The 5 rules for taking fitness selfies

The 5 rules for taking fitness selfies

1. Use the timer function in your phone. It’s not a prerequisite for us to see you hold up your phone to a mirror in your bathroom. You probably think it’s a nice bathroom, or that I’m not judging you for your choice of shower curtain or that the...
Grateful and expectant

Grateful and expectant

“Crystal, it’s your mother.” “Hi Ma, why are you calling so early,” I asked, already knowing it’s my birthday today and she’s been calling every year for the last few years at the same time. “It’s 7:56. It’s...
Boston Calling: A Haiku or 2

Boston Calling: A Haiku or 2

I will follow you into the dark…standing in a puddle for two hours…on concrete for 8…and after almost getting trapped to death by thousands of drunk and high pretenders who don’t like Death Cab for Cutie nearly as much as us. My main squeeze...
Going for the lead

Going for the lead

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. No, that’s not the sound of laughter. That’s the sound of my huffing and puffing through the tree-lined streets of my suburban Boston neighborhood. The day is perfect for running. Cool, but not nippy and a woman pushing a baby carriage...
World Series Champions, of many hearts

World Series Champions, of many hearts

Picture courtesy Rachel Wein “I went out to play the game of baseball because I love to play it. I did it right. I did it the right way. I worked hard doing it.” Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher (1984-1996) Let me tell this to you straight. I was standing in...
It’s 6am and I’m still sore from jumping around

It’s 6am and I’m still sore from jumping around

To say the room was electric would be both trite, and a cliche, but are not cliches just the verbal shortcut human beings use to express a feeling all of us can relate to? I’m doing it. The room was electric. The crowd of hipsters pumped up with un-characteric...