1. WrightSock Double Layer Running Socks Cool Mesh II – I used a $15 store credit at my local running store to buy (and try) these socks and I love them. They’re super-soft and comfortable....
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so excited to pick up my parents at the airport this week. I haven’t seen them in 6 months and I can’t wait to hug them. They’re coming to visit for 2,5 weeks and...
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Hello, hello. Here’s another edition of ‘What I bought at Trader Joe’s’. I know you were waiting for this, weren’t you? I can’t say enough good things about Trader Joe’s* and if you don’t have...
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Last weekend, I got to spend three days with one of my oldest and dearest friends. Cathy lives in Sydney, Australia and we’ve been friends for almost 25 years. We started out as pen friends...
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It’s time for another Tuesdays on the Run post and the question that we’re addressing today is “what is the best running advice you’ve received?”. I think the best running advice – or advice in...
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What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the Internet. Yup, I was born before 1985. Were you? I definitely know what it was like to call landlines, living without...
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Last week, I wrote about my “California-versary”. I arrived in the US on 9/9/2001 and some of you made the razor-sharp observation that I arrived in the US two days prior to the 9/11 attacks...
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I don’t know about you, but I am a huge fan of big bowls of veggies over rice. I feel like I am putting something really healthy and nourishing into my body and it’s also delicious....
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If you are new around here (and didn’t read the sidebar information carefully), you might have missed the fact that I am originally from Germany, but have lived in California for a long time now....
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Hi guys, how was your Labor Day weekend? Ours was pretty low-key (overall). We didn’t really go anywhere and didn’t attend any BBQs (is that a Labor Day thing? I saw a lot of advertisements...
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