When you’ve done next to nothing other than lying on a beach all day, you’ve obviously earned a calorie-fest at all the restaurants you can find, right? That was my philosophy when I took a very leisurely weekend trip to the Sandpoint, Idaho area. Yes, when someone hears “beach trip,” they’re definitely thinking of a landlocked mountainous state. Who isn’t?! When we used to visit in my childhood, we generally just stopped by P...

"Hey, Michelle, where do you want to eat?" "Somewhere with cheese."

That's a good representation of just about any food conversation I have. That's why I was pretty excited to go to a wedding in Wisconsin last fall. It was cold enough that I could easily hide the resulting food baby with a cardigan at the reception. The forecast was below freezing with a chance of gluttony.

I did a half marathon the morning of the wedding a whol...

There are few things I enjoy more than an Oakland A's game. In fact, there may be no things I enjoy more than one. If I had the choice between walking hand-in-hand with Hugh Jackman during a beautiful beach sunset or watching the A's get blown out 11-0, I'd probably still choose the baseball. Sorry, Hugh. You can sit next to me at the game if you want. I wouldn't mind or anything...

Obviously this is a better view than some sil...

Back in my college days, I was a Boise State Bronco. During my time as a Bronco, I couldn't eat out often because of financing my education. In America, that's code for "paying as much money as I possibly could at the time... so I could have one floatie on my arm to help me while I drowned in future student loan debt." I mostly ate at the dorm cafeteria, where my stomach built up immunity to many foodborne illnesses.

Now that...

Lacing up your hiking boots and tackling some fun national park trails is about as American as you can get. Actually, thinking about the food you’re going to eat with all the calories you’ve burned is about as American as you can get. I love hiking away in America’s holy trio of parks in the Rockies – Glacier, Yellowstone, and Rocky Mountain. And these are the places my demanding vegetarian tummy dreams of while I check my Fit...