Siphon coffee is coffee brewed through a siphon. It’s basically the most steam-punk way to drink coffee and tastes amazing. Way back in the 1840s, people noticed that boiling water in the coffee grounds made the flavor taste a bit… burnt. A French housewife invented a special vacuum pressure percolator to help preserve the flavor of the roast. The result… View Post
Last weekend was another beautiful week on Lake 288 with Big SUP. It was so windy, though! When the wind is this strong, it can put the class at risk. A lot can go wrong. Try a few of these handy tips to make SUP yoga on windy days a little more manageable. Tips for SUP Yoga on Windy Days… View Post
Here’s the thing about bulletproof coffee: it makes you super productive without any of the jitters or crash that a regular cup of coffee has. If you don’t know what bulletproof coffee is, it’s basically coffee with coconut oil and grassfed butter that’s been tossed in a blender until it’s frothy like a latte. Sound dubious? I know! The first… View Post
Who else loves custom art on phone cases? Some of my favorite phone case designs on the market right now are white henna-inspired line drawings on clear cases. You can easily make one yourself without shouldering the heavy printing costs of going through a company like Casetify. Check out this easy DIY henna phone case for how to make a… View Post
Guess who played a show last weekend? Chris Landry! He was drumming with Hescher at White Oak Music Hall. Ok, I promise I’m not going to turn this blog into a review of every single one of Chris’s shows. The pictures turned out pretty cool though, so I wanted to put them up somewhere. I’m not going to apologize for… View Post
It’s been a little quieter over here on the blog lately. Where have I been? Too, too busy, and it has been so worth it. For the past few weeks, we’ve been rehearsing for Gotterdammerung, the last of the Ring Cycles at the Houston Grand Opera. I’m one of the aerial supers! We also perform with fire, reeds, water/ice (bottles),… View Post
Last weekend I had the opportunity to work my first shift at Lake 288 with Big SUP yoga! One of the things I’m working on right now is how to take good SUP yoga photos for the students, so I thought I’d put together a list of SUP yoga photography tips. SUP Yoga Photography Tips Listen. Get an idea of… View Post
Carrie Brownstein, guitarist from the rock band Sleater-Kinney and comic co-star of Portlandia with Fred Armisen, wrote a memoir that quickly was listed as a New York Times Bestseller. This sums up my Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Book Review: I love Carrie Brownstein. Reading the memoir went quickly – I finished it in about 2 days. It surprised… View Post
Guess what? Hescher and Night Drive played at the Nightingale Room in downtown Houston last week. Guess who played drums for Hescher? Chris! It was Chris. He’s super badass at the drums. That’s him spinning his sticks. Chris loves this battery. It will charge his phone forever and possibly jump his car? Table conversation. They say the sound system is… View Post
I don’t know about you, but I had a super stressful and crazy hectic week! A few friends mentioned the same thing. Weeks like this really emphasize the importance of yoga practice to me. I can deal. If I don’t keep up with my meditation practice, I can’t deal at all. Lotus pose is meant for a meditation. Ha. Usually… View Post
