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Samantha Tackeff
A New Education
Last week I was drinking tea in a bustling San Francisco coffee shop and reading ‘Integrative Nutrition’ by Joshua Rosenthal, when I was approached by a complete stranger – ecstatic about the Integrative Nutrition program, which his fiancee had recently graduated from, and his mother was enrolled in for the coming year. A few weeks [...]
Wine in a box : the Eco-oenophile’s Dilemma
Last week, I took advantage of my part time status as a food blogger (here and here), to attend a FoodBuzz Community Table dinner at Spruce in San Francsico’s Presidio neighborhood, sponsored by Black Box Wines. I’ve been dying to patronize Spruce since trying Chef Mark Sullivan’s most blissful carrot soup at the Taste of [...]
Do you VIV?
We make the biggest environmental decisions each day by choosing where we spend our dollars. What if the stores that we shop at every day had added incentive to go green? Enter VIV.
Is Water the New Carbon?
I was recently speaking with a friend and entrepreneur who lives in Dubai about the world economy, the state of the environment, and what to do next with my life. “You have to get into water,” he said with complete certainty. “Water will be the overarching challenge of the future,” he assured me, “it doesn’t [...]
Get Your Kids Riding a Bike Sooner
I was out playing basketball yesterday when I happened to notice a child, no more than two years old riding a bicycle. I sat there for a few minutes shocked. Finally, my curiosity peaked and I ran over to ask the mother what was going on. She informed me that Zach, not yet two, was [...]
