When you imagine a yogi (a person who does yoga regularly), what do you think of? Vegetarian, or even weirder, vegan; smells like nag champa incense; a soothing demeanor; incredible flexibility in the body; a woman with a fit body in stretchy tights. There are so many things we assosciate with being a yogi, well, […]
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surf & sup- the great divide
Have I crossed over to the dark side? As a surfer, I never thought I would stand-up paddle, period. Let’s not be delicate: I thought stand-up paddle boarders were the enemy. Sometimes, I still think so. But this spring, after moving onto a sailboat, I became the owner of a stand […]
Barrels of Fun at 2012 Quiksilver Pt. Mugu Surf Contest
The results are in for the fifth annual Quiksilver sponsored Point Mugu surf competition, and the 2012 finals held a few surprises for the crowds who’d gathered to watch surfers charge draining barrels on Naval Base Ventura County. Pt. Mugu is revered as one of the best waves on the California coast- in fact, it is widely […]
Make Peace With Your Body… Or It Might Kill You.
When was the last time you looked in the mirror and found no faults in your appearance? In fact, have you ever looked in the mirror and been totally satisfied? Like so many women (and probably men, let’s not be sexist), I have spent my entire post-pubescent (and the majority of the pre-pubescent days, too) […]
Smells Like Freedom.
Today marks fifteen days since I’ve surfed. I’ve filled my days with reading, blogging, writing fifty pages of my epic saga. Steven King’s epic saga (according to him) is his seven novel compilation, The Dark Tower series. He started writing it at age nineteen and finished at age fifty seven. Thirty-eight years, it took him […]
Beauty Foods | Eat Healthy, Be Hot!
Beauty is about more than makeup and hair. Read on for the best beauty foods, and how to eat healthy to be hot! Some of you may know that I recently made a big life change and moved onto a sailboat in San Diego. For this clothes horse and accessory junkie, getting rid of all […]
Marina Life: A Friend In the Bathroom
It was only our second day at Kona Kai marina, and we were really making ourselves at home. After spending a night at La Quinta in Old Town and getting our land legs back, we drove back to Shelter Island and pulled into the large parking lot between the Kona Kai hotel and the Best […]
Superfoods for Beauty and Wellness
What are Superfoods? Superfoods are foods that are determined to have a high nutritional value. Generally they are thought to bestow a specific health benefit when we eat them. Sometimes I think too much about what I shouldn’t eat and not enough about what I should eat. Recently I realized that I need to put […]
Rant for Responsibility
I will take all of the credit, and none of the blame. What is it about our culture today that makes that concept pretty much universally accepted? Recently, I was seriously injured in a surfing mishap. I can’t call it an accident, because I still don’t know whether or not the girl on the massive […]
The Final Countdown.
The Home Stretch It’s hard to describe the feeling I had waking up on the last day of our journey south. Excitement and gratitude that the trip was almost over mixed with a twinge of regret that the adventure was coming to an end. I hadn’t a clue at the time that the situation awaiting […]