There are tons of carnitas recipes available online with various spice blends and cooking methods. Yes, a crockpot version is easier because you can plop...
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Happy Anniversary, Texas Rollergirls!
Eight years ago today, I made my official debut as Melicious and skated in my first flat-track roller derby bout. Congratulations to all the Rollergirls,...
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Welcome To My New Home!
It took approximately 5 days, one lunch at Habanero (sans tortilla chips), 3 sessions of hide-and-seek with Smudge, 2 pots of decaf coffee, one middle-of-the-day...
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Must Be The Kicks!
I had a totally super-awesome so hard-so fun workout this morning. Must be the new kicks my mom sent me.Dig my new Inov-8 F-Lite 230s....
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Strength Training Tuesday – 04/20/11 (On Wednesday!)
In my quest for lean superhero-ness, I tackle the Strength Training Workout posted by Coach Wes every Tuesday at CrossFit Austin.Wednesday, April 20, 2011 –...
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I Think It’s Poison
I'm a little late getting to this, so you may have seen it already: a compelling article in the NYTimes called "Is Sugar Toxic?"I won't...
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Pretty Like You
The woman in this video is Katie Makkai. She's a poetry slammer, and in this piece, goes to town on the word "pretty." She works...
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Hell Yeah, Handstands!
Today was the first time I ever did handstand holds in a WOD. And I did them in another new spot in the gym: on...
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In Case You Were Wondering…
I didn't intend to ignore most of the good lessons I've learned in the last two years; it just sort of happened. The universe has...
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Friday Flashback: I’m Probably Going to Say No
I've been blogging here since 2008, and – if I do say so myself – there's some good stuff in my archive that you might...
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It Didn’t Look That Hard
The rest periods built into our workouts this morning tricked me into thinking they "wouldn't be that bad."HA! Even the warmup was tough!We were all...
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Strength Training Tuesday – 04/12/11
In my quest for lean superhero-ness, I tackle the Strength Training Workout posted by Coach Wes every Tuesday at CrossFit Austin.Tuesday, April 12, 2011 –...
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