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Top Ten Ways to Ruin Your runDisney Race Weekend
Ten surprisingly easy ways to derail a runDisney race weekend—from chasing a PR and skimping on sleep to underestimating the logistics. Plus, how to avoid every one of them.
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When Does It Become Home? Early thoughts on being a local…
If you’ve ever moved into a new-to-you house or condo or apartment or other space, you have at least an inkling of what this question means. How deep it runs. If you’ve ever moved to a place where you once vacationed (or just downright escaped to), you have probably also experienced the strange paths that…
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Eat This: The Grand Floridian Cafe
Occasionally I find myself having run a good, healthy, calorie burning distance on property and, as such, famished beyond all pretensions of self control and within reach of some very excellent food. It’s a dangerous combination. Such was the case a week or so ago as I stumbled into the Grand Floridian after a long…
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The Many Pleasures of Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
I tend to be at the Magic Kingdom either alone with two small children or actually alone – but with a limited amount of time to kill before picking up those same two small children from school. As such, I don’t often have the luxury of a proper meal in the park. It’s more often…
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On Loving Japan…and Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival – Japan Booth
Japan is my jam. I’ve been intrigued by this fascinating, dichotomous culture since high school and borderline obsessed since college. I studied the language from my freshman year of college through my first year of law school (running from Japanese to civil procedure several mornings a week, trying desperately to switch my head back into…
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On Controlling What We Can…
I’ve followed more strict eating regimens over the years than I could probably count. I’ve always loved good food. But I’ve also always loved my health, and control, and a good challenge – not to mention the more superficial effects of good eating. And control. Did I mention control? I’ve always been active, but as…
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“Lunch at Epcot.”
I daydreamed for years (and years, and years…) about making the move to Florida. When people (oh so many people) asked why, my simplest answer was, “I want to have lunch at Epcot.” Does the lack of state income tax suck? No. Is the weather beautiful, the community wonderful, the recreation endless, the pace of…
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Eulogy
I’ve stood in this very room and done this impossible thing that is a eulogy once before. Last time I was stunned, shell shocked, caught between relief and processing and the mercy of not yet having settled into that new reality. This time I still face the inevitable inadequacy that comes with trying to communicate…
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Swan Dive
There’s so much anxiety tied to that first post – the amount of backstory needed, the eye catching content, the need to reel you in. So let’s just swan dive into this thing. I’ll give you a quick picture of my awesome dog enjoying a margarita scented bath, courtesy of Philosophy and the good people…