DAY SEVENTEEN ALKALINE YEAR
Eatings at Meetings
October 14, 2009 In our local paper the other day was a story about a heroic young man who'd saved his teacher when the unfortunate man choked on a Tootsie Pop during class. Why on earth was the teacher eating in class? I suppose it's no different than a board meeting; seems like everybody eats everywhere these days.
My big challenge today was a United Way board meeting, which I chaired, on a neighboring island, Lopez, that has an incredibly good restaurant, Vita’s. We’d decided to have lunch brought in from that wonderful place. Not to give United Way an undeserved bad name: we each paid for our share. I’d reserved mine before starting this alkaline year, and knew the food would be healthy, beautifully-prepared and also that it probably would include goat cheese, filo crust, boned chicken in peanut sauce and maybe crab cakes. It did! What a feast! Everybody else had a little more because I stayed with the vegetables.
My big challenge today was a United Way board meeting, which I chaired, on a neighboring island, Lopez, that has an incredibly good restaurant, Vita’s. We’d decided to have lunch brought in from that wonderful place. Not to give United Way an undeserved bad name: we each paid for our share. I’d reserved mine before starting this alkaline year, and knew the food would be healthy, beautifully-prepared and also that it probably would include goat cheese, filo crust, boned chicken in peanut sauce and maybe crab cakes. It did! What a feast! Everybody else had a little more because I stayed with the vegetables.
Until the enormous tray was actually placed on the conference room table in the Lopez Library, where we met, I’d no idea if I could stay alkaline on this one. I was pretty sure that Vita's would provide some straight vegan choices and they as usual did not disappoint. In a handsome presentation, the tray included marinated, sliced tomatoes, cucumber, and a salad of shredded carrots and, perhaps, cabbage, all of which I enjoyed fully.
How lucky we are to live in a world of choices! Home on the afternoon ferry and time now to walk Binka around the lake, so this will be a short blog.
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