Nutty Runners on New Year's Eve

To begin 2008 we thought we'd change it up a bit and join the 5,000 crazy runners who flock to Central Park for the Emerald Nuts 7K run that begins at midnight. After confirming fair weather my boyfriend and I registered at New York Road Runners (where the hardcore racers were comparing spandex gear.) We wore the silly foam 2008 tieras and when the fireworks started, ran in the New Year.

Julie and Pete Running in the New Year

Skiing and Frank Lloyd Wright in Western PA

Pittsburgh for the holidays and Seven Springs Mountain Resort for the winter wonderland. If you can't make it out West for fresh powder or to the Northeast peaks, get to the snowmakers! We enjoyed three active days of winter on the mountain with plenty of open trails and a toasty lodge. For apres ski, private outdoor hot tubs look onto the mountain open for night skiing and drinks are welcome.



Our menu of hearty home cooking in front of the fire consisted of Amy's organic chili and lentil soup, glazed salmon and potatoes, veggie pasta and Saranac holiday-spiced ales.



To give our sore muscles a rest, we took a trip to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water in Mill Run which is open during the week between Christmas and New Year's. We toured the old Kaufmann vacation home situated in the valley over a waterfall. Running water can be heard from every room of the house and the horizontal windows are designed to showcase the nature outdoors with panoramic views.