So many things to say, so little time… Here are some of my favorite posts on all things style, food, and fitness–and on a few other subjects, too.
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So many things to say, so little time… Here are some of my favorite posts on all things style, food, and fitness–and on a few other subjects, too.
This post surely takes Puerto Rican Standard Time to a new level, right? Anyway, it's never too late to wish you all a Happy New Year! I had the greatest intentions of drafting up a great big thankful post recapping all the highlights of this year, of which there were many: an awesome real and ...
I figured out a way to buy Christmas presents for everyone on my list--AND get myself that fancy telescopic lens I've wanted for months! Ladies and gentlemen, presenting my latest and proudest money-making scheme... The Miss Young Money Belly Experience! (Belly-patting ...
So. I wake up about eighty gazillion times in the middle of the night. Which means I need to fall back to sleep eighty gazillion times (minus the one time it's actually time to get up). The problem is, I have the weirdest, most irrational thoughts that keep me from falling back to sleep at ...
I used to be all surprised when bloggers disappeared for weeks or months at a time without much explanation, or when bloggers that post on the daily switched to a less regular blog posting schedule (which, by all means, is a perfectly legit way to blog for many reasons, and one I've been toying ...
My dad LOVED kids. He loved babies, he loved walking/talking/sassing-back ones, he was even cool with annoying pre-teens and teenagers. He wasn't cheesy about it, though--he was funny and adversarial and just the right amount of teasing with kids. When he was dating my mom, he convinced my then-ten-year-old aunt that he had magic powers because ...
First of all, THANK YOU so much for your kind words and congratulations about the baby! You all made me smile from ear to ear (and I think Young Money did a cartwheel or two out of happiness, too). ___________ So you might remember that we were dog-sitting for our neighbor's psycho dog, Hope. ...
So, party people and kind readers, you may have noticed that I've become the equivalent of a lumpen, lazy mass of irregular-blogging, non-exercising, utterly ridiculous proportions. It's been so bad that I've barely registered that there's a curfew that forbids all of us here in T and T from being outside between 11 p.m. and ...
Last night, in a usual email conversation back and forth with my sister Ana, she noted that she was watching Law and Order SVU and playing my Law and Order SVU drinking game! I was so excited... until I realized I hadn't yet posted the second part of the game. Bad, bad. So it ...
Don't look at my Daily Mile widget on the sidebar. Really, don't. (I mean it!) Don't look because... nothing's happening over there. Here's the deal: a combination of issues have conspired to ground me a bit from my usual workout routine. Don't worry--it's nothing serious (some time issues, some health issues, a whole lot of migraine ...
Today marks three years since I unceremoniously landed in lovely T and T! My, my, how things change... My front porch has gone from this: To this (thanks to some newly-developed and discovered house gardening skills--and addition of the Lovely S's plants when she left ...
On a weekend when I spent two days in bed, with my head covered by a pillow, snivelling about yet another migraine bout and whining about missing all (yes, ALL) of the Emancipation Day festivities in town... My lovely bike deserved the Heroine of the Weekend Award.
I now interrupt my ongoing lovefest with my half-marathon experience with some Ride for Roswell-related news and an appeal for pity, shared aggravation, and ride donations... (Sisters of mine, this post might make you angry all over again. Read with caution). The bad: The training for Saturday's 30-mile ride is not going so well--or rather, not ...
I've been training on and off since last August for a half marathon. I trained, I got sick, I ran a Daily Mile challenge on the day I had rescheduled the half, I got trained up (again), got sent to a winter wonderland for Christmas were running a half would literally freeze my ass off, ...
Last year, I rode 20 miles with my sisters real and imaginary (and the young brother-in-law-to-be) for cancer research. This year, we're doing it again--bigger and better!
This should also be called "Ode to an Internet-Free Ticketing System." You see, if you want tickets for some things here in Trinidad, you still have to go in person. It's all very charming--well, that's what I'm calling it, if I'm using PG-rated language--unless things go wrong. On Monday morning, I woke up bright and early for ...
Picture a lady who wears dresses and jewelry assiduously, even when working from home all day and seeing no one but her dog, a lady who runs but does not do the hill thing, a young lady so petrified of snakes that she has never hiked in Trinidad before... and has vowed to jump on ...
It's finally the weekend! The WEEKEND! It's been the busiest week around here, with lots of excitement and new stuff that's left me feeling like a poster girl for the "You Can Do It" lobby of the career variety. I told y'all about Outlish and am jumping head-first into it with some upcoming pieces that I am ...
You know that whole thing we all do where, if you stub your toe and no one is around, you get on with it... but if someone is around to hear you, you start screaming and swearing like a drunken sailor? (Please say you do, and that it's not just me). Well, I never thought of myself ...
It has been so hard to keep my trap shut about this, and I have so uncharacteristically managed to do just that, but no more... I'm officially a contributor to Outlish! (Outlish being THE online magazine/publication on all things current and Trinidad)! In other (Trini) words, I reach!! I'm so happy to be ...
The last time I did any kind of structured training program that included long runs, my long runs smelled of morning pollen and gas fumes. This time, they smell VERY different. My long runs smell of rotten mangoes. Rotten, splatted mangoes in the afternoon breeze. I never dreamed I'd become an authority on the smell of stank mango, ...
If ever there was a girl with a gawpy, wide-eyed desire to be able to cycle everywhere, that would be me. I trawl "bicycle chic" blogs like it's my job and my dreams often involve wheels, baskets, and all kinds of casual-cycling paraphernalia--things I haven't a clue what they are for but which I'm sure ...
This post really should be called "A Statistical Breakdown of The Best Visit to London Ever Had By a Person (Living or Dead)" but I didn't want the title to take up the entire page. I didn't think mathematics was the best way to approach a decent recap of this, my best trip ever, but I ...
Last night I went to Zumba for the first time since last week. Boy oh boy, were my muscles in need of a good shake-out. Now, I've been going to Zumba regularly (once or twice a week) since January. I've gotten the hang of a lot of the routines, and on a good day, I nail ...
The tourism department really should give me a bit of a hook-up these days, as I've spent the last week extolling the beauties, wonders, and excitement of Trinidad to two sets of visitors. At the very least, I should get a share in hotels at Grande Riviere... or a pothole named for me. On Wednesday--which was the ...
Something I kept under my hat last week was that I was invited to read as part of the UWI St. Augustine's Campus Literature Week Lunchtime Readings Series. I was incredibly honored to be asked, not only because it provided a chance to wear fancy clothes (kidding! not really!), but because I found it incredibly ...
This morning, after one too many runs that started with a quarter mile circle around my car to get the Nike+ to realize it's time to GO, I gave in and exchanged my old sensor for a new one. (Those of you who are unfortunately privy to my Daily Mile Daily Nike Plus Rant, I ...
This should have been my first photo of the day post over on my Tumblr... But for a million different reasons, it wasn't. However, just because it's a few days old doesn't mean I can't post it, right? Not only do I love this picture too much to keep it to myself, there's ...
I don't know where to start because I'm not sure where exactly this is going, so I might as well start with what I do know: There might be a bit of a blog shakeup around here! It's not going to be major, don't worry. Nor does it mean I'm going to stop talking about the things ...
Happy New Year, three days late! I hope you toasted, partied, and recovered from all the excitement. I could give you a recap of the festivities around my house... but it's a bit late for that. HOWEVER, there are certain things that you should know about New Year's Eve that illustrate how things are done around here. ...
Oh, 2010. It has been real. And it has been mine, all mine. (Yep, grab your hankies or your glasses of whiskey; we’re about to get all emotional up in here). I’m sure there have been years with more excitement and more stories and more friends and more debauchery that could claim a “best year” title. But ...