Author Archives: cfrietch

Dear Hollywood: Stop Taking the “Vegan Challenge”

Posted on June 9, 2014

An open letter (that none of them will read) to celebrities who think they want to go vegan: Please, please tell no one.

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Can I Be “F40-44” Forever?

Posted on December 29, 2013

I’m a little afraid to say how great 2013 turned out to be. I often kept thinking “is this my peak year?” and “what happens next year?” Well, that’s malarkey. I know that 2014 will be whatever I make of … Continue reading →

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Race Report: Hambletonian Marathon (or Why I Might Be Ruined for Big-City Marathons)

Posted on November 20, 2013

Through late summer and early fall, I’d been semi-training for a marathon. I wasn’t too sure which one. There were several I was eyeballing. It was interesting doing this training-but-not-training thing. Instead of plotting out each and every weekend and … Continue reading →

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Eating vegan in New Orleans: Not impossible!

Posted on March 4, 2013

This is the sort of article I wish I had found before heading to New Orleans for the Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Marathon. Eating vegan in NOLA was going to be a challenge, and the info I found online … Continue reading →

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Skinny today, fat forever

Posted on December 12, 2012

As I walk out of J.Crew with my size 4 bootleg cords (on sale for $36), I feel I’ve been hoodwinked: Clearly, size inflation is completely out of control. There is no way I wear a “real” size 4. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Don’t buy it: Black Friday is for suckers

Posted on November 18, 2012

I’ve spent the last 13 years consumed by Black Friday (as a shopping expert, it’s part of the job), and I see it for what it is: Over-hyped, overdone, over-advertised, and like me, you should be over it.

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Posted on October 31, 2012

“Red Hook, Where Fairway Is” If you do a google news search for ‘Red Hook Brooklyn’ today you’ll find dozens of stories about my little low-lying, mixed income Brooklyn neighborhood. Surrounded on three sides by water, and on the other…

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Any-veg Indian Masala

Posted on October 17, 2012

I love Indian food. But of all the restaurants in my Park Slope radius, there just isn’t a good Indian joint. So I’ve been fiddling with a recipe of my own. I think I’m on to something; I’ve got a … Continue reading →

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Behind the fence at Prospect Park’s Lakeside

Posted on October 9, 2012

Thanks to Open House New York this past weekend, I got to snap some photos of the new Lakeside project in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The area has been fenced off and boarded from view ever since I moved to Brooklyn, … Continue reading →

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Ironmanish

Posted on October 6, 2012

Mist rises over the lake as the pre-dawn full moon catches wisps of fog. Birds begin their morning chatter as the eastern sky begins to glow orange, lighting the low peaks of the Pocono-mountain landscape. Dew covers the ground, bending … Continue reading →

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