Giveaway Swellness: glacéau vitaminwater glory

*This giveaway is now closed.*

Congrats to Kristina — you’ll receive a taste of Glory and the custom gloves from vitaminwater!

With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in full swing and the athletes all vying for a taste of glory by earning a medal for their country, have you thought about how you get a taste of glory in your life?

For me, there’s a bit of an obvious one—crossing the finish line in a race. It’s even better if it’s a new personal-best time, but even if it’s not, simply completing a race is an incredible feeling of accomplishment. But I think there’s room to find a taste of glory in one’s every day—it could even be something as small and seemingly mundane as a great walk outdoors with your puppy or mailing a sweet note to a friend you haven’t touched base with for awhile.

And, well, then there’s also the tasty new limited-edition peach-mango glacéau vitaminwater glory, created just for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (And let me tell you, drinking this vitamin B and C-loaded glory sure is easier than training and running a marathon, that’s for sure). The flavour was inspired by input from Canadians who used the glacéau vitaminwater Facebook app when creating their own flavour of vitaminwater—seems a lot of us are fans of peach-mango.

Even better than its inspiration coming from Canadians across the country: glacéau vitaminwater has partnered with Canadian Olympic bobsledder Jesse Lumsden for the 2014 Winter Games. His athletic skill and outgoing personality just make sense with vitaminwater, right?

So who’s up for a taste of glory in their life? Here’s how you can win some:

You can enter in three ways: Here on this blog post, on the Instagram photo (you can find me on Instagram @healthandswellness — follow me and then add a comment to the pic), and/or “like” the Health and Swellness Facebook page and then comment — in your comment, tell me about a glorious moment in your life.

I’ll randomly select a winner who will receive not only a taste of glory but also a pair of custom Olympic Winter Games touchscreen gloves, courtesy of glacéau vitaminwater. The giveaway is open to Canadian residents and closes February 23, 2014 at 12 p.m. EST.

Check out vitaminwatercanada.ca and pick up a bottle of glory today to get your Canadian taste of glory. Share the glory online with @vitaminwater_ca, #tasteofglory.

6 Comments February 18, 2014

Valentine’s Swellness: Valentine’s Day gift ideas

You’ve got only a few days til Valentine’s Day, and if you haven’t yet picked up a giftie for your sweetie, here are some last-minute ideas. Yes, it’s a gift guide for what guys can buy their GF, but a few could work as gifts for your guy, too. Plus, they’re all under $40.

Even better, maybe buy one not for February 14, but give it to your love some other day just ’cause.

(Above, one of my fave picks in this gift guide — this print from SS Print Shop).

Leave a Comment February 11, 2014

Travel Swellness: My profile in Bust magazine

Hitting newsstands today is the February/March 2014 issue of Bust (Not familiar with it? It’s an indie women’s magazine  outta NYC that covers pop culture, crafting, politics, cooking and fashion).

This issue features Shailene Woodley on the cover and includes stories about a woman who sold her eggs, tpersonal tips from a doctor on online dating (it is the love and sex issue, after all), and oh yeah, there’s a small profile on me in the Gigs column about travel writing (the ups and downs of the job, how I got into it, etc.).

Pick up the issue (or at least read it in the store!), yes?

2 Comments January 28, 2014