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Teacher’s Pet
Do you have a certain "spot" that you prefer to setup your yoga mat and practice at your yoga studio? Humans tend to be creatures of habit, and that certain spot three rows back and two mats in from the right wall just helps us flow better, right?? Ok, I will just...
Hell-Raiser to Rock-ette
Wow, two weeks without a post! July has been a really busy and crazy month, but a blast. So what have I been up to the past couple of weeks?? Let's see....in addition to my real job, I hosted friends from California (check out my post NYC "Cool" Tourists), jaunted...
The NYC “Cool” Tourists
Last August, on a whim, I booked a surf vacation to Costa Rica and little did I know that this trip was going to be an experience of a life time. I figured that I was going to spend every second of my week in the water surfing, piecing my limited surf experience...
My Head is an Animal
I love how music can transport you instantly to another time and memory in your life. All of a sudden Tom Petty's "Running Down a Dream" comes on the radio, and I am 16 years old again. I am sitting on the bleachers, jamming to him on my first (and original) iPod,...
Rocka-where?
Do you ever find a gem in the rough and want to keep it all to yourself? I semi let the cat out of the bag last week in my post "Escape Plan for New Yorkers", but since I received yet another email in my inbox this AM from another blog I subscribe to, Fathom, raving...
Shake It Out
Swish swish swash goes the washing machine. I wish there was a course offered in college on how to survive your 20s. Well, from what I hear, there should be manuals on how to survive every decade of your life. As one of my close friends and mentors would say,...
Escape Plan for New Yorkers
Picture this: the hustle and bustle of a New York City subway car. NYers heading to their coveted weekend brunch and tourists checking their maps to make sure they will not miss their stop. Oh, and then there happens to be a 9 foot 2 inch surfboard sitting in the...
Aged to Perfection
Task #10 (reading Saltwater Buddha) on my "Endless Summer" list: almost complete. Well, "almost" in the sense that I have 50 pages to go, but I am not quite sure how "reading on the subway" is comparable to "reading in a hammock". Anyone have a hammock in NYC that I...
Hidden Cove Camp
I love how photographs can transport you to another time and place. From a very early age I can remember staring at pictures that my parents took on their worldwide travels and being mesmerized. I could not wait to get my hands on one of my parents’ SLRs. When my mom...
Down Dog Dilemma
I like beer. No, I really, really love GOOD beer (no "light" beers please). Come Friday, a cold beer is a welcome invitation to the weekend. However, a couple months ago I found this really great yoga class by an awesome teacher that just so happened to be on Fridays...
“live in the sunshine…
...swim in the sea, drink the wild air." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy Summer Solstice! At 7PM EST today, Summer officially starts in the Northern Hemisphere. Although the majority of us adult-folk no longer get Summer breaks anymore, we still feel that freedom of...
Tuning In
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver I am a 26 year-old (wait, I am how young?!) female and I live and work in the Big Apple aka New York City. Samba to the Sea is about living, learning, reflecting, and discovering...
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