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I was once asked who my role models were. After careful thought, I disclosed my list:
Wonder Woman because she’s smart, refreshingly unjaded, fights the good fight and looks gorgeous while doing it. Plus, bracelets that deflect bullets? That girl knows how to accessorize. Lara Croft: smart, sexy, and kicks a**. Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for knowing how to work it while keeping her priorities straight (she marries Roger Rabbit because he makes her laugh). Top of the list though, always, is Auntie Mame (the title character from the book by Patrick Dennis). Auntie Mame is vibrant, charming, intellectually curious, open to all people and experiences, and always the life of the party. Her motto is “Live, Live, Live” and that is what this blog is about.
As Auntie Mame so famously says, “Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
Too many of us have become those starving suckers. We are stuck in a rut of waking up, working all day, coming home, watching TV and going to sleep, just to wake up and do it all again. We may add a workout to the routine, take-out, a night out, or a movie, but most of our time is spent in the same boring patterns. It’s time to stop going hungry!
This blog is about living, evolving, indulging and doing what we can every day to get the most out of life.
Food will be featured heavily because I love it. I do not subscribe to the “food is fuel’ school of thought. I believe in the smell of homemade bread and chocolate chip cookies, the delight a tiny taste of triple crème brie can tempt forth, and the sensuality of a creamy chocolate mousse. Whoever said “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” never tasted fresh chevre topped with black cherry confit. Food provides nourishment, comfort, creativity, and a fail proof way to connect with others. It’s time to stop obsessing and start enjoying.
Another way to really experience life? Travel. Whether it’s in your hometown or immersed in another culture half a world away, nothing will breathe new energy into your life faster than a get away.
Most of all though, this is about finding ways to steal little moments out of even the busiest day to enjoy and experience life. Let’s get to it and “Live, Live, Live!”
With no tennis on tap for today and the Top Pot Doughnut 5K a mere 11 days away, it was time to hit the dreadmill. So, I rolled out of bed, pulled on yoga pants, a smash-your-boobs-into a uniboob sports bra (HATE these), socks and a tee, brushed (read full article)
On Saturday, Jim and I planned to lay low and take it easy as the next two weekends we’ll be traveling. At about 3pm, we called some friends to see if they were up for pizza, wine and games night and they responded that they were on the road (read full article)
I generally start off my weekday morning with a grande Yogi Super Antioxidant tea and my email (yes, the excitement never stops in my office). The Yogi tea bags always have some little quote or aphorism on them, most of which are pretty straight f (read full article)
I’ve hit a slow skid at work, which I am embracing for the moment by meeting friends for lunch or coffee, sleeping in a bit, working out in the morning, etc. As I’m an independent contractor and only get paid when I’m working, a s (read full article)
Last week Jo wrote an interesting post about the law of attraction. Those of you who have read “The Secret” are probably pretty familiar with this concept, which is essentially that good thoughts attract good things and bad thoughts att (read full article)
Thank you all so much for your nice comments and words of sympathy and encouragement yesterday. You really brightened my gloomy day. I’m happy to report that I made it through another day and things are starting to feel better. I don̵ (read full article)
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