Posts by Lyn Liao Butler
Lokie’s Obsession with Jim
I’ve told you about Pinot’s obsession with bags. This is the story of Lokie’s obsession with Jim. Lokie is my shadow. She follows me everywhere I go. If I can’t find her, I usually just have to turn around, look down and there she is. She sits by the tub when I take a bath. She…
Read MoreMother Daughter Workout Teams
I’ve noticed a new trend recently in the fitness classes I teach. There seems to be more mothers and daughters working out together. I once had 6 mother daughter workout teams in class. And in a class of 24, that means half the class was a mother daughter team. Yes, I excel at math. Although my…
Read MoreHow to Have a Thriving Garden on Beginner’s Dumb Luck
I am about to reveal another secret about myself (besides the fact that I am a klutz). I used to have a black thumb. I couldn’t keep any plants alive. But ever since we moved to this house on the lake, I figured out how to have a thriving garden on beginner’s dumb luck. I was known as…
Read MoreTaiwanese Street Food, the Best Thing I Ever Ate
If I was granted anything I wanted for my last meal, I would choose, with no hesitation, Taiwanese street food, the best thing I ever ate. I was born in Taiwan and lived there until I was 7 so it can be said that Taiwanese street food was an integral part of my formative years.…
Read MoreLokie’s Story – How a Homeless Dachshund Finds Her Forever Home
Hi, my name is Lokie and I am a miniature red dachshund. About 3 years ago, I was in a bad place in my life. I try not to remember what happened because it makes me cry but I somehow found myself as a homeless dachshund living on the streets of Indiana. Look how pretty I am. How could anyone…
Read MoreA day in the life of a fitness instructor
People always ask what a day in the life of a fitness instructor is like. When I lived across the street from the gym I owned in NYC, I would constantly run into members at the most inopportune times. And they always wanted fitness advice. At 6am on a walk with Pinot, when my eyes…
Read MoreMy life as a klutz
I had hoped to get a few posts under my belt before I started revealing secrets about myself. But after last week’s confirmation that I have a broken nose and fractured elbow from walking into a wall (more on that later), I can’t hide it anymore. I am a klutz. I am a lifelong klutz.…
Read MorePinot’s obsession with bags
Pinot has loved bags and purses from the time she was a tiny puppy. Typical girl – her obsession with bags started at a young age. At only a few months old, I caught her trying to make off with my pink purse. My friend Katherine bought her this cute bag when I first brought Pinot home…
Read MoreThere is life outside NYC
I lived in New York City for over 15 years and when I moved more than an hour outside of the city into a life on a lake, my city friends asked me – What do you do all day up there? I can understand their skepticism. In my 20’s I said to myself, I…
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