Lino Meile, the famous italian ashtanga teacher (whose Rome studio I visited back in 2002 or 2003) recently opened a yoga studio in Milano. This is fantastic...but it means that when I am in Milan, I will have less time for visiting (and stalking) gelato shops.
http://www.astangamilano.it/
Lino gave props to Pattabhi today.
and no joke...reading the short message below in Italian made me cry...somehow it felt more real than reading the same information in english...
Con grande dispiacere comunichiamo che è mancato oggi Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, padre dell'Ashtanga.
Grazie al Suo insegnamento questo yoga si è diffuso nel mondo.
Con devozione e gratitudine lo ricorderemo.
martedì 19 maggio 2009
Ashtanga yoga guru died yesterday
Pattabhi Jois died on Monday. He is one of the most influential and successful proponents and nurturers of Ashtanga yoga and one of the early yogis to bring yoga to the West.
He inspired and deeply influenced nearly all or maybe all of my current and past yoga teachers...you can do the "Kevin Bacon" game with pretty much any yogi, and way before seven connections, you are back to Pattabhi Jois.
Thanks Pattabhi! You taught David Swenson who taught Margaret Townsend who was my first yoga teacher. You taught Tim Miller who is my teacher and who taught Sean O'Shea who will inspire me as long as I live, even though he did in a car accident over 2 years ago. Tim Miller also taught so many other amazing yogis and teachers in San Diego and around the world, I can't possibly name them all.
I only practiced with Pattabhi once...in a huge Manhattan loft space at 6 in the morning on a Sunday three years and a couple of months ago. I'm glad I made the trip.
He inspired and deeply influenced nearly all or maybe all of my current and past yoga teachers...you can do the "Kevin Bacon" game with pretty much any yogi, and way before seven connections, you are back to Pattabhi Jois.
Thanks Pattabhi! You taught David Swenson who taught Margaret Townsend who was my first yoga teacher. You taught Tim Miller who is my teacher and who taught Sean O'Shea who will inspire me as long as I live, even though he did in a car accident over 2 years ago. Tim Miller also taught so many other amazing yogis and teachers in San Diego and around the world, I can't possibly name them all.
I only practiced with Pattabhi once...in a huge Manhattan loft space at 6 in the morning on a Sunday three years and a couple of months ago. I'm glad I made the trip.
giovedì 14 maggio 2009
To Walmart or Not?
It is somehow fitting that I follow a post about country music with one about Walmart. Perhaps I've got the makings of my own country music song...
My latest commercial quandary is this:
I'm in the market for a massage table, and I've settled on a brand and model. I went to froogle.com and searched...and it turns out that the Walmart online price, when you include shipping, is about $70 cheaper than at the massage school I am going to.
What to do?
For years, I have avoided Walmart...for a variety of reasons...but the one most clear and dear to my heart is tied to Walmart's decimation of the downtowns and main streets in central nebraska where my mom is from.
But am I really doing good by not saving $70 on the massage table? What if I were to give that $70 to one of the environmental nonprofits doing great work? Or to a group helping the working poor? (perhaps the people who sold me the table at WalMart...)
...anyway...this is what is going through my head right now...and also, I saw that the cetaphil face lotion I have been using is 25% cheaper at Walmart than CVS. It's 9 bucks instead of 12. what to do about that?
My latest commercial quandary is this:
I'm in the market for a massage table, and I've settled on a brand and model. I went to froogle.com and searched...and it turns out that the Walmart online price, when you include shipping, is about $70 cheaper than at the massage school I am going to.
What to do?
For years, I have avoided Walmart...for a variety of reasons...but the one most clear and dear to my heart is tied to Walmart's decimation of the downtowns and main streets in central nebraska where my mom is from.
But am I really doing good by not saving $70 on the massage table? What if I were to give that $70 to one of the environmental nonprofits doing great work? Or to a group helping the working poor? (perhaps the people who sold me the table at WalMart...)
...anyway...this is what is going through my head right now...and also, I saw that the cetaphil face lotion I have been using is 25% cheaper at Walmart than CVS. It's 9 bucks instead of 12. what to do about that?
venerdì 8 maggio 2009
G*d is Great, Beer is Good, and People are Crazy
It's true. For the last two weeks, when I drive around in the car by myself (which happens since I live in San Diego), I've been listening to "new" country music on the radio...commercial radio...remember that?
For years, I was rigidly against this strange hybrid of real country music, pop music, right wing propaganda, sexism, xenophobia, heter-ONLY! society, and Americana-rha-rha-rha! But now, it also amuses me...for a variety of reasons that operate on a different levels.
I have this idea of going on a new-country-music radio binge...at least 12 hours straight...taking notes all the while...collecting strings on the similarities of topics that come up in the songs. What draws me to the lyrics are the fascinating contradictions...three songs praising god, followed by a song about being increadibly slutty, followed by a pro-military song, followed by a song that manages to mix all previous categories into one song, followed by a song in which the word "suds" is sung in such a charming way that I can't help but smile.
If you're still with me...listen or watch and listen (he is awful easy on the eyes) to Billy Currington sing about how "G*d is Great, Beer is Good and People are Crazy"...and I have to give Billy a little credit...
two out of three ain't bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrogegV1lw
For years, I was rigidly against this strange hybrid of real country music, pop music, right wing propaganda, sexism, xenophobia, heter-ONLY! society, and Americana-rha-rha-rha! But now, it also amuses me...for a variety of reasons that operate on a different levels.
I have this idea of going on a new-country-music radio binge...at least 12 hours straight...taking notes all the while...collecting strings on the similarities of topics that come up in the songs. What draws me to the lyrics are the fascinating contradictions...three songs praising god, followed by a song about being increadibly slutty, followed by a pro-military song, followed by a song that manages to mix all previous categories into one song, followed by a song in which the word "suds" is sung in such a charming way that I can't help but smile.
If you're still with me...listen or watch and listen (he is awful easy on the eyes) to Billy Currington sing about how "G*d is Great, Beer is Good and People are Crazy"...and I have to give Billy a little credit...
two out of three ain't bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqrogegV1lw
lunedì 4 maggio 2009
last week's menu
So...I cooked a lot last week, in honor of Italian bf's birthday.
Sunday 26 April:
risotto bianco (the first time I ever cooked it properly)
King salmon (seasoned and baked)
Monday 27 April:
Fritatta con zucchini, pomodori (tomatoes) et chipole (onions)
Tuesday 28 April:
Chipolte take out
Wednesday 29 April:
My take on thai green curry with very little spices but lots of coconut milk and tofu
Thursday 30 April:
Dinner at Sea Rocket Bistro (Sustainable seafood in San Diego). And delicious beer too.
Friday 1 May:
In N Out french fries consumed in a car in the parking lot of In N Out. Follwed by green curry leftovers.
Saturday 2 May:
Pastina (tiny pasta cooked in vegetable broth which you don't strain away at the end)...kind of like a smooth veggie soup with pasta inside.
Sunday 3 May:
Potato leek soup with way too much rosemary...but good anyway...it felt like eating liquid stuffing due to all the rosemary, sage and thyme i sauteed with the porri (leeks).
Our friend Julie just sent a link to a cooking blog she follows...maybe it will provide some future inspiration. http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html
Sunday 26 April:
risotto bianco (the first time I ever cooked it properly)
King salmon (seasoned and baked)
Monday 27 April:
Fritatta con zucchini, pomodori (tomatoes) et chipole (onions)
Tuesday 28 April:
Chipolte take out
Wednesday 29 April:
My take on thai green curry with very little spices but lots of coconut milk and tofu
Thursday 30 April:
Dinner at Sea Rocket Bistro (Sustainable seafood in San Diego). And delicious beer too.
Friday 1 May:
In N Out french fries consumed in a car in the parking lot of In N Out. Follwed by green curry leftovers.
Saturday 2 May:
Pastina (tiny pasta cooked in vegetable broth which you don't strain away at the end)...kind of like a smooth veggie soup with pasta inside.
Sunday 3 May:
Potato leek soup with way too much rosemary...but good anyway...it felt like eating liquid stuffing due to all the rosemary, sage and thyme i sauteed with the porri (leeks).
Our friend Julie just sent a link to a cooking blog she follows...maybe it will provide some future inspiration. http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html
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