tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24942005589844678932024-03-13T18:23:29.945-04:00Rawbin's BubbleI'm a southern Maryland girl, eating living foods,
getting healthier each day, while tasting the world around me.
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<a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-very-first-blog.html">Click here!</a>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-4834734275275457632009-03-07T12:13:00.002-05:002009-03-07T12:13:01.246-05:00Tasty Turtles in Ten Minutes!<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 360px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAKyn1lNII/AAAAAAAAAyU/vjqMiyVwEu8/s400/IMG_0059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309755825473270914" /><div style="text-align: center;">Although I still drink green smoothies nearly every day, they've become much simpler. I often add only three ingredients to some water: </div><div style="text-align: center;">a big handful of kale, a banana, and an apple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sometimes I crave some old fashioned junk food. Since I know that's not an option open to me anymore, I try to create a substitute. Lately I've been craving turtles. It could be the video that my friend <a href="http://www.purejeevan.com/meet.html#wendi">Wendidee</a> put on youtube titled,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-pzDVUqz10">Rawbin saves a turtle</a>", </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I really think it had to do with Valentine's Day and all those boxes at the end of the supermarket aisles. The idea suddenly came to me. I realized it could be very simple. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Walnuts? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Dates? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Check. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The ingredients for raw chocolate???</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg">Oh, yeah!!!</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I tossed a handful of walnuts on a plate, pitted some soft caramel dates, mixed up a batch of raw chocolate sauce and plopped it on top. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There it was...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The worlds largest chocolate turtle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I took a picture, posted it to <a href="http://twitter.com/rawbin">Twitter</a>, admired it a moment, then ate it all! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, what else could I do? It was a single serving!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 360px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAKdLHDgrI/AAAAAAAAAyE/4sKKUQ_xJ9E/s400/IMG_0058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309755456984679090" /><div style="text-align: center;">Hah! My <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1466890531#/profile.php?id=1466890531&v=info&viewas=1369246066">hubs is on facebook</a> now and noticed my Twitter feed to Facebook and suddenly he's commenting on my picture. "I want a turtle"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ruh-Roh. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, well it only takes 10 minutes, I can do that again, right? </div><div style="text-align: center;">But this time I'll make the chocolate a little thicker, make the turtles a little smaller, and I'll take a few pictures along the way.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbC8QvkhJII/AAAAAAAAA3c/GSXO8HcQK7o/s400/P1010204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309950956503377026" /><div style="text-align: center;">So, you take a custard cup, set it in a bowl of warm water like a double boiler, adding more warm water as it cools.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbC8Q9pNglI/AAAAAAAAA3k/rv_rV2jklDM/s400/P1010205.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309950960281158226" /><div style="text-align: center;"> Put chopped up pieces of raw cocoa butter in the custard cup to melt.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbC8Rk0SfSI/AAAAAAAAA30/JSqqjb7lyuI/s400/P1010207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309950970796604706" /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">-1 Tb raw cocoa butter (melted)</div><div style="text-align: left;">-1 Tb virgin coconut oil</div><div style="text-align: left;">-1 Tb raw agave nectar</div><div style="text-align: left;">-1/2 tsp vanilla</div><div style="text-align: left;">-1/4 tsp celtic sea salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">-while keeping it warm, stir in 2 Tb raw cacao powder</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 360px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAKdHoyjvI/AAAAAAAAAx8/bwd-6UGU91A/s400/IMG_0012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309755456052432626" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I started with good juicy fresh dates. Barhi is my favorite date right now. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>I ordered 35 pounds of assorted dates from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQu7M3pS7w">thedatepeople</a> and sold off much of it to raw friends. I still have enough left over for plenty of raw treats.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbC8RWM3apI/AAAAAAAAA3s/VLq_LPSRC24/s400/P1010206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309950966873156242" /><div> Take 10 pitted dates.If you have dry, hard dates, you may want to moisten them. I put them in a cup, pour warm water on them, immediately drink the date water and set the cup aside. This softens them just a bit.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbC8RwZkNkI/AAAAAAAAA38/j5ImG9jrg2I/s400/P1010210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309950973905745474" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I place the walnuts on a piece of wax paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I put a little dab of warm chocolate on the walnuts, pressing dates on top, using half the chocolate mixture. Then take second half of chocolate and divide it among the last of the dates. Eat one to check for good flavor. Place in the fridge to set. By the time you've put the dishes away, your turtles should be cool. Eat another one to test it's temperature. If they aren't cool enough, put them back in the fridge. Repeat. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAKdiQ7GpI/AAAAAAAAAyM/H9j7QpyPSGk/s1600-h/IMG_0064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAKdiQ7GpI/AAAAAAAAAyM/H9j7QpyPSGk/s400/IMG_0064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309755463200086674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Note that by the time I took the last picture, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there were already 3 turtles missing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By the time my hubs came home from work, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there were only 4 left. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I ate one and handed him the last 3.</div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-24050892270570025382009-03-06T17:00:00.003-05:002009-03-06T17:00:00.319-05:00Raw Spirit Festival Off Site Adventures<div style="text-align: center;">Much of my fond memory making at the <a href="http://rawspiritfest.org/">Raw Spirit Festival </a> happened away from the festival site. The first morning after arriving in Sedona, even though we had a late night, my two <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitterfriends</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/Wendidee">WendiDee</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/Dealivinglotus">Dealivinglotus</a>) and I set off early to search for a <a href="http://www.lovesedona.com/01.htm">Vortex or two</a>. We drove around using Wendi's printouts and my sometimes useless GPS. Soon we were up on top of a beautiful scenic overlook. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was amazed at how perfect the view was. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCJg_kq77I/AAAAAAAAA3E/iCdFXhCyMt0/s400/P1011382.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309895160583876530" /><div style="text-align: center;">I found a cactus that I wanted to take my picture with, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but spent the next 10 minutes picking quills out of my back. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hardly felt it, so I was surprised at how easy they stuck to me!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCJf9BggCI/AAAAAAAAA20/lGyFYxKSKdM/s400/P1011379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309895142719651874" /><div style="text-align: center;">We were having fun looking around and taking pictures. <br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCJgTWQWBI/AAAAAAAAA28/hXDrTr6ZX9M/s400/P1011381.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309895148712253458" /><div style="text-align: center;">We found a circle of rocks, supposedly an area marked off with stones should indicate that there was a <a href="http://itotd.com/articles/313/sedonas-energy-vortexes/">recognizable force</a> there. Just as I stepped inside the circle I felt a quick rush and a tingle right down to my fingertips</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">(The same feeling I get when I first see that police car with it's lights flashing, in my rearview mirror, as it rushes <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">past</span> me to pull someone else over... a happy rush and tingle feeling).</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We took off our shoes and stood toe to toe, but I didn't feel anything else there. Probably the excitement of the moment is what caused it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was pretty fun to play along. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCH-K7U9II/AAAAAAAAA2U/ioryN1b42R0/s400/P1011385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309893462824645762" /><div style="text-align: center;">We climbed to the highest peak </div><div style="text-align: center;">and reached up to the big blue sky. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I felt happy and free!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCH-UUBAmI/AAAAAAAAA2c/qSBPxl1Kgwg/s400/P1011397.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309893465344115298" /><div style="text-align: center;">We stopped by <a href="http://blisscafe.wordpress.com/">Bliss Cafe</a> and ordered a delicious lunch. I purchased a fresh living pizza, a piece of raw coconut cream pie, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">AND</span></span> a slice of carrot cake. It was my first all raw food restaurant experience and I was thoroughly enjoying it.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCH--8SLoI/AAAAAAAAA2k/hcMlbD21GVE/s400/P1011412.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309893476787302018" /><div style="text-align: center;">The next morning I woke early again. After another late night, I should have been tired, but I knew the sun was coming up without me and I was wide awake. I asked my room mates if they wanted to go catch the sunrise. Dea sleepily declined. She was suffering from jet lag, having traveled all the way from Italy. Wendi and I grinned at each other and jumped into action. We hopped out of bed and were out the door in just moments! The sun was already up but the plan was to drive over to part of <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/">Coconino National Forest</a>. As we drove around, (I'm easily distracted) we took a few side roads off track. GPS frequently said, "Recalculating." Suddenly Wendi shouted, "Hey, stop the car! I think that was <a href="http://twitter.com/lindasalas">LindaSalas</a>!" Sure enough, there she was, another one of our <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> friends, trying to get a pretty picture from her hotel drive, while standing among chest high construction cones. We offered her a ride to wherever we were headed and she happily accepted.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCH_Mu6KwI/AAAAAAAAA2s/B5Zm1ULKaL8/s1600-h/P1011459.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCH_Mu6KwI/AAAAAAAAA2s/B5Zm1ULKaL8/s400/P1011459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309893480489298690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found a few scenic overlooks as the sun grew higher in the sky. We were still hoping to see the Oak Creek vortex inside the <a href="http://azstateparks.com/Parks/RERO/downloads/RERO_Park_Map.pdf">Red Rock State Park.</a> It turned out the gates were locked and the park wouldn't open for another hour. We had time before the RSF began, but didn't want to waste precious time waiting at the gate. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We really only wanted to see the river, so we parked a few miles away and walked down an old farm road to the river. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGiLX2tnI/AAAAAAAAA2E/65gpR-8gCws/s400/P1011479.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309891882396333682" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a good laugh when we discovered that we'd just taken a secret entrance into the park and it took us long enough that by then the park had opened! As we walked along the park river trail, we continued talking, laughing, and musing over how easy it was to just pick up our realworld friendship where our onlineTwitter friendship left off.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFoZgrIFI/AAAAAAAAA1M/MVxevpIt9lY/s400/P1011506.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309890889759006802" /><div style="text-align: center;"> The three of us took pictures with our three cameras, striking poses here and there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wendi,</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFnuE_UpI/AAAAAAAAA08/6yaVPHjuR8g/s400/P1011498.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309890878100165266" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linda,</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGhrPzOhI/AAAAAAAAA10/xfV1v0G6XEI/s400/P1011503.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309891873772616210" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and me.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGhNMz2KI/AAAAAAAAA1s/-n2TTyEZG4M/s400/P1011504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309891865707010210" /><div style="text-align: center;">I particularly liked this one of Wendi. We were listening to the rushing river and it's musical babbling sound. She was so completely savoring every moment of her trip. Her morning with us was joyful!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGh4p5KLI/AAAAAAAAA18/FAD0UhW-Ats/s1600-h/P1011499.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGh4p5KLI/AAAAAAAAA18/FAD0UhW-Ats/s400/P1011499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309891877371717810" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Further down the river, there was a muddy landing where the water was quiet and slower moving. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I caught Wendi and Linda playing in the mud.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFotoHkpI/AAAAAAAAA1U/GG1hy_Llmfg/s400/P1011514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309890895158940306" /><div style="text-align: center;">On closer inspection, I saw that they were creating designs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGg2ZXSaI/AAAAAAAAA1k/biHX4mMzxPk/s1600-h/P1011515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCGg2ZXSaI/AAAAAAAAA1k/biHX4mMzxPk/s400/P1011515.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309891859585649058" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">The mud was a rich red color, smooth and cool. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It felt soothing to move it around.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFpFHYjWI/AAAAAAAAA1c/MJ0nM_zpmSA/s1600-h/P1011516.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFpFHYjWI/AAAAAAAAA1c/MJ0nM_zpmSA/s400/P1011516.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309890901464092002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There were puddles of water trapped in the rocks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They made nice places to soak feet or rinse hands.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCC_bdR_9I/AAAAAAAAA0U/3hiMphry9Ro/s400/P1011520.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309887986883755986" /><div style="text-align: center;">Walking back, I found a huge <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada_molting_animated-2.gif">cicada</a> that didn't seem concerned with me.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCC_83UCYI/AAAAAAAAA0c/5b-YnT-CHf8/s400/P1011528.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309887995851311490" /><div style="text-align: center;">Further up the road, I picked a few <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/kevingianni/videos/140/"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/kevingianni/videos/140/">prickly pears(click here to see our friends </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/kevingianni/videos/140/">Kevin and Annmarie talk about them)</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I noticed how they were different colors and </div><div style="text-align: center;">was unsure which ones were the ripe ones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I liked my silhouette in the picture.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFn3Dg5QI/AAAAAAAAA1E/PBMsqKbMci4/s1600-h/P1011538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCFn3Dg5QI/AAAAAAAAA1E/PBMsqKbMci4/s400/P1011538.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309890880509895938" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Along the roadside on the drive back to our hotels, Linda pointed out many mesquite trees and we stopped to pick a shirt full. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I liked having the opportunity picking from my window. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Like a raw superfood drivethru. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCDAQvhPLI/AAAAAAAAA0s/jBPsgcoQxV4/s400/P1011541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309888001187331250" /><div style="text-align: center;">We had worked up quite an appetite by the time we got back to the hotel and we were pleased to find that Dea had set up a nice breakfast of durian and papayas for us.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbCDA5vU85I/AAAAAAAAA00/3yrzczkTKow/s400/P1011551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309888012192379794" /><div style="text-align: center;">I added some roses from just outside our hotel patio.</div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-44755705287580695322009-03-05T12:26:00.017-05:002009-03-06T00:50:18.477-05:00Arizona Wild Beauty<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>I drove through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona">Arizona</a> with my two girls in 2004, but didn't get a chance see the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.redrockcountry.org/">Red Rock Country.</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Going to the <a href="http://rawspiritfest.org/">Raw Spirit Festival</a> seemed like a good excuse to go again.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOH_N5T3I/AAAAAAAAA0M/Q7WWSCqk0Vw/s1600-h/P1011941.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOH_N5T3I/AAAAAAAAA0M/Q7WWSCqk0Vw/s400/P1011941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309759491061403506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I discovered that not all rocks in Arizona were red.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOHVwaQ2I/AAAAAAAAA0E/dSCmX4fvoRc/s1600-h/P1011940.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOHVwaQ2I/AAAAAAAAA0E/dSCmX4fvoRc/s400/P1011940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309759479931880290" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"> I found rocks in burgundy, green, orange, yellow, and black...<br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOG6zXvqI/AAAAAAAAAz8/PuhsELNtL_Y/s1600-h/P1011905.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOG6zXvqI/AAAAAAAAAz8/PuhsELNtL_Y/s400/P1011905.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309759472696540834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I finally met my first <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d3QDdXpP0g">Saguaro Cactus</a>, up close and personal.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOGpfRCCI/AAAAAAAAAz0/YqRK5eihj5A/s1600-h/P1011599.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOGpfRCCI/AAAAAAAAAz0/YqRK5eihj5A/s400/P1011599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309759468048812066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I discovered that as long as I used my GPS, I had no clue where I was. (haha)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOGD90fiI/AAAAAAAAAzs/z6wL-QhBh5Q/s1600-h/P1011491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAOGD90fiI/AAAAAAAAAzs/z6wL-QhBh5Q/s400/P1011491.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309759457976417826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I discovered that the farther away from town I got, the prettier it got.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMr-5XkUI/AAAAAAAAAzc/3PhkUYQIndg/s1600-h/P1011509.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMr-5XkUI/AAAAAAAAAzc/3PhkUYQIndg/s400/P1011509.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757910427341122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I was surprised by this little guy who found the flower before me.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMrpjg0FI/AAAAAAAAAzU/LI4GV7691Yg/s1600-h/P1011399.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMrpjg0FI/AAAAAAAAAzU/LI4GV7691Yg/s400/P1011399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757904698527826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The skies were intensely blue there.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMrLQVESI/AAAAAAAAAzM/j2N6SSIcOWY/s1600-h/P1011454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMrLQVESI/AAAAAAAAAzM/j2N6SSIcOWY/s400/P1011454.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757896565002530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">All kinds of things growing.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMq7-tStI/AAAAAAAAAzE/ZHvmJpL8Gp0/s1600-h/P1011540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMq7-tStI/AAAAAAAAAzE/ZHvmJpL8Gp0/s400/P1011540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757892464560850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I picked my own mesquite with plans to grind it when I got home. See recipe below.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMDFSg5RI/AAAAAAAAAy0/3tUKcXyMhwc/s400/P1011495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757207768786194" /><div style="text-align: center;">I think this river view was on one of my postcards.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMDakUxUI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Nh43RJlUjUw/s1600-h/P1011501.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMDakUxUI/AAAAAAAAAy8/Nh43RJlUjUw/s400/P1011501.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757213480633666" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Somebody was already at the riverside having a morning dip.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMC7KIaSI/AAAAAAAAAys/UVqoNvreQDQ/s1600-h/P1011494.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMC7KIaSI/AAAAAAAAAys/UVqoNvreQDQ/s400/P1011494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757205049272610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One lonely dark green pine cone lying on the river side.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMCFTFgAI/AAAAAAAAAyc/AXBxyDcn1q8/s1600-h/P1011465.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SbAMCFTFgAI/AAAAAAAAAyc/AXBxyDcn1q8/s400/P1011465.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309757190591315970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Early mornings with the promise of something new happening just around the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Maple Mesquite Walnuts:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Soak 3 cups of walnuts for a few hours </div><div style="text-align: center;">(this makes them less bitter)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dehydrate them for a few hours </div><div style="text-align: center;">(this makes them more absorbent)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blend until creamy:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup water</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=170/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034_0_3_10" target="_blank">mesquite</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 cup maple syrup</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp celtic sea salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp cinnamon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">pour over walnuts in a bowl</div><div style="text-align: center;">stir them gently until coated</div><div style="text-align: center;">lay out on dehydrator sheets overnight</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let them cool before storing in an airtight container.</div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-84302009933296044012009-02-06T19:37:00.001-05:002013-01-19T23:55:25.673-05:00(Part 2) J.O.B. 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">When my friends Jim and Wendi Dee were taking a much needed vacation and were asking if anyone had an article to submit, I knew it was time to blog about my trip to Raw Spirit Festival in Sedona. The following has been copied from<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://purejeevan.com/blog/?p=648">PureJevanTalks.com</a><a href="http://purejeevan.com/blog/?p=656" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">(Don't worry, it's my article!):</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>Some of you who are new to raw foods may be happy to learn that there are festivals for individuals interested in the raw foods lifestyle! They are a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded friends. For those of you who attended the Raw Spirit Festival in 2008, seeing images from that event may stir the magical memories you collected while there.</em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>Below is part one of a two-part guest piece by <a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><em>Rawbin Anderson</em></a><em>, in which she recounts her 2008 </em><a href="http://www.rawspirit.com/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><em>Raw Spirit Festival</em></a><em>J.O.B. experiences of working in the kitchen. Rawbin is now the Raw Spirit Festival East Coast Manager and can be reached at Rawbin [at] rawspirit.com.</em></em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I first read about Raw Spirit Festival fall of 2007, and found I had just missed it! I was new to the raw scene. Hadn’t even heard of <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/" style="color: #3366cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Give It To Me Raw</a> so I thought I might learn something from a gathering like this. I saw that another Raw Spirit Festival would be happening in 2008. I found out I could volunteer to save money on a ticket. I imagined that there would be a few hundred raw people with raw lives sharing raw food telling their raw stories all in one small area. The energy there should be magical! I reserved a room at the Radisson because I knew that would be the first thing to fill up. I registered as a volunteer and soon was accepted. Then I was given choices! Did I want to work in the kitchen, children’s area, registration, recycling? I thought about my healing journey. It all started with the food, right? I thought, I can’t cook, I’m not very coordinated with a knife, but I can make a mean green smoothie. Without a doubt I wanted to be in the kitchen. I wanted to rub shoulders with the masters! Then I thought, why just go 3 days. Why not immerse myself in the whole thing? I said I’d do a week. Come early, stay late…</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">By the time September came I had become quite comfortable as one of those strange raw foodies. I like myself. I’m capable in the kitchen. I was EXCITED!!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The first thing I did with the rental car was to stop by a market. I was worried there wouldn’t be anything for me to eat there (silly me)! I had my vitamix and a set of knives in my suitcase (yes, I had to check my luggage). That afternoon, I stocked my fridge and set out to work at Living Springs kitchen on a 5 to 10 shift. I met Frank Giglio, one of the cute chefs in charge.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">There were about 20 of us stoked with excited happiness! There was a downpour and a thunderstorm, we had a fire burning in the fireplace.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">As we awaited our first orders, we cleaned and sanitized the kitchen. We watched the reefer truck back down a steep, dark, muddy driveway in the dark.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">and Cosmo Meens had arrived.<br /><img alt="" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.purejeevan.com/blog/pics/2008rsf-rawbin/rawbin-dude.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial;" /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">This is when the action really began. We unloaded dozens of cases of avocados, colorful peppers, cukes, and carrots.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Next step was to throw together a tasty salad to feed all the hungry workers. Once fed, we pre-prepped all the veggies, sort good from bad. We were all armed with long sharp knives, and we knew how to use them</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We had great tunes playing at all times. I’d say often it might have been some kind of reggae music, but what do I know? I’m sure it was just the groovy feeling we all had working together with all that fresh live food that made me feel we must be someplace warm and tropical and completely different from my plastic/canned world back home.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We sliced then chunked pineapples and peeled then diced mangos for a marinade, and snatched bites of things for “quality control.” *wink* We had fruit covered hands and time to stop for sustenance. Others would walk by with a bottle of Kombucha to tilt into our mouths, keeping us happy and moving. I had my first cacao bean as we peeled hundreds of juicy mangos. Soon it was midnite and I decided that although there was still much to do, I had to get sleep. I wasn’t tired but I knew I should be!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The next day I was up early, excited and ready to go. Before my 12 to 5 shift, worried I wouldn’t have time to eat, I had lunch at Cafe Raw Bliss before leaving for Living Springs kitchen again. I couldn’t wait to be there with my new raw friends (and there were so many!!!). As soon as I got there someone offered me a durian/noni shake in exchange for my vitamix. It was in my car… I was amazed at the giant tub of green powder we were mixing up for dinner!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Then everyone stopped for lunch. Cosmo made a huge salad with greens and veggies topped with hemp seed/hemp oil and I happily ate again!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We began preparations for making a huge batch of Cosmo’s tahini dressing. I admired jugs olive oil and larger buckets of raw tahini butter. We had Zepher taking turns with many others across the counter from us juicing out thousands of lemons.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">1 cup raw tahini<br />1 /2 cup lemon juice<br />1/2 cup olive oil<br />1 1/2 cup water<br />1 tsp salt</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Blend, pour into 5 gallon container, repeat. Shift change. New crew comes in, I leave for evening parties.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>[*To be continued in Part II*...]</strong></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Wow. I've always wondered what it would be like to go to one of these festivals. Look at all those avocados! :) I must have been amazing to be with so many like minded individuals. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Oh girl, that was when I first got to meet you at RsF, I remember you running off to do some more work in the kitchen! Can't wait for part two Pippi Raw Stocking!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">love you</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I adored being at Raw Spirit Festival with Rawbin, Wendi Dee, Bunny Berry, Angela Thomas and all of the other amazing friends that descended on Sedona last Sept. This post brings a flood of beautiful memories back and it ignites my desire to be part of Raw Spirit Festival on the East Coast this coming August. I can't wait to embrace all of my dear raw friends once again! (Yeh...Frank Giglio is really cute too)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I LOVE YOU Rawbin Anderson!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I love how you write about it. I can feel the excitement and if I close my eyes, it's like I'm in the kitchen with you! :D Can't wait for part two! :D</span></div>
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Since it was nearby my lovely raw friend </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/wendidee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Wendi</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">,</span> the plan was to see her on the same trip. Annmarie and </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/kevingianni"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Kevin Gianni</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> (raw food celebrities) were dropping by for lunch. I've been enjoying their </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://renegadehealth.com/blog/why-eating-organic-foods-should-be-a-no-brainer-the-renegade-health-show-episode-51/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Renegade Health Show</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://renegadehealth.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">and was thrilled to meet with them. I brought my raw buddy </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Blaq Berry</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://renegadehealth.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">along to meet WendiDee. We chatted excitedly about everything and anything all the way there and back. We were given the most lovely bedrooms to stay in. We prepped raw food, ate raw food, took pictures, laughed, and learned. We picked up Ivy, toured Pittsburgh, used the sauna, and enjoyed</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://twitter.com/Rawdiant"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);">Jim's</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span><a href="http://renegadehealth.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> piano playing. It was a speedy visit and ended too soon.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w167.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/bubblescubed/twitter roadtrips/pittsburgh/ad77e89c.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/bubblescubed/twitter%20roadtrips/pittsburgh/?action=view&current=ad77e89c.pbw" target="_blank"></a></span></span></div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SVENWSCa-QI/AAAAAAAAAuo/T9WiaRaa_7Q/s400/TwittsBurgh.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283018514332580098" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We watched Kevin and Annmarie film their Renegade Health show and, hey look, we're famous, haha! </span></span><a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blaq Berry(our "Durian Queen")</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> brought durian for Wendi and Annmarie to try. Kevin was skeptical because he'd tried mail order durian once and didn't like it. He tried it again and... well, you'll just have to watch this to find out what they all thought(see video below): <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=989_vnuCL0E">CLICK HERE!</a></span></span></span><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/989_vnuCL0E&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/989_vnuCL0E&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SVI79Zt9tKI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/8NQT_-3ZuYw/s400/KDcatsArt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283351238920746146" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Dee's very own KDcat is quite a talented artist. I loved her kitty fashion line so much that I took pictures. Annmarie loved it so much she convinced KDcat to part with this piece!</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SVI79_REZqI/AAAAAAAAAvY/Prb0raxNwOg/s400/P1010080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283351249000097442" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Of course we had to do a final RawFuFoto!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw1aKDWAs_m4sr8htwqrWC2ZtVx9Ssy29oG9EvHncYKA2b8tv_HRgNOFAP1JUVgCqjWYI53cAn2MWMvzVtP5g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's Kevin goofing around High Raw Energy style in Wendi's back yard.</span></span></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-91764613481645654572008-09-01T10:00:00.013-04:002009-03-05T17:27:49.003-05:00Tweet Atlanta Raw-Fu Meet-Up<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meet Bunny and Basil.<br /></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSF1c64F2SI/AAAAAAAAAqA/WCEUBvqVcvE/s400/1bunnyandbasil.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269622178701498658" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They're a smart, funny, lovable couple, who kindly presented us a place to stay while we were in Atlanta for another tweet-meet. We met Bunny online through Twitter as </span><a href="http://twitter.com/darnlucky"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@darnlucky</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and she has an awesome </span><a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/video/1407416:Video:343939"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">video blog where she started a raw food journey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and later created a website community where she challenged people to join her in </span><a href="http://bunnyberry.blogspot.com/2008/07/join-100-day-raw-food-challenge-on.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bunny Berry's Raw-Fu 100day raw food challenge</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. She has such a fun personality and I felt as though I knew her already. We liked Basil immediately. He's a down to earth and easygoing sort of guy. Basil's sister trustingly offered Basil and Bunny a place to house their online friends! Quite a leap of faith, I thought!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I picked up </span><a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BlaqBerry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://twitter.com/alienimplant"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">AlienImplant</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Friday morning and we drove the 10+ hour drive down to Atlanta from D.C., car packed with durian, papayas, dried mulberries from </span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Natural Zing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and kale chips from my dehydrator. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After a long, but fun ride(filled with half finished stories, laughs, good music, twittering with </span><a href="http://twitter.com/RawTN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@RawTN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and pretty scenery) we finally arrived waaay after dark at the Berry Big Mansion. They quickly settled us into our beds, which was tough to do because we were all so excited to get together again! Joanna (</span><a href="http://joannarawtn.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@RawTN from Tennessee</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) beat us there by a few minutes. Blaqberry and hubs got the big kid playplace with the Berry Big TV screen. RawTN and I got the kids rooms upstairs and had an adjoining bathroom. We giggled like schoolgirls as we took a few pics to send to her lonely hubs! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the morning, we were all hungry and started nibbling on raw yummy foods, making smoothies, veggies-n-dip platters, and fruit plates, as we all chatted and laughed in the kitchen area. <br /></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSF0RR6sxpI/AAAAAAAAApQ/WmFbnxH46_g/s400/1BerrySisters.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269620879216395922" /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We watched the </span><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpr82W4VtY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">newest Angela Sto</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpr82W4VtY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">kes video</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> that was made just f</span><a href="http://www.rawfu.com/what-is-raw-fu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">or Bunny's Raw-Fu site</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. We listened to Penni (</span><a href="http://twitter.com/rubyvroom"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@rubyvroom</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) and Paula (</span><a href="http://twitter.com/sassybunny"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@sassybunny</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) describe their luxury hotel(</span><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DAA9LFyXjAw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the "W"</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">). Joanna and I watched Blaqberry talk with her hands again! It was really fun hearing all the different conversations going on between the 8 of us, and sometimes it got a little noisy... except right when Blaqberry was talking about </span><a href="http://www.organiclivingfood.com/pc-48-1-maca-powder.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">maca</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">... then it got very quiet and all ears were tuned in on her voice! </span></span></div></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFzPan-K6I/AAAAAAAAApI/D2pnbYciyeY/s400/1Berry+nice+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269619747682397090" /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We shared more stories and recipes. We took lots of pictures. We discussed how black was the most sexy color to wear. We talked about how to position the camera from up above to get the most flattering picture. Before we split up for the day we gathered in the back yard for a photo shoot, continuing on with the traditional Raw-Fu poses.</span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSF0Su83O7I/AAAAAAAAApY/SLqhEagdHaw/s400/1The+RawFu+group.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269620904189967282" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While some were resting and others were hitting Atlanta's </span><a href="http://www.jimmychoo.com/pws/ProductCategoryAttributeLink.ice?productsPerPage=34&paId=CLAS&value=99&layout=departmentprod.layout&paId2=AVAILABLE_ONLINE&value2=true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">most famous shops</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Basil gave up watching the game in exchange for showing several twitter chicks a good time!</span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSF0TZHwmhI/AAAAAAAAApg/QuGpxFKnXbM/s400/jag4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269620915509959186" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basil took us to Buford Highway Farmer's Market where we filled our carts with more raw goodies. Joanna and I sampled </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">really</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> weird fruits. Basil and I found some nori sheets for making some fresh sushi later. While Blaqberry helped me pick out the </span><a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/?p=386"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">best durian</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Basil took off with my cell phone to tell Sunshine (</span><a href="http://twitter.com/sunshinerawtism"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">@sunshinerawtism</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) how to get to the house. <br /></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSF0WtUGU5I/AAAAAAAAApw/Y4dg6P7t3-s/s400/1Market.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269620972470031250" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When we got to the house Sunshine was waiting for us with some dreamy creamy fresh raw almond milk! We all raced over to </span><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ3OS3yE66I&eurl=http://bunnyberry.blogspot.com/2008/07/atlanta-raw-food-meetup-july-11-2008.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">R. Thomas's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for a raw food meet-up and met several more people there. We had web-streaming video set up and some of us briefly sat down at the head of the table to babble on about raw food and to offer encouragement to any raw food newbies out there on Raw-Fu. </span><a href="http://realfoodtulsa.blogspot.com/2008/09/raw-fu-weekend-in-hotlanta.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Penni took videos.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Some of the raw foods were amazing but a few dishes I tried were so spicy that I couldn't really taste the food. I'm a simple foods girl at heart, I guess. At the end, the restaurant was kind enough to allow us to share Blaqberry's durian with everyone. She has now become famous for her expertise in durian selection!</span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 335px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFzPNXtmWI/AAAAAAAAApA/7IBxhjpkazM/s400/1Atlanta+R.Thomas+dinner" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269619744124541282" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After dinner, the twitter tribe (the original 8) took off to do some "clubbing". (I don't know if that's the right word for it, but it sounded cool to me, anyway.) We went to the </span><a href="http://wms18.streamhoster.com/mzhu/wm_700kbps_WMidtownAtlanta.wmv"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">W Hotel in downtown Atlanta.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> First we sat at a table outside on the patio. We found a table with a lush tray of wheatgrass. It looked so good until we realized it was plastic. Then a hostess stopped by our table and explained that in order to reserve this patio spot we needed to fork over several hundred dollars! GASP!!! We all guffawed and giggled, took a few more pictures, and then left the wheatgrass behind! For a while we sat around in a dark hallway on some seats laughing and talking. Then we explored a dance club upstairs. We hung out in the lounge and "people watched" for a little while before saying good bye to Penni and Paula who had an early flight out in the morning. </span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSGqiSduzxI/AAAAAAAAAqc/yD88Pd3veqw/s400/1Clubbing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269680545049005842" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I asked the security guard to take a couple of group pictures.<br /></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFzOoEKj7I/AAAAAAAAAo4/IiwEBb9O1vY/s400/1whomoved.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269619734110441394" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The place was very sparkly-glittery-shiny-interesting, </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so, like good tourists, we took lots of pictures.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 400px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFzNQoKZuI/AAAAAAAAAoo/NiL5gJNJM8Y/s400/1lookin+up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269619710639105762" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the end of another late night and we shared the last of R. Thomas raw apple pie before getting to sleep. In the morning we all headed off in different directions. We stopped along the way for a durian feast at a truck stop, the weather was warm and sunny. The drive was fun and full of more half finished stories, raw food treats and cool music. We got back so late that I agreed to stay overnight at their house. They tucked me in with a comfy matress, cozy blankets and a cute pillow case. I slept like a baby. </span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFxGRHYS5I/AAAAAAAAAnw/mI62LJAmxOQ/s400/1tucked+in.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269617391487699858" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sadly, my fun-filled weekend had to end. Before I left though, I was gifted with a special </span><a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/?p=97"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blaqberry smoothi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">e made just me. With the skull and crossbones bandana, I should have been afraid to try it, but who could say no to a cute smile like this???<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFxGzkVXRI/AAAAAAAAAn4/2kXhib55cGA/s1600-h/1takin+care+of+me.JPG"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SSFxGzkVXRI/AAAAAAAAAn4/2kXhib55cGA/s400/1takin+care+of+me.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269617400735948050" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As I wrote this from my notes and looked at my pictures, I noticed that I could almost taste the Durian again... maybe it's time for another road trip?</span></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-89626461694929730682008-08-17T22:00:00.012-04:002008-09-23T14:36:17.518-04:00Kidnapping Rawdorable (or, ShannonMarie springs loose with Spirited Bliss)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmMEyEtI/AAAAAAAAAks/nMVpdkZFTLY/s1600-h/P1011130sunset.JPG"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmMEyEtI/AAAAAAAAAks/nMVpdkZFTLY/s400/P1011130sunset.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249258283078914770" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">So, once more I made the trek out to <a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/06/spirited-away-on-blissful-afternoon.html">Spirit Bliss Farm</a> to see Jeff and Helen, pick up my order from <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a>, meet up with twitter friends <a href="http://twitter.com/aromantic">@aromantic</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry">@blaqberry</a>, and her hubs, Alien Implant. I brought my friend <a href="http://rawdorable.blogspot.com/">ShannonMari</a>e, a little rawdorable girl from my neck of the woods. She's a busy wife and mama and can't usually get away on a Saturday. A very special thanks to her hubs for giving up one of their special <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z665X6HCPrQ">"SaturDate Evenings"</a> so we could stay and play.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmpskojI/AAAAAAAAAk0/nCTq79mJ7Vs/s1600-h/SpiritBlissGathering081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmpskojI/AAAAAAAAAk0/nCTq79mJ7Vs/s400/SpiritBlissGathering081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249258291030434354" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We had our cameras out and ready to collect the digital memories. Once more, I forgot to wear black, haha. We ate, and ate, and ate some more! Jeff gave us some wonderful goodies to sample and take home with us(thanks Jeff!)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmlcCmII/AAAAAAAAAk8/1pslpEoCK5s/s1600-h/SpiritBlissDesserts081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcmlcCmII/AAAAAAAAAk8/1pslpEoCK5s/s400/SpiritBlissDesserts081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249258289887352962" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I know! I know! There were more raw dishes besides pies, ice cream, and brownies... I took pics of them, too. Although they each tasted really good, they each just photographed like typical green salads.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcnkJ34uI/AAAAAAAAAlE/7FLppGaXPx4/s1600-h/SpiritBlissFresh!081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcnkJ34uI/AAAAAAAAAlE/7FLppGaXPx4/s400/SpiritBlissFresh!081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249258306722587362" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We found fresh fruit dishes every where! Different flavored kale chips, and even a peach cobbler with a secret ingredient! mmm. Shannon brought fresh peaches, Blaqberry brought freshly made almond milk and apple cinnamon crackers. I made a Maple Dragonfruit Pie. I was amazed that it lasted the hot car ride. I've posted the recipe at the bottom.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcn6eHvaI/AAAAAAAAAlM/zo1PhZozxJA/s1600-h/SpiritBlissProduce081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkcn6eHvaI/AAAAAAAAAlM/zo1PhZozxJA/s400/SpiritBlissProduce081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249258312713092514" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I went outside, admired the ginormous rainbarrel, reminding me of a childhood song<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWjkpchbzlo">(Seriously, I have no idea who these people are)</a>. As we explored, we found yellow tomatoes, a few different apple trees, and several kinds of pear trees. Peppers, okra(really pretty, but I still can't get past the slime), miles of cucumber plants, and the healthiest kale I've ever seen!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-Hra7hI/AAAAAAAAAkE/XVN7taLuo4k/s1600-h/SpiritBlissGotTheGlow081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-Hra7hI/AAAAAAAAAkE/XVN7taLuo4k/s400/SpiritBlissGotTheGlow081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249254296169147922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We were all smiling and enjoying each other's healthy company. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We definitely had the glow going on.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-OQHbbI/AAAAAAAAAkM/nmCvgaG8p34/s1600-h/P1011123explore.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-OQHbbI/AAAAAAAAAkM/nmCvgaG8p34/s400/P1011123explore.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249254297933671858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We spent a great deal of time investigating <br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">the herbs, veggies, and fruits going on there.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-iCgGGI/AAAAAAAAAkU/96wJb_mxutQ/s1600-h/SpiritBlissGetOutsideAndPlay!.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-iCgGGI/AAAAAAAAAkU/96wJb_mxutQ/s400/SpiritBlissGetOutsideAndPlay!.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249254303245277282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Blaq Berry found a ball and was kicking it around with her hubs. <br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We discovered strange bugs, long shadows, and swingsets.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-6hwSMI/AAAAAAAAAkc/8D5PAilYr6g/s1600-h/SpiritBlissRawFu081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY-6hwSMI/AAAAAAAAAkc/8D5PAilYr6g/s400/SpiritBlissRawFu081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249254309818812610" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Our raw food meet-up wouldn't be complete without the <a href="http://www.rawfu.com/">Raw-Fu</a> pose. I really need to come up with a more flattering stance. <br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">After dark we asked Jeff about the sounds we heard coming from his back yard. It sounded like a yapping coyote. His guess was maybe a fox? We ventured out into the dark, listening to sounds while spotting bats flitting about overhead. Eeek! As he lead us further and further from the house, we nervously joked about how creepy it was getting and we wondered if he had a dark side we didn't know about... cue the ominous music-Dun, dun, dun...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY_LuJgTI/AAAAAAAAAkk/3x3CqbJc2_E/s1600-h/SpiritBlissBerryPickn081608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNkY_LuJgTI/AAAAAAAAAkk/3x3CqbJc2_E/s400/SpiritBlissBerryPickn081608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249254314434199858" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before we said our goodbyes(hours later), Jeff took us out on one more wild walk into the darkness. Since he brought us back safely once before, we trusted him again. He said that there were blackberries all over the edge of the woods. None of us had flashlights so we took pictures, then examined the tiny LCD screen to see if we could find an occasional berry in the shot! Good thing there was a big bowlful of already picked berries in the kitchen. Yum!<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mrs. RawbinSan's Maple Dragon Fruit Pie:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Filling whipped up in high powered blender:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.gorawchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/dscn1022.jpg">1 pkg dragon fruit</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">3 young thai coconuts (meat only) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/4 cup maple syrup</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1 vanilla bean</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 tsp sea salt</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Crust mixed up in food processor (two options make for different flavors)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Option<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> one- </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup almonds(ground to powder)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup pecans(ground to powder)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup dates (soaked briefly)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">2 TB cocoa(or raw cacao) powder</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/4 tsp sea salt</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Option <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">two-</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup dates (soaked briefly) </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup almond pulp(leftover from almond milk)</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/2 cup dried shredded coconut</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">1/4 tsp sea salt</p></span></span></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-65883307610244052452008-08-10T23:15:00.015-04:002008-09-23T10:55:06.016-04:00Tweet Meet Down by the Bay<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju2bibquI/AAAAAAAAAiw/AESOAe13zk0/s1600-h/DeaEatLocal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju2bibquI/AAAAAAAAAiw/AESOAe13zk0/s400/DeaEatLocal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249207984572836578" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Dea came down the first weekend of August to stay with us and spread out a little. She was renting a tiny apartment in D.C. but wanted to show her Italian family some of beauty of the area. I picked them up at the train station and was able to show them farmland. We picked up produce from my local <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M21147">CSA(community supported agriculture)</a> and then went to a <a href="http://www.scotthendrickson.us/EastCoast2000/Abners.htm">local watermen's restaurant</a>. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju2zOsqVI/AAAAAAAAAi4/mcJKp-y-wow/s1600-h/P1010999.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju2zOsqVI/AAAAAAAAAi4/mcJKp-y-wow/s400/P1010999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249207990932515154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The next day we went to my mom and dad's house for an afternoon of chatting,</div><div style="text-align: center;">swimming, kayaking, and sailing.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju22bzf4I/AAAAAAAAAjA/fciiCG35OMY/s1600-h/P1011002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNju22bzf4I/AAAAAAAAAjA/fciiCG35OMY/s400/P1011002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249207991792795522" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The tiny specks out on the water are of us </div><div style="text-align: center;">and our children paddling or sailing little boats.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcN4U-t7I/AAAAAAAAAiY/gI1uJBmyqmc/s1600-h/P1010991.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcN4U-t7I/AAAAAAAAAiY/gI1uJBmyqmc/s400/P1010991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249187496717105074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/dealivinglotus">Dealivinglotus</a> finally gets to meet <a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry">Blaq Berry</a>.<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcOIw53ZI/AAAAAAAAAig/tm16Hh4Ysa8/s1600-h/P1010992.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcOIw53ZI/AAAAAAAAAig/tm16Hh4Ysa8/s400/P1010992.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249187501129194898" /></a>My hubs is talking with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alienimplant">Alien Implant</a> while Enrico takes pictures of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay"> Chesapeake Bay</a> off in the distance. We had raw treats and sweets to share.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcRs3Z74I/AAAAAAAAAio/Xo4cFqmq3Vg/s1600-h/cartful.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjcRs3Z74I/AAAAAAAAAio/Xo4cFqmq3Vg/s400/cartful.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249187562359746434" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before the sun began to set, we went off to my friend's farm for a carriage ride. My lifelong friend and best buddy, Susie is always looking for an excuse to hook up the Frank-The-Horse for a little schooling. She loaded up my twitter friends and headed on down the road.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEL3MtOI/AAAAAAAAAhg/55NQ_-Q9jvc/s1600-h/P1011006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEL3MtOI/AAAAAAAAAhg/55NQ_-Q9jvc/s400/P1011006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249178534069187810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A view from the carriage. Waaay Coool!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEF76XqI/AAAAAAAAAho/wMuns1pYk0Y/s1600-h/P1011024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEF76XqI/AAAAAAAAAho/wMuns1pYk0Y/s400/P1011024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249178532478344866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dea is "bonding" with Jane. Keep your fingers away from the teeth!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEQRLWRI/AAAAAAAAAhw/By4EvtTglRo/s1600-h/P1011025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEQRLWRI/AAAAAAAAAhw/By4EvtTglRo/s400/P1011025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249178535251892498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The long driveway. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The water in the background leads out to my parent's place around the corner.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEk_WY3I/AAAAAAAAAh4/U38pDE_ASN0/s1600-h/P1011030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUEk_WY3I/AAAAAAAAAh4/U38pDE_ASN0/s400/P1011030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249178540814263154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Frank poses for a picture before we all say our goodbyes.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUFEnJJ0I/AAAAAAAAAiA/bps7pUqOFA8/s1600-h/DeikaDC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNjUFEnJJ0I/AAAAAAAAAiA/bps7pUqOFA8/s400/DeikaDC.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249178549302667074" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The last day was a trip to monuments in D.C. I was chauffeur with Dea as my navigator. I'd drop them off at a monument, circle the block or rest in the shade somewhere. Then they'd hop back in the car for another short trip. It seemed to work out perfectly. The bell tower chimed just as we were standing under it. The American flag billowed out just as we were photographing it. My car stopped right under a rainbow to let them out at <a href="http://www.nationalharbor.com/">the cool new National Harbor...</a> My car wouldn't start again. It was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">stuck</span> in park, in the middle of a busy street, ontop of a crosswalk. I stopped a passerby and as other drivers honked at the car in their way, I had my photo taken, smiling under a rainbow. What else could I do but laugh about it(I did have a little cry about it, too!) The family from Italy had to take a cab back to their apartment and I got a ride home in a towtruck. Well, almost perfect!<br /></div></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-79178432712895644922008-08-08T18:00:00.001-04:002008-09-23T10:27:35.226-04:00From halfway around the world!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbvBe3-CVI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/S8TSwcIu0Wg/s1600-h/java+lunch+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbvBe3-CVI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/S8TSwcIu0Wg/s320/java+lunch+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248645224493615442" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">In the beginning of August, <a href="http://twitter.com/dealivinglotus">Dealivinglotus</a> came from Italy to D.C. and met with <a href="http://www.rawdorable.blogspot.com/">Rawdorable</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/aromantic">Aromantic</a>, <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profile/DJKim">DJ</a>, and <a href="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/bubblescubed/Photo49.jpg">me</a> at <a href="http://www.javagreencafe.com/">Java Green Cafe</a> for lunch. Really, the most entertaining details of our meetup was written by <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/13075659004637137354">Shannon</a>. For a great description of our day, <a href="http://rawdorable.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-luncheon-crashers.html">go here!</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp2QPgoPI/AAAAAAAAAfo/NTXFtfZbW_0/s1600-h/P1010969.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp2QPgoPI/AAAAAAAAAfo/NTXFtfZbW_0/s320/P1010969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248639534029119730" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Dea, Nic, DJ, Shannon, and Rawbin. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp3F3z5II/AAAAAAAAAf4/_MQTZw7Gjmo/s1600-h/P1010972.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp3F3z5II/AAAAAAAAAf4/_MQTZw7Gjmo/s320/P1010972.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248639548425233538" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Dea walked from her apartment. Shannon and I drove together. I had invited Aromantic to meet us there and as she had some<a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/06/spirited-away-on-blissful-afternoon.html"> Natural Zing </a>business with DJ, we all gathered at one table. As we dined on the zesty raw food dishes, we also got to sample new and different raw <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">foods available from Natural Zing</a>.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp3J4Ur2I/AAAAAAAAAgA/IN_qgqn56dA/s320/P1010974.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248639549501124450" /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Nic reminded me of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NZZcoqfRVk">Mary Poppins</a> as she pulled out one item after another from her magic box. My favorite was the <a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/?p=469">gone nuts Maple Mesquite Walnuts.</a> OMG! they are super fantastic totally delish!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp3YlIhwI/AAAAAAAAAgI/XhUCle0Om4Y/s1600-h/P1010980.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNbp3YlIhwI/AAAAAAAAAgI/XhUCle0Om4Y/s320/P1010980.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248639553447167746" /></a>After we finished our food, sampled everything on the table, chatted for hours and hogged DJ's time so long that even his mother stopped by to say goodbye, we finally left the scene, still chattering away! We took Dea to a local Whole Foods where she stocked her temporary home with wholesome goodness for the rest of her trip.</div></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-9825026159248166192008-08-07T12:39:00.011-04:002008-08-07T22:10:53.909-04:00Where do you get YOUR protein?<div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SJs7kGalv8I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/r-hy8Jov3WU/s400/Photo+55.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231840883504431042" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So often on this raw food lifestyle I get the same question, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3LInKabkys">Where do you get your protein</a>?" These same people have coffee and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGjDagUWNg">donuts for breakfast(1g protein)</a> Some eat fries and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6L6zS1zsk&feature=related">burger(18g protein</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ohIl-c8Gm8">)</a> for lunch. I always want to ask them, where do you get your greens? I'm not against others eating meat, or cooked food, it's just not for me anymore. I only wish that the people I care about would get more nutrition from the food they eat. <br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SJs_IuVXmLI/AAAAAAAAAaY/q1UKNY7U68g/s400/greensmoothieinamason.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231844811230124210" /><div>Did you know that in Canada, <a href="http://www.greensmoothiequeen.com/">August 15, is green smoothie day</a>? </div><div><br /></div><div><div>For those who ask me what I put in my green shake, here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSB_UdAVS0">my very first</a> instructional video, set to the tune of <a href="http://www.simonandgarfunkel.com/">Simon and Garfunkel</a>'s Mrs. RawbinSan. Oh, and I know, not all green smoothies are created equal, so before you comment on the 18 grams of protein in a green smoothie, I'll should explain that I put the exact measurements for this green smoothie into <a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/">nutritiondata.com</a> and came out with 18 grams.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSB_UdAVS0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">To see the video CLICK HERE!</span></span></span></span></a></div><div><br /></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-456363009859812892008-07-28T08:37:00.010-04:002008-07-28T10:09:38.105-04:00From Robin to "Rawbin"<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I hesitantly sent <a href="http://www.lovingraw.com/">Philip, from LovingRaw</a>, a page about me with some before and after photos. Later, feeling bold, I posted some more photos on a <a href="http://raw100.ning.com/group/beforeafter/forum/topic/show?id=2170300%3ATopic%3A21813">Raw-Fu before and after group:</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I'm 5'5" tall and of a small/medium skeletal frame. According to doctors I should weigh between 120-130 pounds. My top weight was 210 (before I stopped looking at the scale) and I'm currently at 156.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I've shed 20 pounds by cutting out meat, dairy, and cooked grains. I shed another 30 by adding in raw fruits, raw vegetables, raw nuts and raw seeds. A total of 50 pounds eliminated and not a single stomach ache on my 100% raw days.</span></span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3Jp9GSGmI/AAAAAAAAAZo/UUSjsZwR9bE/s1600-h/CookedVsRawRed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3Jp9GSGmI/AAAAAAAAAZo/UUSjsZwR9bE/s400/CookedVsRawRed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228056465059748450" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My red holiday sweater, size XXL.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I thought it was flattering.</span></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqLWkvBI/AAAAAAAAAZw/lH--TUp6I_4/s1600-h/CookedVSrawStripes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqLWkvBI/AAAAAAAAAZw/lH--TUp6I_4/s400/CookedVSrawStripes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228056468886174738" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;">Proof that vertical stripes aren't always slimming!</div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqWW_KrI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/lypl7akER6w/s1600-h/RobinVsRawbinBlue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqWW_KrI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/lypl7akER6w/s400/RobinVsRawbinBlue.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228056471840697010" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;">This was my glamorous shirt. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought it hid my curves!</div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqtjzVnI/AAAAAAAAAaA/9pAaRe30nUM/s1600-h/RobinVsRawbinSun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SI3JqtjzVnI/AAAAAAAAAaA/9pAaRe30nUM/s400/RobinVsRawbinSun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228056478068463218" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;">The same sunglasses,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but they fit my face differently.</div></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:15px;"><br /></span></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-50087723989806869502008-07-20T00:00:00.009-04:002008-10-27T09:02:18.924-04:00Spirited and Blissful Adventure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7e_1xrkdI/AAAAAAAAAfc/jEdlW4y32BY/s1600-h/P1010907.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7e_1xrkdI/AAAAAAAAAfc/jEdlW4y32BY/s200/P1010907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237368605027045842" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is part two of my blog about a raw food meetup weekend. To see the first part, go to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/07/mixing-business-with-pleasure.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mixing Business With Pleasure</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So, after a wrong turn, a tour of the Pentagon parking lot, and a little flirting with the Pentagon Policemen, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><a href="http://twitter.com/RawTN" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">@RawTN(Joanna)</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> I and were pretty late arriving at </span></span></span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(13, 20, 231); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Natural Zing</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s </span></span></span><a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/06/spirited-away-on-blissful-afternoon.html" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Spirit Bliss Farm</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. We recognized our twitter friend </span></span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">@blaqberry</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> right away and let me tell you, she is even prettier in real life. She's just so graceful and sweet! Her husband, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alienimplant">AlienImplant</a>, is playful and enthusiastic. I immediately felt like I had known this couple for ages!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We listened to </span></span><a href="http://www.sproutman.com/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sproutman (Steve Meyerowitz).</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He spoke enthusiastically about his experiences </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">with sprouting and it's many health benefits.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7Ra5ND6GI/AAAAAAAAAeE/FZUvHnjfJ6I/s400/P1010890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237353676640872546" /><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He had a generous supply of helpful tools from </span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1104" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sprout bags</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=554" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">chart wheels</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> showing sprouting times for various seeds, peas and beans, to more elaborate</span><a href="http://sproutman.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=9" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> giant sprouting machines</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. There were juicy sprouts available to sample in bowls everywhere! </span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7RbRC7JSI/AAAAAAAAAeM/EFiEibAHLMw/s400/P1010896.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237353683040806178" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff made some of his amazing pies to share. </span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7RaUIn9wI/AAAAAAAAAd0/mVNlUEfDYco/s400/P1010888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237353666690152194" /><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My friend </span><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.equiventions.com/">Stacy</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is just discovering raw foods and she showed up to see what it was all about. She brought some frozen strawberries that she had picked herself. I had a fresh container of my date caramel. </span><a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blaq Berry</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> wasn't sure what to bring, so at my request she arrived with baby carrots for dipping with my caramel and she brought </span><a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/?p=163" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a bowl of cashew sweet cream for the strawberries</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Joanna supplied us with her onion bread and a really flavorful raw nuts and dried fruit mix. Later <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profile/LauraFox">Laura Fox</a> drove up from Richmond and I had the pleasure of meeting with her again. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I found big bowls full of Kale Chips... My Favorite!</span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7UQGL5NZI/AAAAAAAAAe8/xGPrlbJISb0/s400/so+good+had+2+take+a+bite.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237356789681960338" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While we all talked and mingled, </span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7RbRG4QBI/AAAAAAAAAeU/3YJYLSSTNb8/s400/P1010906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237353683057393682" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">children were running and playing, but weren't under foot. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We saw people gathering berries,</span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7UO66CJDI/AAAAAAAAAec/uIM2IMjBHRA/s400/P1010898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237356769474389042" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> playing drums, </span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7O2yEYv3I/AAAAAAAAAdo/YCapYhQObqg/s400/P1010891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237350857226895218" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...and being silly outside (comparing muscles)! </span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNotvC-rZhI/AAAAAAAAAlU/WuyaNNmlnD8/s400/SEcondrawpeepstrips58.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249558601930597906" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff and Helen, always the perfect hosts, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">appeared here and there,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">answering questions and filling </span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(13, 20, 231); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Natural Zing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> orders.</span></p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7UPEitoUI/AAAAAAAAAek/XKvAVfmud1E/s400/the+dome.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237356772060930370" /><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Finally, we made our first Raw-Fu Divas picture:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img style="text-align: left;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7YbQ5G19I/AAAAAAAAAfE/RvBMtC3p6Fw/s320/SEcondrawpeepstrips59.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237361379581024210" /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sadly, we all eventually had to leave. BlaqBerry offered us a home made chocolate truffle she had stashed in her car. Really yummy. It seemed similar to the brownies I'm always making for me and my family. It started off from Sunny Raw</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kitchen's </span><a href="http://thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com/2007/10/recipe-of-week-banana-chocolate-cream.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whipped Cream Frosting</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and Rawdorable's </span><a href="http://rawdorable.blogspot.com/search?q=million+dollar+brownies"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Million Dollar Brownies</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> which we modified to fit our tastes and our </span><a href="http://www.epinions.com/pr-Cuisinart_Mini-Prep_Plus_DLC-2_Food_Processor/display_~reviews" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style="color: rgb(77, 32, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">mini food processor.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> We make small batches because it's fast and easy. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of our favorite ways to prepare chocolate treasts is something I've been calling...</span></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7MiZ0QNPI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/btFb1wODfAk/s320/gRAWssHopperPie.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237348308096136434" /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b>gRAWssHopper Pie:</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Green Cream Filling"</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 cup cashews </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(soaked in water for at least 4 hours)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 cup coconut milk </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(blend 2 cups water to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1 cup </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">shredded coconut <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">until frothy. Pour </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">through nutmilk bag. Use 1/2 cup <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ream filling, save the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>rest to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">make ice cream-yay!)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2 TB raw cocoa butter</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2 TB agave nectar</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 tsp vanilla extract</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1 TB wheatgrass powder (for color and nutrition)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/4 tsp peppermint extract (covers the wheatgrass flavor)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/4 tsp celtic sea salt (has more minerals than table salt- healthier for you)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2 tsp emulsifier/binder like *psyllium or lecithin </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Both work well to help prevent separation but I prefer psyllium because it's good for the heart and I avoid Lecithin because it's soy based and some contain GMOs)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Blend everything except emulsifier in high speed blender until creamy (it will heat up if you're not careful). Add the emulsifier last, blending well. Chill in fridge while making crust.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Crust"</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 cup raw almonds </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 cup raw walnuts</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3 TB raw cacao powder (cacao chips ground in coffee grinder or cocoa/carob powder works, too)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/4 tsp of sea salt</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6 large dates, soaked briefly (like 20 minutes)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 TB raw cocoa butter (softened)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1/2 tsp vanilla extract (not raw, but tasty)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Grind first 4 (dry) ingredients first until you have a fine powder</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Add last 3 (wet) ingredients and blend until you have a dough ball. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Roll this into a long log and divide into 12 equal sized balls. These are good plain, or rolled in shredded coconut, or continuing on, tuck these into a mini muffin pan like mini pie crusts. </span></p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK7NQoKraHI/AAAAAAAAAdg/-Jiuw-uVuA4/s200/gRAWssHopperPies.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237349102222272626" /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Spoon in a big spoonful of green filling into each pastry. Place in freezer. To remove from pan, take out of freezer for about 2 minutes. Loosen sides with butter knife and pop out. Store in an airtight container in freezer for easy snacking.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Enjoy!!</span></p><p></p></span></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-57013664427108644912008-07-19T21:06:00.011-04:002008-09-23T07:30:31.864-04:00Mixing Business With Pleasure<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Using Twitter, Joanna and I kept tabs on each other as we worked our way towards Norfolk, Virginia. She left Tennessee to pick up her son from camp in North Carolina. She had a dehydrator full of onion bread in the trunk! </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I drove down from Maryland stopping at each and every </span><a href="http://www.westmarine.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">West Marine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> along the way. I'd go in to the store, ask to see the </span><a href="http://www.whmap.com/cruise.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Maryland Cruising Guide and the Virginia Cruising Guide</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, ask them to hang our poster in the break room, straighten the shelf, ask for the manager's name and move on. </span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4YYXoEroI/AAAAAAAAAdA/ocwo7NQf9no/s400/CruisingGuideBookAd4x7+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237150223616487042" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">By 7 PM the West Marines were closed(yay!) so I headed over to a<a href="http://rawfood.meetup.com/231/about/"> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://rawfood.meetup.com/231/about/">Richmond Raw Food Potluck</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I was excited because I was going to meet <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=135000255">Laura Fox</a> from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;"><a href="feed://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss46220.xml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sedona Talk Radio.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Laura is great! I've been listening to her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://www.rawspirit.com/bio.php?personid=36"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">raw foodist podcast interviews</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and have used them as helpful motivation. (If you want to listen to other inspiring podcasts, you should really check out my twitter friend <a href="http://rawkinradio.com/">Revvell's podcast interviews</a>. She's been making some serious raw food connections.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There was an amazingly wonderful squash soup that Laura whipped up just as I arrived. There had been a platter full of collardgreen veggie wraps but only one left when I got there. Laura cut hers in half and shared it with me. Other treats there were a peach cobbler that really tasted baked, and two flavors of ice cream. I certainly didn't starve. I brought my raw date caramel(dates, lemon, vanilla) and we dipped dried yacon pieces in it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4VLVDZ9EI/AAAAAAAAAc4/6nzbqHXimvk/s1600-h/P1010854.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4VLVDZ9EI/AAAAAAAAAc4/6nzbqHXimvk/s400/P1010854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237146701052638274" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was worried that I'd be keeping Joanna waiting so I took off for Norfolk. We laughed as we both pulled into the hotel parking lot at the exact same time! Joanna finished drying her onion bread overnight and I brought Joanna my mini gRAWsshopper pie.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was her son's first trip to the Atlantic ocean, so we headed straight to the beach in the morning. <br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4Su6zBqOI/AAAAAAAAAcw/m8_Py-wp5bo/s400/FirstAtlanticSwim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237144013945022690" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got some great pictures of them playing and enjoying the fresh sea air.<br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4Sd8fkVOI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/HHGRkVrArJY/s400/P1010885.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237143722342503650" /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We dug holes in the sand and we even had a triathlon pass right by us. </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4SeHGTRjI/AAAAAAAAAcg/RovOac5QBIM/s400/LeadingTheRace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237143725189318194" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is FruitFreek running in the lead! </span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4SeM2Og3I/AAAAAAAAAcY/LvmaV55kTso/s400/RawTN+Diva.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237143726732510066" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Joanna was truly a diva with her lacy skirt and her long flowing hair!</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4SeUqq-WI/AAAAAAAAAco/n9EV83WCdRs/s400/rawdivas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237143728831527266" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rawbin and RawTN Diva Chicks!</span></div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SK4Sdrk1qZI/AAAAAAAAAcI/h_75H3__vTA/s400/P1010886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237143717801208210" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She requested no swimsuit pictures, but I thought this one would be okay.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I left the two of them playing at the beach while I stopped by 3 more West Marines and then Joanna followed me back to Maryland </span><a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o425/rawtn/?action=view&current=14ab78ea.pbw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(see her slide show</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><a href="http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o425/rawtn/?action=view&current=dc45822d.pbw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(and her other slide show)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/08/spirited-and-blissful-adventure.html">Spirited and Blissful Adventure</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://rawbinsrawbin.blogspot.com/2008/08/spirited-and-blissful-adventure.html">.</a> We munched on fresh kale and fruit along the way. Got lost at the pentagon and proceeded to meet up with </span><a href="http://twitter.com/blaqberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BlaqBerry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and her Hubs, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alienimplant">AlienImplant</a>.</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div></span></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-89112623190683973532008-07-12T14:51:00.003-04:002008-08-20T22:56:58.564-04:00Road Tweeps with Twitter Peeps!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When we drove up to California University for my daughter's student orientation we arrived late at night. We stayed overnight at WendiDee's house. It was a really cool house with lots of old stained glass windows. Her family, although a little weirded out at having a couple of strangers at the door, welcomed us into their home graciously. Wendi just explained to them that I was part of a Faerie Festival, like that explains everything, haha! </span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SKzYOAZo8aI/AAAAAAAAAb4/GJLAsd1gW9E/s400/Breakfast+at+Wendi+s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236798201862353314" /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the morning Wendi warmed up the sauna, provided gentle relaxing music, with scented oils and lighted candles. It was almost like a dream. Later, we all met again in the kitchen where Wendi showed her skills at removing all the meat from green coconuts all in one piece! We munched on watermelon while she whipped up two dreamy smoothies: a vanilla/hazelnut custard flavor and a carob/banana flavor. </span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SKzYOYVjd0I/AAAAAAAAAcA/UycRRJN1chw/s400/WendiDee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236798208287668034" /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I wished we had more time to visit, I wanted to hear Wendi's hubs play the piano(jazz, I think). Her daughter was working on a purple/gray painting that remarkably matched the evening scene we saw . The painting you see behind us in the picture is also hers. We said our thankyous and goodbyes, leaving with a chunk of mint from Wendi's driveway. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The college orientation staff provided "food", none of which I could eat, so I was glad I had an ample supply of produce to munch on. Also, I crumpled mint leaves into my water bottle and was satisfied. We shopped around a bit, a college t-shirt and skullcandy headphones for Ivy (both black of course). We stayed in the college dorm that night. The next day we attended a few more seminars before heading home.</span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-14344025256223309112008-06-23T09:21:00.046-04:002008-09-24T08:38:55.408-04:00Spirited Away on a Blissful Afternoon<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_zSKqUv3I/AAAAAAAAAS0/6DDnhSTQSVQ/s400/DomeDoorway.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215154386943393650" /><p align="left" style="text-align: left;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(116, 103, 74); font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of going to a raw potluck farm tour at Spirit Bliss Farm. </span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="text-align: left;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(116, 103, 74); font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The owners, Helen and Jeff Rose, a friendly and down to earth couple who began an online market called </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Natural Zing</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> nearly 5 years ago.</span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="text-align: left;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(116, 103, 74); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(116, 103, 74); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ow </span><a href="http://www.organic-fair-trade.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Organic Fair Trade</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> describes Natural Zing:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(116, 103, 74); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"<a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a>,</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">is a company dedicated to feeding the</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> mind, body and spirit.</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Through two decades of research and consulting with numerous nutritionists and vegetarian specialists they have gathered the best products to develop your natural energy and health, your <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">natural zing</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In Natural Zing's Market they sell organic food, ra</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">w food, vegetarian food and vegan food as well as related chef's tools and personal care products,</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> only the healthiest products for you and the Earth</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. </span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> specialize in raw foods, living food, vegan food, organic foods and other products to promote health, including personal care, juicers and kitchen equipment. Their products and resources meet the needs of various dietary and lifestyle choices.</span></span></span></span></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_uTr5U6GI/AAAAAAAAASs/MAWbgYDIeFE/s320/Jeff,+Helen+and+1.5+children.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215148915486419042" /><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> uses 100% recycled paper for its office and printers (e.g. receipts, packing slips, letters and shipping documents). <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> recycles boxes and uses mainly corn based water soluble green packing materials. </span></span></span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> gets its electricity from a 100% Green Bio-Mass generation facility. This is offered via Electric Choice through Pepco Wash DC.</span></span></span></em></p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SNo0FKLLaBI/AAAAAAAAAlk/fr-glnt10nM/s320/Helen,+Jeff+and+1.5+children.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249565578888964114" /><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> uses a diesel VW which will be converted to bio-diesel, see <a href="http://www.greasecar.com/">greasecar.com</a> for more information. They are taking steps to get off the grid in every way we can. </span></span></span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=1034">Natural Zing</a> employees love and prefer to wear hemp clothing, shoes and accesories. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">They believe in living by example and voting with our dollars. Lift your spirit with hemp.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The picture above is of Helen and Jeff Rose with their one and a half children. I was taking a picture of a piece of purslane and they magically appeared in the background(cute family).</span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:arial;">I drove up alone and I wasn't sure I'd recognize anyone there (aside from the owners). But when I first arrived, we all mingled, talked, perused the bookshelves packed with books covering related subjects such as raw vegan food recipes, health & wellness, sustainability, and organic gardening. I met many friendly people; a couple who were going to be camping at a retreat with the <a href="http://www.rawfamily.com/">Boutenko's in Oregon</a>, some just going raw, and some who were raw for years. I met with an online friend, <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profile/Sharon55">Sharon from GITMR</a> as well as a <a href="http://twitter.com/Aromantic">friend(Nic)</a> of another friend <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profile/langelbleu">Jen from Twitter</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jeff pulled out one of his juicers and I helped him juice up an entire gallon of watermelon juice! We got to talking and the juicer sort of overflowed, but I only spilled a little. The living foods prepared and set out on the tables looked marvelous! In a <a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=231">special bioplastic cup</a>, I sampled lemon grass tea, mint tea, fresh lemonade with agave nectar, a dark musky herbal tea, cabbage rejuvelac, watermelon juice. I should have taken a picture of the main dishes and juice table but I forgot. I did get a few pictures of dessert as well as a few bites of it, too. I know, that wasn't the way to break a juice fast, but I have no guilt. I'm feeling healthier and livelier than I have in years! Life is good.</span></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_e8mHVZjI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Hw-qGuWXTFc/s1600-h/SpiritBlissTour.jpg"><img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_e8mHVZjI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Hw-qGuWXTFc/s400/SpiritBlissTour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215132026123150898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><p align="left" style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Jeff gave us a tour of the farm, describing the different plants and growing methods along the way. We saw container gardens, fruit trees & shrubs, greenhouse gardening, and covered crops.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_ka_yc76I/AAAAAAAAASU/hYAeO0RW6EQ/s1600-h/Spirit+Bliss+Fruit+Trees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_ka_yc76I/AAAAAAAAASU/hYAeO0RW6EQ/s400/Spirit+Bliss+Fruit+Trees.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215138045969100706" /></a><p align="left" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;">There were fruit trees everywhere. I noticed a ginko in the front yard on my way in, as well as planters at the entrance full of edibles. Jeff said he found a sprouted seed inside his pink lady apple and he planted it. The mulberries were fresh right then and people were eating right from the tree(that's not my arm). There were two baby kiwi trees, one boy and one girl(awwwww). I'm not sure how wild pears taste, but I'll bet I could juice them...</span><br /></p><p align="left" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_ZIQW1bnI/AAAAAAAAARc/BA2TKDUShxk/s1600-h/SpiritBlissDome.jpg"></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_fnYKMIzI/AAAAAAAAASE/Oo95OaDEymo/s1600-h/SpiritBlissDome.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_fnYKMIzI/AAAAAAAAASE/Oo95OaDEymo/s400/SpiritBlissDome.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215132761111405362" /></a><div><p style="text-align: center; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Inside the greenhouse dome, I discovered flats of miniature tomato plants, HUGE dinosaur kale (I always try to call it "elephant kale") and an abundance of greens hanging down, growing up. An efficient use of space, really.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_fnrBSrnI/AAAAAAAAASM/LmNDZeSANHY/s1600-h/SpiritBlissDesserts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_fnrBSrnI/AAAAAAAAASM/LmNDZeSANHY/s400/SpiritBlissDesserts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215132766174359154" /></a><div><div><div><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">All the desserts looked wonderful, and by the time I pulled out my camera, much of it was gone. In addition to about a gallon of juice, I also ate a bite of raw ice cream, 2 bites of cacao/raspberry(?) pie, and a bite of hemp/coconut crispy. Mmmm!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SF_YGEtJyCI/AAAAAAAAARE/yOVCTlca_Dg/s320/SpiritBliss+GusTalks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215124492372264994" /><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">After the tour, we all sat down to listen to the event speaker. We were back outside as the golden sun cast long shadows on the lawn. Jeff's friend Gus, gave us a talk on organic farming. Gus, owner and farmer of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://jasminefarm.tripod.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jasmine Farm,</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> in Howard County, Maryland. Its a certified organic CSA(community supported agriculture), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">providing weekly fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs during the growing season. He was a handsome fellow, entertaining, and informative. He seemed right at home telling us what he's learned, what works, what doesn't. Some people took notes, others just sat back and enjoyed the whole experience of being out on a sunny evening in a peaceful setting. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Eventually, I picked up my Natural Zing order, bought one of the books I was admiring </span></span><a href="http://www.naturalzing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=43_70&products_id=889"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(RAWvolution by Matt Amsden),</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and headed home. I was so happy with how my evening went, that I was still wide awake and peppy all the way home.</span></span></span></p></div></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-75291093883155428042008-06-21T07:02:00.006-04:002008-06-21T07:30:22.628-04:00Shortened Colon = Shortened Juice Feast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFzlxWWIbII/AAAAAAAAAMw/pReAtly6u1s/s1600-h/Living+Juices.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFzlxWWIbII/AAAAAAAAAMw/pReAtly6u1s/s400/Living+Juices.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214295104562949250" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">Juice Feast Day 21= new goal 30 day juice feast. *sigh*</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">In the first week of Juice Feasting, I lost ten pounds. As far as I know, one headache was the only real reaction I've had. During all 3 weeks, I've had lots of energy, I've felt good, healthy, light, sleeping little, but sleeping deeply and I've been waking well rested. I had prepared to do the full 92 days but I had a few concerns. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">Since I'm only working on 2/3 colon, I had been wondering how this might affect my body. A few days ago, I sent David Rainoshek a letter describing my history, asking him his opinion on doing the full 92 days. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">As I have had a third of my colon removed and I've been transitioning into raw for almost a year, would he recommend I have a shortened juice feast or can I still plan to do the whole 92 days?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-size:14px;">On Jun 20, 2008, at 10:49 PM, David Rainoshek wrote:</span><br /></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Hi Rawbin,</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Great to hear from you, and congratulations on your successes thus far with plant-based live foods.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I am not a doctor, so I can only let you know what I would do if I were you, and that would be:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Juice Feast for 20-30 days at a time, and then move back into a less intense cleansing physiology, i.e. a solid plant-based live food cuisine. Since you do well with liquid foods, you might consider eating The Four Means to Get Your Greens, as we describe on Day 83 of the 92-Day Program on JuiceFeasting.com. Essentially your cuisine is made of:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Salad</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Green Soup</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Green Smoothie</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Green Vegetable Juice</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Katrina and I have Green Smoothie for breakfast, Salad for lunch, and Green Soup for dinner. You might do even better with Green Vegetable Juice for breakfast, Green Soup and a small salad for lunch, and Green Smoothie for dinner. You will find out.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">This is still a cleansing/healing diet, and once you are at an ideal weight, Juice Feasting for 20-30 days, Spring and Fall, should be sufficient. You might enjoy Juice Feasting one day a week (say Sundays) as well, just to help your digestive system. I take it you are doing digestive enzymes, probiotics, and getting plenty of omega-3 fats in, including DHA. If I were you I would also supplement 2,000 IU per day of Vitamin D in the months you cannot get 20 minutes of full body sun exposure.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Thank you for your letter, and please keep us updated on how you are doing.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">With peaceful steps,</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">David and Katrina Rainoshek</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.juicefeasting.com/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">www.JuiceFeasting.com</a></span></strong></div></span>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-80618917365633674212008-06-15T12:29:00.000-04:002008-07-28T09:54:06.564-04:00Gifts for Mom on Father's Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVD7y7VkI/AAAAAAAAAYs/qqBP9BbRc4I/s400/P5190005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223283931410552386" />My mom enjoys <a href="http://www.mysterynet.com/timeline/timeline.shtml">reading</a>, <a href="http://www.mcomd.org/history.html">hiking</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XX4SXnTw60">music</a>. She enthusiastically attends every ceremony, concert, game, or activity that her children or grandchildren are involved in. She has always tried to encourage us to be the best we can, while doing what we like best. She and Dad even dress up to fit in at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTo7_wRHE">Maryland Faerie Festival each year (check out THIS video)</a>. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVDJFWBHI/AAAAAAAAAYc/iQb9HZBknB0/s1600-h/hikingwmom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVDJFWBHI/AAAAAAAAAYc/iQb9HZBknB0/s400/hikingwmom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223283917797590130" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">Our most recent hike together was a brief one in southern Maryland earlier this spring. </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVDc2MkYI/AAAAAAAAAYk/w1B3VFqYZkw/s1600-h/hikng+wmom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVDc2MkYI/AAAAAAAAAYk/w1B3VFqYZkw/s400/hikng+wmom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223283923102765442" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: left;">So, since we did several repairs for our Dad on Mother's Day, it only seemed right to do something nice for Mom on Father's day. As my older, older brother and his family showed Mom & Dad a new pool-side grill I snuck into the house to repair the light switch in the laundry area. Mom said she was only doing laundry during daylight hours because she couldn't get the light to turn on. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajflqMwLMmw">Now she can spend her evenings doing laundry, just like Lily Tomlin.</a> Then as my brother set up the grill and started a meal for the family, the kids and I <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqS7fCmsmLY">vacuumed the pool.</a> </div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SHzVEHSZjII/AAAAAAAAAY0/1a01ihOiz40/s400/RAWmmBurger.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223283934495345794" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">I think my brother was a little disappointed that I wouldn't eat his cooked food (I was in the middle of a juice feast) but I would have eaten this rawmmmburger, had it been offered. I made this dinner just a few days ago. I made a seed sauce and a mushroomburger. I served it on fresh lettuce and cucumbers straight from my garden. The tomatoes and corn on the cob were from the local produce stand down the road. When we were kids, my friend and I would ride our horses through the corn fields. We'd eat corn right off the stalks as we rode. They were sweet and juicy! Nothing like it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">For my seed sauce:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 cup pine nuts</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 cup soaked sunflower seeds</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 tsp celtic sea salt</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 tsp kelp</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 tsp dulse</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/2 juiced lemon</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1 whole red pepper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1/4 garlic clove</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1 TB extra virgin olive oil</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">1 TB raw apple cider vinegar</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">First process nuts seeds and dry ingredients into a powder. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">Set aside. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">Then blend moist ingredients. Add dry ingredients to make a paste. Add water a tablespoon at a time to get desired consistency. (I like it thin enough to spread, thick enough to stick)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;">For this rawmmmburger I used portabella mushrooms, but if you use half shitake it keeps it from looking charbroil-burnt! Honestly, I just tossed some stuff into the processor after I finished making my seed sauce so I don't know the measurements, but my friend <a href="http://hi-rawkus.com/?p=299">blaqberry has a wonderful looking "burger buster" recipe here that looks really good! </a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-61367079196358951832008-06-14T20:47:00.000-04:002008-07-28T09:56:26.785-04:00Honoring the Veterans on Flag Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Every summer the </span><a href="http://www.marylandarabian.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maryland Arabian Horse Association(MAHA)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> travels to </span><a href="http://www.colonialbeachva.net/location.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Colonial Beach, VA</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to ride in their parade. Each year they have a theme. One year the theme was the beach and Sweetie was dressed a bit like this: <br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkn4uLUY8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/8uo0VNKoPms/s1600-h/sWEET+BEACH.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkn4uLUY8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/8uo0VNKoPms/s200/sWEET+BEACH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213241899079721922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last year's theme was watermen, so I figured a sailor should have a mermaid nearby, so I dressed as a </span><a href="http://www.colonialbeachconnection.com/index.php?pageId=368305&action=picture&itemId=1308402"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mermaid (ooh look, I'm famous!)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkoFlvmqkI/AAAAAAAAAMc/x9ZyKqG6ekg/s200/mermaid.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213242120154294850" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This year's theme, on </span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2328/flagday.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Flag Day</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, was to </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYAneQMvEuw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">honor our veterans.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> So I brought my horse loving niece along. <br /></span></div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkGUY9-77I/AAAAAAAAALM/ItcAknVYxSU/s400/Keri+%26+Sweetie.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213204991027638194" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Keri looks so cute and tiny on a striped horse!</span></div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkGUwCuFhI/AAAAAAAAALc/tjD-oXtqqoU/s400/P1010720.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213204997221520914" /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm dressed as lady liberty, </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">thanks to our friend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.marylandarabian.com/maha_new1008004.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.marylandarabian.com/maha_new1_008.htm&h=284&w=299&sz=2&hl=en&start=1&sig2=mjjZzuK7msH-wbshReJTuA&um=1&tbnid=ssfSlUDxeZ5YPM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=116&ei=2BtZSNSiKJ6Gepyo2IwO&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMAHA%2Bmaryland%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.marylandarabian.com/maha_new1008004.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.marylandarabian.com/maha_new1_008.htm&h=284&w=299&sz=2&hl=en&start=1&sig2=mjjZzuK7msH-wbshReJTuA&um=1&tbnid=ssfSlUDxeZ5YPM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=116&ei=2BtZSNSiKJ6Gepyo2IwO&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMAHA%2Bmaryland%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kathy, who usually wears it</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkGUo-IGrI/AAAAAAAAALU/nSUsttKMPfk/s400/Liberty+%26+Flag+C.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213204995323206322" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Funny how I'm the only one wearing a great big smile. Is it all that juice? Everyone seemed hot. <br /></span></div></div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFkGVFF0O3I/AAAAAAAAALk/W6Rwg1QwrbQ/s400/MAHA+Group+E.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213205002871651186" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The heat wasn't really too bad, but it was good to get out of costume and back into the shade. Kathy is a little firecracker of ideas for these events, providing costumes, decorations, laughter and smiles. She even brought a bunch of cut up watermelon to share. (I had my green juice). Here's a little of what she had to say after the parade:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">COLONIAL BEACH PARADE June 14, 2008</span></span></div><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> “HONOR THE MILITARY VETERANS & ACTIVE DUTY”</span></span></div><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="text-align: justify;overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">MAHA earned the “FIRST PLACE TROPHY” in the Colonial Beach Parade held in unison with the Potomac River Festival at Colonial Beach, VA. The MAHA members, family and friends, did an astounding performance representing the club. The parade group dressed in various red, white and blue attire acknowledging the theme to “Honor Military Veterans and Active Duty”. The MAHA banner along with Service Military flags, adorned the front of the lead ATV driven by Karen M., a MAHA volunteer. Lynn S. drove the ATV pulling the “apple cart” with Michael W., retired Military Veteran, being the honorary “Apple Scooper”, Jimmy L., Military Veteran, took digital pictures, assisted in the “Apple Picker Duties” and enjoyed the crowd! Richard D. enjoyed his photographer role, passing out candy, and entertaining the crowd with his extraordinary comical talents! Horses were adorned with a variety of patriotic decorations. Robin A. and her niece, Keri B., were crowd pleasers as they both paraded their Arabs. Sweetie, Arab Grey, was painted to represent the US Flag and the enchanting Keri rode with grace and dignity! Robin dressed as “Lady Liberty” riding Dusty with the “proud to be an American” venue! Our additional MAHA riders were Ellen W., Nancy E., Dub H., Ann R., a Military Veteran, Dick R., Connie C. and Kathy S.-W. </span></span></div><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="text-align: justify;overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div id="smartPaste" contenteditable="true" style="text-align: justify;overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I graciously extend thanks to all the MAHA parade participants for another outstanding performance! In addition, I give my ecstatic thanks to all our “behind the scenes” volunteers spending their time to make this parade a continuing success: Lynn S., Michael W., Jimmy L., Richard D., Karen M. and Frank H.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">! </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-57314421659195218722008-06-13T10:11:00.003-04:002008-08-21T21:00:00.308-04:00Bye-Bye Baby!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFXY19DRuJI/AAAAAAAAAKc/bX6RI53nIs8/s1600-h/ivy+cap+n+gown.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFXY19DRuJI/AAAAAAAAAKc/bX6RI53nIs8/s200/ivy+cap+n+gown.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212310565184190610" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My first born daughter Ivy, has officially graduated from high school! Yay! It's been a busy week. I was juicing like crazy everyday, sailing, selling cruising guides, watching my little girl graduate...</span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLm8dzHOvI/AAAAAAAAAKU/hSRuJH8wjJ0/s400/Ivyprom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211481645286636274" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That truly was my highlight of the week. You should have seen her. She was happy, smiling, dressed in a frilly white gown, looking beautiful! Haha, Ivy, wearing white! She prefers black on black with black trim and buckles. She's come a long way this year and I'm very proud of her. She even has college plans, accepted by her first choice university. Now it's up to me to do the financial legwork. ugh...</span></span></span><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLhlRlCkRI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/VEb0naPGj2o/s400/Ivy4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211475749311254802" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;">I</span>t's amazing how fast those 12 years of school have flown by. One minute she's eagerly climbing up onto the school bus for her first day of kindergarten...<br /></div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLhlTlnfPI/AAAAAAAAAKE/0ZZvt8VtT0Q/s400/blacknwhite3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211475749850545394" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Next thing I know, she's off to the post graduation party, driving her own little truck. I've only seen her briefly since then. She's been at the beach for senior week. The only communication I get is sunburn and blister updates by text message.</span></span></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLhlz9-cBI/AAAAAAAAAKM/kjk_HNl7IGk/s400/l_91fa0d5a6edf6f3d4ce992fb921d0779.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211475758542647314" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">She's such a mature and responsible adult now...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I tripped </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">over a vine this morning. Hah! The pumpkin that Ivy smashed here last winter has taken root. </span></span></span></span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLfLUZV9ZI/AAAAAAAAAJs/dtJEiudGqp4/s400/ivypumpkincarver.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211473104367646098" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">We'll have a pumpkin patch on the front lawn this fall, I guess.<br /></div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLfLt7AsfI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/_Wt6jB_2SZ0/s400/pumpkinseedling.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211473111219745266" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today is Friday the 13th, day 13 of my Juice Feast. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFLfK0eis2I/AAAAAAAAAJc/wlOpXPn7Tho/s400/199981_456872671_1bfe303b52_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211473095799518050" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">So I made it to day 12 feeling healthy and energetic. Last night I ate a ripe tomato off the vine. After that, while I was pulling the coconut meat out of a fresh coconut, I ate some of that too. I just couldn't help it. *grins* It's not exactly like I went on a binge with a bag of fries or something. It was healthy. Still, it's easier to be strong willed if you try for the all or nothing approach. It was oily coconut and my stomach felt a little like a grease pit in the morning. Right now I'm sipping juice of celery, cukes, & ginger, plus some mint from the garden to help settle my stomach. I'm just not hungry at all today.<br /></div></span></div></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-45148292406191193002008-06-09T19:32:00.000-04:002008-07-28T09:58:44.971-04:00Faerie Festival, Goddess for a day... or two.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFaLszj3-mI/AAAAAAAAALE/nZpbXw7sl4E/s1600-h/faerieunibubble08.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFaLszj3-mI/AAAAAAAAALE/nZpbXw7sl4E/s200/faerieunibubble08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212507220599110242" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Right after my daughter graduated, I packed up the truck and trailer with tent, sleeping bag, portable fence, water bucket , tub of grain, and a freshly bathed horse. Sounds like an ideal horse lover's camping trip, right? No saddle needed, but instead, I packed my yellow fairy dress, big iridescent wings, and... a unicorn horn? Yes folks, that unicorn you see me riding is my special unicorn. That's Sweetie. She's 25 years old and the sweetest most gentle horse you could imagine. We were going to be spending a hot and humid weekend at the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.marylandfaeriefestival.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Maryland Faerie Festival.</span></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><div style="width:400px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w167.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/bubblescubed/Faerie Festival 2007/9a96f5b8.pbw" height="300" width="400"></embed><a href="http://i167.photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow&landing=/slideshows&type=85" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a><a href="http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u128/bubblescubed/Faerie%20Festival%202007/?action=view&current=9a96f5b8.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" /></a></div></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We arrived at dusk. Driving down a hill across a damp field in the dark with a big horse trailer is strange enough. Having to weave in and out of 10 foot tall flowers and butterflies is surreal. I parked, put up the fence, filled the water bucket, set up my tent, unrolled my sleeping bag, decorated the trailer, and collapsed into my bag. I fell asleep to the happy chomping of an 850 pound creature right outside my tent. She stays close to me. I woke very early and gladly found that Sweetie was still with me and snoozing beside me! </span></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFZ3akJViXI/AAAAAAAAAKk/qKSiXpU-YMo/s400/P1010645.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212484916991068530" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Because I needed to get an early start, I grabbed the bag of chopped fruits and veggies for my daily juices. I gave Sweetie her grain and tromped up the hill to the juicer and dining hall. Let the juicing begin! I came back down the hill a little later with 3 quarts of juice in the cooler and one quart in my belly. I painted rainbows in Sweetie's mane, painted sparklies on her hooves, added glitter on her face, donned my costume... 10am and we were ready. Bring it on! We had what seemed like hundreds of little children in a steady flow, walking up to stand beside the unicorn for a photo. Occasionally we'd escape the corral and the crowds and go for a little jaunt out into a large hay field.<br /></span></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFZ3bQhLoqI/AAAAAAAAAK0/kY7h7DzLDQ4/s400/P1010650.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212484928902242978" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There was a crazy storm that night, and for a while we bunked together, Sweetie and I. The rain, thunder and lightning was nearby, but as long as a tornado didn't pick us up, I felt comfortable inside the trailer with my equine buddy for company. She paced a few times, pausing to sniff my hair and look outside. I was trying to catch up on a days worth of </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/Rawbin"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Twitter.</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> As soon as the light show stopped, I opened the trailer, Sweetie went back to grazing, and I went back to my tent. Ahhhh. The following morning, I woke to an even better shot of the unicorn a chompin' at my tent window. The orange lump at the bottom of the picture are my feet in a sleeping bag. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFZ3bPK6lbI/AAAAAAAAAKs/dhpVVVm-dDc/s400/P1010647.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212484928540415410" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We had another beautiful sunny day. I made more juice. I think some people thought it was for my horse... Got some strange looks as people walked by with their coffee and donuts. That afternoon, I heard a remarkable sounding band playing. They sounded wonderful! It was a hint of something indescribable, like </span></span><a href="http://www.sherylcrow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Sheryl Crow</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> goes </span></span><a href="http://www.standingstones.com/celtmusic.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Celtic</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. I had been listening to music all day and this was different. I hopped on my unicorn, dressed in my golden fairy costume and rode up the hill, wind in my wings... *sigh*</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I was so surprised to hear the lead singer's exclamation about goddess with wings on a unicorn. She called to me, "Come on up here, fairy princess!" They began to play their next song "Goddess" and I was a live music video! The band's name is </span></span><a href="http://www.mythicamusic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Mythica</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and they sent me the words to that song through <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=170635047"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">myspace</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">,</span></span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">A princess with wings, a heart never sweeter to yours, a goddess wrapped in gold, my </span><a href="http://www.panphobia.com/things/aurophobia.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">aurophobia</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> grows old."</span> - Goddess <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51550622"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(by Mythica)</span></span></a>. I have to say, that it was the highlight of my day! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SFZ3brTCdYI/AAAAAAAAAK8/XUhVSyo7dUY/s400/P1010696.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212484936090678658" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">We were very glad to get home, both pretty tired from the heat, sun, and crowds. I went out to check on Sweetie and found she was just as tired as I was.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-22354940263945973562008-06-04T07:10:00.003-04:002008-06-04T07:53:24.171-04:00Three days, down the hatch, onto day 4!So, yesterday went well, I was pleased with my juices and wasn't hungry for the most part. I was on NutritionData.com last night and I listed off everything that went into my juices for day #2 and came up with the nutrition facts below. I did another one for day #3 and was shocked to see that I had only consumed about 800 calories, 4 grams of fat and 16 grams of protein. Plenty of carbs from the fruit, but I think I'll need to push more than I'm hungry for right now, I guess. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 52px; font-weight: bold; ">Nutrition Facts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; "></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; ">Serving Size Entire Recipe 5,194g (5193 g)</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Servings per container 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Amount Per Serving</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b>Calories<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">1844 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Calories from Fat 75<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>% Daily Value*</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Total Fat <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">9g <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>14%</span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Saturated Fat 1g <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>7%</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trans Fat 0g</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b>Cholesterol <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">0mg <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0%</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Sodium <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">472mg <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>20%</span></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b>Total Carbohydrate <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">446g <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>149%</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dietary Fiber Traces</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sugars 297g</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b>Protein <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">41g</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Vitamin A <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 895%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Vitamin C <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2182%</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Calcium <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 75% <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Iron<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 98%<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 19.5px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.</span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">your calorie needs:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Calories </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">2,000 </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">2,500</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Total Fat <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Less than <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>65g <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>80g</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sat Fat <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Less than <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>20g <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>25g</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Cholesterol <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Less than <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>300mg <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>300mg</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Sodium <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Less than <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2,400mg <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2,400mg</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Total Carbohydrate <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>300g<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>375g</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Calories per gram:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Fat 9 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Carbohydrate 4 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Protein 4</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></p></span>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-19679911937802573172008-06-03T10:55:00.009-04:002008-06-03T20:42:56.085-04:00Juice on the Road<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Day two wasn't bad. I drank one quart while I juiced. I consumed 2nd quart of juice before we left for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qbhi_p1WU">Ocean City.</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I worried that I wouldn't have enough juice for my road trip so I brought a cooler, with a quart of juice and a quart of water. I had two teens in the car with me, who brought a gallon of water with them, but pointed out fast food places along the way. I finally stopped at a </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPh8As-y6E"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">subway</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> after which I was engulfed in smells of meatballs and red sauce as I drank my juice. By the time we were at the Atlantic ocean, I had about 8 oz of juice left. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I twittered my raw and juicy friends asking for addresses of local juice bars in O.C. with the hopes of replenishing my juice supply before heading back home. While I took care of my business in town, the teens walked down to the ocean. I checked my twitters by cell phone. </span></span><a href="http://joannarawtn.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">RawTN</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> was the first to reply followed closely by </span></span><a href="http://blog.rawodyssey.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">RawAllison</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Thanks to my tweet friends, I was typing addresses into the GPS (just discovered that the </span></span><a href="http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Garmin nuvi now comes in PINK!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> How cute!). In less than a mile, I'd have my juice! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We got to the "juice bar" and found that it was just a </span></span><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/237/446707751_e6ed02a1d9.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">refrigerator</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> at a health club. All they had were bottled juices and sodas. But, as they were giving me directions to another place, one of the employees said, "Your name doesn't happen to be Robin, does it? It turns out that she (Jenny) and I were in early </span></span><a href="http://www.southernhigh.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">high school</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> together way back when... What? Like, 26 years ago?? I didn't imagine I looked the same, but I guess close enough, because she recognized me. It's funny, because when I first saw </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1MRQR6N5g"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Julia Roberts</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, I thought of Jenny. She seemed so excited to see me.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We stopped by a fishing center on our way out of town and we found a boating shop where I tried to sell the shop keeper on the cruising guide. Next I went next door to the dock side bar and had 2 glasses of orange juice and one glass of grapefruit. The bartender </span></span><a href="http://www.wb.com.tw/kitchen/kw10.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">squeezed</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> them as I watched. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; min-height: 19px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">In addition to slamming a few down at the bar, here's a list of what went into second day's juicing:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The sweet juice made 2 quarts.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SEVtDPh7CQI/AAAAAAAAAJI/CNEjsvhYqYk/s400/sweet.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207688446599694594" /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 apple</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/2 lb seeded grapes</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/2 watermelon rind with 1/2 inch of pink still attached</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 cups pineapple</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/2 head celery</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 cucumber</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 orange</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/2 lemon</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; min-height: 19px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The savory made two quarts.</span></span></span></span></p><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SEVtD1U1nOI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/ur6jAPfvzJc/s400/savory.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207688456745360610" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 tomato</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">half head celery</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 giant carrot and it's greens</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 baby onion</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 garlic clove</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/4 lb arugula</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1/4 lb butter crunch lettuce</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 handfuls blood beets</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 red radishes and their greens</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 white radishes and their greens</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 sliver of chili pepper</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1 cup butternut squash (not much juice from that!)</span></span></p></span></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-11634910465992562882008-06-02T06:40:00.005-04:002008-06-03T20:34:40.975-04:00My first day of Juice Feasting<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SEPSjkXZWdI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4ZCx-NB2-LU/s400/number1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207237102669486546" /><br />I'm heading out to Ocean City just for the day. Not much time to post much about yesterday. Since it was the first day of juicing though, I thought I should start it off right. <div><br /></div><div>Just something briefly to tell how it went. I woke early and made all my juices for the day. I sampled both the sweet and the savory and was pleasantly surprised that the savory tasted something like V8, only less salty(one of my complaints about regular V8). I pocketed the wafer from communion at church. After church was a huge end of year picnic. I watched my friends and family eating greasy food and was really amazed that once again there were no salads including raw veggies or fruits. Everything was wheaty, meaty, or very processed! I drank 3 bottles of water and left the picnic unharmed.</div><div>Got home, savored my juice, drank more water, and went to my parents to swim for a few hours with my daughter, my mom, and my friend, Susie. Came home late, finished the rest of my juice, and then mowed pasture until dark. The dog supervised my mowing.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SEPSi8tYVnI/AAAAAAAAAI4/BzOSw_YhCOI/s400/Petey+and+the+flower+pots.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207237092024276594" /><div><br /></div><div>What went into my first day's juicing<div>the savory made one quart:</div><div>1 tomato</div><div>half head celery</div><div>1 giant carrot and it's greens</div><div>1 baby onion</div><div>1/4 lb arugula</div><div>1/4 lb butter crunch lettuce</div><div>1 baby poc choi</div><div>2 handfuls blood beets</div><div>4 red radishes and their greens</div><div>4 white radishes and their greens</div><div>1 sliver of chili pepper</div><div><br /></div><div>The sweet juice made 3 quarts:</div><div>1 apple</div><div>1 handful spinach</div><div>1 handful lettuce</div><div>1 handful arugula</div><div>1/2 lb seeded grapes</div><div>1 whole watermelon rind with 1/2 inch of pink still attached</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494200558984467893.post-78166318438490285102008-06-01T23:27:00.007-04:002008-06-02T00:01:20.182-04:00MY Last Supper<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On Friday, I took my daughter for a procedure at <a href="http://www.childrensnational.org/about/">Children's National Medical Cente</a>r. The x-ray lab technician handed me a large lead apron to wear with an additional lead scarf to wrap around my neck. "To protect your thyroid," she said. So I donned the lead costume and watched as the technician positioned my daughter on the table and then hid behind the wall to the glass booth to push some buttons. As my daughter <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrvS3tVWogon">lay unprotected </a>on the table, I had to fight the urge to run to her, scoop her up and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfOh20j08tI">run screaming from the room</a>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fortunately it didn't last too long. Once finished, we were both pretty hungry. Since we were in Washington, on a whim, I suggested that we try a new restaurant in D.C. that I'd heard of. Willow wasn't fooled, "What? Is it raw?" It has a great selection of raw vegan dishes. My last chance eat out before beginning my Juice Feast on June 1st. I called my friend <a href="http://rawdorable.blogspot.com/">Shannon</a> to get directions to <a href="http://www.javagreen.net/">Java Green</a>. She reminded me to ask for <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profile/DJKim">DJ</a> (the owner), who is our friend on <a href="http://www.giveittomeraw.com/">GITMR</a>. She said he'd set me up with something good.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SENuKvb24AI/AAAAAAAAAIg/qm7ybXitUdQ/s400/javagreenmenu.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207126724981481474" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We found the place pretty fast, and Willow ordered the Garden Burger. I didn't see DJ anywhere so I ordered the Spicy Kelp Noodle. While I paid, I asked the cashier if he was around. While we waited for our food, DJ came out to talk to me. We were wearing matching <a href="http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/625/280/">Green Festival t-shirts</a>! I don't know when DJ got his, but <a href="http://greenphoto.coopamerica.org/photo.php?photoNumber=4741&submitPhotoNumber=GO">Shannon and I got ours</a> at the 2006 Green Festival.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After discussing the menu with DJ and realizing how many other items I also wanted to try, he rushed back to the kitchen and changed my order to a Trio Salad, which was sort of like a sampler platter of the three items I wanted to try most. Mine had Cucumber Radish Salad, Spicy Kelp Noodle and also Kimchi Cold Soup. I really should have taken a picture, but I ate it all before I thought of that. I did get my daughter to take a picture of DJ and me in our matching shirts before we left for home. On the way home, my daughter reminded me about how I've always lectured her about meeting people on the internet. I must admit that it was so nice going out to eat without having to explain to anyone what I mean by raw or meat, wheat, and dairy free. </span></span></p><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mWhBRDBKvPQ/SENuLPb24CI/AAAAAAAAAIw/f001b2pReMQ/s400/javagreenpic.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207126733571416098" /></span>RawBinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201208673562866290noreply@blogger.com3