Water Works
SIT AND SPIN. “What doesn’t challenge you fails to make you stronger,” says instructor extraordinaire Jessie Benson as she gears up her five students...
to sir with love
The writer’s first mani/pedi with Lauren Flater
Halfway through my first manicure, as my hand floated in a lukewarm citrus milk bath, I began to...
Belly Rub
I’m so not a massage person—I’ve always dropped my mind/body money on external fixes—but my prenatal rubdown with therapist Jessie Bernstein at the pleasant,...
Hunger Games
The Medifast food closet (aka Fuel Mecca)
Decision-making isn’t my forté. I’m the girl who’ll stand in the cereal aisle for 10 minutes reading food...
Sample sale:
A few years ago, after my husband-to-be and I discovered that his sperm had been damaged during radiation therapy treatments, we sat down to...
Triple Play
There’s a new f-word in fitness. Now, before you jump to conclusions—jump (quite literally) over to Fit!, where they’re putting the “fun” into functional...
Learn the Ropes
Coach Falcon and trainees in his colorful Falls Road studio.
When Three different friends pitched us a story on Believer’s Fitness Boot Camp—one going so...
Spin Siren
Esther Collinetti, REV co-owner and Lululemon Ambassador.
For years we’ve happily subjected ourselves to tough-love trainer Esther Collinetti’s self-proclaimed “aggressive coaching style” (think: equal parts...
The Big Chill
A DRUNKEN MONKEY BITTEN BY A SCORPION. That’s how the ancient Buddhists described a restless mind. And that was long before email, traffic jams...
TWO of HEARTS
We thought we were being clever. In preparation for Valentine’s Day, we sent two of our favorite people—Erica Reid Harrison, lead cake designer at...