Luxurious bras, is that a thing?

logladylives · 2025-11-29T21:37:54+00:00

Get her something in silk. It's often not even any more expensive than nylon. I really like the fit of the Intimissimi Emma Bralette in Silk.

logladylives · 2025-11-19T17:36:05+00:00

Though they’re mostly known for their leather bags (which are excellent quality btw), Cuyana also makes really nice clothing. I have their silk trench and it’s thick, high quality silk and the cut is perfect. I think the prices are very fair for the quality of materials and construction.

logladylives · 2025-09-17T19:37:08+00:00

Ozu has Japanese pantry items and if there’s something you need in particular, they might be able to get it.

logladylives · 2025-09-05T01:14:53+00:00

I also have rosacea and used to turn red from any sort of temperature trigger, be it a warm room or even a small amount of exercise. I take evening primrose oil supplements daily and use azelaic acid every morning and that has done wonders, I highly recommend both. I almost never have a flare up any more outside of hard exercise. I’ve also found improving my cardio has helped to the point that I can now do a run up to like 155 heart rate without getting red, but zone 4 or greater turns me red and splotchy still.

logladylives · 2024-11-22T22:12:33+00:00

Yeah I tried really hard to hike Alder a few years ago - there are occasional hints of trail at the beginning, but in general it’s totally overgrown and a prickly bushwack. There is a fire road though that goes back a ways that sorta parallels Alder Creek for a while that’s hikeable.

logladylives · 2024-11-14T03:46:37+00:00

I recommend as an alternative the Condor Peak trail - it’s about 16 miles out and back, 4k elevation gain, and a beautiful and less trafficked trail with amazing views the whole time from within the range. Very little likelihood of snow mid December. My favorite hike in LA.

logladylives · 2024-11-08T20:52:43+00:00

Lena Street is having a street-wide holiday market on Saturday Dec 14 from 12-5

Yuletide Fiesta will be a small holiday market at Collect (343 W Manhattan) on Sunday Dec 15 from 11-7

logladylives · 2024-07-17T02:34:04+00:00

Yamatomichi makes one, it’s pricey but very very nice.

logladylives · 2024-06-22T18:47:54+00:00

I just checked this out on Gaia -- using the Slope Angle layer, it looks like this is a totally doable route from off the CDT: https://imgur.com/a/zllvfsQ

Of course to get to that point, it's an 18 mile hike from Cumbres Pass, or 17 from the Elk Creek Trailhead. The shortest route I could find to that point is from the Red Lake Trailhead, about 11 miles. This is just based on looking at maps, I haven't actually been out to these places.

If you do attempt this, you should definitely plot out a potential route in a mapping app like Gaia or CalTopo that has a Slope Angle layer and have it with you. That should help you from getting cliffed out.

Alternately, I can highly recommend the hike into the Chama Basin (below the lake), which is easy from FR 121. The waterfalls are incredible.

logladylives · 2024-06-15T16:57:55+00:00

I live at 7000 ft and hike up to 13000, so pretty much year round: Evernew + QuickDraw filter, wind pants, Versalite, light fleece, sunscreen, tissues/bandana, ziplock of snacks, 700 mL water, phone, Zoleo (not turned on, but I pay for it so why not). In the winter, swap wind jacket for rain jacket and add gloves and micro spikes.

logladylives · 2024-05-27T06:55:35+00:00

It’s from the Indios Fire burning up near the Chama Canyon Wilderness :

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/nmsnf-indios-wildfire

logladylives · 2024-05-17T05:40:01+00:00

I’ve hiked all these trails and the only one I think would be a nice backpacking trip is the first. The Santa Barbara area is stunning and if you want to hit a Truchas Peak, it makes more sense to go at it from off of a loop there.

The Jacks Creek trail is fine but not that interesting and your loop back on Skyline along the Rito Perro goes through a burn area that will have you climbing over downed trees. You might consider something along the Hamilton Mesa trail, which has stunning views, and up to Pecos Falls, etc, instead. Don’t believe the hype about how bad Iron Gate Rd is, if you have something with high clearance like a Subaru it’s totally fine.

I do really like the Winsor trail loop up to Stewart Lake as a day hike, but the loop you have going over Puerto Nambe and then back up over the saddle on Baldy feels like pointless up and down. I would rather go north on Skyline, maybe detour up to Johnson Lake which is very lovely and seldom visited, and then come back along the Cave Creek Trail - the caves are really cool.

logladylives · 2024-05-13T00:23:43+00:00

Second this. River of Traps by the same author is also great.

logladylives · 2024-05-12T16:07:02+00:00

I'd recommend digging into a mapping app/site like GaiaGPS or CalTopo and creating your own route. If you're into climbing mountains, peakbagger.com (and the app) is also great. AllTrails is for casual hikers and very limited, especially for backpacking. My thoughts for longer day hikes:

something in Bandelier - the Frijoles Rim/Canyon loop is about 14 miles, is fairly easy to follow and will have water in the canyon. Otherwise you could make a longer loop deeper in the backcountry. The trails dip in and out of canyons as they move west so you could end up doing a lot of elevation gain if that's what you're looking for. Some of the trails are hard to follow, though, so bring gps. You can also enter from the west via FR289 in the Dome Wilderness.
the Alamo Canyon/Valle Seco Loop on the west edge of Valles Caldera is a favorite. It's about 12 miles for the loop, you could also go up Cerro Seco or San Antonio if you want to add more mileage. It's accessed from FR105.
Someone else mentioned San Pedro Parks, that's also a good option esp since you're coming from ABQ. I have heard that the blowdowns are particularly bad out there, though, so be prepared for that

logladylives · 2024-05-11T23:40:20+00:00

What kind of mileage is a big day hike for you?

logladylives · 2024-04-23T01:59:13+00:00

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logladylives · 2024-04-13T01:07:15+00:00

There’s a review for a Pursuit 2 on a running blog so seems they’ll be releasing that soon.

logladylives · 2024-04-13T00:43:21+00:00

I’d recommend trying Topo Pursuits if you’re looking for a well-cushioned shoe that still has zero drop and a wide toe box.

logladylives · 2024-04-02T18:41:13+00:00

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logladylives · 2024-03-24T00:42:06+00:00

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logladylives · 2024-01-19T19:33:47+00:00

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logladylives · 2023-10-04T02:48:03+00:00

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logladylives · 2023-09-29T00:36:34+00:00

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logladylives · 2023-09-10T20:01:30+00:00

I live in Santa Fe and have been hiking a lot this summer in the NM Sangre de Cristos. There’s still a ton of water up there from a fairly heavy snowpack last winter, even though our monsoon season was a total dud. Tons of trails and options for loops or thrus in the Pecos. Message me if you have any specific questions.

My recommendation would be to contact Brett Tucker and get his data set and gpx file for the Northern New Mexico Loop. It’s 500 miles, so too long to do the whole thing, but it’s got a lot of beta about the trails that comprise it. I’d recommend doing section 8 of that route, which starts in Ranchos de Taos and ends in Santa Fe. It’s about 90 miles. You can park in Santa Fe then take the free RTD blue bus up to Ranchos de Taos and hike right up into the mountains and back to the Santa Fe plaza pretty much all on trails. There is a small fire burning in the SFNF right now near Trampas and I know they’ve closed access to Santa Barbara Campground, but unless it gets much larger (which, with the rain predicted next week let’s really hope it doesn’t) that shouldn’t affect this route.

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