EU Adventures

May 20, 2012

TweetMy friend Kat and I went to Paris and Barcelona a few weeks back. On the way over, I sat next to a woman pushing 80, who was flying home to Montpelier. I’m typically not much for airplane chatter. I like to treat a plane like a 6 hour elevator ride. But something about Mehri [...]

Read the full article →

“I Make My Own Luck”

February 29, 2012

TweetIs it just me, or is Titanic 3D stuff popping up everywhere? Ads on the Metro…sponsorship from the Bachelor…not that I’m complaining. The only thing stopping me recording the looped over version of My Heart Will Go On from the radio is ten years and a tape deck. But still, it’s everywhere. RELATED. This morning [...]

Read the full article →

8 Seconds

February 10, 2012

TweetThis summer, my roommate Kat discovered that after 26 years of not knowing she loved watching tennis matches live, she found out she loved watching tennis matches live. It makes sense. Kat is a lady. I felt the same way when I went to the Professional Bull Riders competition on Saturday night in Balitmore. I [...]

Read the full article →

Chores

February 9, 2012

TweetSometimes it’s the one-liners that really do it for me. For my roommate Rebekah’s birthday, we got her a 5 pound gummy bear among other less note-worthy things. It was all fun and games until it sat on our counter under plastic wrap like a cadaver for four weeks. It was fun and games again [...]

Read the full article →

Girl

December 8, 2011

TweetJust to be a girl, my roommates and I go to California Nails across the street to get our nails done all the time. I have loved California more, but I have never loved Vietnam more. Every nail tech there could be a Vietnamese spice girl. One wears club clothes exclusively. She’s a hot little [...]

Read the full article →

Not My First McDonald’s Half Marathon

November 15, 2011

TweetI ended up only running half the Richmond marathon to baby my knee. Baby. The switch was easy. All they had to do was charge me $10 more dollars for the inconvenience and downgrade me from SunTrust Richmond Marathon to McDonalds half marathon for the embarrassment. Leave it to a bunch of running elitists to [...]

Read the full article →

Training

October 12, 2011

TweetEveryone says to train the same way you run your marathon. I know it probably makes sense in theory, but I usually don’t take this advice. There’s no way I can re-create hydration stands every three miles, and I find those water/utility belts enormously irritating. So far this has only led to me feeling superhuman when [...]

Read the full article →

S.O.B. Story

September 27, 2011

Tweet Two months ago, I heard on the radio that six weeks before a trip is the magic window to buying a cheaper ticket. Lucky for me I had a wedding in Oregon coming up, and even luckier for me: The only thing I love more than regurgitating “case studies” like they are my own [...]

Read the full article →

Namaste

August 31, 2011

TweetThe thing I love about my office is that it has a gym, and the thing I love about my gym is that it’s staffed by lady trainers with hot Swedish names. Except they aren’t hot or Swedish; most are from Brooklyn with degrees in shot put or hard times. Yesterday Kajia subbed for our [...]

Read the full article →

How to Be a Lady

August 4, 2011

TweetIn a recent resolve to become more of a lady, I’ve started saying yes to things like earrings and tennis matches and no to things like…nothing. Ladies don’t say no. It’s my hope that this will improve my chances of being mistaken for an East Coast native, and decrease my pretty decent odds of being [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries