My birthday; I took the Rockport VO2 max test

This is a semi-significant birthday (actually all birthdays are significant…). So I decided to test my VO2 max, which is a measure of cardiovascular fitness – “the maximum rate of oxygen your body can absorb, transport , and utilize during intense physical activity. It stands as the gold standard measurement for evaluating cardiovascular fitness and … Read more

Friday cocktail – the Vieux Carre!

this is a wonderful New Orleans cocktail I thought I’d already posted about, but turns out I haven’t. It can be stirred and then poured into a cocktail glass as in the short video, or just made on the rocks in a glass. Farandaville recipe below the video. Farandaville does ’em this way 3/4 oz. … Read more