Electrolicious

This morning as I was driving to work, I ended up behind a red convertible with two hoop bumper-stickers and a Washington state vanity plate that read HOOPIN. The driver was a woman with purple-tinged hair. The fact that I have absolutely no clue who she was is pretty solid evidence that I’m officially 100% […]

Yoshimoto “du what u du”

Yesterday I ventured out to Kirkland, WA, where I led a “hooping for fun & fitness” workshop at a community event for boomers and seniors. I usually avoid teaching hoop stuff, but it was fun to get folks moving … despite the tiny demo room! Here are some photos by Michael Mussman.

Today I resigned from my duties at hooping.org. Whew. It’s been a great project for three years, but I’m excited to get myself focused on offbeatbride.com. Plus, like Lotus Magazine, I found that the administration challenges of running a community media project eventually eclipsed the joy I originally found from the community. I’m hoping that […]

Friends hooping in the park

… or do they? (Posting here instead of hooping.org for a change!)

Two hoop step-out

A piece about hula hooping that includes an interview with me aired on NPR’s Marketplace. Listen to the segment!

Last night I did all the NPR nerds in my family proud and was interviewed for an upcoming Marketplace story about the business of hula hooping. It was pretty exciting to get to sit in the little studio at KUOW wearing big headphones and talking into an enormous fuzzy orange microphone as I was interviewed, […]