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Just a quick post to apologize for my extended absence. Life happens, you know? But I am in fact still alive. Here’s a little pet project I’ve been working on: a picture of Brandon from Easter.

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Feel free to email me and tell me what you think.

~m

Mouth Revolution

No Trans Fats!
No GMOs!
No Chemical Pesticides!
No Artificial ANYTHING!

Real Food Now!

From the people who brought you the Meatrix. Go see it. And join the revolution!

~m

Barack Obama for President!

Because this man makes me want to believe that “politics as usual” is not how it has to be.

Go, Barack. You’ve certainly got my vote.

~m

MAN it’s cold. I mean seriously cold. Weather like this demands comfort food and a fire. So last night I made up a rip-roaring fire and cooked this hot steamy colorful pile of root vegetables and meat:

Leeks-n-beets …

It’s just fun to say!

2 Leeks, well washed and then washed again after cutting
3 bunches of 3 beets each, also scrubbed clean with ugly bits peeled off, but leave the rest of the …

Recently, I had a stellar experience with a local florist. As they were helping me pack my things into my car, they asked me to review them online. They told me they had accidentally discovered several online referral sites and were surprised to see glowing reviews of their business on them and that they’ve noticed a substantial increase in leads and sales from those particular sources. I chuckled to myself …

Social Bookmarketing: Combination of Social Bookmarking and Marketing. def: Using public online bookmarking to draw more customers toward your content.

First, some definitions.

Woops, forgot to update this. It’s here! It took us two months, but it’s here. YVOD has a new website
that we’re very proud of. We think it is simple, clear, user-centered, well-written, graphically interesting, standards-compliant and downright purty. What do you think??

Earlier post read —>

… for a major revamp of YVOD’s website. Ulan and I have been tearing our hair out to make some long-overdue changes to our product lines, …

A few months ago, I was having lunch in the Gourmet Ghetto with a new friend who wanted to pick my brain after my enthusiastic reaction to his product. He owns a small but rapidly growing business and we were trying to describe his target market.

I said, “Well, just look at me. I’m The Green Between. I’ve got a young child and I think about what kind of planet …

I found a sack of wild Chanterelles at Monterey Market the other day. They had been reduced for quick sale - a buck-fifty a pound! The sack was about 2 pounds. Now you know I couldn’t pass that up. Here’s what I did with them:

Ingredients
A stick of organic butter
Some delicious yellow potatoes from Full Belly Farm
The chanterelles
Two bulbs of organic garlic, also from FBF
Good sea salt (I like Baleine)
Organic milk

Roast …

A client and good friend of mine recently did an awesome marketing campaign. She’s a top-producing realtor on the East Coast and she appeared at a community event. She printed up brochures and fancy raffle tickets with her logo on them and sold them to benefit a local charity, with the prize being a yacht cruise. The winner of the raffle was announced on her blog - thereby …