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 Street [...]

The 7th Annual Yoga Journal Conference is always a good time in San Francisco. Aside from the busy conference and each year’s Ecstatic Dance with Shiva Rea, MC Yogi, and Dragonfly on Saturday night, there’s usually free classes to try out throughout the weekend and more after-parties.
On Sunday, highlights include a class with Janet Stone [...]

Elizabeth Gilbert is back with the sequel to her popular Eat, Pray, Love memoir. She’s touring promoting the new book Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage and will be passing through San Rafael, Culver City, and L.A. next week. $40 includes a signed book.
Gretchen Rubin talks about her book The Happiness Project at Books, Inc. in Berkeley [...]

Laughing Lotus is kicking off the new year with a day of free classes, chai, and new, sweet, vegan treats tomorrow. I’ve been a fan of their midnight yoga class, accompanied with music, since my days first going to their New York studio. Check out the schedule below:
FREE Lotus Flow Yoga Classes, Chanting, Community
AND Introducing [...]

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.
Currently [...]

One of my favorite restaurants, Millennium, is offering what sounds like a great deal on a three course meal Sundays to Wednesdays these days, all for $39. They’ll add a wine pairing for $12 if you are in the mood for some drinks. I’m hoping to make it myself one of these coming Tuesdays and [...]

If you’re looking for plant-based, cruelty-free Thanksgiving dinners in the bay area, here’s one that’s reasonably priced and sounds delicious:
Thanksgiving Dinner at Alive on Sunday, November 22 at 5:00pm. There are two options: the smaller portion $20 option and the full meal $30 option.
SF LiFE will have a raffle at the Dinner too. You get [...]

One of my favorite bay area music acts is coming back to the city on Friday, November 20th and playing at the Elbo Room. SambaDa plays high energy Brazilian music that gets everyone moving.

If you’re a jewelry and bead fanatic like me, check out the next gem fair at Fort Mason starting November 20th. You can get two for one admission here.

It’s been good to be back in the bay area, where so many interesting folks working on healthy food cross my path. Now that my place is a bit more set up, I can set off to wander and get lost in what’s happening in the neighborhood, whether it’s on a leisurely stroll, on [...]