by Ericka | Dec 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m always on the hunt for easy, healthy meals to make for dinner. I’ve said it before but until the past year, my dinners usually consisted of frozen Amy’s organic dinners, microwave veggie burgers, bowls of instant soup and anything else that could...
by Ericka | Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Running in the moonlight? So….as ya’ll know, I’ll be marathon training again very soon for the DC Rock n’ Roll Marathon on March 17th. One problem with hardcore training, though, is that it kind of zaps the fun out of Friday nights for your...
by Ericka | Dec 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
So that’s a fun photo, right? It doesn’t exactly represent the success — or lack of — of today’s Hot Chocolate 15k at National Harbor. Long story short, we had planned to run the 9.3 miles at 8am in awesome winter weather. A poorly...
by Ericka | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s almost Christmas so most people are in a more “giving” spirit but I try to keep that attitude all year long if I can. I find that at Christmas, my heart aches a little more for those in need. Living in DC, I come in contact with the homeless...
by Ericka | Dec 1, 2011 | inspiration, long run, marathom, running, training
I’ve discovered something. My inspiration has dwindled since marathon training ended. I’m not kidding. I never realized what the long run did for my psyche — truly — until now. It was the long run (the really long run) that I could free my...
by Ericka | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
So I’ve never been one of those girls who put much time or thought into their hair. I’ve only had my hair “done” for weddings I’ve been in (and had no choice) and have never done anything more advanced than a “haircut” at the...
by Ericka | Nov 28, 2011 | junk food, New York City
Basically my food consumption while in New York City. You better believe it was delish!I took Thanksgiving weekend — all four days of it — to relish in laziness and junk food. I allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted on the big day and same went for New...
by Ericka | Nov 27, 2011 | New York City
I’m so glad we decided to go to New York this weekend because it was an awesome trip! It’s been sort of a whirlwind weekend — with Thanksgiving and then taking the Megabus up to the city — but four days was plenty of time. Since getting back...
by Ericka | Nov 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
No, I don’t work at CNN. But, I did have the opportunity to attend the Presidential debate this week because my workplace sponsored the event. Since coming to DC 5 years ago, I’ve had the chance to go to some pretty cool stuff — like a book party...
by Ericka | Nov 23, 2011 | books
You can see a stack of books at the top of my blog but I don’t talk about them that often. Please, don’t think I don’t love & cherish my books! In the past year, I’ve had to do two massive book cleanouts because my apartment just...
