  This weather is good training for Southern California,&nbsp;but with any luck this last week before I leave will cool off a little.&nbsp; Yuck, stickiness! I could use a little refreshing break before a relentlessly scalding L.A. August.&nbsp; We Far Northern Hemispherians area little sensitive!&nbsp; Especially if we have acquired too much insulation, as penguins are wont to do.
Especially if said penguins have a fairly consistent yen for pot stickers, pieroshky, ravioli, chicken pot pie and other savories tucked in pastry (that kind of food is my downfall; wanna sucker me way easy? promise me savory pie).&nbsp; The good news is, heat kills my appetite like nothin' else.
So I'm gonna do what I call the South Inland Empire diet.&nbsp; I've promised myself that by the time I'm set to go to NYC, sometime between a year and 18 months from right now, I'm gonna be a fit, trim, strong and dare I say ripped version of my former self.&nbsp; That's right, Catherine 2.0.&nbsp; Fear me.&nbsp; :P &nbsp; 
