Good Quote

Great Quote:

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

— Maya Angelou

Holy Cow

Check out this cute company called Holy Cow. They make clothes that are sweatshop free & organic.

He looks familiar

Does this guy look familiar to you?



He did to me, too. Also, to Amy. He was at the bar on Saturday night. When he came in, I said - doesn't that guy look familiar? Is he on my bus or does he go to my gym? Amy said - is he famous? So she went up to him & said, I'm really sorry but you look familiar. Do I know you? He said no and then his friend said 'You may have seen him on this show, Top Chef!' Doh!

Swimming

Yesterday, I went to Sports Basement to check out the TRI clothes. Just to see how much all of this equipment will cost me. There were more people than usual in the swimming section looking at Speedos and Goggles. I think the Olympics got everyone fired up to swim. I bet you YMCA memberships go up this week.

5 MIles

Tried to run 5 miles yesterday up at Crissy Field. I went down 2.5 and on the way back 2.5 felt horrible. It felt like my legs are full of lead and it was also super windy. It was also like 4pm. I am a mid-morning runner, not later in the day. According to my schedule, I need to be up to 6 miles next week. I gotta get with it. I am going to do another 5 on Tuesday and have to find time to do another 5 this week. What I really need is to run around 8am, and go to work at 10. Hmmmm.

Playground

On Saturday AM, my friend Amy & I helped to clean up Joe DiMaggio playground in North Beach. We had to shovel sand into wheel barrows(sp?) and spread it around the playground. I did the shoveling for about oh 15 minutes and then was tired. Today, my biceps and shoulder are so sore. But I finished out the volunteering with the sand spreading.

Dog Polos

Check out these cute doggie polos at Old Navy. Love them!

New 90210!!!

Starts September 2nd

Shannon Miller

Olympian Shannon Miller is now doing Claritin commercials. I wonder what her day rate is. She looks different - grown up.



Here is a video of her when she was like 15:

Spin

I went to spinning tonight. I was having a debate in my head on whether to go or not. Some days its so hard to work out. But, I went. It was hard, I sweat. I felt happy that I went.

Meshugana!

I can't believe they sent Kelli home over her suit. They should send this kid home. The one with no taste, even though he says he does. Watch this guy end up in the final 3.

Jon & Kate

Does anyone know why Jon & Kate are looking to move to Virginia? Doesn't Jon work in PA?

Sore

I am so sore from that core class yesterday. I wish I was a Y member so I could go swimming because doing any other type of exercise is painful. Its pretty much painful to squat down or pick anything up or lift my arms over my head!!

Another shining moment

Another shining moment from our Commander In Chief

Work Out

4:40am - Time I woke up this AM and walked over to the alarm clock because I thought it was going off. It wasn't

5:45am - Time the alarm clock went off for me to go outside and run. I didn't go

6:40am - Time I got up to get ready for work

11:50am - Time I walked over to the gym, during lunch, and took a Core Central Class. Oh yeah!

Like I said in a previous post, I really trying to get stronger for this Half Marathon training for October which includes core work. I really wanted to go to this class so I packed everything the night before & went. I'm so glad I did. The class was hard. It was 45 min of non-stop stepping, punching, kicking, lunging all while holding weights. My arms were shaky afterwards. I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow. But, it was worth it.

"Do or Do Not. There is no Try" - Yoda

Go World

I love these Go World ads with Morgan Freeman. Kimmy's right - The Olympics are the new Superbowl:

AC

I love AC. I love his show AC360. The evening doesn't feel complete with out him. I love the Beat 360 challenge. It is my goal to win it one day, have my quote on CNN, and win that t-shirt!!

Look at this Clown

Annoyed

This weekend the amount of people in this city annoyed me. There are a ton of tourists here since its summer. We were up on Haight St to go to one store and everyone was walking so slow. The sidewalks were packed. I was so annoyed. Then, yesterday, I drove Erik to work & he works in Fisherman's Wharf. Now, that is a nightmare down there. People are walking everywhere and in the streets & they don't have a clue. Then, I had to drive down to the Mission to go to Petco and people couldn't drive. I needed to go home & take a nap.

Today, I was thinking that I really shouldn't be annoyed. Maybe I should just realize that I live in a big city that is a tourist destination.

WWRPD? He would so many people want to come see & visit SF for a short time b/c its so great. Luck you, you get to live there. Maybe you should appreciate it.

Bus, Again

This morning, we had the 'Move to the Rear of the Coach' bus driver. The bus was packed, again. This guy tried to get in the back door & she yelled 'Don't you even think about getting on back there'. He comes up to the front door & said, 'This is ridiculous, every other bus driver lets you get on back there when it's crowded. I have a pass. Give me a break'.

She says 'You give me a break. I'm sorry you have an attitude.'

Letter to the Homeless & People who Picnic

Dear Homeless People & People who picnic in the park,

When you are sitting in the Panhandle enjoying your fried chicken or ribs, kindly do not leave them in the grass. There are multiple trash cans around the park. It's not that hard to put them in there. When you leave them in the grass, dogs love to find them & eat them. When they eat them, there is a good chance the bone could rip their stomach or get caught in their throat. Now, I'm sure YOU won't be paying the vet bill when that happens. So next time you want to toss the bones on the grass, think twice or maybe us dog owners will start leaving our dog shit all over the park so you accidentally step or sit in it. Wouldn't that be nice?

Thank you,

Dog Owners in the area

Recycle Bag

On Saturday night, I pulled the recycle bag out of the cabinet b/c it was full and ready to go downstairs to the trash. We went out on Sat night and came home to the contents of that bag ripped apart all over the living room. Are we going to learn our lesson or what?!

Lunchbag

As you may know, Evie doesn't like when we come home for about 2 hours and then leave her again. So, on Friday, I came home for 3 hours and then left her. I came home to find the contents of my lunchbag in the living room. Lucky her, I didn't eat that lunch that day so she got to eat it.

She pulled the lunchbag out of my work bag, opened up the plastic container and ate the bun. She opened the little plastic wrapper of the veggie burger, ate that. Pulled the cap off of the ketchup bottle and chewed that.

When I got home, she knew she shouldn't have done it. She was wiggling her entire body around the room. I didn't yell at her or anything. I mean, I shouldn't have left the bag on the floor. It was pretty funny though.

Pool

Last month, I posted a blog about my gym having a pool. I as at the Petco near that gym today, so I went to check it out. Just by looking at it, it grossed me out. I went home and Yelp'ed it and here are the shiteous reviews it is getting:

I love a good workout, but the thought of having to exercise at this dump makes me feel ill sometimes. It is filthy.

If you do have to work out at this location, stick to the weight machines and cardio equipment; the free weights are old and rusty...don't even think of stepping into that pool...

The smell inside is beyond putrid, and the pool is even worse - the one time I swam in it, my silver jewelry that I always wear turned completely jet black from the dirty water.

The geriatric pool smells awful and leaves a grimy sensation on my skin. Attempting to get any kind of a work-out here is utterly futile. There is way too much chilling in the pool and people getting in your way.

I can't swim there. Before even looking on Yelp, I felt gross. I'm checking into the Y.

Gymnastics Disasters

Kippy Strug

I cannot believe I found this finally on the internet. This is one of the funniest SNL skits ever of Kerri Strug and her brother, "Kippy Strug" after the '96 Olympics.


http://video.aol.com/partner/hulu/saturday-night-live-kerri-and-kippy-strug/mrQZt6drWoYozqcLiqwSdvFN701Kxu23

Dom Dawes

My favorite gymnast of all time. Atlanta '96

Mo Huilan

Who could forget Mo Huilan from China back in 96. She had her typewriter music and did the chicken dance. I am really posting this for Marla who used to imitate that little seated flip move in the basement.

Olympic Video

Watch the women's gymnastics team practice session:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=GY01-BJ-SD40-080708-132002

Cute Commercial

This is a cute Coke commercial for the Olympics:

Superstar

Is this guy a superstar or what!?

The Weather

Right now....

Bus this AM

The bus this morning was packed. We had the driver that says 'Move to the rear of the Coach'. She wouldn't leave the stop until everyone was 'behind the yellow line'. She kept asking people to move back but no one could move. Then, she skipped stops and got on this microphone thing saying to the people waiting on the street 'My coach is full. You must get on the next coach' It was pretty funny but it was also annoying. This one guy said, 'This is exhausting me before I even get to work'.

Spinning

Per my workout plan, I went spinning tonight. I did NOT want to go to the gym, but I forced myself. It was pretty hard. My arms were shaky when I left. I was sweating and had a red face.

But, I felt glad that I went. The instructor loooooved talking in her microphone and kept saying 'come on guys,' 'push,' dig', come on, dig deep.

3D Alice in Wonderland

Yesssss!!

Johnny Depp is known for playing quirky characters.

He's lent his skills to such notable parts as Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, Capt. Jack Sparrow, Sweeney Todd, and a few others.

Well it seems Depp can add Mad Hatter to his resume pretty soon.

Tim Burton is working on remaking Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale Alice in Wonderland into a 3-D film.

The flick would be released some time in 2010.

Plans are for the movie to be live action until Alice jumps down the rabbit hole and her adventure begins.

Alice will be played by Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska from HBO's In Treatment.

Neither Disney nor Depp have confirmed the reports, but we have a feeling he might do it.

Depp + Burton = BFF for life! (perezhilton.com)

Sweater

Yes, I have a sweater on. Its August. Its 57 out. Apparently Sept/Oct are going to be our warmer 'summer' months. This weather is great in the winter. When the rest of the country is freezing and stuck in snow, its still 60-65 here and sunny! I don't mind wearing sweaters when it's 'summer'. I discussed having a uniform the other day & I realized I pretty much have one. Pants, short sleeve shirt with a jacket or cardigan over it. It works for when its cold or gets warm!

Movies

Movies I still need to see:

• Sex And the City
• Mamma Mia

and now....Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Erik wants to see Pineapple Express.

I've also heard that this movie Brideshead Revisited is supposed.

Flipping Out

Does anyone watch Flipping Out? Jeff Lewis is pretty crazy, anal, OCD, but funny.



I like his biz partner Ryan too - He is more normal. Does anyone know how he got his daughter Chloe? Did he adopt her?

Hollatcha boy

Runway tonight was pretty funny. I love that the blonde tanorexic kid said 'Holla atcha boy' to Tim. Then, Tim was saying it and he sounded so stiff & funny.

Anyway, I cant really handle these two girls. They a)look a like b)are very mousey c)keep saying their 'Style POV' over and over.




I like this girl because she is a bad ass:

This girl is really talented:

And what is up with Suede talking about himself in the 3rd person all of the time??

Who....

in San Francisco is reading my blog? Do I know you??

Book Review: Friday Night Knitting Club

I just finished the Friday Night Knitting Club. It was a good story about a group of women unlikely to be friends brought together by the knitting club they are in. They all go through many changes but realize they are real & close friends. I recommend it!

Tired

Its 9pm and I could seriously go to bed right now. Evie is sprawled out on the floor like a froggy. Maybe if I just fall asleep on the couch, she will just go to sleep, too.

5:45

Yes, I got up at 5:45 today and ran outside. It was sort of dark still, and not that warm, and no one was out. When I was coming home around 630, I saw people out. Unfortunately, I woke up at 3, 4, 5 because SOMEBODY was trying to get up in the bed and I kept pushing her to the end of the bed. So by 545, I was ready to get up anyway.

Yesterday, I went to pilates fusion & it was great, as usual. I haven't been in a few weeks so it was hard. The instructor, Joe, is a skinny gay guy who is a dancer. He is funny and makes the class fun. The class is so popular you now need a pass to go to the class b/c the room gets too full.

To train for this half, I am running 4x week, lifting 2x week, pilates 1x week and am trying to do either a kbox or spin class 1x week and also attempting to swim 1x week. That is a lot but I want to do a lot of different stuff so when I do the TRI in the spring, I am not out of shape.

Evie in the Car

Sometimes, Evie gets in the back seat of the car and sits there looking out the window, like a child. It is pretty funny. Yesterday, I took photos of her from my phone while we were at a stop light.






She also likes to get in the front seat...

Gilmore Girls

This weekend, I rewatched Season 7 of Gilmore Girls - the best TV show ever put on TV. So witty, so funny, so sarcastic. Of course, every time I put a new dvd in, Erik would say , 'More Gilmore!?' He says the theme music makes him sick. I think he secretly likes the show.

Anyway, I really love this show. I wish the girls were real so I could be friends with them. I am sad it is over but I will relive it in DVDs.

Kimmy - I think that I am part Lorelai part Paris. I think you are Rory. Do you agree?

Sadness

Christina Applegate has breast cancer.

Menudo!!

Nickelodeon is running a Slime Tour across the U.S. this summer and they stopped right in our park in SF! We were out for a run and saw Menudo perform. Here is a clip of their performance (from another tour stop but we saw the same thing)

Where's DJ?

Stephanie Tanner is making a reality show. When is DJ going to get one? She was my favorite!


Former Full House star Jodie Sweetin, who gave birth to a baby girl earlier this year, has another production in the works: a reality-TV show.

“We’re going to start shooting in a couple months,” Sweetin, 26, told PEOPLE Thursday at the Maxim Extreme Sports Party in Los Angeles. “We are in talks with a couple of networks right now. We have one picked out, but nothing is signed yet.”

Herb Garden

I want to start a little herb garden. Just 3 pots that will sit on the back railing - rosemary, cilantro, and something else. Look at these super cute pots!!

ILK!

ILK! Look at this thing that washed up on the shores of Montauk, LI. They don't know what it is. What do you think it is?? Click on the pic for the CNN video.