February 14, 2014
Valentine’s Day can translate into a lot of calories whether you’re in a relationship (champagne, overpriced dinner, chocolate) or single (wine, overpriced Ben & Jerry’s, chocolate) so why not fight...
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February 13, 2014
Pop Quiz: Do you like drinking water? A) I love it! I could drink it straight up all the live long day! B) Hate it. C) If I flavor it...
February 12, 2014
Catholic school requires that all students wear a uniform. The reasoning behind this is if everybody looks the same, pupils will be less distracted by fashion and better able to...
February 10, 2014November 5, 2018
Dear Lisa, My friend’s daughter is eleven years old and does gymnastics. Her dad recently started bodybuilding and now has her drinking Muscle Milk before practice to grow more lean...
February 9, 2014
One of the blogs I follow, The Mommelah, recently posted a check-in to her New Year’s Resolutions. It then occurred to me that I usually print up monthly goals, but...
February 8, 2014November 5, 2018
When I was in New Orleans last weekend I was introduced to e-cigarettes. One of the girls (and I do mean girl – she was 21) was smoking one and...
February 7, 2014
The 2014 Winter Olympics started today in Sochi, Russia. While there’s a lot to be excited about, including a dozen new events, there seems to be a dark cloud over...
February 6, 2014
Austin, Texas is in an weather-related uproar today. It was 25 degrees, or as people in Chicago would say, “it was a nice day.” They delayed school for two hours...
February 4, 2014
I f*&$#@ love to curse, only I use the real words and not cute symbols like @#$%. This little habit had to be reeled in with the arrival of my...
February 3, 2014
What do you call a person who goes to New Orleans, drinks like a fish, parties like a rock star, eats whatever she wants, and doesn’t gain weight or get...
January 29, 2014
This Sunday, February 2, millions of people will be celebrating my 40th birthday The Super Bowl. I’ve been feeling rather bummed all week because while tons of people will be...
January 27, 2014
I was on the R subway travelling from Queens to my temp job in Manhattan in the frigid darkness of a winter’s Monday morning. Stressing over student loans and not...
January 25, 2014
One of my Hey I’m Turning 40/New Year’s Resolutions is to enter a local pole fitness competition in the Novice division (that’s fancy for “people who have no idea what...
January 23, 2014
Austin, Texas has decided to be trendy and suddenly turned cold today. In fact, it’s going to (maybe) snow a few flurries tonight. I hate the cold. “But, Lisa,” you...
January 22, 2014
Pop Quiz: What’s your favorite carbohydrate? Pasta Bread Cereal Oatmeal Potatoes Rice Other I used to love, love, LOVE pasta, but the last time I ate it I felt sick...
January 21, 2014
My trainer is on maternity leave (it’s a boy!) so the girls from the team are breaking into smaller groups of workout buddies and it’s been a lot of fun....
