Italy was exactly what one would expect it to be… beautiful scenery, beautiful language, and beautiful food! The vivid images I'm able to bring to mind of coastal towns perched on mountainside cliffs peppered with purple flowers and lemon trees growing lemons the size of my head, help me as I stand here on my terrace, overlooking the destruction and ugliness of death that has consumed my once alive and blossoming plants.
Written by Anne Marie Constanzo Tuesday, 24 August 2010
… to indulge in all things pasta, wine and cured meats!
Vacation time has finally arrived and Little Black Dress and LuckeYou (which is the name of my husband's business) are off to eat our way through Italy for two weeks.
So don't venture off too far, I'll be back to blog about all things Italy and maybe I'll even pack my sneakers and take a video blog jog through the winding streets of Florence!
I hope everyone enjoys the last few remaining weeks of summer and I'll be back after Labor Day!
Buon giorno!
Written by Anne Marie Constanzo Monday, 23 August 2010
Everyone knows that good posture can make you look confident and self-assured. It can also keep you healthy as you age, and that’s why it’s so important. However, with so many people stuck in office jobs, constantly sucked into their computer screens, more and more people are suffering from low back pain, breathing problems, pinched nerves, fatigue and many other degenerative occurrences. So how do you know if you’re one of them?
So I woke up this morning at the crack of dawn, which for me is 6:30, and being well-known as an anti-morning person, this is a struggle for me. (I enjoy my sleep tremendously.) So there is all sorts of crankiness, mutterings under my breath and a total sense of annoyance encompassing me as I stumble into the bathroom… my usual early morning fanfare.
In my little, tiny corner of the blogging world, I like to talk about things that can help motivate people in becoming more physically active. I try to give tips, workouts, ideas, recipes... you know the drill. I want to help someone be able to transform from a sedentary existence to one of being physically active, energized and happy with themselves. I have no idea how close or far I am from the mark, but I figure it's my way of trying in a real world kind of way; not in an "OMG, you have GOT to try this new fitness class, OMG! It's wonderful and it will have you GLISTENING and JUMPING for joy once you get through it." I hate that. Fitness isn't pretty. It's sweaty and grueling and there's huffing and puffing, red faces and sore bodies. It's real and it's usually not much fun, but the payoff makes it all worthwhile.
