I am not a psychologist… but I’m married to one. With all the hoopla over the TIME Magazine Cover (most of it having little to do with the actual content of the story – why don’t people read before they start pontificating), the Mommy Wars it’s kind of stirring, the controversy of the topic and the horror some people feel that a young, beautiful Mom (our ‘own’ Jamie Lynne) would pose for such a provocative photo… I went to my …
Over the weekend, I, along with nearly 9,000 other people, participated in the Inaugural Hollywood Half Marathon, and it was an amazing experience. I have been blogging about the Race as the weeks led up to the day on Saturday, April 7th, when we all headed to Universal City and ran down the hill into Hollywood – and then back up again. And I will tell you that no matter how I trained or blogged, nothing could have prepared me …
As the day (fast) approaches when we’ll run the Hollywood Half Marathon, I wanted to mention the women from MomsLA who’ll be there with me on April 7th at the crack of dawn. Andrea Fellman of Savvy Sassy Moms is to blame gave us all the idea to do this back in January. Jeannine Chanin-Penn of xoj9 decided to give it a go, even though, like me, she wasn’t a runner before. Laura Filipowicz of Her Review is never one to …
The Hollywood Half Marathon is now less than 2 weeks away (gulp), and it’s time to really start strategizing. There are great tips out there for running a Marathon or Half Marathon, and after listening to the experts, I’ve put together this list of the Top 5 Most Important Tips for Race Day. 1. Get Enough Rest the Week Before the Race Let’s face it, you’re not going to sleep much the night before the race. Jitters will set in, …
As I get closer and closer to the day of the Hollywood Half Marathon (April 7, 2012), I keep wanting to see where we’ll all be running – and walking – those 13.1 miles. I’ve scanned the route map, but I wanted to get a feel for it “up close”, so I today I drove it and made this video. I have to say, it starts out nice and sloping downhill, with a slight incline up over Barham/Cahuenga, but then …
As the day approaches that I will be running (or at least walking) the Hollywood Half Marathon, I realized I had none of the right gear to do the job. And that I would need some, pronto. I headed right over to Sports for Eve in Culver City, and found, to my utter disappointment, that’s it’s closing its doors at the end of this month. Luckily for me, there was still gear to be had, and at a bargain price, …
If you love St. Patrick’s Day as much as our family does, your kids are probably looking forward to coloring just about everything green. But eating green foods for St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t necessarily mean you have to douse everything in green food coloring. (Many families avoid food coloring because research studies have linked it to hyperactive behavior in children; European countries require a warning label on foods containing artificial dyes.) The good news? There are plenty of natural ways …
I read an article recently about ingredients that are in food. Things of which we aren’t aware. One of those items was, wait for it . . . A beaver’s anal gland ‘juice’. A semi-aquatic, nocturnal rodent’s undercarriage. Seriously? It turns out that this is a component of the ‘natural flavor’ ingredient you will find on many fast food and processed products you consume. Natural flavor. What exactly IS that? And how natural is it? Not at all as it turns …
“Mommy, I hope we get to do the piggy race again today.” And so do I. Because who doesn’t love a shuttle run involving squeaky piggies? Or watching a bunch of four and five year-olds try to score a goal or run the bases? It’s like Who’s On First? in the best way possible. I get to watch my son do all of these things through Lionheart Fitness Kids, an LA based sports program for kids ages three and up. …
The date of the 2012 Hollywood Half Marathon looms ever closer and this Mom is starting to get a bit anxious. As you may know, I’m signed up to run the race and may be regretting it a bit right about now… My friend Yvonne convinced me to sign up and then conveniently was unable to run the race herself. But I soldiered on, attending a Natural running workshop, getting awesome shoes from Newton Running, and generally walking and running …
