happy birthday!!

this post is for my nephew. my little munchkin just turned four. wow four years old, i cant even grasp that you are four. you are my world and i love you so much, i know that you mean the world to your father and i know he is always there for you but i want you to know that i am always going to be here for you mr. man!! i love you so much.

i want you to know that although i am in new york, i want you to know that i think about you daily. i miss you so much. i miss watching you grow up, i miss kissing you endlessly and just loving you.

it makes me happy that you have an amazing father that loves you more than anything.

i am going home in december to see you and i cannot wait!!


this makes me realize that i clearly need more pictures of him and i!! :)

need to find your mojo?

hey all!!

as a runner sometimes you hit that "wall" during a race and sometimes you just hit a running wall.

i hit the wall in a way that made me hate running. i dreaded my long runs, i didn't look forward to speed workouts, and the bridle path...dear lord did i dislike/hate/dread/wanted to kill my self if i had to run on the bridle path.

thankfully after a long time off i got my mojo back. how? well, i ran with my friend's (b-bop) mom jill. we ran from brooklyn (my favorite part) over two bridges, and onto fist avenue to the 18th mile. jumping in on marathon sunday is not the best idea but i was there for support. my goal was to get jill through the tough parts. it was jill's first and probably only marathon and she was so nervous and i was so happy to pick her up in brooklyn and run with her.



today i went on my first run in central park in what seems like forever. it was a nice 5 miler (slow) but it was glorious!! it was so much fun running and running in my park. it had been so long that i forgot about the rolling hills on the west side, but i finished and it felt amazing to run in my park again.

Here is a picture of jill and i just after the 59th street bridge.


ok that is it for now. peace out

New York City Marathon

do you know what tomorrow is? i will give you a hint...its the first sunday in november and in new york that only means one thing....its marathon sunday!

after running quite possibly the most amazing race ever i decided to take a break from new york.


i did get the chance to volunteer with my charity team for kids on thursday. that had to be the best day. i had the chance to talk to first time marathoners, experienced ones, nervous ones, ones that could not stop asking questions and i loved it.

running the new york city marathon is by far the most amazing race. i have also run paris and berlin but new york, new york is just breath taking.

starting at the verizzano bridge, before the gun goes off they play frank sinatra's new york new york. when you cross over the bridge you are in what i think is the best boro brooklyn. you smell bacon right off the bridge, then you hit 4th avenue and the people..ohhh the people on 4th avenue are amazing. there were times i had to hold back my tears because it was so emotional. from brooklyn to queens over the 59th street bridge which has to be the quietest place, it could be a good thing or a bad thing. then you are hit with the "wall of noise" first avenue. it is pretty awesome but brooklyn you are still in the top spot. its a quick stop in the bronx and then onto harlem where the choirs are out singing to each runner..after that its 5th avenue. you gotta keep it going all the way up a hill...which no one tells you about. then its back into the park down cat hill, out to the street and back into the park..you can see the finish but you want to take it in because once you cross that finish its done. the people cheering your name, the emotion is amazing. if you only run one marathon...make sure its new york you will be carried by the city the whole way.

i am so excited for all the first time marathon runners, the experienced runners and the professionals. i wish you all the best of luck and i will be in brooklyn cheering you all on!!

this here is mr. fred lebow...everyone should know who he is, and this is his best friend the only woman to win 9 nyc marathons, greta. both of them are now on to better places but they were such amazing people that have added so much to the nyc marathon


why did i defer my entry again??? lol

happy birthday luis

luis is my younger/older brother. he is an amazing father to my one and only nephew marco. growing up we clearly didnt get along the whole time. because we were siblings, i wanted a sister, he wanted a brother was one of our many arguments :). he has always been a quiet guy, the guy that didnt talk much but you always knew he was there for you.

my favorite memory of my brother is a recent one, it is just watching him with my nephew. i have never seen so much love between a father and a son. marco is very lucky to have such an amazing father.


luis, i hope you know that i love you so much and i look up to you in so many ways. you are an amazing person, brother, friend, son and father.

happy birthday to one of my favorite brother. :)

my sister

yesterday my sister turned 25.

my sister sabrina is an amazing sister, friend, cook, and i love the way she lives her life.

for a while my sister and i were not close, that broke my heart and it hurt everyone in our family. sadly we were not the closest of families but we are trying to fix that. because as we all learn family is the most amazing thing.


today is not about the past today is about my sister. my sister sabrina, who my brother wanted to name samantha, because of alyssia milano from who's the boss. but because i looked up to a girl by the same name i begged my mom named her sabrina. she did and i dont think that my brother or sister have forgiven me for that. that is one of my favorite memory of her..anyway here are some pictures of my lovely little sister sabrina. i love her and i am so happy to be working on our sisterhood.

oh yeah and she is silly!

loving life

this past weekend was awesome.

what did i do? volunteered with kids that reminded me that life is pretty darn good. i enjoyed my friends. we laughed and i am again reminded how lucky i am to have amazing friends in my life.



my good----no its actually amazing.




also i have an interview with lululemon this week....wish me luck!

aye dios mio...

ever feel a little lost?


that is how i feel right now. do not get me wrong i have so much going for me i have a job, is it the best ehhhh the people i work for somehow believe that we save the world...but we don't.

i have great amazing friends...clearly my saving grace.

but there is something missing. i am going to try some new things this weekend. i know that i am going to find my way...sooner than later.

here is to a positive, loving and amazing weekend.

this past week an amazing person i never meet passed away. steve jobs was a great person and his perspective on life is amazing...i am going to try to find what i love.