Category Archives: World

The Business of Being Born and Midwifery in Our Country

[February 21]

When I was pregnant with Avital I was obsessed with learning as much about the whole process of pregnancy and delivery as I could.  I read tons of books including this and others I’ll review for you guys eventually.  I saw as many documentaries I could get my hands on and a couple I even [...]

Cloth Napkins by MU Are For Me

[February 17]

I while back I mentioned my goal to stop using paper towel in an effort to be less wasteful.  Since then we’ve adopted another earth-friendly habit in our home: cloth napkins.  I realized we created so much waste with paper napkins three times a day every day and wanted to find a solution.  When wandering [...]

Was Einstein a Vegan or Vegetarian?

[February 7]

I’ve heard it a number of times before, but eating brunch this past weekend, Avi’s kids menu at our favorite vegetarian restaurant (Counter Vegetable Bistro and Organic Bar) reminded me.  Amongst the awesome vegan kids options, it has faces of famous vegetarians to color in. Einstein was the first page and a total inspiration.  I [...]

Oprah and 378 Staffers Go Vegan: The One Week Challenge

[February 4]

Oprah has notoriously been pro-vegan although she is not.  She has challenged the meat industry with the Mad Cowboy and participated in a 21-day vegan cleanse in 2008 with the help of Tal Ronnen (vegan chef extraordinaire) and Kathy Freston.  And now, along with her entire staff, she’s doing a vegan 1-week challenge to show [...]

Responsible Home

[January 13]

I feel like I’m in a constant struggle between style and responsibility when it comes to decorating my home.  In an ideal world, all the fabrics would be organic and the wood would all be reclaimed.  Unfortunately, in that ideal world, I’d also probably be selling my apartment because I’d have spent way over budget [...]

Guest Post AND Giveaway(!): Rachael Honowitz

[December 8]

Rachael is an old friend who I met when working in fashion.  We kept in touch after all these years and both found the world of organics and holistics and reconnected over that.  Go figure!  It’s always so good to know that there are not only like-minded people out there to share these things with, [...]

Guest Post: Madeleine Starkey

[October 22]

Happy Friday everyone!  Anyone traveling to DC this weekend?  Anyone live there?  Here are some little tid bits from my friend Maddy on a city that’s changing so rapidly since I left! Recently, I returned to Adams Morgan, a neighborhood in Washington D.C. rife with the kind of folks you can just tell are aware [...]

Gasland Doc Worth Watching

[September 15]

There has been much talk around the media these days around the subject of natural gas and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”.  There is an EPA hearing in the works about tapping into the Marcellus Shale which lies under much of New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  The issue is that by fracking, they are inadvertently polluting [...]

OPI Nail Polish Is Formaldehyde Free!

[September 8]

A couple weeks ago I was getting a manicure and pining over all the supercool colors that OPI has to offer.  For the past few years I’ve been using the same few nail colors that I’ve purchased from companies that I know to be absolutely safe and chemical-free.  Though I love my bright reds and [...]

Clementine Art Amazing

[August 31]

These days we do a lot of drawing, painting, sticker collage-ing and the such in my house.  Avital has found art and I love it!!! What I don’t love is all of the nasty ingredients so many companies we all grew up with and love include in their products.  ”Non-toxic” is not so cut and [...]