I’m so sad to be selling my lovely Miata. I’ll feel much better about the whole thing if I can find it a really good home. You can view the ad up on craigslist. Haven’t you always wanted a convertible?

This weekend felt really long for some reason. Maybe it’s because we traded our normal routine of exercising for new adventures. Not a single bike ride, kayak or climb all weekend long! We had a quiet Friday night at home with dinner of really good chicken and zucchini tacos and Deja Vu on DVD. We…

This has been a really nice week. The work bully disappeared, I went to the gym, I made apricot crisp, I went to the movies. All around, a very good week. Here’s what I learned: Yay for work bullies getting what they deserve. I’m getting certifiably buff from all this climbing, walking and biking. Having…

Trends are great but having a closet full of basic foundation pieces is even better. Calie wrote in with a question about building a work wardrobe: I was looking in my closet this morning for something to wear and realized I’m so tired of everything I own. Everything looks worn or unsuitable for the unstable…

Grab a popsicle and fire up your imagination for a quick afternoon daydream break! Cottars 1920’s Safari Camp is a small luxury resort near the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The six tent camp is outfitted with antiques, folding safari furniture, oriental carpets and “discreet, yet attentive” butlers. Check out the main lodge room.…

Picture Fame, Taxi Driver and Footloose but instead about a group of ragtag bicycle messengers in San Francisco. Rob and I rented Quicksilver last night as part of Tour de France movie marathon. According to the 1986 movie poster “Kevin Bacon is Jack Casey. He traded in his three-piece suit for a ten-speed and the…

Mmmm! Rob and I had the best dinner last night! It was freezing cold in the city, but it didn’t stop us from making the most of all the good summer fruits and veggies. With a quick $10 stop at the produce market, I threw together a warming meal of corn chowder followed by apricot…

During the summer, I like to keep a couple boxes of popsicles in my office freezer. There’s nothing better than a fudgesicle for an afternoon break. Or how about an it’s-it for an extra special treat. Sure, it might be a foggy 60 degrees outside and an air conditioned 65 degrees inside, but it’s definitely…

Don’t you love it when you “discover” a musician that you never really knew before but liked several of their songs? I just had one of these moments thanks to Terry Gross and iTunes. I listened to a few minutes of the Fresh Air interview with Nick Lowe last night on my way home. I…

New doping scandals haven’t broken us of our Tour de France fever just yet (darn you, Vino and Rasmussen). Just like the actual Tour, our Tour party must go on! Time to start thinking about the menu for Sunday’s event: Drinks:Bordeaux & beaujolaisFat Tire Lemonade Appetizers: Lavender marinated olives Baked cambozola with toast squares Main:Big…