Category archive for ‘Healthcare & Fitness’ 
Authentic Yoga (0)
4/29/10 •
So Deepak Chopra has a yoga app. Wait, you don’t know who Deepak Chopra is? He’s only one of the most esteemed leaders of alternative medicine, known in this country for bringing Ayurvedic medicine to the limelight, and who, to this day, is unfortunately criticized greatly by stringently Western-based doctors who lack an open mind ... Read More
Earth Day! 20 Green iPhone Apps for the Ecologically Aware (0)
4/26/10 •
Can you believe the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, in a time when having an ecological mindset was correlated more with wearing birkenstocks and eating – the horror – foods not provided in a colorfully designed cardboard box? The environmentalists of this era are often dramatized as hemp-wearing hippies who tied themselves to ... Read More
Eat This Not That Game (0)
4/16/10 •
Diet book are always big sellers. French Women Don’t Get Fat, The Okinawa Diet, The China Study, Dr. Atkin’s New Diet Revolution, and The Best Life Diet are but a few of the the most notable diet books from the last decade, each one acclaimed in its own right, each one later lambasted, and each ... Read More
iBaby Care (0)
2/26/10 •
Babies. Whenever I see babies, or hear about babies, or even just think of babies, I can’t help but feel a tiny shiver up my spine, kind of like anxiety, but more like indigestion. I know absolutely nothing about babies. Okay, a slight exaggeration – I know next to nothing about babies, and that’s a ... Read More
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010 (0)
2/24/10 •
In light of the recent controversy over the loss of certain scintillating, titillating apps in the iTunes app store, we rejoice over our continued access to the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition on the iPhone. It may seem odd that the Swimsuit edition is still available, given the picketing outrage of many a feminist, but ... Read More
QVC (0)
1/25/10 •
It’s odd that many of my childhood memories involve QVC. I remember thinking it was a household name, and maybe it was, among mothers in their 30s and 40s in the 1990s – especially in Pennsylvania, where QVC was founded – but I was the only kid in my school who would refer to her ... Read More
Let it Snow! Skiing Apps for the iPhone *UPDATE* (1)
1/12/10 •
I am not a skiier. In fact, I’ve never skiied. Or, at least, I’ve never done downhill skiing, which is arguably the only way to ski. My boyfriend, on the other hand, is a skier. Gliding this way and that, effortlessly, over powdery snow, sloshing pretty streams of it in either direction, he just exudes ... Read More
Yoga Stretch (0)
12/14/09 •
I did some holiday shopping yesterday, to add to my already increasing pile of presents for family and friends, the one I’ve dubbed Mount Presentrest for its jaw-dropping height, precipitous left side, and narrow, channeling gorges. I think some light condensation might have wilted the wrap jobs at top. After wandering the corridors of too ... Read More
EatingWell.com (1)
12/11/09 •
Before writing this, I fairly polished off the last quarter of a Trader Joe’s popcorn bag – that ridiculously good one with white cheddar and encased in a pretty, vintage carnival wrapper of salmon, pink stripes. As I licked my fingers of all the powdery residue, it occurred to me I might want to round ... Read More
Post-Thanksgiving Fitness Apps for your iPhone (0)
11/25/09 •
With Thanksgiving tomorrow, it’s no wonder I see more people out running today. Sure, it may be cliche to write about, since not everybody gorges themselves silly on this day of feast-to-end-all-feasts, but the majority of us do want that extra helping of gravy and stuffing, and, yes, we do want a big, sticky wedge ... Read More
