Hip, Trinkle Chick, April 1st, 2007.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 77th edition of the Hip Trinklechick podcast, A Guide to Life on and Off the Yoga Mat, produced from the Pink Palace in Washington, D.C. on April Fool's Day.

As you've noticed, we've got tons of interviews. There's so many fascinating women out there that I've

just been overwhelmed with getting in contact and connecting with all these wonderful women,

so I hope you're enjoying hearing all of their fabulous stories. And tonight

is no exception. Today's podcast, this one is a discussion on Pilates, do-goating, and novel

writing, with a wonderful woman named Stacey Sims that I was introduced to by a mutual

acquaintance about six months ago. And then, of course, this is topped off with a look and pose of the podcast, all sorts of

stuff that's going on in the HIPTrenkelchick community, and some fun podsafe tunes.

View our show notes and follow along at HIPTrencletchick.com slash blog.

In 2001, Stacey Sims left a career in marketing and arts management to finish our first

novel. Swimming Naked was released by Viking in 2004 to critical acclaim. The Chicago Tribune called

a fresh, edgy, brutally moving first novel. And Borders Book selected it for its National Original Voices program.

She is also the owner of Pendleton Pilates, which she founded in 2001.

She runs a nationally recognized teacher training program and has been published in

National Fitness and Yoga Magazines.

See more, learn more at Pendleton Pilates.com.

Welcome, Stacey.

Thanks for having me.

Absolutely.

So, sweetheart, you've got a lot going on. You've got Pilates studios, you're a writer, a novel writer at that, and a non-profit. So I'm really excited to

learn more about everything you've got going on and to share this with our listeners.

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