Happy water

When planning a dinner party in Sebastopol and one guest says she prefers water.  The host replies:  "I'll get de-ionized glacier water that has been osmosisized back through an artesian spring."

Facebook post:  
When a woman meets a SNAG and sees through his schtik - "Namaste away from me!"

From a blog reader:  "I don't think of my neighborhood as being 'too Sebastopol' or anything.  But I picked my daughter up as she walked home from school and she complained her friends were making fun of her because she didn't know what triangle pose was.  Then I tell her we have a lot of apples and I am explaining to her how we can make applesauce.  She asks me, 'But mom, I need to know.  Are the apples organic?'"

A co-worker hosted a baby shower for a friend just outside of Sebastopol.  She had a shelf for everyone to leave their water as there was an hour long ceremony as part of the gathering.  She noticed as she walked into the studio for the ceremony there were at least twenty water bottles lined up, none of them plastic and most of them glass.  A few had slices of lemon or rose petals or mint.  Some of the glass water bottles had drawings such as flowers or words that had been written.  WELL-BEING.  CALM.  HAPPINESS.  One had a handwritten reminder to its owner:  Hydration is healthy.  When she told me about this she had to admit, “It was the most caring group of water bottles I have ever seen.”  

"I thought, he's probably a decent guy.  I mean, he has dreads."
 

"And there you have it.  As The World Turns in polyamorous Sebastopol."

According to a local wine shop, the west county questions people have asked the proprietor when buying a bottle of wine:
 What would be good for a solstice ritual?
 What do you suggest for a paleo-vegan dinner?
 What is a good dessert wine for sugar-free desserts?
 Do you have gluten-free wine?
 I'm going to soak in the hot tub and do art therapy, any recommendations?

Vintage post and my favorite Halloween costume:
A mermaid, a ladybug and a boy in a cardboard box came over to us.  The boy in the box also had plastic bottles hanging off of him.  He held up a sign.  "Recycling in action."  You had to love it - not just recycling, recycling in action.