The "Ali" WOD
May 30, 2010

I've written about my love for Muhammad Ali and my love-hate for double-unders before, here and here. My goal today was to tackle a slightly modified...

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Have Recipes, Will Travel
May 27, 2010

I flew to PA on Thursday to visit my parents. Sadly, my flight did not look like this:But it was uneventful and I managed a...

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Belly Dance Beet Salad
May 27, 2010

My dad is of Lebanese heritage, and since I was a little girl, I've always been fascinated by belly dancers. The costumes! The finer cymbals!...

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Whole30 Grill-Out: Story in Photos
May 26, 2010

One of my foodie daydreams is to have a dinner party with a table like this...Or like this...But with friends like this...... the setting doesn't...

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NYTimes Book Review: The Food Movement, Rising
May 24, 2010

Michael Pollan – author of Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, and the adorable, portable, sensible Food Rules – has a dense,...

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I Can Do Anything Good
May 24, 2010

I am TOTALLY doing this tomorrow morning. Seriously.5:15 a.m. I will stand on my sink in my leopard pajamas and declare all the things I...

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100% Grass-Fed, Organic, Happy People
May 22, 2010

 [Melissa & Dallas prove that Yankees can totally rock the Texas plaid.]How freakin' great is it when people exceed your expectations of them?! I've been...

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The Sexiest Part of You
May 21, 2010

No, it's not your ripped abs or deep blue eyes or the way you swagger into a room... it's your brain.Which is why I was...

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Reach Out and Touch
May 19, 2010

Mark Sisson of Mark's Daily Apple has a great post today about the power of touch."The largest organ on our body is the skin. Its...

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I Can’t Help Myself – I Like Them
May 19, 2010

I know it's a controversial point of view, but I love burpee box jumps. Ridiculous, right?! Our CrossFit Women workout yesterday was very taxing, and...

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Scotch Eggs, a.k.a., Protein Pellets
May 17, 2010

I'm super into British mystery books – Dick Francis, Elizabeth George, but not Agatha C... sorry! – and TV shows like Midsomer Murders and the...

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WOD: Weed & Weep
May 16, 2010

Grief is a selfish and fickle companion. This is my first experience with real grief, and the emotions are shocking in their intensity, distressing in...

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