Save me, Yoga.

Yoga. I’ve waxed poetic about it for a few years now and that’s simply because once upon a time, it saved my life. I was bored, alone in another country, and suffering from intense back pain. In the realm of natural healing, I think yoga is the bee’s knees for aches and pains, muscle tightness […]

2nd Trimester: Party Time/Excellent/Scared Forever

We have much to catch up on. I actually had a super snarky “Why Traditional Mom Blogs are Bothersome to Me,” post planned, but I saw something this morning that changed my mood. My Facebook feed revealed that a high school classmate of mine lost a baby this week, one of a set of twins, and […]

Soak Up Your Sunday

It’s MARCH! March on! Springish! Very Marchy! I think I’m a mix of going-insane-from-winter-inside-my-parent’s-house and EXTREMELY POSITIVE that it’s March, and that things have to get better and will get better, OR ELSE. I’ve had a lot of coffee already. But really, I feel happy today that we are a step closer to spring, a step […]

The Sexiest Love of All is…

Happy Valentine’s Day, Samplers! This year, whether you’re happily married, happily (or unhappily) single, coupled, just friends, or whatever, let’s focus on the most important form of love… self love! Not like that, c’mon. This is a moderately family-friendly blog. Sometimes. Not really. But you know what I mean. Pervs. With less personal emphasis on just […]

What It’s Like to be a Bed Model and Other Deep Thoughts

Remember when– I used to write every day, no matter how tired or uninspired I felt? And remember how it was in no way important or even cohesive? I miss those days. If you’re new to the DS, you might even have trouble finding those posts because they’re buried somewhere within.. but if you have […]

Kickstart Saturday – Out With the Poison, In With the Common Sense

I never really intended to start all my healthy habits again on January 1st, but now that it’s the 3rd, I’m feeling kind of guilty about not jumping on the bandwagon. And for the record, my bed was EXACTLY where I wanted to be on New Year’s Day. There’s resolution number 1- “NO REGRETS.” Good […]

Everything Old is New Again

I guess the price you pay for daily blogs is shorter blogs. Hope you don’t mind. Today I reengaged with two old friends: The Doctor’s Diet STAT Plan, and the Buffalo Athletic Club (BAC for Women.) Both feel like a comfortable old shoe. That doesn’t sound right. Both feel comfortable, yet oddly exciting again as I explore […]

Reasons Why I’m Still Cool on a Friday Night

Here we are again. It’s coming up on 11 o’clock and I’m writing this blog just before the official end of the day so it still counts for my self-imposed daily challenge. It’s funny how some challenges I get obsessive about (this) and some challenges I drop after 3 hours (exercise.) It’s also weird that […]

This is Now a Fitness Blog

Did I scare you with that title? I scare myself, too. First of all, I woke up around 9:00 this morning and laid in bed thinking about what I wanted to do with my day. I came to the conclusion that my only major goal for today is a workout. I also thought about how […]

“Canalside” Yoga and Ulrich’s Tavern (Not on the Same Day)

So, life has been a little whacky. Lots of moving pieces, all at different times of the day, week, month. I haven’t been on my best productive behavior, getting out like I’d like to. Fortunately, I have had time for a few fun things! First, let’s talk about Ulrich’s 1868 Tavern. It’s called the 1868 […]

The August Project

I am not trying to talk like summer is over. It’s far from it. I’m also holding out hope for an extended Indian summer, because well, none of us are ready to let go. One good thing about being on the second side of summer for me, personally, is that most of the major fiestas […]

Garden Walk Buffalo, Resurgence Brewing, and Founding Fathers Pub

Don’t worry, I’m still alive. You guys were probably worried. My 30th birthday came in like a lamb, threw a crazy good party, and went out like a lion. I spent several days afterwards recovering from some kind of poisoning which left me unable to eat or drink anything for about 48 hours. It wasn’t […]