• Ruby Slippers vs. OESH

    Last weekend, we took a short family vacation to Washington, D.C. While the primary purpose for our trip was to visit Ellen, my mom’s best friend from Harvard Medical School, we also spent a substantial amount of time taking advantage of the glory that is the Smithsonian Institution. My personal favorite of the many museums on the D.C. Mall […]

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  • OESHer of the Week: Kenny

    OESHer of the Week is back: and, this time, for a very special installment. Charlottesville High School’s own Marissa Tierney is an OESHer, and quite possibly the best AP English Language teacher on the face of the planet.  But although she certainly deserves a page of her own, our focus today is on her eighteen-month-old […]

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  • Environmentally-Friendly Athletic Shoes

    OESH La Vida 2.0 Science-driven design Locally sourced Environmentally safe production All seams sewn, not glued 100% recyclable sole material Zero heavy metals Zero solvent adhesives Zero VOC’s We’ve been getting a lot of attention for OESH La Vida being good for the environment. Which is pretty neat considering that the only real mention of La Vida’s environmental […]

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  • Out to Lunge: An Exercise Worth Doing

    Which of the thousands of stretching and strengthening exercises out there should you make a habit of doing every day? It’s important to know that very few targeted type exercises have ever been studied scientifically. Meanwhile, there just isn’t enough time in the day to do more than a handful of them. I’m fairly active. […]

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