Oh my GOL – yoga almost killed me today! I went to Celeste’s class and she sure knows her yoga. We did the usual vinyasa flow as a warm up and then a forwards + backwards flow of ups and downs and revolved side angles into reverse dancer at least 3 times on each side. I felt as tired/sick/sweaty as I have after racing a 5K! Today was the first time I had to leave class to refill my water bottle. The class was emotionally wonderful as well. I can’t believe I got to get up on a Monday and walk to yoga class. Only in my dreams.
Upon the end of the 90 minute class I purchased a coconut water. I knew I couldn’t make it home without it on foot!
The walk home was almost cold because I was so very wet! New phone took a pretty good self photo!
After a nice hot shower….there was lunch.
Lettuce, pepper, zucchini, 1/4 a block of raw tempeh, TJ’s Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus, goat cheese and GH Dakota toast.
Yums! Karen and I dined together. We ate at a table, not the floor 🙂
Seltzer. The summer staple.
Tech Talk
A lot of you asked why I switched from the iPhone if you can get Gmail on the iPhone.
Remember I am obsessed with all things Google, and I use my phone primarily for emailing. When you get 300+ emails a day (via blog comments and all things blog) and have to have a way to organize them, you need a good system. I use a combo of stars and archiving that the iPhone mail client just couldn’t handle well. If my phone was off for a few hours, I’d have 100 emails to load upon refreshing my mail. I started to use Gmail Mobile so my blog comments would be grouped by post, and that worked ok, but it took FOREVER to load. Same with Google Calendar and Tasks and Docs. They would take a good 60 seconds to load.
With the HTC Aria, it takes 2 seconds for my Gmail to load. And it’s all nicely archivable, starable and in grouped conversations all for me. If you love Gmail, there is just no comparison with Android. I know the 4G iPhone was going to have Archive, but it still had no way of starring comments other than moving them to a folder, which took a while.
I’m also finding this phone is much better at multitasking. I hated having to stop what I was doing to answer> a text. Love that my Google Calendar is on its own home screen. I do miss things about the iPhone, but so far, this Android phone is much more user friendly for the way I work.
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I’ve been getting online chores done. Ordered a car charger for my phone, and a case. Booking my flight for the Healthy Living Summit!! I’m arriving on Wednesday to get stuff done (lots of swag bags to coordinate!!!) and leave on Sunday. I’d be happy to share a cab with whoever! 🙂
Afternoon time!
i LOVE that lunch – raw tempeh is just the best!!
Aahh the phone thing makes much more sense now 🙂 300 emails a day though|!!?? Eeek!
I thought I really wanted the iPhone, but this makes me change my mind. And this phone is available with verizon right?
Yup. Maybe not the exact phone, but very similar
Sounds like a great yoga class!!!
I have an HTC Google phone and LOVE it! I can’t imagine like without it 🙂
I’m about to go for a walk and I can only wish I’ll be feeling cold! When I did my research, multitasking was definitely one of the main advantages of the droid over the iPhone. We are multitaskers 🙂
You have such a nice healthy/happy glow on your sweaty picture 🙂 Lovely!
Wow, that yoga sounds intense! I’m impressed with how organized you are. If I got 300 emails a day, I’d be in total panic mode all.the.time. Hah. 😀
that is the most perfect salad. EVER. yum!
Holy moly, I cannot imagine fielding that many messages a day. You are a superhero, Kath!
Sounds like you made the best decision for your business.
I miss the great feeling of yoga. Our local studio stinks and I don’t have the time in my schedule to drive to a good one. Darn living in the middle of nowhere.
I love seltzer in the Summer. So refreshing!
300 emails a day?! Dang, that’s a lot!! Yay for booking your HLS flight- I can’t wait to go!!
Between your intricate yoga class and the “tech talk”, I am impressed by all of your many skillz. You are a “Kath” of many trades!
Thanks for the phone info! I’ll be in the market for a new phone later this year, and since I don’t have a smart phone right now, all this info about all these different smartphones is a bit overwhelming! It’s good to know what other bloggers think about the differents phones and how they help/hurt what they do as a pro blogger. 🙂
You have that yoga glow – that is such a gorgeous, happy self-pic 🙂
I have an HTC snap and love it but it does not focus so the Aria sounds super cool! I wish I could of taken a yoga class this am – what a great way to start out the week and I love Vinyasa – definately gets you sweatin 🙂
Oh wow, that is a LOT of daily e-mails to sift through! How do you do it?
Um…that lunch?? Looks too good to be true! I had to laugh at your feeling like the walk home from yoga was cold because you sweat so much. I have left classes/the gym like that before so I know just how you feel!
I’m still a little confused in the iPhone vs. Droid debate. iPhone has push email (you just turn the Push feature on in the mail general settings in the Fetch New Data option). Wouldn’t that constantly be loading your e-mails? Plus, the iPhone4 now lets you multitask by double clicking the center bottom button so you can text while answering an e-mail or listening to music. I’m debating buying a new phone right now too, and I just want to make sure I have the right information about a phone’s capabilities before I make an important purchase.
iPhone does have push, but it drained my battery too much. It was out in 2 hours. Maybe the 4G is improved…
4G multitasking is also true, but Android’s is more than just app over app – it’s the notifications that makes it seem like a lot is going on it once.
I still think Android is an improvement
I’ve never tried coconut water, but it seems to be popping up everywhere in the blog world. I’ll have to check it out!
I’ve heard a lot about coconut water too! What is a good brand? I like coconut but not sure if I like it enough to drink it…I’d give it a shot though.
Zico is a good brand and the water does not taste too much like coconut (at least to me). It is sort of an odd flavor but very refreshing 😀
I prefer Vita Coco and ONE to Zico actually. Zico is pretty thick!
I love Celeste’s class. She is amazing. It’s unfortunate that she only teaches during the day. 🙁
I am in the market for an Android phone for work. Will have to check out the HTC Aria.Thanks for the overview!
Thanks for the report on the Aria! I actually didn’t know that AT&T finally had a halfway decent Android phone. I’ve been torn for about 1.5 years on whether to go iPhone or Android (currently stuck with a Windows Mobile phone…) and your review as someone who is familiar with an iPhone is really helpful!
I love tech so much 😀
And I hear you about Gmail, I JUST found out that I can get PUSH Gmail to my Windows Mobile phone, like, last week (yes! push Gmail!!!)… and I’ve had the phone for almost 3 years! It’s totally revolutionary.
Glad you are enjoying your day! Hopefully the afternoon will be just a relaxing and productive!
look what i saw on the kitchen today!
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/marketplace/kerf-custom-diy-kitchen-design-store-profile-121639
I do understand the wonders of google… so glad you’re liking your new phone!
Do you use google calendar and outlook? I’m trying to get all my calendars to sync and it’s driving me nuts!
Nope. I used to struggle with sync too and then finally went 100% online. It was so liberating.
My iPhone has totally been pissing me off and my Hubby and I are thinking of getting the Droid. What made you choose the HTC Aria??
~Alyssa
I’ve been having feta goat cheese for lunch these days too! It is so delectable. Getting online chores done is such a nice way of phrasing it. I’ve been doing that lately, my blog just got a big layout overhaul!!
I just got an Android phone too! It’s my first phone like this, and already I am hooked! I’ve never used google calendar, but i just might now!
I’ll share a cab with you! 🙂
You are so hard core to eat tempeh raw. I have a block marinating away in the fridge for dinner. I have to hold my nose even when I open the package 🙂
Did you like the taste of coconut water when you first tried it? I had it for the first time a few weeks ago and I guess I thought it would taste more like coconut or sweeter….although I know water shouldn’t be sweet.
Mmmm…love raw tempeh! And I just tried Zico for the first time the other week, and loved it too! Have you tried the lime-flavored one? It’s pretty tasty!
I don’t buy into any of these new cell phone things..iphone, droid..whhhatever. It would feel like a ball and chain to me lol..but all the power to you for finding something that works for you.
You are SO gorgeous, Kath, even after sweating your booty off! I need to try coconut water! What brand do you recommend I go for first? What’s your favorite? 😀
Meg
Aw gee golly thanks 🙂
Sounds like a good workout! And a perfectly beautiful salad.
Thanks for the phone thoughts!
Great salad!
good choice Kath!, i have a motorola Droid and i love it.
Kath,
Will you be doing any other events when you are in Chicago? I am a Chicagoan/KERF lover and it would be cool to hear you speak.
Also, if you are free on Saturday morning when you are here in Chicago, you HAVE to check out Green City Market–the largest farmer’s market in the city! It is WONDERFUL as it brings in a many local farmers and bakers; plus it’s easy to get to with public transportation. It opens at 7am!
http://www.chicagogreencitymarket.org/index.asp
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it to the market since the conference is that day, but we hope to have some public events for townies!
It sounds like you had a great yoga session – what a challenge! I cannot believe you get so many emails everyday! Where do you find the time to do anything apart from read emails?!
I love google as well and need my emails organized. 🙂
have fun at the summit, it sounds like it’ll be a blast!
I am starting to loathe the iphone. and after hearing horror stories about the new one, I think I am going to need a switch. This phone sounds spectacular. Keep updating us, I may just have to go for one 🙂
xo-Molly
I heard that raw tempeh is really not good for you, but I like it too! Do you ever get digestive problems eating it raw?
Ps I WISH I could go to the HLS! Couldn’t afford it this year bc I took a vacation earlier in the summer. Maybe next year 🙂
I wrote the company and they said there’s no problem with it raw. I’ve never had trouble wtih digestion.
Wow – sounds like an awesome class! Followed by an ever – awesome lunch!!! 🙂
I love a good sweaty yoga session! It feels so good afterwards. 😀
I just bought tempeh for the first time and I’m a little confused about it. Is it okay to eat it raw?
Yes
I just got the HTC incredible and I just looove it!
Sounds like you had the perfect morning.
Hey Kath,
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I am hosting a Food Should Taste Good Giveaway! Winner gets 5 FREE BAGS OF FSTG CHIPS!! Woohoo!!
~Alyssa
Just thought that I’d point out how AMAZING you looked after your workout!! No traces of sweat were evidenced anywhere. You’re beautiful!! 🙂
Thanks Monique!
I agree! After a workout my hair is always really haphazard with more fly aways than a flock of sparrows.
the new phone takes a great self photo! so impressive!
that yoga class sounds intense!
Interesting about the new phone. I am an iphone lover but open to suggestions.
I’m glad other folks like raw tempeh too. I usually get odd looks!
Coconut water is a godsend after a challenging yoga class or workout. It’s one of those things that I didn’t know existed a year or two ago, and now I consider a crucial want (I can’t quite justify calling it a need 🙂 in my life!
thanks for the phone update/clarification! Like a few other commentors… I can’t imagine having to deal with 300 e-mails a day. You must really have amazing powers of time management.
iphone 4 is meant to multitask. its so incredbily fast.
OK, I totally love your blog. Made the baked oatmeal this weekend and it was as good or even better than bread pudding and 10 times healthier BUT….
The google gaga is killing me! LOL I work for Microsoft and our Windows Live Essentials email can do everything and then some that googa can. And HTC writes the interface that goes over top of Android. They wrote the same for our Windows Phone. But no one loves us anymore. 🙁
But that’s ok, there’s always Oats. 😀
But I LOVE Windows Live!!! Gallery and Writer. Both are awesome. I’m also 100% Windows – don’t like Macs at all!!
I work for Microsoft too and I’m a Droid lover!!! I made the switch from an iPhone back in February and I LOVE IT SO MUCH MORE than the iPhone. It’s awesome. There are a few things that the iPhone is better at but by and large the Droid is much more usable-hello multi-tasking! I’m so glad you’re enjoying yours. I have the Moto Droid so I don’t know if any of my tricks will work for you though…
That salad looks so refreshing and filling – yum, tempeh!
I love how you feel after a great yoga class!
I took my first ever Bikram class yesterday and I was so soaked through I was freezing when I walked into our a/c home!
Ouch, 300 comments a day?! I understand, actually… my blog is fairly new and even then a good 50% of my emails are from it. Eh, but I do agree that you need to know what works for you! 🙂
Wei-Wei
PS: The first time I did yoga, I dripped sweat. Literally. Sorry for that nasty image.
I totally agree about the phone- I have an HTC as well and compared to my boyfriend’s iPhone I have MUCH fewer frustrations (with dropped calls, browser taking forever to load, etc.). Good purchase, Kath. 🙂
Have you had that brand of coconut water before? How was it?
I’m intrigued by your comments about the iPhone and your reasons for switching. I just upgraded from my old flip phone to an iPhone and I’m in love although I do notice that the service is worse. Thanks for sharing
Sorry for another phone related question, but..
I am so upset with my iPhone 3G ever since upgrading. It was slow before, but now it takes forever to load anything. I was planning on getting an iPhone 4, but because of the antenna problems and Apple’s slowness in fixing that/addressing the problem.. I think I want to switch to a Droid phone.
Here’s my question.. when switching, did you have trouble switching your calendar over to google’s calendar? I use iCal right now, as well as iTunes and I have gotten so used to the music and calendar being right there.. is that possible with the Aria?
I never used the phones calendar – I had it sync with my Google Calendar and then eventually just used the mobile version of Google Calendar because the iPhone calender wouldn’t show the details of the events (where I put lots of important stuff).
Sadly, iTunes is something you’ll have to give up 🙁 I never used mine much anyways, so that didn’t matter to me.
A little late to comment but I wanted to tell you I have the Droid Incredible from Verizon and absolutely LOVE it! So glad someone else out there isn’t warped into thinking the iPhone is the greatest phone ever!
I like that you like Zico 🙂