New Vegan Restuarant in West Palm Beach!!

I just found out that a new vegetarian restaurant opened in WPB last week. It is called Darbster. I checked out their menu and saw that in addition to salads, they do have a small raw food section. If enough of us patronize this restuarant, maybe we can influence them to expand their raw food selections.

This is the description I received:

Darbster is a unique vegetarian bistro with a creative menu that will appeal to both the vegetarian and mainstream dinner. Our goal is provide delicious, natural, organic and vegetarian friendly cuisine that will appeal to all tastes.

8020 S. Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, FL, 33405
561-586-2622


http://www.darbster.com

Raw Food Thanksgiving Potluck!

Here is the notice about this potluck that I received from Susan & Caroline. I plan on going & hope to see you there!

It's Thanksgiving!

Let's socialize!

Let's give thanks!

Let's eat some life-giving raw and living foods!

******* There's plenty of room, bring your friends! *******

THANKSGIVING DAY potluck!

Thursday, November 26, 2009
~ from 3:00 P.M.

at Susan and Caroline's

6800 Country Place Road - off Skees Rd (between Belvedere and Okeechobee, just west of Jog Rd.)

West Palm Beach, FL 33411

561 478-7444

The same guidelines apply as other potlucks -

Bring food (food is required) - enough for 10 people, if not more...

Please bring only organic, raw, vegan food to share (no animal flesh or eggs, no dairy, no cheese). Your recipe and your name placed next to your dish is important for those with special dietary concerns.

If you haven't made a lot of raw food recipes or you prefer to eat more simply, you can bring a simple green salad and a dressing made without vinegar.

For inspiration about what to bring, go to www.rawfoodinfo.com. Also, there are great recipe books out there - Rene Oswald has one www.ReneOswald.com , Jackie and Gideon Graff have several www.SproutRawFood.org, Rhio has a wonderful book - Hooked On Raw www.rawfoodinfo.com and there are countless others to choose from.

There's only 2 very small steps into our home... and two dogs - Sophie the Lab will be playing in the backyard, Sweetie the Yorkie will join us... $2.00 per person helps to cover our expenses

We hope you can make it!! PLEASE RSVP!!

If you have ANY QUESTIONS about what to bring, or wonder if the ingredients are okay, please contact me!

You can email me at VitalLongevity@earthlink.net or call 561 478-7444

To join or learn more about our group and our monthly events, follow this link:

http://rawfood.meetup.com/211

Next Potluck Sunday, December 6

Our next raw food potluck will be on Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 p.m. at Loggerhead Park.

Next Raw Food Potluck--November 1

The next raw food potluck for the the Palm Beach Gardens Raw Food Group will be on Sunday, November 1 at 3:00.

We meet at a pavilion there. Contact me for further details.

Visit our website. While you're there, sign up for our Yahoo Group mailing list to be informed of our potlucks and other events in the area.

Viveca Park

Next Raw Potluck--September 27

The Palm Beach Gardens Raw Food Group will be having their next potluck at 4 p.m. on September 27 at the Loggerhead Park.

If you have any questions or don't see us at a pavilion, give me a call at 951-0471.

Trip to Denver

On August 31, I went to Denver to visit my younger sister, Jann. I was there five wonderful days! What a great little break I had. Although it wasn't a long time, it felt like a real vacation.

My sister was a very gracious hostess. I was able to make my green smoothies every day: we went out to places to eat where I could get a nice salad; we had a pedicure; we took morning walks around different lakes; we went to the movies to see The Time Traveler's Wife, we worked out at her gym, and last, but not least, she gave me a hot stone massage one day, and the next day she gave me an ionic foot spa (detox) and reflexology on my feet and hands.

I even got in a little reading in in addition to what I read on trip to and from Denver--I read two paperbacks.

The weather was gorgeous. Most days it was in the 70s. It seemed cooler at night. The last day it was 66 and overcast. It felt like fall. I wore my cotton sweater a lot since I'm used to the sub-tropics of South Florida. It was a nice change for me.

I'm back to the sweltering weather in Florida, but that is o.k. with me. I love my hot weather. And anyway, I'm inside a lot. Also, I much prefer the heat of summer in South Florida to the cold of winter up north!

Thanks, Jann, for the memorable visit!

New Gym

I switched gyms last Wednesday. I now belong to LA Fitness and absolutely love it! It is a big difference from the gym I belonged to. It just opened the end of April, so it is everything is so new. I've been really pumped ever since joining.

Out of five days, I've gone four days--but I've been five times. I've changed my workout schedule. Instead of just alternating upper and lower body exercises, I'll do a push/pull 3-day split routine. I'll take at least one day off a week and on other days, I'll take a yoga or pilates class, water exercise or just cardio. I'll continue to stretch after every workout.

I know I'll be pushing my fitness to the next level.

I'm also happy that this gym is closer. It is only about a mile from where I live.