I'm Ready to Run!

Fresh off their historic sweep of the Mountain West Conference titles, the 12th-ranked University of New Mexico men and No. 20 women open postseason action at home when they host the elite NCAA Mountain Region Championships on Saturday at the UNM North Golf Course. Team and individual bids to the NCAA Cham… Continue

It’s amazing how a few extra-curricular activities outside work and home life can open doors to places you had no idea existed in this great city.

I recently came across two local businesses that I think as Albuquerque lovers we should embrace to help keep these places going.

Lucky for me these establishments tap into two of my passions, running and beer drinking. I like to stay balanced. So, here are my findings this month:

#1 Southwest Sports… Continue

When I was a kid, running was embarrassing for me. I’ve always been an athlete, but never a small, spry gazelle athlete who could run for days. I’ve always been the athlete who doesn’t throw like a girl and could beat any guy in H-O-R-S-E on the basketball court.

I was a chunky tomboy during my elementary school years. Not the best years to be chunky, not only because of the ridicule from painfully honest/stupid kids, but also PE class and the mile run tests they put you through.

Running was n… Continue

So, warning, I'm writing this blog while bopping along to Madonna's Open Your Heart to Me. Love this song, by the way. Well, I gotta tell everyone who reads this that I truly love Albuquerque. It's like an old friend or an always-there-for-me boyfriend that I take for granted and then one day I have this realization that I really do love that person and I would never want them to go away no matter how much I get annoyed with them. Why the lovefest for ABQ? Just took a trip to Chicago for a busin… Continue

For whatever reason, I'm still irritated by the whole Jessica Alba comment. So I'm hoping this post will help put my frustrations at ease.

Back in the day, when I was much younger :), my choices of dining out included places like Chili's, Applebees, Bennigans, you know, the regular chains where servers have pieces of flare. Hell, my first job was at Black Eyed Pea and the second was at Applebees. So I've spent a good many years supporting chain restaurants, but now I say no more of tha

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