Rad Skiing Sites

For Women who Ski: http://www.theskidiva.com/forums/
This site is an awesome place to go for threads on product reviews "from everything from chapstick.." to tips on how to buy your next pair of ski boots. The vibe is positive and friendly, and the women who run the site clearly believe in their mission statement.

Naked Juice vs. Odwalla: The 15 oz. showdown

You're at the grocery store. You want to buy juice. The portable, tiny kind. Which juice do you buy?

For health reasons, It's naked juice hands down in my book. The reason? Odwalla's little ones may be a lot cuter and tastier, but Naked's is 100% juice.

I don't like my juice with much in it besides juice.

Update: Though juice that's captioned as 100% (as opposed to, say 34% or some other number) is obviously purer/ better for you, this apparently doesn't necessarily mean that what's in the bottle is 100% juice and 0% everything else. 100% juice is still allowed to have additives (unsurprisingly the FDA has no problem with that), so always read your labels.

The End of Ski Season...Or Close to It

As ski season comes to a close, I look around wondering what might be a good alternative form of adrenaline-charged, problem-solving, outside fun. Some have suggested cycling.

Being addicted to skiing is new for me in the first place, so I began digging around online, re: what skiiers do when the season is over. Short of taking off to central America, Australia, or some other Southern Hemisphere venue, the general consesus seems to include the following:

1. When you aren't skiing, stay in good shape. Incorporate the following elements:

• cardiovascular
• strength or lifting
• stretching/ yoga/ flexibility.

It seems that fitness, for skiing, is similar to fitness for other activities. (Surprise!)

2. Inline skating/ rollerblading uses some of the same muscles as skiing. Personally, I haven't rollerbladed except as a little kid, but with some pads and all the hills in my neighborhood, this could be an interestingly revived activity.

3. Many ski resorts convert to moutain-biking areas during summer months. This could be a good adrenaline-charged alternative, but requires requisite equiptment. I'd have to learn about bicycles.

4. Cross-Training Activites abound. These could include club soccer or frisbee or training for a triathalon.

What the web needs? A list of local clubs/groups for these types of activities. I'm sure there's something like that out there. A good research project for another date. Maybe I'll start with Tacoma, Washington.

Something New

Basic Principles: Where I started

• Eat mostly plants; drink mostly water
• Sweat outside at least once per day.
• Brush your teeth in all the easily-missed spots, and floss.
• Do your dishes, and your laundry.
• Listen more, chat less.
• Live intentionally.