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The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Urban Striped Headwrap

• What: Take care of those work-out whispies with this fun, functional and flirty wrap.
• Why: Urban turban.
• Where: Online at Amazon.com.

Bits and Bites
Restaurant Week 2010 – LAST CHANCE FRIDAY!

• What: If you hurry, you can still enjoy a specially-priced meal at a select Twin Cities eatery.
• Why: Best week ever.
• Where: A participating restaurant near you.

Around Town
Whole Body Care Fair

• What: An array of experts guide you through the ins and outs of natural body care.
• Why: There’s something for every body.
• When: Saturday, March 6th ~ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.
• Where: Whole Foods ~ 3060 Excelsior Blvd, Minneapolis.

I Think I Can
Motivational Quote

• What: “As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and just keep going.” ~ Carrie Bradshaw
• Why: Abso-f@#!in’-lutey.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Burton Tank Military Hat

• What: “An old-time look with contemporary style.”
• Why: The perfect cover for your yoga-bound hair.
• Where: Online at REI.com

Bits and Bites
Café Eena

• What: A vibrant eatery serving Latin American cuisine in the heart of South Minneapolis.
• Why: Go south of the border.
• Where: 4601 Grand Avenue South, Minneapolis

Around Town
Electric Fetus Tornado Benefit Feat. Cloud Cult

• What: Remember that wicked tornado that whipped through the city last spring?
• Why: Twist and shout.
• When: Friday, February 26th @ 7:00 pm
• Where: First Avenue ~ 701 North First Avenue, Minneapolis

I Think I Can
KIVA Loans

• What: Lend to an entrepreneur across the globe via microfinance and the internet.
• Why: Pay it forward.
• When: When it feels right for you.
• Where: Online at Kiva.org

Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats

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The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Trader Joe’s Tea Tree Tingle Shampoo

• What: Peppermint and tea tree oil work together to moisturize and beautify your locks.
• Why: For that oh-so tingly feeling.
• Where: Online at Amazon.com, or at your local TJ’s.

Bits and Bites
56 Healthy Breakfast Recipes

• What: Curl up at home, turn on the winter games and enjoy a healthy breaky at home.
• Why: Home is where the health is.
• Where: Online at foodnetwork.com.

Around Town
North Star Roller Girls

• What: Watch Minnesota’s own female roller derby league in action.
• Why: Femme fatale.
• When: Saturday, February 20, 2010
• Where: Minneapolis Convention Center

I Think I Can
31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

• What: 31 reasons to bust a move.
• Why: A calorie saved is a calorie burned.
• Where: Online at zenhabits.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Got to Have It
“Love is the Beauty of the Soul”

• What: A hand-stamped copper heart necklace.
• Why: Put a little love in your heart.
• Where: Online at Etsy.

Bits and Bites
Broders’ Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two to Take Away

• What: Ditch the long waits and reservations. Pick it up and love it at home.
• Why: It takes two to make a thing go right.
• Where: Broders’ Cucina Italiana: 2308 West 50th Street, Minneapolis

Broders’ Pasta Bar: 5000 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis

Around Town
The Depot Ice Rink

• What: A historic downtown train shed turned cutting-edge indoor ice rink.
• Why: Love hurts.
• When: Valentine’s Day ~ 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
• Where: 225 3rd Avenue South Minneapolis

I Think I Can
All You Need is Love

• What: Watch the Fab Four sing all together now.
• Why: It’s easy.
• Where: Online at You Tube.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack

• What: Music to groove and flow to.
• Why: Ringa Ringa.
• Where: Online at Amazon.com.

Bits and Bites
The Citizen Cafe

• What: A neighborhood restaurant serving local food. Honestly.
• Why: Be true to you.
• Where: 2403 East 38th Street, Minneapolis

Around Town
Gimme Shelter Benefit Concert

• What: City Pages, Gimme Noise music blog and local bands unite to raise funds for Haiti.
• Why: It’s just a kiss away.
• When: Saturday, February 6th @ 6:00 pm
• Where: First Avenue ~ 701 1st Avenue North, Minneapolis

I Think I Can
Balance

• What: Create a bond between body and mind.
• Why: Steady now.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
bodybugg

• What: Combined with a web program, this little bugger counts your caloric intake/outtake.
• Why: One calorie, ah ah ah! Two calories, ah ah ah!
• Where: Online at 24 Hour Fitness.

Bits and Bites
Vinaigrette

• What: Local retailer of top-notch oils, vinegars and olive-based skin care products.
• Why: Extend the olive branch to your taste buds and bod.
• Where: 5006 Xerxes Avenue South, Minneapolis.

Around Town
Donate to Haiti

• What: Help victims of the Haiti earthquake crisis via the Red Cross.
• Why: Help: the affectionate four-letter word.
• When: Any time is a good time to give.
• Where: Online at American Red Cross.

I Think I Can
“The Body“

• What: Hillary Swank’s famous power run shot.
• Why: One word: Wow.

Look ahead to the 2010 you. Are your thinner, healthier, sexier? If you are like millions of other new year’s resolutioners out there, you’ve probably made a commitment to start eating better or shaping up this year. It makes perfect sense. Who doesn’t want to be fit and look great for the upcoming year? So why can it be so hard to make fitness goals and stick to them for the duration? Hmm. Good question. What better place to go with this quandary than HungryGirl.com? Her common-sense tips and tricks to leading a healthy AND fulfilling life are right on the money. Check out her TOP ATE tips to successful eating in 2010.

Do eat-right lists freak you out? Don’t fret. When the number one tip is Don’t go on a diet, it’s pretty easy to keep reading. And if you do, you’ll find that Hungry Girl is also a big fan of keeping a food journal. Committing to writing down your consumption habits every day can be a big hurdle to jump over in January, when the holiday comfort-food coma has fully set in. But, if you follow Hungry’s advice and allow yourself be okay with missing a day or two (and even “cheat”), the t-totaling becomes a lot less threatening. To get you started, we found this hand dandy Fitness.doc notebook, where you can track your food and weight goals in one swoop. And because it’s the same size as a checkbook, you can easily tote it around from home to work to gym and back again.

No problem. You can thank us later…like when you fit into your favorite skinny jeans.

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Women’s Peaceful T

• What: A 100% organic cotton tee with a lovely and meditative design.
• Why: Give peace a chance.
• Where: Online at Hugger Mugger.

Bits and Bites
January Classes at The Wedge Co-op

• What: From trimming your diet to brewing a fab cup o’ joe, The Wedge will show you how.
• Why: You’ve always wanted to know what the siphon method really is.
• Where: The Wedge Community Co-op ~ 2105 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis.

Around Town
Thrifty Hipster

• What: The site that finds the city’s most happenin’ happy hours.
• Why: Alexp P. Keaton’s economics + Mallory’s style= you get drunk on a budget.
• Where: Online at Thrifty Hipster.

I Think I Can
10 Ways to Get Motivated for Change in 2010

• What: Down with lofty resolutions—make realistic, specific and accountable goals.
• Why: Do it for auld lang syne.
• Where: Online at CNN Health.

Welcome to the first week of 2010! How many New Year’s resolutions did you make? How many have you already started avoiding? Uh-huh. That’s what we thought. But not to worry. There’s still time (360 days, to be exact) to start working toward your goals, whatever they may be.

The first step? Acceptance. A resolution is usually the result of the need or desire to change a pattern that is not suiting you anymore. You may want to quit a bad habit, start following a healthier diet, get your office organized…the list goes on and on. Resolutions are hard because change can be scary. Yes, we seem to be hard-wired to resist change, even when it’s self-induced. It’s time to just accept it.

The good news? Just because you’ve made a resolution to change something in your life, this does not mean that you have to like it right off the bat. Nope. You have the right to think change is a nasty, foul mouthed, hairy beast. Because it often is. And the older you get, the smellier change’s breath can become. The trick is to remember that the sooner you acknowledge change for what it is, the easier the steps toward reaching your ultimate goal will become. That’s when the beast reveals its beauty.