Ericka's Blog

Reflections and conversations on life

Austin Food, Friends & Fun

It's my last day at SXSW -- but no tears here. It's been amazing however, I'm ready to get home tomorrow morning and see Rick! Friends in Austin After spending hours at my college friend Melody's house on Sunday night, I totally overslept on Monday morning. Sleeping...

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Back Surgery: It’s Happening (And More!)

*Take-away of the day from SXSW 🙂 Good Monday Morning to you all! I'm still here in Austin (yes, learning bits to come!) and I'm learning a ton. In fact, I'm wishing I'd come into this entrepreneur, dreamer, vision, marketing obsession much earlier in life. It's...

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Snow Day: Tip for Getting the Fresh Air You Crave

So that was me last weekend in the DC-area -- can you believe it's still snowing in March? Ridiculous. At least we had some fun with it. I'm so resistant to be outside in the snow but Rick convinced me to take a walk with him and of course it was a grand idea because...

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Run Love: What #IfEverybodyRan?

Slightly obsessed with Mizuno's new campaign, #IfEverybodyRan. It's such a brilliant concept because I -- and probably you -- know, running simply makes life better. They've got a whole website for this thing and if I were you, I'd get on board! If everybody ran,...

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WATCH: What If You Tried It?

I ran into this Nike commercial I had never seen before and man did it make me think (I'm obsessed with sports marketing and their ability to inspire!) Here you'll see multiple professional athletes participating and succeeding in sports that are not what they are...

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An Oscar-Winning Weekend

Core Power Challenge Winner Is...Emily Pickett! Winner of "Finding Mr. Righteous" Is...Rebecca Pytell! Starting off Monday right with a pic of these gorgeous donuts from yesterday! I actually liked looking at them better than nibbling at them. Truth be told, I opted...

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