Good Shakti (Energy) at Bhakti Fest
This is a place to let loose, beyond stretching your muscles and connective tissues. Bhakti Fest is a great way to exercise your spirituality. This is not for everyone. The 2011 fall festival attracted about 4,000 serious yoga practitioners over the four-day weekend. These were not the ones that…
Read MoreFree and Yoga, Two of My Favorite Words
Back in 1999, some yoginis came up with the idea of offering a smorgasboard of yoga classes, free, in Austin. It was a hit. Free Day of Yoga (FDOY) now takes place across the country in places like Dallas, Houston, Corpus, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and even Guam. Even though there were no doggy bags allowed,…
Read MoreAlma in Pittsburgh, PA
Alma’s Website Urbanspoon Review Alma is a restaurant located near Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. It is not a vegetarian restaurant but has a nice selection of vegetarian friendly dishes. As I have mentioned in the past I enjoy spending time in restaurants that can serve both me and my non-veggie friends. Well let…
Read MoreAdventures with Watermelon
A coworker was going to bring me homemade food from her house. Given her family is from India and she likes to cook spicy, I was expecting nothing but the hottest food in the world -I was not disappointed-. So then I thought, what would be a good complement to a spicy dish? Something cold?…
Read MoreAnti-VegLatino Ads – An Idiot & 27 Latin Lovers
I have seen one too many commercials that I find very misleading and borderline offensive. I think in this day and age it is critical that people call out those that are misinforming others to make a profit. I think it would be great if we could take some TV food advertisements and look at…
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