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Christy

When you visualize you materialize

About Me

Work in progress, quirky, compassionate, progressive girl, macrobiotic/vegan chef and nanny devoting herself to making the world a better place. Join me.

I love to surround myself with passionate people who care about important things.

Check out Green Adventures TV for cooking videos to help you change you diet and become a conscious eater and other 'Green' news!For instant gratification, visit Practical Yoga TV where you can purchase my eBook, Healthy Meals to Stay Slim and Centered, to get you started on a new path to Wellness.

Viva la Greens is now in business!! I'm currently offering a macrobiotic meal delivery, Dietary Awareness Consulting, personal chef services, as well as, private cooking instruction. Please email me for more info or questions! Visit http://vivalagreens.com

From Patio to Plate: Small-Space Gardening & Seasonal Cooking.Offered each month near you! Visit the website for more info!. http://frompatiotoplate.com

Awareness is sexy, purposeless is not.

"Everything you call 'mine' will eventually be lost to you, for there is nothing permanent in this constantly changing world nothing, that is, except change itself, the only constant."

- George Ohsawa..

My Interests

macro and vegan cooking, developing my business, gardening, finding my true heart, laughing, reading, taking photos of myself, laughing at myself, Netflix, candlelit baths, driving with the windows down, exploring, eating yummy vegan food, having dinner parties, flirting, doing yoga and Qi Gong, being present, spreading the love, saving the animals, drinking tea, finding someone to connect with, learning new things everyday

I'd like to meet:

Someone who I connect with on many levels, who will make me laugh till I cry. People who are creative and want to make a difference. Health conscious souls who want my yummy vegan lunchboxes.

Music:

a certain ratio, air, ambulance ltd, american analog set, architecture in helsinki, arctic monkeys, richard ashcroft, autolux, beck, the beta band, black box recorder, black eyed peas, b.r.m.c, bloc party, blonde redhead, blur, boards of canada, the books, david bowie, broadcast, broken social scene, jeff buckley, cat power, clap your hands say yeah, clientele, cocteau twins, the cribs, the cure, cut copy, death cab for cutie, decemberists, doves, echo and the bunnymen, electrelane, enon, felix da housecat, franz ferdinand, gang of four, goldfrapp, gorillaz, grandaddy, grand national, her space holiday, interpol, irving, japan, the joggers, joy division, junior boys, ladytron, lali puna, lcd soundsystem, life without buildings, luomo, magnetic fields, metric, m.i.a., the moving units, my bloody valentine, nada surf, neutral milk hotel, the notwist, of montreal, peter bjorn and john, pinback, postal service, prince, radiohead, the rakes, the the radio dept., rapture, rogue wave, the sea and cake, the shins, slowdive, elliot smith, the smiths, snowden, snow patrol spoon, stars, stereolab, stereo total, sufjan stevens, swayzak, talking heads, tapes n' tapes, t-rex, tv on the radio, two lone swordsmen, rufus wainwright, the walkmen, wolf parade, the ugly beats, ultravox, yeah yeah yeahs, the list goes on and on!

Movies:

anything with cusack(well, his good stuff), movies that make me think, cry, and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Fight Club, American Beauty, I Heart Huckabees, Shawshank Redemption, About a Boy, Amelie, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine, Good Will Hunting, Stranger Than Fiction, Garden State, Kinsey, The Matrix, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, The Departed, 40 Year Old Virgin, The Science of Sleep, Shaun of the Dead, Seven, Spirited Away, High Fidelity, 80s classics, etc.

Television:

Huh? Netflix is all I need! Ok, I love Heroes and Scrubs but only because I can watch them on the internet.

Books:

I have a tendency to read a lot of non-fiction, always trying to learn and improve myself. And, I have a cookbook obsession. Recently though, I've made myself read fiction, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Kite Runner checked out at the library. Just read Seat of the Soul, Eat, Pray, Love, and now reading tons of travel novels to prepare for my upcoming trip to Asia. Got any suggestions??

Heroes:

Einstein, my true friends, people who are making a difference in this world.

My Blog

My new scooter

Here is my birthday present to myself. It will be arriving this week! Yippee!
Posted by Christy on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:52:00 PST

Have you traveled to these places?

So, I’m planning to travel later this year and I’d like to know if you’ve traveled to the places below, what your thoughts are about it, i.e. when is good month/season to go, what ar...
Posted by Christy on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:28:00 PST

Vegans and the onion family

Vegans should not eat the onion family!!! First of all, it's a strong herb used as a medicine and should be used as such. It helps lower cholesterol and kill parasites, so it's great for omnivores to ...
Posted by Christy on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:35:00 PST

World GO VEGAN Day!

World GO VEGAN Days Mission StatementThe purpose of IDA's World GO VEGAN Days is to spread information and educate people about the vegan lifestyle, which is a compassionate way of eating and living. ...
Posted by Christy on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:38:00 PST

Stop breeding!

http://www.vhemt.org/
Posted by Christy on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:05:00 PST

Give it a shot!

So you want to help better yourself and the environment. Take the pledge to go vegetarian/vegan for 30 days. Just try it for 30 days and see how you feel. What do you have to lose? (maybe a few pounds...
Posted by Christy on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:41:00 PST

Good for the NY Times!

Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate ChangeEVER since "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore has been the darling of environmentalists, but that movie hardly endeared him to the animal rights folks...
Posted by Christy on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:25:00 PST

Great News!

I know I haven't blogged in forever! I've been super busy with two different projects.One is a workshop with my friend Darren called From Patio to Plate: Small-Space Gardening & Seasonal Cooking.http:...
Posted by Christy on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:09:00 PST

Do vegetarians make better lovers?

do vegetarians make better lovers?They say vegetarians do it organically. But is there really a "veggie difference?" Do vegetarians have sexual traits that distinguish them from meat-eaters? Does all ...
Posted by Christy on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:21:00 PST

I shouldn't look at the news!

I never watch the news (or t.v. for that matter) or read the paper. I really just don't want to know about the horrifying things going on in this country and beyond. It makes me ill. I choose my battl...
Posted by Christy on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:06:00 PST