Craving me some lululemon

Right now I am seriously craving something new from lululemon. I know I can run in a 5 dollar cotton tee just as well as I can in this No Limit Tank.

But I don't wanna.

And I certainly don't see why I would need a running skirt, but this Back on Track Skirt is just hot!

I do however need a good pair of track pants to just pull on over top of shorts after the gym or soccer, so how about the Studio Pant II?

My ass can totally look good in these!

Alright, so maybe I already have a stack of lulu stuff in my dresser, but I really do wear all of it (except for one pair of leggings I bought of the sale rack cause you couldn't beat the price...even if they were a size 4 and I'm a 6, I can suction myself into them if I want to).

But lulu, when I go visit your chinook center store tomorrow, please have a cute tank or tee in green. Cause I need one for soccer, and the nike one I saw today was almost cute enough.

Fascinated on Fridays: Sexy Yoga Ads

So, if you don't already, and you're into yoga at all, you should be following Yoga Dork.

Really, go there now.

Well read what I have to say first.

Lately there's been alot of 'talk' (putting it mildly) in the world of Yogi's (which clearly I'd like to be one, but am not) about using sex/nudity/whatever to sell Yoga products/anything.

As if Yoga is somehow different/more enlightened/whatever than any other product out there.

Don't think Yoga is a product..... look again.

But that's cool anyways, cause I am soooo buying it (lulu I love you....hopelessly)

This week tho, I'm fascinated by these two videos brought to my attention by Yoga Dork.




So, first, clearly I want to be her. I mean she totally rocks a sick handstand. Second, based on this commercial alone, if I was in a store, and Equinox Undies were to be had, I'd probably buy them, on the basis of this ad. and Third, is it just me or does it kinda look like she has a gentleman caller snoozing in that bed? Well the Yogi in the video is Briohny Smyth, check out some of her instructional videos, like this one where she shows you how to rock those handstands.




Video numero 2, Now he really rocks this shiat! So good, and worth a chuckle... then another one. Anyways, the Yogi in question this time around is Michael A. Stusser, and he does a mean parody, and an even better arm balance.

Anyways hope you enjoyed this just as much as I did... and now I need to make myself actually go to a Yoga class this week....so much easier to do in summer.

My Chick Bad

I wanna be Lauren in this SYTYCD number... one of my all time favourites.

Unfortunately for me, I have as much coordination and swag as ....well as none at all.

Ballet's always been my thing.... unfortunately this was the last time I full on rocked those shoes...2009ish...ignore the obvious hoard in my room behind me... I swear my current apartment doesn't look like that... I swear.

So I'm feeling like maybe I should put some sort of Hip Hop class on the 25 before 25 list I'm working on.

Anyways.... ran 5km tonight in 38min... yeah! just need to start shaving some time off that number/increasing the distance.

Sexier on Saturdays : Dailymile!

Alright...so I haven't Zumba'd as much as I promised. In my defense it was really....really cold this week, so when I got home at night I took food to my bed, and a cocoon of blankets, and called it a day.

On the other hand, I spend 10km moving my ass this week! My friend Sarah and I have committed to the half marathon goal together.

We are holding each other accountable.

And so we went forth and ran, on 3 separate occasions this week.

I'm tracking it all on Daily Mile.

This is a pretty accurate summary of my 2011 physical fittness. Sure I did some hiking, played some ultimate Frisbee, and ran on like 3 separate occasions. But over all it's fair to say a whole lot of zeros.

So anyways, if you're on dailymile, come say hello. If you're not, but are interested in taking up something like running, check it out, and if you're like "the title of this post made me hope to see a hot chick in a bathing suit" well then maybe you're at the wrong place, but if you stick around long enough that hot chick will be me!

mmmmm muffins

I love to use my Pinterest Foods and Drinks board to keep track of tasty looking things on the internet and later come back and try to make them myself. Last week I rocked Inside-Out Carrot Cake Muffins, recipe from King Arthur Flour.

Now you can see from their pictures the batter is supposed to look more like cake mix, something you can pour.

My batter however, was definitely of the the sticky muffin type.

Now this may well be because I subbed whole wheat flour for regular stuff. Or I've heard rumors that Calgary is so dry you need to up the moisture in recipes, but previously I've had no problem with this. The above pic shows how thick the batter was, after I added an extra 1/3cup water.

Anyways, problem easily dealt with, I used a spoon to press the batter into little cups, and spread more on top of the filling after.

As for the muffins, they came out a bit dense, but delicious, and the good people of the Gastrointestinal Research Group at the University of Calgary, did an awesome job at devouring them the next day.

Anywho, it's still freezing here, like in a -40 kinda way. So proud of the pretty blue car for being a trooper and starting for me, despite not being plugged in like it should be in this weather. As for my apartment, which is normally hot as balls (I think I've mentioned it here before) it's chilly today, but no worries, hot water is free, so I shower sauna'd the place.

In the mean time, my knock off spirit hood keeps me warm enough. G'night!

Two Things

1. Calgary has entered into some serious deep freeze shiat. This morning I woke up to -40 weather, and whether you're American or Canadian, that's cold. Real cold. My poor car struggled hard this morning and again tonight after work. But the worst is still to come. Tonight they're calling for -50C with the wind chill, now I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit but probably exponentially colder, certainly the coldest temperature I can remember. Mythical even. Seriously, remember this book from when you were little?

2. I love, and I mean love, Robert Downey Jr. I just came across this pic (and others) on Yoga Dork, and thought I should let you know about it.

Anyways, I ran did 3km on the treadmill today, in about 21 minutes, and didn't need to breath like all the air had gone out of the room. Felt much better than Sunday, guess the old bones took a hint and amped up the RBC production.

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra does John Williams

Last night I went out to see the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra play a show featuring the movie masterpieces of composer John Williams.

This featured themes from:

• ET
• Jaws
• Jurassic Park
• Harry Potter
• Indiana Jones
• Schindler's List

And of course, Star Wars! Needless to say there where many nerds in attendance.

Clearly I am one of them!

Today I got off my ass and went running, it sucked, first because it's winter again in Calgary, second because my cardiovascular system is on par with one belonging to a 90 year old (or so it felt like). On the bright side, my friend Sarah plans on working up to a half marathon along with me! So yeah!