During this time every year, gym parking lots seem to be noticeably fuller. You can’t walk right on to the elliptical and you have to squeeze into your normally not-so-crowded Pilates class. Gym rats everywhere know exactly what I’m talking about; January, February, and March are the highest traffic times for commercial gyms. Fresh off the New Year’s Resolution train, people of all ages are hitting the gym in their quest to “exercise more.”
So if you haven’t already bailed on this resolution or are stepping up your fitness …

Tension can run a little high when Mom comes into town. Is your apartment clean enough? Is your pantry equipped with the right ingredients for meals that she approves of? Sometimes having Mom over is more stress than it’s worth, like when her nagging about your financial situation overshadows the quality time you’re supposed to be having.
But you can’t avoid her forever! Need to get her out of your house and somewhere that distracts from the quarrelsome direction your conversation seems to inevitably take? I’d go with the …

To call Toc’s a coffeehouse is a little deceptive. 14-year-olds aren’t coming in to get frappuccinos and it’s not like some of the crowded, noisy hot-spot coffee shops around town either.
I’m not old enough to really understand “hole in the wall” or “mom and pop shop,” but from extensive Googling, I can say with confidence that this cozy joint is one of those places. Walking through the door, you step back a few years in time. Worn menus and well-used booths contribute to a “make yourself at …

Some family traditions include a day of board games or venturing out to catch one of the flicks that premiere on Christmas Day. Not mine though. As much as I want to see Sherlock Holmes, it’ll have to wait, because I am a homebody who lives for the one day of the year when I can watch holiday movies and feel normal. When I watch them in June, I feel wrongly judged, but hey, I think Christmas spirit should be sprinkled throughout the year.
Here are the five movies I watch …

Nestled at the crossroads of I-35 and I-70 is a little slice of heaven that I like to call my hometown. Salina, Kansas is where my family and beloved Dalmatian, Betsey Johnson, live. It’s also the place where I made every happy memory I can conjure up.
Salina is bigger town with population just over 50,000 residents, so it has a few city amenities while maintaining it’s “down home Kansas” identity.
So should you find yourself 76 miles north of the ICT, here are five stops you have to make in …