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Living Room Olympics: Swimming Dry

The good news: you didn't qualify for the team. So let's just go for a swim - without a pool. Without water. But with a lot of the exercise benefits of real swimming. Just you. Face down on the floor. Press Play for your swimming lesson.
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Higher Than Mt. Olympus

If you're thinking of climbing Kilimanjaro, well, you can! I speak from experience. As time passed, I've be more inclined to overlook the really difficult stuff and remember only the glorious stuff. This was my personal Olympics. Here's a brief illustrated diary of the biggest freakin' hike I ever took.
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Raita Popsicles: cooler than cool

Raita is a refreshing yogurt dip that's usually served with spicy Indian foods. It cools things down. When you freeze it in a popsicle mold, things get turned around. And really cool. Now it's something you dip in your mouth. Something delicious and refreshing on its own.
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Pop Culture Week: Adult Rated

Deep, dark, delicious. Just enough sugar to be slightly sweet, not bitter. 50 cents and 23 calories per pop. I have no idea why I never made these before. Four minutes to make a batch. Four hours to freeze them. Then lick away!
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Pop Culture Week: Mint-Melon Delight

Get a really ripe melon. So sweet you won't even think about adding sugar. Not even to offset the cool of the mint and the kick of the ginger. A truly sweet and wonderfully refreshing Way to start or finish a meal on a hot day.
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Your Monday #27: Better Calves

Let's start the week loose. Comfortable. Flexible. Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Today's Way'll relax and stretch your calves. Make them feel and function better.
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Strawberry Lemon Tart

A fresh, juicy, sweet-and-tart tart in a light, buttery crust. Summer's here! And it's Better and Cheaper. Remain calm. Eat Slower. You can have another slice.
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Return Trip: Moraine Lake, Banff, Canada

First time I hiked up above Moraine Lake I was a college kid. It was the summer of 1969 or '70. My first mountain hiking. My first glacier viewing. Cool. No training or preparation. Just hit the trail. Now I wondered how the old bones would feel on the same old trail to a a very cool and profoundly beautiful place.
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Summer Salad Pizza

A big salad posing as a pizza. A huge mound of exceptionally fresh, colorful, flash-baked radicchio, leek, sweet pepper and cucumber on a hot, fresh pizza crust. Another example of pizza crust as the perfect platform for almost everything fresh and tasty. Dinner for two for $2.
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