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Happy Friday! It’s a snowy, yet warm-ish, morning here. It’s very strange, but sort of pretty, too. We ran out of iced coffee this morning, so Mal, Murphy, and I headed to Marylou’s to get our morning fix. Yes, the drive-thru is bright pink! Love it! I ordered a Peanut Butter Wonderful iced coffee with [...]

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Woman’s Day Red Dress Awards

February 17, 2012

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The 2012 Woman’s Day Red Dress Awards were quite the event. It was actually one of those experiences that inspired me to want to make a difference, which is part of the reason this post took so long for me to put together. I wanted to make sure it was as thorough as possible to help raise [...]

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Hi, friends! I started my day with a fabulously sweaty workout with celebrity trainer, Harley Pasternak. Not a bad way to kick-off a Thursday, right? Harley recently partnered with New Balance to create his own sneaker, the limited edition 5 Factor 997, so he and New Balance hosted a launch event/workout this morning to celebrate [...]

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Do you remember when I had the opportunity to interview Bob Harper and, to my surprise (and delight), more than half of his responses were about CrossFit? Well, apparently, for the past several months, Bob Harper has been training at BRICK CrossFit in Los Angeles, where he has been rockin’ the WODs and absolutely loving it. So, when the folks, who represent both BRICK and Bob [...]

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Top 12 in 2012: January

January 31, 2012

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I want to keep track of my favorites posts from the year, so here are my top 12 from January. Enjoy!   How I Chose My Protein Powder I swear there are some mornings that my iced coffee tastes better than others. Today was one of those days. Holy yum! Cold, creamy goodness in a glass. [...]

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Hi, friends! Hope your Tuesday is off to a wonderful start! Breakfast I woke up early this morning to get a head start on my To Do list for the day, so I threw together a quick breakfast: a toasted whole wheat English muffin with almond butter spread on top and some red grapes on [...]

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Hello! Happy Tuesday! Workout Have you ever had one those days when you just NEED a good workout? Like, the only thing that could possibly make you feel better is getting your sweat on? Well, yesterday was one of those days for me. I needed a workout that was going to kick my butt (in [...]

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I Love Jesse Pinkman

January 15, 2012

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Lucky me, my evening involved this handsome guy: Ok, well, sort of. Let me explain. Mal and I planned to go see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo tonight, but our dinner ended up taking longer than expected to cook, so we nixed going to the movie theater and bought Season 4 of Breaking Bad [...]

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Lunch with Ellie Krieger

January 12, 2012

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Hi, guys! I just got back from having lunch with Ellie Krieger. No big deal. Lunch This afternoon, Kris, Karen, and I met Ellie at Cookshop for lunch. (Kris and Karen are the PR folks from the California Grapes Commission.) Cookshop was a great spot for lunch. The restaurant itself was open and bright with [...]

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Awhile back, Quaker Oats invited me to participate in a conference call with Bob Harper along with a few other bloggers. The call was scheduled on the same day as the NASM Live Workshop, so I wasn’t able to attend, but Quaker folks kindly offered to coordinate a one-on-one email interview with Bob. Seriously, how [...]

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