Today on TODAY: US Women’s Gymnastics Team!
I watch the TODAY Show every morning and was excited to see them promote an opportunity to participate in the Fanzone during the Olympic coverage. It seemed like fate: my […]
Tag Archives: Olympics
The Soft Bob Ride in Latvia
I don’t want to brag, but I just zoomed down the same luge and bobsled track that Olympians do. I wasn’t in a regular bobsled like they use, but it […]
Holmenkollen Ski Slope
I’ve never skiied. I’ve never even wanted to. The thought of balancing on two runners while I hurtle down a mountain terrifies me. And by “mountain,” I mean bunny […]
Mystic Mountain in Jamaica, Mon
Our cruise ship stopped in Ocho Rios, which is surprisingly close to the mountainside where the famed Jamaican bobsled team trained for the Olympics. We booked an excursion that included […]
Ice, Ice, Baby
Okay. Toboganning isn’t an Olympic sport. But it was in the spirit of the Olympics that we trekked out in 17*F (-8.3*C) weather to slide down the ice like the […]
I Could Be An Olympian!
When I was 6 years old, I slipped on the ice while I was walking to the bus stop and knocked out a tooth. I’ve been a nervous wreck about […]
Party by the Bird’s Nest!
Five years ago today, the Beijing Olympics kicked off with its opening ceremony at the Bird’s Nest. I watched, mesmerized, half a world away and was glued to my television […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry – or – My Love Affair with Michael Phelps
In addition to visiting the Great Wall of China, I desperately wanted to see the Water Cube where the 2008 Olympic swimming events were held in Beijing. Once I got […]
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