Archive for January, 2010
Mean People Suck: Salmon and Brown Rice Eggrolls
Some people are rude. The other day, I was hunched over in a very narrow aisle at my local grocery store searching for a jar of relish when a female of the human race muttered (loudly), “Do you mind? You are taking up the entire aisle. I can hardly get around you.” A simple ‘excuse [...]
What is your Ikigai?
As many of us try around this time of year to make resolutions to eat better, swear less, save more, stress less, and exercise more, many of us are also probably going to break these resolutions a couple weeks from now. Certainly, by the time the Cherry Blossoms come out in Washington, DC, the majority [...]
Yakking it Up on the Rooftop of the World
When I had the opportunity to go to Tibet, I jumped at it. In recent years, there have been a lot of romanticization about Tibet. It’s been trendy to put prayer flags on front porches, talk about the Dalai Lama, and fantasize that it is a country of yogis and vegan Buddhists. Lhasa is an [...]
Happy Folic Acid Awareness Week!!!!!!
Happy Folic Acid Awareness Week!!!!!! I had no idea that it was Folic Acid Awareness week (January 4-10), until a random search via Google took me straight to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) website! This post piggy backs on Belinda’s fantastic reminder about the significant and critical relationship between our (humans) health and the [...]
Photo of the Day: Cricket Crumbs
An all-gone pastry and one of my favorite natural sodas, Cricket Cola, with green tea and cane sugar.
When Half the Sky Goes Hungry
Source: eCrater “I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I live in a frying pan I turn on the gas And burn off my…” Oh wait, sorry, that was the naughty playground version. Most of us remember Popeye and his loyal use of spinach in lieu of modern day protein shakes to pump up his famous forearms [...]
