Last week, I revealed that I made the decision to run a 5K for my birthday in February – a decision that came after nine years of less than frequent exercise. My adventures in fitness continue below…
The first step toward completing my goal to run a 5K was to sign up for Shocker Fitness and I did that. I’m golden now, right? Well, not so much. In the two weeks since I started the workouts, there have been some highs and lows.
One low? I’ve skipped a couple of workouts in …

The First Annual Strong Ale Fest was held at The Anchor on Saturday. Participants purchased tickets and were given a Strong Ale Taster’s glass and 20 drink tickets upon arrival. The owner of The Anchor,  Schane Gross and Goebel Liquor owner, Rob Miller, held the event to celebrate American crafted strong ales and all beers were at least 8% alcohol by volume. verb [ICT] sent me as one if its most discerning beer drinkers. To capture the male perspective, I convinced my good friend, Quentin Steele, to tag along. Note: …

FACT: there are four types of people found at a bar while karaoke is happening.
The first group consists of the good singers. Usually these people were involved in choir during high school and/or have at least a general concept of rhythm and how to sing in tune.
The second group thinks they are good singers. These are the people who are convinced a talent scout will hear them and they will be on the next plane to Nashville. In general these people can’t carry a tune and should probably stick to …

Here at verb[ICT], we like our cocktails. More specifically, we like to celebrate pretty much everything with a cocktail named for the event. Turning the big 3-0? Celebrate with Birthdaytinis. Moving in with your boyfriend? Kick it off in style with Sin Citytinis. It’s a Thursday? Toast with Thursdaytinis. Any occasion can be made even more special with a custom tini. This is a fact. So in honor of launch day, we give you… Verbtinis!
To make this cocktail:
Get 1 large pitcher
Fill with 3 cans of peach nectar (Del Valle is our …

Back when I was still in high school, I played volleyball, basketball and softball, but once college started I decided to take a break. That break lasted nine years, save for the occasional softball game with friends. Oops.
Three months ago, I decided that I’d had enough and it was time for me to get physical, Olivia Newton-John style.  So I joined the YMCA and started working out. My workouts were pretty minimal, though. Walking on the treadmill for thirty minutes about seven times a month was not exactly cutting it. It was especially not cutting it when …