Floating

Hello!

Now that my planned travel arrangements have ended and I am now simply floating from place to place with little direction or purpose trying not to run out of money : ),  I am not sure what to write about on here! I will try my best to keep the blog going so that when exciting miraculous occurrences take place, I can quickly post them on the internet for all the world to see.. or just the 5 people who read this.

Walked on the Berkeley Pier

Tasted wine in Napa

China! or at least China Town in San Francisco (very similar)

I got bangs!

 

Had a drink with this country guy in Austin, TX

Attended University of Texas graduation

and made some trail mix at the original whole foods

Despite the farm work, occasional rock climbing, yoga, and weekly jog.. I have been eating well beyond my energy requirements. What is a girl to do when living amongst some of the best and culturally diverse food in North America?! Vietnamese home cooked meals for a straight week, sushi here and sushi there, China town donuts, raw chocolate, no shortage of Korean restaurants, avocado shakes, home-baked granola, three cakes in one week, and.. this is the song that never ends.. it goes on and on my friends..

Due to my over indulgences, I have gained a a handful of unnecessary pounds that are making it that much harder to pull myself up the granite cracks of Yosemite. I am starting a little health challenge, mostly because I do not have money to buy new clothes, but also because I love being healthy!

If you feel the same then lets do it together, especially that it is now summer time!!!! My goal is to do two physical activities a day and cut back on carbs and sugar (less honey in teas or coffee, less beer and wine, less white rice and flour). Yesterday I biked to a coffee shop, an interview, the grocery store, and to the climbing gym and then went climbing of course. What did you do?! I will try to post some recipes and health tips here and there.

Love your body and take care of it!

Jujube Therapy

Top of the morning!

Just returned to the Bay Area from a week at Gauchito Farms an hour and a half north east of San Fransisco. Emy and I sorted dried Jujubes under a walnut tree for two days, weeded the strawberry field and worked on the orchard one day, and harvested for the farmers market two days.

Jujube's

My favorite little strawberry man

My body did not respond well to the the 90 degree temps after enduring a snow storm in Yosemite, and was caught by the farmers several times sprawled face down my yoga converted nap mat.. but I acclimatized by the end of the week. Never quite adjusted to the itchy rash that strawberry plants apparently give me and the endless mosquito attacks, but hey.. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Not easy to capture, but the susnset's were amazing!

The farming portion of this adventure was decreased immensely.. roughly 67%. Due to adverse weather conditions in Utah, Emy and I's reluctance attitude towards manual labor, and life realizations.

Farming is HARD! Farming to make a living is even HARDER! and doing all of this ORGANICALLY in the midst of large scale American agriculture.. chemical sprays, cheap labor, false advertisements and all, makes for an uphill battle.

I have not been scared off completely from the farming world, only have a much greater appreciation for small scale organic farms fighting to make a difference in the health and environment of their communities. 

I encourage everyone to try to shop at local markets! Ask how they grow their produce, what they are feeding their animals, and if they are doing it in a healthy and sustainable manner, buyyyyyyyyy lots!



 Check out this video that Viet made!   http://vimeo.com/94019747


Thanks for reading!