Beetlejuicing

Spring has suddenly come upon us, and I am feeling a bit guilty about how much I am enjoying it considering we only had about nine days of winter.  There is conversation about hiking and cherry blossoms and picnics.  And in Sebastopol talk of cleansing, of course.  It is that time of year.
From a friend who is visiting from out of state:
"I am at the tea house and watching two women loading up on chocolate before their cleanse.   And from a different group of women, I heard the term 'enema bucket' while discussing their spring cleanse."
A woman in front of me at the grocery store informed me she had just filled her basket with the most unexciting food imaginable:  "Nothing with wheat, no dairy, no sugar, nothing processed.  Nothing with caffeine.  My acupuncturist wants me to do a ten day cleanse.  We'll see how I do - when I tried this before I only lasted for seven hours."
At Community Market, a woman in the supplements section was talking about her annual cleanse.  "I don't know whether to do the cleanse up to the equinox, or celebrate equinox and then start the cleanse.  Last year I had been cleansing for a week and was so light-headed and hungry at an equinox gathering I was practically hallucinating.  And not in a good way."
In the produce section, I overheard someone talking on their cell phone.  "Beetlejuice?  What are you talking about?  The movie?"  Pause.   "Ohhhhhhh.  You mean beet juice.  They make that here?"
He and I ended up talking about juicing for a minute after he hung up the phone.  "For five days my wife will only drink juice smoothies and soup broths.  She is only allowed to eat blended meals.  She is really good about it at first, but by the end she is about ready to put a roast beef sandwich into a blender."
And on a flier for a detoxification class after listing the health benefits of detoxing:
"Crap your way to better health and shinier skin"

 Favorite line of the week:
"And Sebastopol charges more sales tax than Santa Rosa, which isn't cheap to begin with!"
"Maybe it is to pay for all those flashing crosswalks that light up."