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. And so far: no more blisters. 2. I just recently tried Kevita Sparkling Probiotic Drinks for the first time and…
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 I am so excited to spend some quality time with them. (I might be a little bit MIA the next…
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 one near you, I am truly sorry. I try to eat a healthy and balanced diet (of course, the occasional…
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 back in the day. Does anyone still remember what FB’s (“friendship books”) are? People sent little booklets – ‘Friendship Books”-…
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 general when it comes to competitive sports – I have ever received is that you have to run your own race…
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 a smartphone and not having the internet at the tip of my fingertips for everything. Those were simpler times. I…
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 on NYC. I’ve been asked many times how I experienced this time. I never wrote about it, never wanted to…
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. This is why I have to share this easy, super-yummy recipe with you. We’ve been making this a lot lately,…
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. 15 years (give or take a few months during visa renewals and such) to be exact. Well, 15 years…
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 for BBQ stuff before this weekend), but I since I get (most) Fridays off, I was lucky and got an extra-long four-day-weekend out…
