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Endless Summer To-Do List (2013)

It’s beginning to feel like summer in SoCal! It starts early … never ends … as a noob, I’ve got plenty of must-do things on my list. Here’s a running tab… Endless Summer To-Do List Learn to surf. Duh. Drink wine on the patio with friends. Get better at beach volleyball. Take lessons? Find a…

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Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Athletic+Lazy Sunday … how do the two come together? Well, when you play…

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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Celebs! I got to play at being a celeb on the red carpet for 5 seconds: I Am Your Celebrity My job is pretty fun,…

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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Congrats to one very smart Vermonster for attacking a big milestone—and by all accounts CRUSHING it! A surprise Sunday Funday run-in = +2 friend…

Mea Culpa, Southern California

This post has been waiting in the blog queue. I know I owe you an apology, Southern California, but I was waiting for just the right moment. Yesterday, it transpired. Remember the dude who told me “Good luck making friends”? Well. He approached me yesterday to find out how I was doing, if I was…

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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! This week was just too good. An amazing trip to Aspen and the requisite four days of great friends and great fun, followed immediately…

Home is … CrossFit

Yeah, I wrote that. Despite taking almost two years off from an official gym, within minutes of (grudgingly!) re-joining the sport, Aspen CrossFit quickly and seamlessly became my home and the people my family. Moving to Newport Beach, one of the first items on my agenda was to find the right box to call home…

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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! ASPEN. I am currently in Aspen, and happy as a clam in snow. Wait, what? I have been excited all week. Anticipation increases travel…

F*CK DANDELIONS

When I was a kid, I remember my parents telling me that dandelions were a weed, and that blowing all the white fluffy things around was helping spread weeds. “I don’t care!” kid Lyssa thought, “It’s making all my wishes come true!” Well, Kid Lyssa, you’re an idiot. Every single one of those wishes has…