The Boss & The Big Man, Such Smooth Moves

A Taste You Breathe

Le Whif is breathable chocolate, coffee, and now, vitamins. WHAT?
And their slogans slay me:
"The kick of coffee without the cup." -- I think having my cup is part of my having coffee experience.
"The TASTE of chocolate without the calories." --I'm tempted to believe that when it comes to sweets, the more calories, the more immediately satisfying!
And the worst of them all: "Le Whif means healthy living."

Has anyone tried this?? Would love to hear about some experiences with this caca.
Click here to see how it works.

I Can Be...A Ballerina

Barbie, the company, put together an inspirational web series about different occupations. This one is I Can Be...A Ballerina. In this clip, NYCB dancer Maria Kowroski talks about life as a ballerina, accompanied by her unbelievable legs. I think this is great for kids and up, a nice inside look at what the dancer goes through and what she did to get to where she is today, as well as a little bit about how to have a healthy lifestyle as a ballerina. Other I Can Be... episodes include Drummer, Veterinarian, and A Professional Surfer, and can be found on youtube.

Woman Shoots Her Pain

A woman with no insurance suffered from shoulder pain for about a month until the pain became too much for her to live with and she decided to shoot herself in the shoulder for medical attention. Wow.

Mr. B

Svetlana Zakharova dancing Giselle

Lifting her leg so effortlessly. So pretty.

Rihanna Talks Body Image

Rihanna spoke with You magazine about how the fashion industry is pressuring young girls into becoming model skinny.

"You shouldn't be pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. They know that if we see an outfit on a mannequin in a shop window we will love it and want to buy it whatever size we are. That's why they have size zero models - they want to sell clothes. You have to remember that it's not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Being size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them. It's not realistic and it's not healthy."

Lazy Larry's Lazy Cakes, Adults Only

Lazy Larry helps people to become more laid back, according to his website. I recently read an LA Times article about Lazy Cakes, bars that have been made with melatonin-like ingredients to help 'adults' relax. Lazy Larry's website writes that Lazy Cakes are 'the official relaxation brownie with melatonin.' I think I'm interested...

Read about the products (and maybe order some) by clicking here. And to read the controversy surrounding such products, click here.
I will update when I get my hands on them.

Max Waldman

Max Waldman produced beautiful photographs of dancers over the years. I was recently looking at some of them and came across other photos he took of theater, nudes, and portraits. There are some really cool images, bodies, lines, etc., so I thought I would share.
Max Waldman: Stunning Dance, Theater, Nudes and Portraits

Here are two I love, the first of Judith Jamison in 'Cry' and the second of Gelsey Kirkland and Ivan Nagy in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Paint Your Food, Then Eat It.

Esslack is a relatively new way to dress up your fruit, veggies, even oreos. Esslack is an edible spray paint for your food and comes in either gold or silver. Is it more or less exciting to eat food that looks like a metal trinket?

At first I thought this was silly and disturbing, but on second thought, a real gold golen doubly-stuffed Oreo sounds good.
The Deli Garage

'The NY Diet'

(Disregard that 'The NY Diet' is not a fitting title for this)

New York Magazine's Grub Street spoke with some 'famous' folks about their eating habits/food weaknesses and ways they compensate for the consumption of whatever it is that gets their heart racing. It's a fun read coupled with interesting remarks, word choices and sentence structures. For example, one man is referred to as 'Big Gay Ice Cream Owner' before he is referred to by his name, while another man remarks that, "Fat people don’t like to go to Minetta Tavern because they get stuck in the corner." Dylan Lauren, creator/owner of Dylan's Candy Bar, which I love, shares that she eats healthy to balance out all of the candy she eats. In my mind, I'm thinking, wow, what a dream to have access to all of those gummies! She must have handfuls throughout the day...if not tubs. That said, I was surprised when she writes, "We ordered in for dinner ... I had the steamed vegetables with tofu. And then twelve gummy bears." Twelve gummy bears?!?! Twelve! If I only had twelve gummy bears, I would forget I had them. Maybe she doesn't have much access after all...

The New York Diet: News & Coverage on Grub Street

Ana & Mia Don't Discriminate

There is not age requirement when it comes to having an eating disorder. Similarly, if an adult has one, it doesn't mean that she/he has had it since childhood. Recent reports show that more and more adults are showing up in clinics with eating disorders. Some cases are adults who struggled with an eating disorder early in life and have relapsed, but others have only developed symptoms in their middle age. For example, Judith Shaw, a 58-year-old yoga instructor in St. Louis, was almost 40 when she decided to “get healthy” after having children. As the story goes, diet and exercise quickly turned into more of an obsession than brief plan. Ms. Shaw tells NYT, “I was looking for something to validate myself,” she told me. “Somehow, the weight loss, and getting harder and firmer and trimmer and fitter, and then getting recognized for that, was fulfilling a need.”

The NYT article An Older Generation Falls Prey to Eating Disorders says, "Younger or older, patients tend to engage in the same destructive behaviors: restricted eating, laxative abuse, excessive exercise and binge eating. And the trigger is often a stressful transition — in a young person, perhaps going away to college or living through her parents’ divorce; in later years, having a baby, sending a child to college or going through her own divorce."

There are significant life stressors across the lifespan, so I'm really not surprised. I believe the numbers have always been there, we just were unaware because fewer people sought treatment or maybe even knew to seek treatment. With therapy being more acceptable these days, hopefully more people will be able to identify their struggle and have the motivation to do something about it.