Showing posts with label pilates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pilates. Show all posts

Friday, January 7, 2011

Confession: Lady Crush

Happy New Year's! I have a secret...I'll tell you if you're ready.

Nearly every weekday, rainy, cold, sunshine-y and every other type in between, I pull myself out of bed...to see about a girl. Now, try as I might, I may not see her every day, but it counts as a good week when I've seen her three or four times. Obviously, I'm talking about the one-and-only Eden Kessler, she of mindbodybaby.com.

She's seen me at my worst: early, sweaty, tired, hungover, with smeared make-up and just regular too. (Bonus: somehow she still thinks I'm funny.) She, on the other hand, is always looking fresh-faced, with GREAT hair, sporting a smile, a coffee and the perfect dose of morning sass.

I don't talk to many people at the gym, so I didn't know what to expect the first time I took a class with Eden. My first experience was a Tuesday morning at 7am that left my abs aching when I coughed or laughed, a strange feeling for someone who had never felt her abs before. That was it, I was done for and I went back for more that Thursday. She manages to make us all laugh despite our best efforts and the class has turned into a strange, mixed little community. I've brought my roommate over at Hiker in Heels to Eden's classes at every opportunity. In fact, I've followed Eden anyplace she goes, to a local hotel where she sometimes teaches, and I'm pretty sure if she taught in Rhode Island, I'd go there too. So the point is, don't skip any opportunity to get to know Eden.

You'll fall in love, I'm telling you.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Random Tuesday Musings

Friends.

I met a racist dog this morning. It let me walk right on by but viciously barked at the Asian lady who goes who through the neighborhood's trash every Tuesday morning.

Which begs the question, what IS she looking for? Furthermore, why does the man collect the acorns in the fall? Where is he taking them? Is everyone's neighborhood as odd as mine?

Next, a girl wore just a bra in pilates. Please note we do this horrific maneuvers with our bodies which should NEVER be done uncovered. Unacceptable. Like this:

Hi Eden! That's my hero, girl-crush extraordinaire Eden. That photo was taken by Jill Legrow. More on Eden to come. For now, please know she is awesome and I crawl out of bed 3 times a week to see her. And I'm pretty sure that = love.

Third, it's clear that Pride Week got a lot less family-friendly after the sun set. I learned that from some, um, debris left on the sidewalk. (No pictures on purpose).

Finally, online invitations have really stepped up the design and classiness. Check out some of these beauties from Paperlesspost.com. The details are really beautiful.