Posted in Addresses, Exercise, France, New York, Paris, tagged Anusara, Ashtanga, Bastille, bootcamp, Centre de Yoga du Marais, flying crow, L'Usine, Left Bank, Marais, Notre Dame, NYC, Paris, Radu, Rasa, Vinyasa, yoga, yoga in paris, yogi, yogini on Sunday, April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m a lackadaisical yogini. I probably took my first yoga class ten years ago and have been dabbling in it since, but never too seriously. I loved it but preferred my workouts more hardcore: Radu, bootcamp, boxing…
But now that I’m older (ahem), I’m just not that interested in punishing my body so much and since [...]
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Posted in Addresses, Asian, Exercise, Food & Drink, France, Life, Music, New York, Paris, Shopping, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Asian food, bio, Bowery, brain freeze, Burton wheelie sub, Chelsea, culture shock, food delivery, freezing weather, Music, NYC, organic, Paris, recording, singing, studio, Synergy kombucha drink, vocal, weekend, Whole Foods, yoga on Monday, February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
No day of rest for me. When you’re trying to finish a record, there’s no such thing as a weekend off. But that’s ok. I’m happy to be in here singing, although I’m having a hell of a time trying to nail this one vocal. Ugh. It’s just not working and it’s so frustrating!
Anyway, it’s [...]
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Posted in Exercise, France, Gardens and Parks, Life, New Year, New York, Paris, tagged boot camp, boxing, Gyms, John Galliano, kickboxing, kung-fu, Luxembourg Gardens, Marc Jacobs, masochist, trainer on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Like the majority of people out there, I made one of the most banal of New Year’s resolutions—to get in shape. Now were I still in New York, there would be a multitude of ways for me to attempt this: juicing, fasting, colonics-ing, boot-camping, power-plating and so on. The French, of the eat-a-bunch-of-cheese-drink-a-lot-of-wine diet, [...]
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Posted in Addresses, Boulangerie, Christmas, Exercise, Food & Drink, France, New Year, Paris, tagged baguette, Burger King, cake, croissant, Epiphany, feve, galette des rois, Jedi Knight, Jesus, Regis Colin, Rue Montmartre, Three Kings Day on Sunday, January 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
January 6th is my older sis’ birthday as well as Three Kings Day, aka the Epiphany, or the last day of the Christmas season (you know, the 12th day of Christmas like the song.) The French have a particular tradition for today, the eating of the galette des rois. It’s an almond puff pastry [...]
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