you're asking why we almost missed the ferry if I got there so early (11:10AM for a noon ferry). Well, my friend and I waited in line for 40 minutes (yes, 40 minutes) for lattes from Blue Bottle. It was delicious (and pretty....see below), but seriously, I would never have waited if we hadn't been waiting for a noon ferry.
We had to stand on our way to Sausalito because the ferry was PACKED, but it was only 30 minutes and the weather was nice.
We got to the festival too late to see Men Without Hats, but made it in time to see all of The Romantics. I like their two hits from the 80's, but everything else sounded the same to me. No matter because the audience was way into them.
After wandering around looking for food (I was starving after a 9 mile run and only some chocolate soy milk for recovery), we settled on some mediocre pizza. I would have preferred the gyro, but the line was too long. Crab cakes were our second option, but the woman was kind of bitchy, so we moved over to pizza.
The main reason we went to the festival was to see The Human League. I'd seen them a few years ago at Red Devil Lounge and they were AWESOME. This show was no exception.
Here was the setlist:
1. Never Let Me Go
2. Open Your Heart
3. Sound of the Crowd
4. Heart Like a Wheel
5. The Lebanon
6. Egomaniac
7. Empire State Human
8. Night People
9. Human
10. Love Action
11. All I Ever Wanted
12. Tell Me When
13. (Keep Feeling) Fascination
14. Mirror Man
15. Don't You Want Me?
Encore:
16. Being Boiled
17. Electric Dreams
Songs #1 & #8 were from their new album, which I'm totally buying because the songs were fantastic! Sometimes you just want a band to stick with their strengths and not try to create something totally new and that's what the new songs were like.
Here's a link to the one I really liked ("Night People"). (Sorry, but there's an ad at the beginning.)
The rest of the weekend I spent at my parents with a little trip to Bodega Bay to The Tides Restaurant for Dad's birthday.
Tonight I'm off to dinner in Los Gatos and then Tears for Fears at Mountain Winery. Tomorrow I need to do a 10 mile run, so hopefully I get enough rest tonight!
Have a great weekend! What are you up to?
XOXO
I'm feeling better now, so here's a little bit of what I've been doing. First, half marathon training is still on track and I made every workout on the original schedule, but I tweaked some of the original cross training that I planned.
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Fartlek)
Tuesday -
Wednesday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Thursday -
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Run (9 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Sunday - Run (5 miles Easy)
Saturday was super busy since I had a long run and then I needed to be at the SF Ferry Building in time to check that my Clipper card was loaded for the ride over to Sausalito for the art festival. Good thing I got there early and checked it because the line for the machine was crazy later and we barely made the ferry as it was.
I know you're asking why we almost missed the ferry if I got there so early (11:10AM for a noon ferry). Well, my friend and I waited in line for 40 minutes (yes, 40 minutes) for lattes from Blue Bottle. It was delicious (and pretty....see below), but seriously, I would never have waited if we hadn't been waiting for a noon ferry.
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| Blue Bottle Latte |
We had to stand on our way to Sausalito because the ferry was PACKED, but it was only 30 minutes and the weather was nice.
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| Not the best shot, but it was crowded & we were moving! |
After wandering around looking for food (I was starving after a 9 mile run and only some chocolate soy milk for recovery), we settled on some mediocre pizza. I would have preferred the gyro, but the line was too long. Crab cakes were our second option, but the woman was kind of bitchy, so we moved over to pizza.
The main reason we went to the festival was to see The Human League. I'd seen them a few years ago at Red Devil Lounge and they were AWESOME. This show was no exception.
Here was the setlist:
1. Never Let Me Go
2. Open Your Heart
3. Sound of the Crowd
4. Heart Like a Wheel
5. The Lebanon
6. Egomaniac
7. Empire State Human
8. Night People
9. Human
10. Love Action
11. All I Ever Wanted
12. Tell Me When
13. (Keep Feeling) Fascination
14. Mirror Man
15. Don't You Want Me?
Encore:
16. Being Boiled
17. Electric Dreams
Songs #1 & #8 were from their new album, which I'm totally buying because the songs were fantastic! Sometimes you just want a band to stick with their strengths and not try to create something totally new and that's what the new songs were like.
Here's a link to the one I really liked ("Night People"). (Sorry, but there's an ad at the beginning.)
Tonight I'm off to dinner in Los Gatos and then Tears for Fears at Mountain Winery. Tomorrow I need to do a 10 mile run, so hopefully I get enough rest tonight!
Have a great weekend! What are you up to?
XOXO
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
What is the most difficult job you can think of?
Heart surgeon. It would be delicate, detailed work that would require several hours of concentration and standing on your feet plus the added stress of knowing that you held someone's life in your hands.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
What's the best afternoon snack?
Greek yogurt with a little fruit and Barbara's Puffins cereal. It fills me up and it's high in protein, so it helps me make it through my workout!
Monday, August 29, 2011
What's for Breakfast on Monday
Yum! Pumpkin overnight oats with sunflower seed butter.
Delish!
I finally bought a recipe box yesterday so I could get rid of all these random magazines, pieces of paper, and scribbled recipes. That'll be today's project during work breaks.
I'm looking forward to a three-day weekend coming for Labor Day and my first long-ish run of this training on Saturday. I don't have too much extracurricular planned this week, but I might try to hit SFMOMA or the Legion of Honor.
Have a great week!
How was your weekend?
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Delish!
I finally bought a recipe box yesterday so I could get rid of all these random magazines, pieces of paper, and scribbled recipes. That'll be today's project during work breaks.
I'm looking forward to a three-day weekend coming for Labor Day and my first long-ish run of this training on Saturday. I don't have too much extracurricular planned this week, but I might try to hit SFMOMA or the Legion of Honor.
Have a great week!
How was your weekend?
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
In Bed...
It's Sunday morning at 8:41 and I'm just going to laze around in bed for a while. I've been up for a while and already had my oatmeal spinach smoothie and was going to just stay here and do my run later. However, once I heard the fog horns and started thinking about how nice it is to run Fisherman's Wharf in the fog with no tourists out, I got dressed and did my run for today (4 miles).
A lot of people don't like the fog, but I love this weather. The only thing I don't like is wind! Here are a couple of shots during a quick photo stop at 3 miles at Aquatic Park. Cool, right?
This week's workouts went pretty much as planned except Thursday, but I still completed everything on the schedule. Next week the running mileage will start to climb!
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/5 minutes Tempo)
Tuesday - Strength Training Class (60 minutes)
Wednesday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Thursday -Strength Training Class Cardio (55 minutes - Elliptical, Stationary Bike, Stair Climber)
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Recovery Run (5 miles Easy)
Sunday - Run (4 miles Easy)
I didn't really go out this week...shocker! I think I was burned out after months of going out 3-4 nights a week. I'm also suffering from allergies and sinus headaches that just wear me out. I did manage to finish two great books. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (a re-read of a childhood book that's on my 101 in 1001 list) and The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton. The Lock Artist kept me riveted, so I'll definitely be looking for some of his other books.
I haven't done much cooking this week except experimenting with different smoothie recipes. This one is the same as my oatmeal smoothie, but without the oatmeal. Instead I added spinach and Trader Joe's frozen three berry medley (with Barbara's Puffins in Cinnamon flavor on top). The taste was good, but I'm not into the seeds in my teeth from the blackberries in the fruit.
Yesterday I went to a birthday luncheon at Golden River Seafood Restaurant at Geary and 23rd. My friend's mother passed away last year and this would have been her 80th birthday, so he generously included me in the celebration. I really need to do a review of this place on Yelp to get their score up. Three stars isn't a bad score, but I would put it in the four stars category. I'm still not drinking (today is day 30 with no alcohol!), but they actually comped about ten large bottles of beer because my friend is such a good customer.
OK, I'm rambling now. I cleaned out a huge cupboard in the kitchen yesterday along with two carts, so today I'm going to tackle either my clothing drawers or one of my clothes closets after my massage and spa time later. If I have time, I might make the peanut butter scone recipe I found.
Have an awesome Sunday!
XOXO
A lot of people don't like the fog, but I love this weather. The only thing I don't like is wind! Here are a couple of shots during a quick photo stop at 3 miles at Aquatic Park. Cool, right?
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| You can't even see Alcatraz behind that big ship! |
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| View of Fisherman's Wharf |
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/5 minutes Tempo)
Tuesday - Strength Training Class (60 minutes)
Wednesday - Run (5 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo)
Thursday -
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Recovery Run (5 miles Easy)
Sunday - Run (4 miles Easy)
I didn't really go out this week...shocker! I think I was burned out after months of going out 3-4 nights a week. I'm also suffering from allergies and sinus headaches that just wear me out. I did manage to finish two great books. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (a re-read of a childhood book that's on my 101 in 1001 list) and The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton. The Lock Artist kept me riveted, so I'll definitely be looking for some of his other books.
I haven't done much cooking this week except experimenting with different smoothie recipes. This one is the same as my oatmeal smoothie, but without the oatmeal. Instead I added spinach and Trader Joe's frozen three berry medley (with Barbara's Puffins in Cinnamon flavor on top). The taste was good, but I'm not into the seeds in my teeth from the blackberries in the fruit.
Yesterday I went to a birthday luncheon at Golden River Seafood Restaurant at Geary and 23rd. My friend's mother passed away last year and this would have been her 80th birthday, so he generously included me in the celebration. I really need to do a review of this place on Yelp to get their score up. Three stars isn't a bad score, but I would put it in the four stars category. I'm still not drinking (today is day 30 with no alcohol!), but they actually comped about ten large bottles of beer because my friend is such a good customer.
OK, I'm rambling now. I cleaned out a huge cupboard in the kitchen yesterday along with two carts, so today I'm going to tackle either my clothing drawers or one of my clothes closets after my massage and spa time later. If I have time, I might make the peanut butter scone recipe I found.
Have an awesome Sunday!
XOXO
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Why Am I Working?!
Today is a rare sunny, warm day in San Francisco. I took advantage of that (and my supervisor being on a long lunch) and took a walk to the Ferry Building for lunch.
I picked up some Carrot & Ginger soup and a Hijiki & Soybean salad from Delica, one of my favorite spots. Their food is tasty and nutritious. The soup tastes so decadent, but there's no cream or milk in it. It's just carrots, onion puree, and ginger.
I couldn't be too healthy, so I eneded up having a scoop of Ciao Bella gelato (Belgian Chocolate S'mores flavor). I started eating it before it started to melt and didn't get a shot of it. I did get a shot of my view of Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge.
After that I walked around Sur La Table looking at all the cool cooking stuff (*sigh*) and then made my way back to the office.
All that and I was only gone an hour!
Hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday!
XOXO
P.S. I posted this via e-mail and I had to recreate most of this post and it reformatted where I had the photos positioned, so sorry about that. Live and learn on Blogger!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Me the Mummy
Here's a photo of me being wrapped like a mummy at our company picnic (with my co-workers faces obscured by my very talented spray paint job). Our team lost this round, but ended up coming back strong at the end and winning the whole thing! (Payoff: Movie tickets....two for each of us!)
Some might say this is my best look...
Some might say this is my best look...
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| Looks a little like a Vivienne Westwood, no? |
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Week in Workouts
It's Sunday and I finally got a good night's sleep. I had a major headache last night, so I decided to just stay in and go to bed early after watching a movie. Harold and Maude is streaming on Netflix. How have I never seen that movie?
My week went pretty much as planned this week as far as workouts, but with a few tweaks....
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/6 minutes Fartlek)
Done!
Tuesday - Cross Train (55 minute 50 minutes) - I read the schedule wrong when I typed this. It was actually 50 minutes of cross training, so I got up early and did 25 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the stationary bike, and 10 minutes on the stair climber.
Wednesday -Strength Training Class Yoga - This was going to be another cross-training day and I usually go to strength training on Tuesday/Thursday. I realized that I needed to make pasta salad for our company picnic the next day, so I ended up coming straight home from work and taking care of that and then taking a 60-minute Vinyasa Yoga class. It's still a form of strength training and I got some stretching in, too!
Thursday - Run (5 miles Easy/5 minutes Tempo) - Done! I did this out at Ocean Beach after our company picnic.
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Run (7 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo) - I did this, but didn't really enjoy it. I wasn't feeling well at all and wished I'd saved this run for Sunday!
Sunday - Run (4 miles Easy) - This was a lot more enjoyable after a full night of sleep and rest. I could have kept going, but 4 miles was all that was on the schedule.
It's really overcast here, but I wasn't planning to go out today anyway. I'm going to try to clean either a closet or my drawers and maybe bake a loaf of bread. Later I have early dinner plans with a neighbor at a popular SF restaurant, so I'm looking forward to that.
Have a great Sunday! XOXO
My week went pretty much as planned this week as far as workouts, but with a few tweaks....
Monday - Run (5 miles Easy/6 minutes Fartlek)
Done!
Tuesday - Cross Train (
Wednesday -
Thursday - Run (5 miles Easy/5 minutes Tempo) - Done! I did this out at Ocean Beach after our company picnic.
Friday - Rest
Saturday - Run (7 miles Easy/7 minutes Tempo) - I did this, but didn't really enjoy it. I wasn't feeling well at all and wished I'd saved this run for Sunday!
Sunday - Run (4 miles Easy) - This was a lot more enjoyable after a full night of sleep and rest. I could have kept going, but 4 miles was all that was on the schedule.
It's really overcast here, but I wasn't planning to go out today anyway. I'm going to try to clean either a closet or my drawers and maybe bake a loaf of bread. Later I have early dinner plans with a neighbor at a popular SF restaurant, so I'm looking forward to that.
Have a great Sunday! XOXO
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