Nourish The Spirit

Have you ever felt pulled towards a certain place for no reason? I’ve been attracted to Orcas Island, in Washington state ever since learning about it. Doe Bay Resort seems like a particularly nice place to visit to spend some time doing organic gardening and sea kayaking. It’s got cabins, tents, and yurts, with an [...]

I love stories like this because they remind us that sometimes when we are disheartened in face of something difficult, we can take matters into our own hands by just doing something. Once we get active towards a certain direction, there’s a momentum that builds, and help shows up. Jodie Nelson–a professional surfer who’s watched [...]

I’ve been very low energy this week in the gray winter weather. In the meantime I’ve been enjoying the discussions on the new Secret San francisco Facebook board. People love underground stuff, yet nothing is very secret on this site. According to this KQED article, In just a week or two it’s expanded to over [...]

Last week I met up with my friend who has a “Sexysoup” street food cart in the city. Kristin is one of the many successful San Francisco street chefs and a nutritionist promoting quality, tasty food “for the people” in San Francisco. We headed over to the 2nd Underground Farmer’s Market together over at Capp [...]

My friend turned me on to Alicia Silverstone’s Kind Life blog. It’s got good content and forum dicussions on everything from restaurants, innovative chefs, how to make vegan french toast to great vegan purses on (the awesome, but overwhelming) handmade goods site Etsy. It’s useful for veggie-friendly people like me, who eat a plant-based diet [...]

Last night I visited the new Remake Lounge in the Green Zebra Environmental Center for a night of food activist mingling and media. This is a space that opened in late August for events, exhibits showing recycled art, and classes on remaking and reusing materials by the people who offer the Green Zebra coupon book. [...]