Rememberance.

26.2 Reasons Why I'm Running the Boston Marathon.

Kickoff: Why On Earth Run A Marathon?

Today I'm grateful for:
New York City, who took me in bald and broken and gave me more than I ever dreamed lay on the other side of cancer. For clean water and filthy martinis (extra olives, please). For my children, who inspire me every day to finish the run I have chosen as well as some I didn't. For Jamie, my beloved curmudgeon and soulmate. For second, third, and fifth chances. For you.  ☮, ♥ & ☺, now & always. H1202

Update: Respect the Breast Initiative
Thank you to everyone who has been so quick to respond and support this effort to preserve cancer screenings that work. We are at Day 3 of this initiative, and making good progress, averaging 100 new members a day on our Facebook Cause Page (bit.ly/RespectTheBreast) and 75 signatures a day on the Petition to Respect The Breast (

I'm Requesting Your Advocacy Help.
Disclosure: The founder of this blog and the Respect Your Breast group is an 11-year breast cancer survivor with no family history of the disease who found her tumor at age 31 during one of those apparently ‘useless’ Breast Self Exam and who supports her remaining breast tissue through mammography, Dilon Scans, proper undergarments, and advocacy. Had she followed the USPSTF guidelines, not done b

TheClymb.com: Private Sales of High-End Athletic Goods.
Here in NYC, so so many people I know are addicted to private online shopping clubs. Invite only, deep discounts of limited quantities of high-end goods at sometimes 60%, 80% off, and when the goods are gone, they are gone. When Gilt.com launched their iPhone app people here nearly stopped breathing. Online PSCs are one of the few industries showing explosive growth despite the recession and one of the few online sectors still receiving steady and significant infusio

2010 Goal: Break $11k for 11 years.
It feels so strange to be a returning member of the DFMC team; given my profound lack of natural athleticism I still feel like a newbie in most every way. I remember filling out the application last year, and the essays to go with it, and being afraid to hit "send", not sure if it was because I might not be accepted to the team or because I might. I had no frame of reference from which to draw; as a control freak that was terrifying. What if I was accepted and it took me 14 hours to finish? I seriously feared this. I had no idea what it would be like to run 26.2 miles. I don't even like driving that far. We purposely moved only 19 miles out of NYC when we fled to th