by Shoko | Jan 7, 2013 | Featured, Food and Health, Home and Garden
“The moments we enjoy most as they unfold, and that we treasure long afterward, are the ones we experience most deeply. Depth roots us in the world, gives life substance and wholeness. It enriches our work, our relationships, everything we do. It’s the essential...
by Shoko | Nov 20, 2012 | Food and Health, Home and Garden
Last week, I had the fortune to meet with Mac Levine, Founder and Executive Director of Concrete Safaris, an organization that “empowers youth to be healthy leaders through green exercise programs that enrich the mind, body, community and environment.” Her group is...
by Shoko | Sep 7, 2012 | Food and Health
Have you ever thought that you knew everything about a certain subject and later found out that you were missing some vital information that was under your nose the whole time? I had that experience during recent visit to Bermuda. I learned something significant...
by Shoko | Aug 16, 2012 | Business, Food and Health
I’ve worked at coffee shops for a nearly embarrassing amount of time. I hand out hundreds of paper cups a day only to see them in the garbage on the corner just outside my shop when I leave work, which suggests to me that they were used for (and I’ll be...
by Shoko | Jul 25, 2012 | Food and Health
One typical summer weekend afternoon, I was having a relaxing brunch with some close friends at my neighborhood’s outdoor cafe in NYC. I casually asked one friend “How is your mother doing these days?” My friend took a quick breath and told us,...
by Shoko | Jul 3, 2012 | Food and Health
Like many New York women, I have this favorite hand-bag that is a perfect size to carry when I travel abroad, and this hand-bag has traveled with me everywhere from Cambodia to Colombia in the last several years. It’s leather and is becoming dirty, so I decided...
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