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I’ve often longed to take a Japanese Garden walk… …especially after reading about the Japanese Garden originally installed for the Columbian Exposition 1893 Chicago World’s Fair! A summer visit to explore the Jackson Park, Chicago wooded Island where the Japanese Garden still stands, piqued my curiosity even more! Believe me, I thoroughly enjoyed my Japanese Garden Walk! But…I knew a better awareness of the complex Japanese Garden history would enable me to appreciate a future
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Where has the summer gone? I knew it was time to grab a chance to do some outdoor concert walking soon! Now in years past my husband and I have enjoyed mega-stars at multiple outdoor concerts–incredible memories! But lately, with accelerating ticket prices…well, not so much. Yet I was determined to find a local band event for outdoor concert walking within our budget! Consequently, as fortune would have it, an opportunity came into view immediately from local news… The advertised outdoor concert walking venue was
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Things, things, things… Why do we collect and hold onto so many things? With this thought in mind, I did some closet revamp walking this past month! It was liberating! For more than 10 years I’ve wanted to examine my closets, pinpoint redundancies and streamline my “hang up” clothes closets, fold up drawers, shelves and trunks of clothing. I’ve been holding onto so much for way too long without re-evaluating! The Closet Revamp Walking Mission So this
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What have you been doing to get some walking in this winter? Well…if the days just don’t seem long enough to get that walking time in, how about finding a way to walk at work! Walking outside in cold messy weather is not exactly what I dream about! Do you? And dreary snow/rain-filled work commutes can make an additional drive to a walking venue almost unbearable at times. So it just makes sense to walk at work some days, right? Whether
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Need some gift ideas for someone who loves to walk? No worries. Here’s a list of gift ideas for walking lovers, starting at about $8.00! 1. Panasonic ErgoFit In-Ear Earbud Headphones, $8.00 & up @ Amazon. Comfortable and dependable earbud headphones with dynamic crystal clear sound, and an ergonomic comfort-fit! Everyone should have a couple of these! 2. 2-pk clip-on LED Safety Lights (w/ free dog light), $11.95 @ Amazon. Walking at dawn or dusk can
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Christmas approaches, so here are My Best 6 Tips for Pre-Christmas Shopping Mall Walking! A while back I wrote the blog post My Best 5 Tips for Successfully Walking the Shopping Mall. Please keep these important tips in mind any time you walk the mall! The tips I’m offering today are meant to address shopping mall walking scenarios before Christmas, when most of us are on a mission! My Best 6 Tips for Pre-Christmas Shopping Mall Walking: 1. Explore a
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Ahhh…to partake in the joys of local Summer Park Fest Walking! Our neighborhood summer park fest announcement boasted a gamit of activities to be enjoyed including craft displays of homemade wares, a car show, boat rides, food, drinks and live music! “Sounds great,” we thought. Plus no need to drive anywhere and hassle with parking–it’s all within walking distance to our neighborhood private lakefront beach—how great is that? So it was settled! With the event spanning all afternoon through
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Summer in the city walking is one of my favorite things to do… It reminds me of all those summers growing up when the family took all-day trips to tour museums, walk the lakefront and drink in the beauty of the city of Chicago! So these days I make sure to do some summer in the city walking in our grand and beautiful city! It’s a mix of exploring the “cool ‘n new” and a reflection back on family togetherness! Thinking
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Walk and Celebrate! This time of year there seems to be so many outdoor celebrations to liven up your walk! So walk and celebrate along the way! There are holiday parties, birthday parties, graduation parties and more that can brighten up your day as you walk a public park or even a residential neighborhood. Now don’t take me wrong, I’m in no way advocating crashing a party or even impinging upon anyone’s privacy by lurking,
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Need a quick pick-me-up before taking a walk? How about during your walk or afterwards? Walk with Do-It-Yourself Healthy Cookie Snacks! They’re easy to make, delicious, healthy and they travel well too! Win-win-win-win!! Lately I’ve been discovering the beauty of making up a batch of Oatmeal-based healthy snacks and experimented with them to test it out. It was definitely a fun experiment that reaped a few dozen delicious nutritious, yet light snacks that can be
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Are you ready to Rock and Roll? Well, come on…who isn’t? So come join me to Rock that Walk! It’s a rock and roll experience that just might save your mortal soul–ha-ha! The Just Love Walking Show: JLW 003 – Rock that Walk, is my salute to Rock and Roll music, something I’ve loved since…um…well, forever, I guess! It’s a driving mix of percussion and rhythmic wailing guitar, with a few cool funky “get down”
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This being Valentine’s Day month… …it’s the perfect time to WALK while you listen and talk to a loved one! The ear is the avenue to the heart. -Voltaire Of course the best way to do this is to take a walk with that someone you love, so that you can walk while you listen and talk with them…see each other’s faces, the emotion in one another’s eyes and enjoy the view of nature’s beauty,
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Is everybody ready to curl up with a good book on these c-c-cold wintry days? Well, here’s a way to do this and get your exercise in at the same time—yes, seriously! Walk with an audiobook! It gives you something to focus on as you walk for 30-60 minutes or more…and the time just flies right by, too! In no time at all you’ve listened to multiple chapters of that book you’ve been dying to
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With the Christmas & New Year holidays drawing near…cleaning for the holidays is a way to walk it out! The inevitable pre-holiday cleaning preparation for house guests and get-togethers is in full swing for many of us! It’s nowhere close to being a favorite pre-holiday activity of mine—that’s for sure, but it has to get done! So look on the bright side…cleaning for the holidays is a way to walk it out! You can actually get
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Walk the city Art Museum… …explore the newly remodeled enhancements, the current exhibitions and rediscover the traditional beloved collections—up close and personal while you walk! Summer is the perfect time to take a special trip downtown to walk the city… …stop into art galleries, museums, drink in the beauty of the outdoors in city parks and admire the spectacular views of your city’s distinctive architecture! I am constantly amazed at how breath-taking our city of
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When I’m out walking… …sometimes I pretend I’m walking a fashion show runway. Not in heels of course, just walking that fierce “Hey world, here I come” type walk as I move along my path! Walk that runway! Yes! It reminds me of a challenge I accepted to actually walk the runway for a fashion show a few years ago. At first, I thought…are you kidding me? But then…another voice said…why not? And with that,
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Getting ready to take a nice long walk? Or are you preparing a snack to eat now to get yourself going on a walk? Either way, make sure to energize your walk with a healthy snack! Energize your walk before you go, or pack a snack to eat along the way to energize your walk. There are lots of energy bars and energy drinks on the market to choose from (and that’s handy)… …but why
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Lingering winter got you down? Try taking a walk to discover signs of Spring! The past week has left me stunned with a surprise snow storm with 6+ inches of snow—whack! …not at all what I’ve been dreaming of for the first few days of spring! But soon after, warmer weather beckoned me outside to walk and discover signs of Spring! Jonquils and Daffodils are bursting through cold ground and leafy mulch, announcing the buds of
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Need some companionship to keep the walking spirit alive? Join an indoor walking club to walk more comfortably on those snowy, rainy or very cold days of winter! I joined our local park district walking club where we walk around the park district gym each day for an hour or so…and all I pay is about $2.50 a month! It’s so great to get some walking in with fellow walking enthusiasts in a comfortable environment
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Winter temps in the teens or single digits in your area? I can relate to that! We’ve even had our schools close a couple of days because of negative degree weather with close to -30 wind chills! Soooo…are we destined to forego outdoor walking because of the Polar Vortex? Or are there some tricks to get around this chilly challenge? If you’re like me, you’re not ready to be banned from the great outdoors until
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