Shaking Things Up w/Carolina Barre & Core: Thanksgiving Edition

I’m not going to lie – I don’t love winter.  I love the idea of it; pumpkin things, snow days with hot chocolate, beautiful blankets of white snow that lasts for a day before magically disappearing, and all of the holiday things that HomeGoods has to offer.  I love the storybook moments of winter, and…

A Head-down, Strategy in Focus, Hard March Kind of Week

There’s nothing like the start of an up hill week to keep you humble.  It’s an amazing thing how Friday can bring such a natural tapering of events and urgency, but Monday never fails to re-open the flood gates.  C’est la vie, I suppose.  Which brings me to #23to30 guideline #6: Over the last year I’ve…

Day 1 of 28: Real Food + ‘Real’ Life

Day 1 of 28 is in the books — and it was a great one. I had done my due diligence of stocking the fridge and cabinets with all of my favorite clean foods and ingredients, but I completely failed on the Sunday prep piece so meals today were a little bit of a scramble (and…

The Week the Snow Took Over Charlotte

Last week brought the most legitimate snow storm I’ve ever seen in Charlotte, as well as an ice sealed house arrest that I haven’t experienced since ‘that winter’ in Philadelphia when we all lost power for a week and were in school until July.  Since most snow ‘storms’ in Charlotte are largely dramatic media interpretations…

Fuel. Sweat. Snowday.

Tonight we got snow in Charlotte, so naturally everyone freaked out all day in preparation.  As a Northerner I typically find the southern snow experience underwhelming….and I love it.  Today’s snow drill was met with a cancelled work dinner, so I found myself free to live the dream in my living room: sitting by the…

Balance So Far this Week: FGM + Barre Sweats

It seems strange that at the end of June I find myself being thankful for several days of warmth and sun, but this year those days are so few and far between that the warrant some abnormal gratitude.  So, thank you sun for last week, and please, feel free to join us again soon. I’m…