Hip Trincl Chick, January 6th, 2008.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 115th edition of the Hip Trincl Chick

podcast, a guide to life on and off the yoga mat.

Today's menu features a must-have sequence and on-the-mat, an interview with Claudia

Strasser of the Paris apartment and off-the-mat, and we've got omwork and savvy sources for you,

too.

View our show notes at Hiptrinklechick.com slash blog.

On the mat.

Today's sequence is Down Dog Split with a hip opener on Hip Trinklechick's YouTube channel.

You can click on this and view it in the show notes or visit YouTube.com slash

hip tranquil chick.

Off the mat.

Today's podcast is an interview with Claudia Strasser.

In 1993, she wanted to leave the corporate world of incentive planning to open a shop.

She stumbled across a store for rent on a then run down street in New York's East Village.

With $800 and a handshake, she opened a boutique.

Learn more about Claudia, the author of the Paris apartment, in the show notes.

Welcome, Claudia.

Thank you.

Hi.

So it's great to have you on this show today, and I'm dying to know.

Tell me about this passion, this overwhelming passion that you have for Paris.

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