A woman commented in a sushi restaurant: "This Indian flute music has been following me all day long. First in my massage, then shopping downtown. Now here. I'm beginning to think there's only one Pandora station around here."
Comment from Lauren from my last blog post (echoing my thoughts exactly):
"People still read The Celestine Prophecy?"
A Honey Moon employee told me two teenage girls were enthusiastically chitchatting one day while waiting in line. They kept talking about yoga and emojis, which seemed to the worker like a funny combination of topics. When they got to the front to pay, he realized they were talking about actual yoga emojis. "Who knew those existed?" he asked. "But if you're going to hear conversation about them, you're probably in Sebastopol."
A woman helping to organize a fundraiser was given a list of things to buy for it, with the instructions: "Gluten-free as much as possible, non-dairy options, sugarless desserts if you can find them, try and get organic veggies." She sent a frantic text to her supervisor:
"All the dairy-free things have lots of sugar! There are gluten-free things but they have dairy! The sugarless desserts taste like cardboard and the gluten-free bread is sad. All I have so far are carrots and some weird g-f seaweed chips. I can't do this!! HELP!!!!"
A workshop instructor told me she heard her neighbor say to her fourteen year-old son: "Don't 'namaste' me, young man."
Me: "So you know what polyamory is, right?"
Guy, shaking his head: "No."
Me, a bit incredulous: "Seriously? You don't know what it is?" Pause. "Yeah, I think I've been living in Sebastopol for too long."
I posted a status update asking people to like my Facebook blog page, as it had been hovering at 999 likes for too long and was driving me crazy. Pheonix, the owner of Milk and Honey, liked the page which was very fitting since I had started the update with: "For the love of the goddess..." She became the 1000th page like. So go to Milk and Honey! If you haven't been there, go because it is the quintessential Sebastopol store. I say this as an experienced source, because when my sister owned it customers would come in and say: "I can't go to Sebastopol without coming into Milk and Honey!"
(They also have beautiful stones, candles, statues, gifts, cards, etc. and from personal experience I can say conversation ranging from tarot readings to vagina emojis.)
License plates:
SO I DID
ARTSTIC
UM NOPE
FIREFLY
I WATSU U
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A humorous blog about Sebastopol encounters
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Tales of oil and smoothie additions
After a reflexology appointment I was in a downtown store and kept sliding out of my sandals because of the residual massage oil. I made a comment about this to the shop employee, who replied: "Yes, we get a lot of people who wander in here after massages. They usually look very shiny and relaxed."
I was with my niece at "super" park one evening and two children were playing in the sand area. They decided to prepare some imaginary snacks. I heard them ask their mother if she would like any "cake with no sugar," lentil chips or organic fruit rolls.
A few minutes later the guy sitting next to me and I were trying to guess what book a woman on the next bench over was reading. He was certain it was some sort of "Sebastopol-type" book based on what she was wearing. A bit later she got up to tend to a youngster and we saw her put down The Celestine Prophecy. "I rest my case," he announced.
A few of us were chatting about how hot it had been during the heat wave. There were declarations of "you know it's really been hot when...." My favorite one being: "My coconut oil was completely liquid for two days."
On the way home from Tahoe my friend and I stopped at a Whole Foods off of 80. The cashier I spoke with told me his cousin used to work at the Whole Foods in Petaluma. I mentioned I lived near there in Sebastopol. He said, "I hung out there once. I remember people drinking things I'd never heard of before. And all sorts of smoothies and juices with things added I'd never heard of." I asked if he remembered any, and his reply: "Astragalus, superfoods, reishi mushrooms, aloe vera, avocados, cayenne powder" (to name a few). Which reminded me of the time I was requesting a reishi mushroom chocolate Rebbl drink when I was at Whole Foods, and the worker looking at me in horror. "No, really..." I faltered. "It's good. You can't taste the mushrooms." A woman standing next to me chimed in: "I've had those, too. They are good, and also good for your immune system." The guy remained unconvinced.
I sit in the plaza, finishing up a blog post. Two people are talking/arguing about new age aluminum solutions. There is a couple sitting on a bench sharing a salad, listening to two men drumming. The couple appears to be in their twenties and are dressed up in interesting outfits like they are going to prom. A prom the Addams family would host.
Bumper sticker:
Life's a witch
and then you fly
License plates:
BLU BIRD
LUV FOG
9HEARTS
BRUNCH
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I was with my niece at "super" park one evening and two children were playing in the sand area. They decided to prepare some imaginary snacks. I heard them ask their mother if she would like any "cake with no sugar," lentil chips or organic fruit rolls.
A few minutes later the guy sitting next to me and I were trying to guess what book a woman on the next bench over was reading. He was certain it was some sort of "Sebastopol-type" book based on what she was wearing. A bit later she got up to tend to a youngster and we saw her put down The Celestine Prophecy. "I rest my case," he announced.
A few of us were chatting about how hot it had been during the heat wave. There were declarations of "you know it's really been hot when...." My favorite one being: "My coconut oil was completely liquid for two days."
On the way home from Tahoe my friend and I stopped at a Whole Foods off of 80. The cashier I spoke with told me his cousin used to work at the Whole Foods in Petaluma. I mentioned I lived near there in Sebastopol. He said, "I hung out there once. I remember people drinking things I'd never heard of before. And all sorts of smoothies and juices with things added I'd never heard of." I asked if he remembered any, and his reply: "Astragalus, superfoods, reishi mushrooms, aloe vera, avocados, cayenne powder" (to name a few). Which reminded me of the time I was requesting a reishi mushroom chocolate Rebbl drink when I was at Whole Foods, and the worker looking at me in horror. "No, really..." I faltered. "It's good. You can't taste the mushrooms." A woman standing next to me chimed in: "I've had those, too. They are good, and also good for your immune system." The guy remained unconvinced.
I sit in the plaza, finishing up a blog post. Two people are talking/arguing about new age aluminum solutions. There is a couple sitting on a bench sharing a salad, listening to two men drumming. The couple appears to be in their twenties and are dressed up in interesting outfits like they are going to prom. A prom the Addams family would host.
Bumper sticker:
Life's a witch
and then you fly
License plates:
BLU BIRD
LUV FOG
9HEARTS
BRUNCH
www.facebook.com/sebastoblog
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