It's been a while as I have been unable to access the blogger sight due to being in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 4 days. I went down to take my sis to the airport, and brought my mom along with me. I don't hang out with my mother too often... All in all, I'd say it was a pretty good trip. Dropped sis off at the airport at 3 on Friday... Went to the mega Mall... Mall of America, whatever you wanna call it... It's friggin' huge. I shall refer to it as the MOA from here on... Rock star parking. Good. Right when we walked in, a juice bar! Healthy Express it was called. I had a fresh juiced pineapple with some broccoli thrown in. Mom had a pineapple with some apple. Good stuff.

We met fellow type A blogger Erika at a really cool 'lil restaurant called Rice Paper in Minn. They serve up Asian Fusion cookin' the likes of which I have never had... VERY good. I had tofu spring rolls as an app. and Chicken with rice and all kinds of cools stuuf for dinner... Erika hooked me up with some crazy foodstuffs I've never tried. As a really cool gift, I was given Fresh picked Jerusalem Artichokes and Comfrey Leaves from an old yoga woman’s garden... SWEET! Thanks Erika! I went back to some friends house, had a few glasses of wine... Went to bed... Skipped my meditation I should add... Maybe the 5th time in almost a year... Bad Jim...

Sat. was sweet. Had breakfast... Can't remember what. Met Erika again at a cool little place called The Ecopolitan on Lynndale Ave. in Minn. They serve totally raw, organic, vegan cuisine. Delicious I might add. We were treated to Flax Jack pancakes w/fruit, a delicious pesto pizza, and pumpkin seed/walnut/portabella pâté’s with flax crackers. I had a drink called "Rejuvalac" consisting of fermented... Stuff... Tasted really cool. Highly beneficial. I bough a bottle of Organic/sulfite free Cabernet and a raw foods energy bar. I have to mention I was a full HOUR late meeting Erika at the restaurant. I felt terrible... . She even sprung for the tab! Speechless...

Get this... I was supposed to meet fellow type A blogger Jennifer at the restaurant too... I was SO late she had to leave to get to her Yoga class before I even got there... If I were Erika and Jennifer... I would have killed me! I'm SO sorry you guys!

Afterward she took us to a swingin' co-op called The Wedge. It's a grocery/juice bar/deli/organic meats/books/herbs/health and beauty/bakery/you name it kinda place. I loved it... Had everything a "Granola Head" guy like me could ever want... And then some. Erika and I had a shot of wheat grass, and we each "built our own" juice. Grapefruit, St. Johns wort, garlic, ginger, and sumthin' else for me.. Erika had something similar, Mom had an "apple spicer" Hot apple cider with fresh juiced apples and ginger. She added lemon and honey... It was the goods... I spent a load of money on random deli items/baked goods/and "things". I really do love The Wedge...

Off to some crazy 'lil left wing radical book store nearby. My mom bought a bumper sticker concerning removing children/shielding children from violent homes... She never had a bumper sticker before... I don't think so anyway...

I just had assorted fruit for dinner. White peaches, grapes, apples, pineapple, and blueberries. Good stuff. Went to bed late.

Sunday was cool too. Breakfast was fruit and Rye Manna bread. Lunch was... I don’t know...Cant remember... I met Erika and fellow type A blogger Jennifer at a restaurant called The Good Earth

in Edina. The place is fabulous. I had a Peanut butter and carob milk shake made with Oats Cream. It's awesome. Try and find some if you can. It did have some Vegetable gums though... Carageenan and Xantham I think... Worth it if only once... The case for non-compliance... Right? Ha ha...

Had Edamame for an appetizer. Dinner was steamed vegetables and brown rice served on banana leaves in a bamboo steamer... They had wasabi yogurt as a dipping sauce... WASABI YOGURT! Mmmm...

We enjoyed a bottle of Organic red table wine as well... Jennifer passed on it... It was pretty good! I will definitely go back... Erika even lectured on the BTD to our server. He seemed pretty interested, and seemed to pick up what she as puttin' down. She's a very impressive speaker I might add....

Hit some friends house... Snacked (more like binged, hehe).... Went to bed...

Monday was good too. Breakfast was the Jerusalem artichokes, and comfrey leaves I got from Erika.

I sautéed the heck out of 'em with some toasted sesame oil, garlic powder, sesame seeds, onion flakes, and sea salt. Beautiful... Threw it in a bowl and added thin sliced raw white onion, and concord grapes... I wish I would have taken a picture... Damn I can cook... Phenomenal food... Thanks again Erika...

Mom and I had to go to the wedge agin before going home... I built a portabella, soy cheese, avocado, lettuce, onion, and cucmber sandwich on gluten free flax/spelt bread. Had a green apple, choclate covered ginger, and some soy/hemp granola too... More wheatfrass, and a juice dring called a ginger rabbit. Mom had stuff too... Once again I bought a bunch of deli items... Rice dishes, muffin, angel food cake... all type A complinat!

Picked up sis from airport at 3:30, hit the Mall of America again... Err... MOA. Had another pineapple juice thingy, a coffee too.... Snacked on raisins and assorted nuts. Shopped for hours.

Dinner was eaten across the street at a place called Chevy's. Super fresh Mexican food. Held strong a turned down the chips and salsa... How's that for will power!? I ordered the Blue Mackerel, black beans, sautéed onions, shredded lettuce, and diced avocado... Mad a gumbo out of the mess.... Delicious. My server was VERY cool about leaving out the avoids in all the stuff. I ate some of sis's fajita chicken too... Probably marinated in avoids... Oh well....

Awesome trip. I had a lot of fun. If it weren't for the efforts of the Lovely and intelligent Erika, and Jennifer... I have to say... It would have been pretty boring, but, thanks to them, I had a blast. I owe them (especially Erika) a million. A million what you ask? I dunno... I ll figure that out when I have a million of something I can part with!

Later gang... Please excuse all the grammar/spelling errors as this was typed at light speed... I'm very tired too... Until next time. Peace, love, and compassion. Keep those torches burning bright...