If you’re a pinner on Pinterest, you may have a little bit of an obsession with the millions of ways to use Mason Jars. I’m sure there’s a whole slew of you that went out to pick up a case of them just to do all of these projects. WHY? Why didn’t you just use…
Some of the best inner journeys start with the passport-stamped kind. (Whole Living, July/August 2012) Most of this journey across Italy was a bit of a strange tale. Like the quote above, I didn’t realize that I was about to take an inner journey of epic proportions. I was just newly retired from hockey writing…
I’m back in the States. The trip will be told in the coming weeks (be prepared to read a lot…it’s currently 40+ pages and I’ve only made it to day 10 of the journey across Italy). Now, some crazy stuff happened while I was in Italy. When I got home, I decided I would never…
Ah…the summer. Hockey season is FINALLY over. The Stanley Cup has finally been lifted and I can go back to my normal life… Oh wait…my life’s not so normal. The first question someone asked me the day after the Stanley Cup was lifted was: now that you’re retired, what are you going to do with your life? Well…ask me…
1. Frozen Planet. I am all about the BBC’s “Frozen Planet” this week.  It is probably the coolest and most intriguing documentary I have ever seen. I’ve learned so much from it. These guys filming the North and South Poles have the coolest jobs in the world (figuratively speaking, as well). After watching the behind-the-scenes video…
1. Fresh Day, 38 W 48th St (between 5th Ave & Rockefeller Plz), New York City. I am a tad bit addicted to this Manhattan deli that I came across the other week. It’s your typical run of the mill kind of deli…unless you’ve discovered its secret. To the back of the deli, on the…
Have Fewer Things, But Better Things. — Suzanne Rheinstein — I’m not sure what magazine I clipped this quote from, but this motto just really leaped out at me. “Have Fewer Things, But Better Things.” Why didn’t I ever think about that before? Because we live in an age of NOW. We want it now…not…
About a decade ago, I was restricted to being able to eat a few things. I was able to get my limitations down to 5 basic categories: noodle soups (Ramen and chicken noodle soup), Vietnamese, Thai & Indian food, curry, Pad Kee Mao, and green beans. These days, the restrictions are even worse than they…
