Life and Culture

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

La Tomatina Festival

Not sure how comfortable I would feel drenched head-to-toe in liquid/chunk tomato, but apparently this is a THING to do, it’s renowned, worldwide. Have you ever heard of it? Because I never have… so I did a little research. “What Happens at La Tomatina… At around 11 am, the first event of the Tomatina begins. […]

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A Real Nickelodeon

Moment of clarity this AM when at a reuniting breakfast at El Dorado Diner, I instagram’d a photo of what I’ve always known as a “jukebox.” I google’d “juke box” before posting obviously to confirm the spelling/whether it was one word or not. Upon clicking through to the wikipedia… I learned that another word for […]

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Originally posted on THOUSAND THOUGHTS:
When I was little, my mom cried a lot. I would find her in the basement behind the water heater and the flower press, crying. It was terrifying to see her crying, but there was an intimacy in sitting with her as she did. Those were emotional days. There was…

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All Hail Olympian Zoe Smith

All hail British Olympic weightlifter @ZoePabloSmith for standing up to stupid close-minded “men” who think women who weight lift all look like this, and act obnoxiousness like this: NEWS FLASH: A. that’s not true and B. all women are beautiful in their own way. What you find attractive, or not, is no ones problem but your own. Women that make […]

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Walk of Shame

Why does a walk of shame (WoS) feel so awful all the time? Even when it’s not a hookup WoS? Which, for the record, I still consider a WoS because you’re in the same state you were when you left your house 10 hours ago…it’s shameful! Look at your life and choices. Really you waste […]

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Speaking of Sun Hats

I promise that this is not coming from a jealous, “I have a big head…can’t wear most sun hats” place, but just because your sun hat is great, and flow-y, and summer-y, doesn’t mean you need to keep it on all day long, indoors, the day you wear it. It is a SUN hat, therefore… sans […]

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Originally posted on Sleep, Eat, Gym, Repeat.:
I’ve been subbing/will be subbing a bunch this summer, which I’m psyched about! I love getting to meet new people who frequent other classes besides my own. And they get to meet me… for better or for worse… Last week I subbed a REROCK POWER HOUR class (caps…

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To the Top 40 Junkies

Guest Blog via @Shnamm About Shawn:: Babson College Alum, Exploration Enthusiast and Self Proclaimed Wordsmith. Digital Media is my life and good music keeps it going. #BeGreat & #OwnIt  http://shnamm.tumblr.com/ Just when you thought you were going to have a productive week, you come across THE song…the song that you will have a torrid love affair with, being […]

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