So we have tart cherry trees, also called pie cherries by many, trees in our yard. I love tart cherries direct off the tree, so when people started getting excited about tart cherries a couple years ago, I paid attention. Just Tuesday, I ordered a bottle of Tart Cherry Juice in my Amazon Fresh order. But what should I do with it?
It took us longer to drive to Lummi Islands’ Willow Inn for dinner on July 9 than it would have for us to fly to eat at Daniel Patterson’s Coi in San Francisco, but we had given our dinner over to the Gelinaz Shuffle. I will admit that felt slightly cheated as chefs from around the world switched countries; not to say the food wasn’t amazing, which it was from start to finish–all 17 courses.
As I get ready to leave for another vacation planned around a race, I’m constantly having to explain that yes a Marathon in France is still 26 miles (26.2 miles is 42.2 kilometers in case you were wondering) and answer questions about why I would want to race in the middle of a vacation. My first destination race was also my first half marathon, so it set a precedent for every race that followed. How do you beat running the Strip in Las Vegas at night? Run all over the world of course!
I was surfing around the internet, mindlessly being mindless, when the latest #sponsored campaign bombarded me with Sous Vide happiness and I clicked a link. I am not getting paid for telling you about this, nor am I getting a free product from the company; I am not #sponsored, but I am having dreams of being the next Thomas Keller. A while back I bought Artboy a book full of fancy food photos disguised as a cookbook: Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide and ever since I have dreamed of cooking everything like I work at the French Laundry. And the Mellow promises me that I can sort of do that, no vacuum sealer required. (This link is my referral link)
We’re halfway through Summer vacation and it’s time to get out of town if you haven’t already. But depending on your race schedule, you are probably somewhere in the midst of training for a late Summer or Fall race, and traveling and running don’t always mix. But that family vacation or dream trip to Paris doesn’t have to kill your hopes of a PR.
It’s my least favorite time of the year, when reservations open for Epcot Food & Wine Festival in November. Today was the pre-sale for Chase Disney Visa Cardholders and regular booking opens later this week. I managed to score reservations for the new Japanese Craft Beer Tasting and our old standby the Mexican Tequila Lunch, which we have not missed since they started.
After the last WordPress update, I could no longer log in to my page…the admin and login page both returned the dreaded White Screen of Death! Alas, not a single one of the 226 articles with solutions worked. I had to reinstall wordpress on a different subdomain, export/import the sql database data, and then go through and fix all the broken stuff manually. It’s working.
For the past few years, I have chosen a plant-based training diet. It worked. I felt strong and motivated. It just worked. My few forays into accidental meat eating pre-race sent me running to the bathrooms instead of a PR. This year has been different, more of an as much meat as I can stand diet!
That is all. I am still coughing.
Falling on August 22 this year, the Seattle Marathon 10k is a great build up for Seattle Half or Full marathon training. It’s an fast course with great use of the park! (more…)
