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“Run for the Czech Republic. Run for Yourself. Run for Free Beer.” CONGRATULATIONS TO ELI ZACH TERRIS, a graduating senior at Brandeis University in Boston. In Eli’s entertaining memoir, we find out that running in a foreign country is more than just a way to see the sites. It provides an immediate opportunity for cultural immersion!
April 8, 2011 – And The Winner Is…
After an incredibly close race with several front runners, the Judges have finished their deliberations and announced the WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS to JOSEPH SCHUBERT – A Macalester College student who began following EntertainingYourself.com via facebook during Martin’s trip to China. Now we know why – Joe spent some time there himself and his best Running Memory makes for an exciting & hilarious tale. Joe – soon you’ll be sporting your sweet new shoes! Check the WINNING Kunming, China Running Story here!
It’s that funny month of March again where mornings are Winter and afternoons already Spring. All batty-eyed and full of expectation, the sun – as the lark – rises earlier each morning. The overnight chill leaves the road that stretches from my house to school icy until midday when the mud and green and chirp of birds reappear, reminding me that I’ve made it through the cruel months of Winter once again…IT’S SPRING! I know it’s early yet, but I do think it’ll be a good one.
SEEKING THE BEST RUNNING STORY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
EntertainingYourself.com is launching our FIRST EVER writing contest for Best Running Story in a Foreign Country and YOU are invited to enter! Deadline for contest entry: April 1, 2011. 1st Prize? A new pair of running shoes. Want the details, check out the full story – you are just a button click away!
Sam, standing statuesque in front of Sant Basil’s Cathedral, relishes the panoramic views in Red Square, while reflecting upon the mysterious and fascinating attractions that make Moscow a city like no other.
Traveling to Crete this past spring, I was greeted by a street vendor who’d stacked bunches of brilliant green stalks atop milk cartons beside his cart. Walking closer, I discovered that the stalks were in fact in the pea family, and that this vendor was selling fresh chick peas on the stem. Upon tasting the divine sweetness and crunchy texture of the fresh chickpea, I thought to myself: “why aren’t we eating these all the time?”
What is it about brownies that make them so amazing? Is it that sweet smell of cocoa baking in the oven which lingers in your mind long after the last brownie is gone? Or the seemingly limitless ways you can make them? Chewy or cakelike? Plain or frosted? Straight or doctored? Need a dessert that stands out in the crowd? Don’t be shy – go ahead and decorate them to your <3’s delight! One thing’s for sure, if you make them, you’ll be well liked.
Figs. Beautiful and versatile, dried figs have seduced me. The best I ever tasted came from a spice market in Istanbul, Turkey. An old man with white hair and a tattered blazer was selling them by the box. I bought one for five Turkish Lira, about three US dollars; it weighed about two pounds and contained the largest most beautiful dried figs I’ve ever laid eyes on.
There are party goers and party throwers. Robin is a consummate party thrower. Why? Because she LOVES planning parties. Before she has completed one party, she already has 3 or 4 more under construction. Themes and events stream through her brain at rapid speed and inspiration is found everywhere.
Sometimes it dawns on me that I’m probably an armchair adventurer. You want the best trip into the wild? Read someone else’s account, complete with beauty, hardship, awe, and maybe a little disaster thrown into the mix.
Early on in this particular hike the heat and sun were getting to me. Why had I left cooler Hollywood to head inland to the higher, and in the summer, hotter mountains?