This was year 4 for me attending BlogFest as part of the Sweat Pink team. Every year is different, but we consistently kept hearing that this year was the best! I’m thinking a big part of this has to do with the unplanned theme of so much of the conference: being your authentic, imperfect self….
When you’re a kid envying grown ups their freedoms, what they don’t tell you is that it’s really hard to be an adult. Ok, maybe they do try to tell you that. I distinctly remember being told to enjoy my youth. The catch of that is that you don’t really know how amazing it is…
And here I thought summer couldn’t get any crazier. Last year was the epitome of unusual. I was back and forth to North Carolina all summer long for my dad’s transplant. We were in Vegas for BlogFest, roadtripped to California for the EMPOWER race. I also went to Rochester, NY, Seattle, WA, and Asheville, NC,…
Not “I love you.” Not “I hate chocolate.” Though I will truly never say that! The three little words I never thought I’d say are: I miss Vegas. via GIPHY Yup, I went there. I haven’t had horrible Vegas experiences. They just haven’t necessarily been all that great. My first time I went with my…
Current mood: via GIPHY I’m deciding that’s what it is. Even when you’re in a funk, when you don’t wanna, when looking at your to-do list makes you want to cry, when your neck keeps tweaking and twinging, when you’re just plain tired (all of which are true today), there are still things to celebrate….
Springtime in Portland is full of beautiful blooms and drastic weather swings. Last week we had a 90-degree day full of sun and beers on patios (yup, there was a lot of sunburnt Portlanders around town the next day) and then Monday was 50 and rainy. After spending the weekend in Vegas (weekend recap to come!) in…
It’s your birthday, and all eyes are on you! You are special. When you’re in the room, literally and figuratively, you absolutely light it up. Your wit, your intelligence, your badassery, your music knowledge, your ultimate bougie status… They are only facets of why you are so loved. Even though you have left broken hearts…
One of the most interesting things about running a race is the after-effect. I remember being shocked after my first half marathon with how sore and just werked I felt afterwards. Thank goodness my total lady crush Annmarie at Fit Foodie Mama has some great tips for preventing muscle soreness! Hydrate after Hydration before and during a…
A few weeks ago we began a long goodbye for Caitlin. My bestie. My roomie. My heterosexual life partner. I say long because after living here for 4 years, we had quite the list of things to do, places to go, people to see before she could leave. It was a bit of a farewell…
Ok that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, but right now that statement is true for me. It’s springtime here in Portland. Which means some days of torrential rain and wind, and some days of 65 and sunny. Sometimes it swings from one to the other in a matter of hours! That means running season…
