This weekend I ran my last official 5k of the summer - The Color Run! Last weekend, my guy and I spent three days in Chicago riding bikes, beaching, looking at Sue the T-rex and drinking cocktails rimmed with pop rocks (!) You can see photos of that aforementioned beach and other Chicago tidbits and recommendations in today's e-newsletter.
A vintage trailer getting a cute, cheap facelift? Yes.
Random Love Punches is a great pick-me-up.
My girl Sally of Already Pretty fame wrote a book - and it's awesome!
This is fascinating. Interviews with six people about their financial lives - from a dishwasher who earns $200 a week to a self-made gazillionaire who earns $625,000 a week.
My girl Sally of Already Pretty fame wrote a book - and it's awesome!
This is fascinating. Interviews with six people about their financial lives - from a dishwasher who earns $200 a week to a self-made gazillionaire who earns $625,000 a week.
The Pallwitzes have started seeking help at the local Food Pantry, a
charity offering food to the needy. Rebecca says she was amazed that
somewhere like Urbandale even needed a Food Pantry. But it does. And
when she lines up, she doesn't see only derelicts. She sees middle-class
families just like them. Dennis says he wishes they were better off, but there are positives
about being poor. It makes people community-spirited, he says. Plus,
money can turn a man wayward. He runs a church support group for sex and
drug and alcohol addicts. Why did some of those men fall into a
hedonistic abyss? "Because they could afford to," he says.
Why it's not okay to say offensive things and then announce you were "just joking."
Mandy has some great things to say about starting a blog from scratch - after developing a big following and blogging at one domain for five years!
We all love inspiring saying in lovely font. There's a website for that! A Manifesto A Day.
When this girl overheard a man making this comment about a drunk girl across the street: "I'd take her into the back alley and show her what I'm made of. She won't even see it coming," she punched him in the face. Brave? Ill-advised? Both? Discuss.
A great personal essay on a collection of first times.
It's really easy to spend the day pinning manifestos to Pinterest boards and reading blog posts about being awesome. A good reminder that being good at something is 99% practice, 1% theory.
Lovely! 10 bright things.
Truth. The Key To Success Most Designers (or most creatives - myself included) Fight To Avoid.
Cute! Bright running shoes with high-fashion outfits!
I'm sure you know people who are divorced. Here's Maggie's best advice re: divorce - and the comments are helpful, too!
More links on Twitter and Pinterest!
That article on the difference in income levels was really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the Color Run when it comes to Albuquerque next month! I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI love that you did the Color Run! I'm hoping to do it next year - one of my 2013 goals is to run a 5k every month. I'm planning to do the Tulsa edition of the Color Run, and in October I'll be driving to St. Louis for the Zombie Run and do the local Turkey Trot at Thanksgiving - just nine more months to fill in!
ReplyDeleteUhm. I think the punch in the face was well-deserved. Then again, that's me.
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