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Getting Fit: My Peloton Arrives Tomorrow
My Peloton is scheduled to arrive tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve been counting down since I placed my order. And the folks at Peloton have made it so easy. Every couple of days, they send an email with an update about my bike along with other important information like: what workouts to try prior to the arrival of the bike deciding how and where to place the bike what to expect when the bike is delivered It’s truly an experience and I haven’t even received my bike yet. I’ve already joined a couple of Facebook groups, followed a few folks on Instagram, and scoped out the workouts…
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Style Imitating Art: Jazz Stories by Faith Ringgold
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Welcome to Style Imitating Art.Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, Terri {Meadow Tree Style}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The…
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Starbucks and Netflix Created a Book Club… “But Have You Read the Book?”
THIS POST IS NOT SPONSORED. I’M JUST PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS BOOK CLUB… Y’all, two of my favorite forces have combined to create a thing and I couldn’t possibly be more excited! happy dance Starbucks partnered with Netflix for Netflix Book Club. Officially titled, ‘But Have You Read the Book?’, Netflix Book Club is a social series that melds discussions of books and how they’re adapted for movies and television shows. Y’all, this is a whole ‘nother level of book clubbing and I’m here for it… I know I’m not the only one who reads a book and sees the characters – can actually visualize which actor…
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Getting Fit: Waiting for My Peloton to Arrive
After stalking the website for a year, reading reviews, watching videos, and trying to justify the price, I finally made the decision to buy a Peloton. I ordered the Bike+ Essentials, which comes with bike shoes, 3 lb bike weights, and reversible workout mat. I chose this option because I didn’t want to stress over making the right bike shoe purchase. From what I’ve read, you can use your own bike shoes, you just need to make sure that they clip in for safety reasons. I added the weights because I know I’ll want to add strength training to my cardio after I get comfortable with the rides. Additional Accessories…
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Style Imitating Art Inspiration: Jazz Stories by Faith Ringgold
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Welcome to Style Imitating Art. Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, Terri {Meadow Tree Style}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs.…
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Where Bloggers Live: Put Your Records On
If you read my Ageless Style post last week, then you already know two things about my musical taste: We were not allowed to listen to secular music My first Walkman was a game changer My mom and stepfather are both preachers, so we grew up in a conservative household where we were not allowed to dance, listen to secular music, play cards, blah blah blah… So I used to listen to Contemporary Gospel artists like The Clark Sisters and the Winans. Their gospel music was set to a funky beat that my parents were able to {barely} tolerate. But I loved them. Two of my favorite and most often…
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Style Imitating Art: Decoupage by Mary Delany
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Hey, y’all, hey! How was your weekend? Mine was a nice, quiet lead-in to my vacation week. No lie, I’m soooo looking forward to this week off. I need the time. I feel like I’ve been on edge for the last few months: my patience has been short and my emotions simmering… I really need this time to…
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Fab Forties: Inspired by Lisa Stansfield
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Have you ever seen that movie The Village by M. Knight Shyamalan? My sister and I like to joke that it’s somewhat representative of the way we grew up. Both of our parents were preachers, so there were a lot of things we weren’t allowed to do. Chief among them: we could not listen to secular music or…
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Style Imitating Art Inspiration: Decoupage by Mary Delany
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Welcome to Style Imitating Art. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Grey}, Terri {Meadow Tree Style}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs.…
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Style Imitating Art: Gunta Stöltz’s Cows in Landscape
As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Welcome to Style Imitating Art. I hope you had a restorative weekend. I spent mine catching up on Queen Sugar. Honestly, I didn’t realize how much of the show I’d missed until it returned a couple of weeks ago. Have you seen it? If not, come for the story but stay for the cinematography. It is breathtaking. I…
